[PATCH v8 08/12] perf: Add perf_event_attr::config4

[James Clark]

On 01/09/2025 1:40 pm, James Clark wrote:
> Arm FEAT_SPE_FDS adds the ability to filter on the data source of a
> packet using another 64-bits of event filtering control. As the existing
> perf_event_attr::configN fields are all used up for SPE PMU, an
> additional field is needed. Add a new 'config4' field.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Leo Yan <leo.yan at arm.com>
> Tested-by: Leo Yan <leo.yan at arm.com>
> Reviewed-by: Ian Rogers <irogers at google.com>
> Signed-off-by: James Clark <james.clark at linaro.org>
> ---
>   include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h | 2 ++
>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h b/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
> index 78a362b80027..0d0ed85ad8cb 100644
> --- a/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
> @@ -382,6 +382,7 @@ enum perf_event_read_format {
>   #define PERF_ATTR_SIZE_VER6			120	/* Add: aux_sample_size */
>   #define PERF_ATTR_SIZE_VER7			128	/* Add: sig_data */
>   #define PERF_ATTR_SIZE_VER8			136	/* Add: config3 */
> +#define PERF_ATTR_SIZE_VER9			144	/* add: config4 */
>   
>   /*
>    * 'struct perf_event_attr' contains various attributes that define
> @@ -543,6 +544,7 @@ struct perf_event_attr {
>   	__u64	sig_data;
>   
>   	__u64	config3; /* extension of config2 */
> +	__u64	config4; /* extension of config3 */
>   };
>   
>   /*
> 


Hi Peter,

Did you get a chance to look at this? Patches 1-7 have been taken, just 
waiting on an ack to take this config4 change before taking the 
remaining ones.

Thanks
James