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SubjectRe: [PATCH 6/6] arm64: perf: Add support for chaining counters
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One more thing now that I've actually looked at the Arm ARM...

On 18/05/18 11:22, Suzuki K Poulose wrote:
[...]
> +static inline void armv8pmu_write_event_type(struct perf_event *event)
> +{
> + struct hw_perf_event *hwc = &event->hw;
> + int idx = hwc->idx;
> +
> + /*
> + * For chained events, write the high counter event type
> + * followed by the low counter.
> + */
> + if (armv8pmu_event_is_chained(event)) {
> + u32 chain_evt = ARMV8_PMUV3_PERFCTR_CHAIN;
> +
> + /* Set the filters as that of the main event for chain */
> + chain_evt |= hwc->config_base & ~ARMV8_PMU_EVTYPE_EVENT;

The description of the chain event says that the filtering must only be
set on the lower counter, and that the chain event itself should be set
to count everything.

> + armv8pmu_write_evtype(idx, chain_evt);
> + isb();
> + idx--;
> + }
> +
> + armv8pmu_write_evtype(idx, hwc->config_base);

It also says that the 'real' event should be set up first and the chain
event second, with the rather ominous warning of "If software does not
program the event in this way, the count becomes UNPREDICTABLE."

Robin.

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