[PATCH 2/4] perf/x86: Remove unused PERF_PMU_CAP_HETEROGENEOUS_CPUS capability

[Ian Rogers]

On Mon, Jul 10, 2023 at 5:22 AM James Clark <james.clark at arm.com> wrote:
>
> Since commit bd2756811766 ("perf: Rewrite core context handling") the
> relationship between perf_event_context and PMUs has changed so that
> the error scenario that PERF_PMU_CAP_HETEROGENEOUS_CPUS originally
> silenced no longer exists.
>
> Remove the capability to avoid confusion that it actually influences
> any perf core behavior. This change should be a no-op.
>
> Signed-off-by: James Clark <james.clark at arm.com>

Acked-by: Ian Rogers <irogers at google.com>

Thanks,
Ian

> ---
>  arch/x86/events/core.c | 1 -
>  1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/events/core.c b/arch/x86/events/core.c
> index 9d248703cbdd..2353aaf0b248 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/events/core.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/events/core.c
> @@ -2168,7 +2168,6 @@ static int __init init_hw_perf_events(void)
>                         hybrid_pmu->pmu = pmu;
>                         hybrid_pmu->pmu.type = -1;
>                         hybrid_pmu->pmu.attr_update = x86_pmu.attr_update;
> -                       hybrid_pmu->pmu.capabilities |= PERF_PMU_CAP_HETEROGENEOUS_CPUS;
>                         hybrid_pmu->pmu.capabilities |= PERF_PMU_CAP_EXTENDED_HW_TYPE;
>
>                         err = perf_pmu_register(&hybrid_pmu->pmu, hybrid_pmu->name,
> --
> 2.34.1
>