[PATCH v6 00/10] riscv: Allow userspace to directly access perf counters
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patchwork-bot+linux-riscv at kernel.org
Wed Aug 30 06:20:34 PDT 2023
Hello:
This series was applied to riscv/linux.git (for-next)
by Palmer Dabbelt <palmer at rivosinc.com>:
On Wed, 2 Aug 2023 10:03:18 +0200 you wrote:
> riscv used to allow direct access to cycle/time/instret counters,
> bypassing the perf framework, this patchset intends to allow the user to
> mmap any counter when accessed through perf.
>
> **Important**: The default mode is now user access through perf only, not
> the legacy so some applications will break. However, we introduce a sysctl
> perf_user_access like arm64 does, which will allow to switch to the legacy
> mode described above.
>
> [...]
Here is the summary with links:
- [v6,01/10] perf: Fix wrong comment about default event_idx
https://git.kernel.org/riscv/c/366d259ff597
- [v6,02/10] include: riscv: Fix wrong include guard in riscv_pmu.h
https://git.kernel.org/riscv/c/f117ae55b019
- [v6,03/10] riscv: Make legacy counter enum match the HW numbering
https://git.kernel.org/riscv/c/e8b785e98abb
- [v6,04/10] drivers: perf: Rename riscv pmu sbi driver
https://git.kernel.org/riscv/c/d5ac062d82d8
- [v6,05/10] riscv: Prepare for user-space perf event mmap support
https://git.kernel.org/riscv/c/83c5e13b8cbb
- [v6,06/10] drivers: perf: Implement perf event mmap support in the legacy backend
https://git.kernel.org/riscv/c/50be34282905
- [v6,07/10] drivers: perf: Implement perf event mmap support in the SBI backend
https://git.kernel.org/riscv/c/cc4c07c89aad
- [v6,08/10] Documentation: admin-guide: Add riscv sysctl_perf_user_access
https://git.kernel.org/riscv/c/57972127b20e
- [v6,09/10] tools: lib: perf: Implement riscv mmap support
https://git.kernel.org/riscv/c/60bd50116484
- [v6,10/10] perf: tests: Adapt mmap-basic.c for riscv
https://git.kernel.org/riscv/c/26ba042414a3
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