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SubjectRe: [PATCH v5 08/11] arm-cci: Provide hook for writing to PMU counters
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On 11/01/16 10:54, Mark Rutland wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 04, 2016 at 11:54:47AM +0000, Suzuki K. Poulose wrote:

>> static struct cci_pmu_model cci_pmu_models[];
>> @@ -846,7 +847,15 @@ static void pmu_write_counter(struct perf_event *event, u32 value)
>> dev_err(&cci_pmu->plat_device->dev, "Invalid CCI PMU counter %d\n", idx);
>> return;
>> }
>> - __pmu_write_counter(cci_pmu, value, idx);
>> +
>> + if (cci_pmu->model->write_counters) {
>> + unsigned long mask[BITS_TO_LONGS(cci_pmu->num_cntrs)];
>> +
>> + memset(mask, 0, BITS_TO_LONGS(cci_pmu->num_cntrs) * sizeof(unsigned long));
>> + set_bit(idx, mask);
>> + cci_pmu->model->write_counters(cci_pmu, mask, value);
>> + } else
>> + __pmu_write_counter(cci_pmu, value, idx);
>> }
>
> It would be much simpler to always log writes here, and only do the real
> wirtes in batches when we re-enable the PMU (with appropriate
> disable/enable calls in the IRQ handler).
>
> We'd still need special hooks for CCIs which require a special dance to
> program them, but all the logic to handle the writes would be in one
> place.

This one is only there for the writes from the irq handler. Now that
we have decided to disable pmu there, we could batch this one too.

Cheers
Suzuki

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