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SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/2] perf/core: Adding capability to disable PMUs event multiplexing
On Wed, Nov 06, 2019 at 01:01:40AM +0000, Ganapatrao Prabhakerrao Kulkarni wrote:
> When PMUs are registered, perf core enables event multiplexing
> support by default. There is no provision for PMUs to disable
> event multiplexing, if PMUs want to disable due to unavoidable
> circumstances like hardware errata etc.
>
> Adding PMU capability flag PERF_PMU_CAP_NO_MUX_EVENTS and support
> to allow PMUs to explicitly disable event multiplexing.

This doesn't make sense, multiplexing relies on nothing that normal
event scheduling doesn't also rely on.

Either you can schedule different sets of events, or you cannot.

NAK.

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