RE: [PATCH v5] perf: arm_cspmu: Separate Arm and vendor module

From: Besar Wicaksono
Date: Fri Aug 18 2023 - 12:23:35 EST


Hi Will,


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> On Fri, Aug 18, 2023 at 05:05:36PM +0100, Will Deacon wrote:
> > On Wed, Jul 05, 2023 at 05:47:45AM -0500, Besar Wicaksono wrote:
> > > Arm Coresight PMU driver consists of main standard code and
> > > vendor backend code. Both are currently built as a single module.
> > > This patch adds vendor registration API to separate the two to
> > > keep things modular. The main driver requests each known backend
> > > module during initialization and defer device binding process.
> > > The backend module then registers an init callback to the main
> > > driver and continue the device driver binding process.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Besar Wicaksono <bwicaksono@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > >
> > > Changes from v4:
> > > * Fix warning reported by kernel test robot
> > > v4: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-arm-kernel/20230620041438.32514-1-
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> >
> > Do you plan to send a v5 addressing Suzuki's comments? This series is
> > blocking the Ampere work from Ilkka.
>
> s/v5/v6/ !
>

Sorry for the delay.
I will send a follow up patch soon.

Regards,
Besar