[PATCH v6 10/10] Documentation: arm64: Document PMU counters access from userspace

Will Deacon will at kernel.org
Wed Mar 31 17:00:16 BST 2021


On Wed, Mar 10, 2021 at 05:08:37PM -0700, Rob Herring wrote:
> From: Raphael Gault <raphael.gault at arm.com>
> 
> Add a documentation file to describe the access to the pmu hardware
> counters from userspace
> 
> Signed-off-by: Raphael Gault <raphael.gault at arm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Rob Herring <robh at kernel.org>
> ---
> v6:
>   - Update the chained event section with attr.config1 details
> v2:
>   - Update links to test examples
> 
> Changes from Raphael's v4:
>   - Convert to rSt
>   - Update chained event status
>   - Add section for heterogeneous systems
> ---
>  Documentation/arm64/index.rst                 |  1 +
>  .../arm64/perf_counter_user_access.rst        | 60 +++++++++++++++++++

We already have Documentation/arm64/perf.rst so I think you can add this
in there as a new section.

Will



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