Hi Linus,
Please pull the following arm64 perf updates for 4.7. The main addition
here is support for Broadcom's Vulcan core using the architected ID
registers for discovering supported events.
Cheers,
Will
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The following changes since commit bf16200689118d19de1b8d2a3c314fc21f5dc7bb:
Linux 4.6-rc3 (2016-04-10 17:58:30 -0700)
are available in the git repository at:
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git tags/arm64-perf
for you to fetch changes up to 4ba2578fa7b557012b8f59ad7a9284ff15394338:
arm64: perf: don't expose CHAIN event in sysfs (2016-04-25 15:05:24 +0100)
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arm64 perf updates for 4.7
- Support for the PMU in Broadcom's Vulcan CPU
- Dynamic event detection using the PMCEIDn_EL0 ID registers
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Ashok Kumar (7):
Documentation: arm64: pmu: Add Broadcom Vulcan PMU binding
arm64: dts: Add Broadcom Vulcan PMU in dts
arm64/perf: Changed events naming as per the ARM ARM
arm64/perf: Define complete ARMv8 recommended implementation defined
events
arm64/perf: Access pmu register using <read/write>_sys_reg
arm64/perf: Filter common events based on PMCEIDn_EL0
arm64/perf: Add Broadcom Vulcan PMU support
Will Deacon (1):
arm64: perf: don't expose CHAIN event in sysfs
Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/pmu.txt | 3 +-
arch/arm64/boot/dts/broadcom/vulcan.dtsi | 2 +-
arch/arm64/kernel/perf_event.c | 553 +++++++++++++++++---------
include/linux/perf/arm_pmu.h | 2 +
4 files changed, 370 insertions(+), 190 deletions(-)
