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SubjectRe: [PATCH v0 3/5] perf: Introduce instruction trace filtering
On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 03:36:36PM +0200, Alexander Shishkin wrote:

> The pmu driver interface basically adds an extra callback to the
> pmu driver structure, which validates the filter configuration proposed
> by the user against what the hardware is actually capable of doing
> and translates it into something that pmu::start can program into
> hardware.

> @@ -388,12 +393,38 @@ struct pmu {
> void (*free_aux) (void *aux); /* optional */
>
> /*
> + * Validate instruction tracing filters: make sure hw supports the
> + * requested configuration and number of filters.
> + *
> + * Configure instruction tracing filters: translate hw-agnostic filter
> + * into hardware configuration in event::hw::itrace_filters
> + */
> + int (*itrace_filter_setup) (struct perf_event *event); /* optional */
> +
> + /*
> * Filter events for PMU-specific reasons.
> */
> int (*filter_match) (struct perf_event *event); /* optional */
> };

Any reason you cannot use pmu::filter_match ?


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