Re: [PATCH v3 7/8] perf: Add perf_event_attr::config3

[Rob Herring]

On Fri, Nov 18, 2022 at 10:49 AM Will Deacon <will@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Nov 04, 2022 at 10:55:07AM -0500, Rob Herring wrote:
> > Arm SPEv1.2 adds another 64-bits of event filtering control. As the
> > existing perf_event_attr::configN fields are all used up for SPE PMU, an
> > additional field is needed. Add a new 'config3' field.
> >
> > Tested-by: James Clark <james.clark@xxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Rob Herring <robh@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > v3:
> >  - No change
> > v2:
> >  - Drop tools/ side update
> > ---
> >  include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h | 3 +++
> >  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h b/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
> > index 85be78e0e7f6..b2b1d7b54097 100644
> > --- a/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
> > +++ b/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
> > @@ -374,6 +374,7 @@ enum perf_event_read_format {
> >  #define PERF_ATTR_SIZE_VER5  112     /* add: aux_watermark */
> >  #define PERF_ATTR_SIZE_VER6  120     /* add: aux_sample_size */
> >  #define PERF_ATTR_SIZE_VER7  128     /* add: sig_data */
> > +#define PERF_ATTR_SIZE_VER8  136     /* add: config3 */
> >
> >  /*
> >   * Hardware event_id to monitor via a performance monitoring event:
> > @@ -515,6 +516,8 @@ struct perf_event_attr {
> >        * truncated accordingly on 32 bit architectures.
> >        */
> >       __u64   sig_data;
> > +
> > +     __u64   config3; /* extension of config2 */
>
> I need an ack from the perf core maintainers before I can take this.

Peter, Arnaldo, Ingo,

Can I get an ack on this please.

Rob