Re: [PATCH v2] perf symbol: Remove psw_idle() from list of idle symbols

[Namhyung Kim]

On Thu, Feb 19, 2026 at 12:38:50PM +0100, Thomas Richter wrote:
> Commit fa2ae4a377c0 ("s390/idle: Rewrite psw_idle() in C")
> 
> removes symbols psw_idle() and psw_idle_exit() from the linux
> kernel for s390. Remove them in perf tool's list of idle
> functions. They can not be detected anymore.

But I think old kernels may still run somewhere.  It seems the above
commit was merged to v6.10.  Maybe we should wait some more time before
removing it in the tool.

Thanks,
Namhyung

> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Richter <tmricht@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Suggested-by: Heiko Carstens <hca@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  tools/perf/util/symbol.c | 2 --
>  1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
> index 814f960fa8f8..575951d98b1b 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
> @@ -752,8 +752,6 @@ static bool symbol__is_idle(const char *name)
>  		"poll_idle",
>  		"ppc64_runlatch_off",
>  		"pseries_dedicated_idle_sleep",
> -		"psw_idle",
> -		"psw_idle_exit",
>  		NULL
>  	};
>  	int i;
> -- 
> 2.53.0
>