[PATCH] coresight: Only register perf symlink for sinks with alloc_buffer
Suzuki K Poulose
suzuki.poulose at arm.com
Wed Jul 9 03:38:38 PDT 2025
On Mon, 30 Jun 2025 18:26:19 +0800, Yuanfang Zhang wrote:
> Ensure that etm_perf_add_symlink_sink() is only called for devices
> that implement the alloc_buffer operation. This prevents invalid
> symlink creation for dummy sinks that do not implement alloc_buffer.
>
> Without this check, perf may attempt to use a dummy sink that lacks
> alloc_buffer operationsu to initialise perf's ring buffer, leading
> to runtime failures.
>
> [...]
Applied, thanks!
[1/1] coresight: Only register perf symlink for sinks with alloc_buffer
https://git.kernel.org/coresight/c/59b61f70
Best regards,
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Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose at arm.com>
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