Re: [PATCH v4 0/5] powerpc/perf: Add json file support for hv_24x7 core level events

From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
Date: Mon Jul 20 2020 - 15:31:55 EST


Em Mon, Jul 20, 2020 at 09:21:33PM +0200, Jiri Olsa escreveu:
> On Mon, Jul 20, 2020 at 12:31:22PM +0530, Kajol Jain wrote:
> > Patchset enhance current runtime parameter support. It introduces new
> > fields like "PerChip" and "PerCore" similar to the field "PerPkg" which is
> > used to specify perpkg events.
> >
> > The "PerCore" and "PerChip" specifies whether its core or chip events.
> > Based on which we can decide which runtime parameter user want to
> > access. Now character '?' can refers different parameter based on user
> > requirement.
> >
> > Initially, every time we want to add new terms like chip, core, thread
> > etc, we need to create corrsponding fields in pmu_events and event
> > struct.
> > This patchset adds an enum called 'aggr_mode_class' which store all these
> > aggregation like perpkg/percore. It also adds new field 'AggregationMode'
> > to capture these terms.
> > Now, if user wants to add any new term, they just need to add it in
> > the enum defined. I try to test it with my current setup.
> >
> > I also need to replace PerPkg field to AggregationMode in all the
> > x86 uncore json files. It will great if Andi and team can test it
> > and let me know if they have any concerns.
> >
> > Changelog:
> > v3 -> v4:
> > - Include pmu-events.h header file in jevents.c and remove
> > redecalaration of enum aggr_mode_class as Suggested by Jiri.
> > - Add Acked-by tag.
>
> looks good to me, but still missing reaction from people maintaining
> intel's jsons

Yeah, since this is something trying to be generic enough to describe
events from different arches, we should not double-fail into
generalizing this :-\

- Arnaldo