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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2 0/4] remove unnecessary IPI reading uncore events
On 6 August 2016 at 22:12, David Carrillo-Cisneros <davidcc@google.com> wrote:
> This patch series adds a new flag to the struct perf_event
> (and a flag field to store it) to allow a PMU to tag a CPU or
> cgroup event as readable from any CPU in the same package and not
> just the CPU where the is currently active.
>
> This capability is used with uncore events to potentially avoid
> an unnecessary IPI when executing perf_event_read.
>
> A previous version of this change was introduced in the last Intel's
> CQM/CMT driver series (under review), but now we present it separately
> here since it is also useful for other uncore events.
>
> The next version of Intel CQM/CMT will add 3 new flags that use
> the pmu_event_flags field (added in patch 03 in this series).
>
> Patch 02 generalizes event->group_flags so that new flags can use it
> in a similar way that PERF_GROUP_SOFTWARE was used.
>
> Patches rebased at peterz/queue/perf/core
>
> Changes in v2:
> - Change logic to use event->group_flags instead of individually
> testing sibling in perf_event_read.
> - Remove erroneous read of inactive events.
>
> David Carrillo-Cisneros (4):
> perf/core: check return value of perf_event_read IPI
> perf/core: generalize event->group_flags
> perf/core: introduce PMU_EV_CAP_READ_ACTIVE_PKG
> perf/x86: use PMUEF_READ_CPU_PKG in uncore events
>
> arch/x86/events/intel/rapl.c | 2 ++
> arch/x86/events/intel/uncore.c | 2 ++
> arch/x86/events/intel/uncore_snb.c | 2 ++
> include/linux/perf_event.h | 21 +++++++++++----
> kernel/events/core.c | 52 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
> 5 files changed, 57 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)
>
> --
> 2.8.0.rc3.226.g39d4020
>

Reviewed-by: Nilay Vaish <nilayvaish@gmail.com>

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