[PATCH v6] perf: arm_cspmu: Separate Arm and vendor module

[Suzuki K Poulose]

Hi Besar

On 03/10/2023 15:20, Besar Wicaksono wrote:
> Thanks Ilkka.
> Suzuki/Robin, can we have someone from Arm to review this patch ? It's been a while.
> 

Apologies for the delay.

> Regards,
> Besar
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Ilkka Koskinen <ilkka at os.amperecomputing.com>
>> Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2023 1:19 PM
>> To: Besar Wicaksono <bwicaksono at nvidia.com>
>> Cc: suzuki.poulose at arm.com; robin.murphy at arm.com;
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>> Subject: Re: [PATCH v6] perf: arm_cspmu: Separate Arm and vendor module
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>> Hi Besar,
>>
>> On Mon, 21 Aug 2023, Besar Wicaksono wrote:
>>> Arm Coresight PMU driver consists of main standard code and
>>> vendor backend code. Both are currently built as a single module.
>>> This patch adds vendor registration API to separate the two to
>>> keep things modular. The main driver requests each known backend
>>> module during initialization and defer device binding process.
>>> The backend module then registers an init callback to the main
>>> driver and continue the device driver binding process.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Besar Wicaksono <bwicaksono at nvidia.com>
>>
>> I tested the patch with AmpereOne patchset on top of it and it seemed to
>> work fine. In addition, the patch looks good to me.
>>
>> Reviewed-and-tested-by: Ilkka Koskinen <ilkka at os.amperecomputing.com>
>>
>>
>> Cheers, Ilkka
>>
>>> ---
>>>
>>> Changes from v5:
>>> * Incorporate review comments.
>>> * Fix arm_cspmu_impl_match_get not returning NULL if no matching impl.
>>> * Fix impl_match.module may reset when registering PMU.
>>> * Maintain backend module ref count until PMU registration is done.
>>> Thanks to Will, Suzuki, and Robin for the feedback.
>>> v5: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-arm-kernel/20230705104745.52255-1-
>> bwicaksono at nvidia.com/T/#u

The changes to address the comments from v5, looks good to me. Thanks
for fixing them.

Reviewed-by: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose at arm.com>