Re: [PATCH] perf cs-etm: Bump minimum OpenCSD version to ensure a bugfix is present

From: Leo Yan
Date: Sun Sep 10 2023 - 05:22:12 EST


On Fri, Sep 01, 2023 at 02:37:15PM +0100, James Clark wrote:
> Since commit d927ef5004ef ("perf cs-etm: Add exception level consistency
> check"), the exception that was added to Perf will be triggered unless
> the following bugfix from OpenCSD is present:
>
> - _Version 1.2.1_:
> - __Bugfix__:
> ETM4x / ETE - output of context elements to client can in some
> circumstances be delayed until after subsequent atoms have been
> processed leading to incorrect memory decode access via the client
> callbacks. Fixed to flush context elements immediately they are
> committed.
>
> Rather than remove the assert and silently fail, just increase the
> minimum version requirement to avoid hard to debug issues and
> regressions.
>
> Signed-off-by: James Clark <james.clark@xxxxxxx>

Tested-by: Leo Yan <leo.yan@xxxxxxxxxx>