[tip: perf/core] perf: Add comment about current state of PERF_MEM_LVL_* namespace and remove an extra line

From: tip-bot2 for Kajol Jain
Date: Tue Oct 19 2021 - 11:36:13 EST


The following commit has been merged into the perf/core branch of tip:

Commit-ID: f4c6217f7f5936f7173d028559ff5d25cce10816
Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/f4c6217f7f5936f7173d028559ff5d25cce10816
Author: Kajol Jain <kjain@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Wed, 06 Oct 2021 19:36:51 +05:30
Committer: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
CommitterDate: Tue, 19 Oct 2021 17:27:00 +02:00

perf: Add comment about current state of PERF_MEM_LVL_* namespace and remove an extra line

Add a comment about PERF_MEM_LVL_* namespace being depricated
to some extent in favour of added PERF_MEM_{LVLNUM_,REMOTE_,SNOOPX_}
fields.

Remove an extra line present in perf_mem__lvl_scnprintf function.

Signed-off-by: Kajol Jain <kjain@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211006140654.298352-2-kjain@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
---
include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h | 8 +++++++-
tools/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h | 8 +++++++-
tools/perf/util/mem-events.c | 1 -
3 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h b/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
index c89535d..a74538c 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
@@ -1256,7 +1256,13 @@ union perf_mem_data_src {
#define PERF_MEM_OP_EXEC 0x10 /* code (execution) */
#define PERF_MEM_OP_SHIFT 0

-/* memory hierarchy (memory level, hit or miss) */
+/*
+ * PERF_MEM_LVL_* namespace being depricated to some extent in the
+ * favour of newer composite PERF_MEM_{LVLNUM_,REMOTE_,SNOOPX_} fields.
+ * Supporting this namespace inorder to not break defined ABIs.
+ *
+ * memory hierarchy (memory level, hit or miss)
+ */
#define PERF_MEM_LVL_NA 0x01 /* not available */
#define PERF_MEM_LVL_HIT 0x02 /* hit level */
#define PERF_MEM_LVL_MISS 0x04 /* miss level */
diff --git a/tools/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h b/tools/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
index f92880a..e1701e9 100644
--- a/tools/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
+++ b/tools/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
@@ -1241,7 +1241,13 @@ union perf_mem_data_src {
#define PERF_MEM_OP_EXEC 0x10 /* code (execution) */
#define PERF_MEM_OP_SHIFT 0

-/* memory hierarchy (memory level, hit or miss) */
+/*
+ * PERF_MEM_LVL_* namespace being depricated to some extent in the
+ * favour of newer composite PERF_MEM_{LVLNUM_,REMOTE_,SNOOPX_} fields.
+ * Supporting this namespace inorder to not break defined ABIs.
+ *
+ * memory hierarchy (memory level, hit or miss)
+ */
#define PERF_MEM_LVL_NA 0x01 /* not available */
#define PERF_MEM_LVL_HIT 0x02 /* hit level */
#define PERF_MEM_LVL_MISS 0x04 /* miss level */
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/mem-events.c b/tools/perf/util/mem-events.c
index f0e75df..ff7289e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/mem-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/mem-events.c
@@ -320,7 +320,6 @@ int perf_mem__lvl_scnprintf(char *out, size_t sz, struct mem_info *mem_info)
/* already taken care of */
m &= ~(PERF_MEM_LVL_HIT|PERF_MEM_LVL_MISS);

-
if (mem_info && mem_info->data_src.mem_remote) {
strcat(out, "Remote ");
l += 7;