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Date:   Tue, 11 Jul 2023 17:38:51 +0530
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] arm_pmu: Remove unused
 PERF_PMU_CAP_HETEROGENEOUS_CPUS capability
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To:     James Clark <james.clark@arm.com>,
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On 7/10/23 17:51, James Clark wrote:
> Since commit bd2756811766 ("perf: Rewrite core context handling") the
> relationship between perf_event_context and PMUs has changed so that
> the error scenario that PERF_PMU_CAP_HETEROGENEOUS_CPUS originally
> silenced no longer exists.
> 
> Remove the capability and associated comment to avoid confusion that it
> actually influences any perf core behavior. This change should be a
> no-op.
> 
> Signed-off-by: James Clark <james.clark@arm.com>
> ---
>  drivers/perf/arm_pmu.c | 7 ++-----
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/perf/arm_pmu.c b/drivers/perf/arm_pmu.c
> index d8844a9461a2..297906df6628 100644
> --- a/drivers/perf/arm_pmu.c
> +++ b/drivers/perf/arm_pmu.c
> @@ -872,15 +872,12 @@ struct arm_pmu *armpmu_alloc(void)
>  		.attr_groups	= pmu->attr_groups,
>  		/*
>  		 * This is a CPU PMU potentially in a heterogeneous
> -		 * configuration (e.g. big.LITTLE). This is not an uncore PMU,
> -		 * and we have taken ctx sharing into account (e.g. with our
> -		 * pmu::filter callback and pmu::event_init group validation).
> -		 *
> +		 * configuration (e.g. big.LITTLE) so
>  		 * PERF_PMU_CAP_EXTENDED_HW_TYPE is required to open the legacy
>  		 * PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE and PERF_TYPE_HW_CACHE events on a
>  		 * specific PMU.
>  		 */
> -		.capabilities	= PERF_PMU_CAP_HETEROGENEOUS_CPUS | PERF_PMU_CAP_EXTENDED_REGS |
> +		.capabilities	= PERF_PMU_CAP_EXTENDED_REGS |
>  				  PERF_PMU_CAP_EXTENDED_HW_TYPE,

Small nit, the second line could be folded back into the first one.

>  	};
>