Re: [PATCH 1/5] perf/arm_cspmu: Export arm_cspmu_apmt_node

[Ilkka Koskinen]

Hi Ben,

On Tue, 12 Aug 2025, Besar Wicaksono wrote:
> Make arm_cspmu_apmt_node API accessible to vendor driver.

I think I haven't seen the latest version of the spec. So, I'm curious,
what kind of information the table has that the vendor drivers needs to 
have access to it?

> Signed-off-by: Besar Wicaksono <bwicaksono@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/perf/arm_cspmu/arm_cspmu.c | 3 ++-
> drivers/perf/arm_cspmu/arm_cspmu.h | 4 ++++
> 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/perf/arm_cspmu/arm_cspmu.c b/drivers/perf/arm_cspmu/arm_cspmu.c
> index efa9b229e701..e4b98cfa606c 100644
> --- a/drivers/perf/arm_cspmu/arm_cspmu.c
> +++ b/drivers/perf/arm_cspmu/arm_cspmu.c
> @@ -70,12 +70,13 @@ static void arm_cspmu_set_ev_filter(struct arm_cspmu *cspmu,
> static void arm_cspmu_set_cc_filter(struct arm_cspmu *cspmu,
> 				    const struct perf_event *event);
>
> -static struct acpi_apmt_node *arm_cspmu_apmt_node(struct device *dev)
> +struct acpi_apmt_node *arm_cspmu_apmt_node(struct device *dev)
> {
> 	struct acpi_apmt_node **ptr = dev_get_platdata(dev);
>
> 	return ptr ? *ptr : NULL;
> }
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(arm_cspmu_apmt_node);

Rather than exporting the function, wouldn't it be better to move it to 
arm_cspmu.h instead?

Cheers, Ilkka

> /*
>  * In CoreSight PMU architecture, all of the MMIO registers are 32-bit except
> diff --git a/drivers/perf/arm_cspmu/arm_cspmu.h b/drivers/perf/arm_cspmu/arm_cspmu.h
> index 19684b76bd96..36c1dcce33d6 100644
> --- a/drivers/perf/arm_cspmu/arm_cspmu.h
> +++ b/drivers/perf/arm_cspmu/arm_cspmu.h
> @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
> #ifndef __ARM_CSPMU_H__
> #define __ARM_CSPMU_H__
>
> +#include <linux/acpi.h>
> #include <linux/bitfield.h>
> #include <linux/cpumask.h>
> #include <linux/device.h>
> @@ -222,4 +223,7 @@ int arm_cspmu_impl_register(const struct arm_cspmu_impl_match *impl_match);
> /* Unregister vendor backend. */
> void arm_cspmu_impl_unregister(const struct arm_cspmu_impl_match *impl_match);
>
> +/* Get ACPI APMT node. */
> +struct acpi_apmt_node *arm_cspmu_apmt_node(struct device *dev);
> +
> #endif /* __ARM_CSPMU_H__ */
> --
> 2.47.0