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powerpc/perf: Don't use perf_hw_context for trace IMC PMU
authorAthira Rajeev <atrajeev@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Wed, 2 Feb 2022 04:18:37 +0000 (09:48 +0530)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Fri, 8 Apr 2022 12:23:27 +0000 (14:23 +0200)
commite4172337c84ea2a490d325d81249dae65f708667
tree732bf4b17df76fc392939c916a35fb657d3933c2
parentbd15efc78b4e1cd0905a314a3d34cbcddfef0814
powerpc/perf: Don't use perf_hw_context for trace IMC PMU

[ Upstream commit cd3c5de62155a86c1d3635495469e2a3fd120c19 ]

Trace IMC (In-Memory collection counters) in powerpc is useful for
application level profiling.

For trace_imc, presently task context (task_ctx_nr) is set to
perf_hw_context. But perf_hw_context should only be used for CPU PMU.
See commit 305fdc90290d ("perf/core: Verify we have a single
perf_hw_context PMU").

So for trace_imc, even though it is per thread PMU, it is preferred to
use sw_context in order to be able to do application level monitoring.
Hence change the task_ctx_nr to use perf_sw_context.

Fixes: 043c283220fc ("powerpc/perf: Trace imc PMU functions")
Signed-off-by: Athira Rajeev <atrajeev@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Madhavan Srinivasan <maddy@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
[mpe: Update subject & incorporate notes into change log, reflow comment]
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220202041837.65968-1-atrajeev@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
arch/powerpc/perf/imc-pmu.c