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ARM: 7117/1: perf: fix HW_CACHE_* events on Cortex-A9
authorWill Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
Mon, 3 Oct 2011 17:30:53 +0000 (18:30 +0100)
committerRussell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
Sat, 15 Oct 2011 10:04:22 +0000 (11:04 +0100)
commitc7eb91d0062a42a0cd56b991e0192b45fa4bdea4
tree9f132fd63c08266901f3427d624891ac7e2da7b7
parenta2cf4e7592761642b1f4263a35ea35482ba65379
ARM: 7117/1: perf: fix HW_CACHE_* events on Cortex-A9

Using COHERENT_LINE_{MISS,HIT} for cache misses and references
respectively is completely wrong. Instead, use the L1D events which
are a better and more useful approximation despite ignoring instruction
traffic.

Reported-by: Alasdair Grant <alasdair.grant@arm.com>
Reported-by: Matt Horsnell <matt.horsnell@arm.com>
Reported-by: Michael Williams <michael.williams@arm.com>
Cc: stable@kernel.org
Cc: Jean Pihet <j-pihet@ti.com>
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
arch/arm/kernel/perf_event_v7.c