Re: [PATCH] arm: perf: Add event descriptions

[Drew Richardson]

On Tue, Aug 04, 2015 at 01:15:23AM +0100, Drew Richardson wrote:
> Add additional information about hardware events to make counters self
> describing. This makes the hardware PMUs easier to use as perf list
> contains the possible events instead of users having to refer to
> documentation like the ARM TRMs. This could also allow tools like
> oprofile to support PMUs without requiring an update.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Drew Richardson <drew.richardson@xxxxxxx>
> ---
>  arch/arm/kernel/perf_event.c    |   1 +
>  arch/arm/kernel/perf_event_v7.c | 617 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 618 insertions(+)

Any concerns with merging this?

Thanks,

Drew
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