Re: [RFC PATCH 0/5] perf: Sanitize perf directory structure, p1

From: Borislav Petkov
Date: Mon Jan 11 2016 - 09:34:55 EST


On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 01:39:44PM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> So it is only now that I noticed that we have both 'core.c' and 'uncore.c', which
> is slightly bit confusing: the core.c's we have around the kernel denote core
> subsystem functionality - not CPU core functionality. If we have uncore.c around,
> confusion might ensue.
>
> OTOH maybe it's not a big issue and we can just live with it. I'd hate to see
> main.c. Maybe rename 'uncore.c' to 'cpu_uncore.c'? OTOH that sounds a bit silly
> too. So maybe leave it as you named them.

Well, not doung anything should be ok because the *uncore* things would
go to the <vendor>/ subdir:

I.e.,

arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_amd_uncore.c
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_uncore.c
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_uncore.h
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_uncore_nhmex.c
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_uncore_snb.c
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_uncore_snbep.c

will become

arch/x86/events/amd/uncore.c
arch/x86/events/intel/uncore.c
arch/x86/events/intel/uncore.h
arch/x86/events/intel/uncore_nhmex.c
arch/x86/events/intel/uncore_snb.c
arch/x86/events/intel/uncore_snbep.c

and core.c will be in the upper dir arch/x86/events/

--
Regards/Gruss,
Boris.

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