Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752877Ab3JCECb (ORCPT ); Thu, 3 Oct 2013 00:02:31 -0400 Received: from ozlabs.org ([203.10.76.45]:52269 "EHLO ozlabs.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752299Ab3JCECa (ORCPT ); Thu, 3 Oct 2013 00:02:30 -0400 Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2013 14:02:20 +1000 From: Michael Ellerman To: Sukadev Bhattiprolu Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo , Michael Ellerman , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Stephane Eranian , linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, Paul Mackerras , Anshuman Khandual Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/9][v5] powerpc/perf: Rename Power8 macros to start with PME Message-ID: <20131003040219.GA17237@concordia> References: <1380672911-12812-1-git-send-email-sukadev@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <1380672911-12812-2-git-send-email-sukadev@linux.vnet.ibm.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1380672911-12812-2-git-send-email-sukadev@linux.vnet.ibm.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 682 Lines: 15 On Tue, Oct 01, 2013 at 05:15:02PM -0700, Sukadev Bhattiprolu wrote: > We use helpers like GENERIC_EVENT_ATTR() to list the generic events in > sysfs. To avoid name collisions, GENERIC_EVENT_ATTR() requires the perf > event macros to start with PME. It's a bit unfortunate, because they no longer match the documentation, or any of the comments. Are we seeing actual name collisions with PM_, or is it just a theoretical worry? cheers -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/