linux-stable/arch/powerpc
Kajol Jain e5f9d88586 powerpc/perf/hv-24x7: Dont create sysfs event files for dummy events
The hv_24x7 performance monitoring unit creates a list of supported
events from the event catalog obtained via HCALL. The hv_24x7 catalog
could also contain invalid or dummy events with names like RESERVED*.
These events do not have any hardware counters backing them. Add a
check to string compare the event names to filter such events out.

Result on power9 machine:

Before this patch:
  .....
  hv_24x7/PM_XLINK2_OUT_ODD_CYC,chip=?/              [Kernel PMU event]
  hv_24x7/PM_XLINK2_OUT_ODD_DATA_COUNT,chip=?/       [Kernel PMU event]
  hv_24x7/PM_XLINK2_OUT_ODD_TOTAL_UTIL,chip=?/       [Kernel PMU event]
  hv_24x7/PM_XTS_ATR_DEMAND_CHECKOUT,chip=?/         [Kernel PMU event]
  hv_24x7/PM_XTS_ATR_DEMAND_CHECKOUT_MISS,chip=?/    [Kernel PMU event]
  hv_24x7/PM_XTS_ATSD_SENT,chip=?/                   [Kernel PMU event]
  hv_24x7/PM_XTS_ATSD_TLBI_RCV,chip=?/               [Kernel PMU event]
  hv_24x7/RESERVED_NEST1,chip=?/                     [Kernel PMU event]
  hv_24x7/RESERVED_NEST10,chip=?/                    [Kernel PMU event]
  hv_24x7/RESERVED_NEST11,chip=?/                    [Kernel PMU event]
  hv_24x7/RESERVED_NEST12,chip=?/                    [Kernel PMU event]
  hv_24x7/RESERVED_NEST13,chip=?/                    [Kernel PMU event]
  ......

dmesg:
  [    0.000362] printk: console [hvc0] enabled
  [    0.815452] hv-24x7: read 1530 catalog entries, created 537 event attrs (0 failures), 275 descs

After this patch:
  ......
  hv_24x7/PM_XLINK2_OUT_ODD_AVLBL_CYC,chip=?/        [Kernel PMU event]
  hv_24x7/PM_XLINK2_OUT_ODD_CYC,chip=?/              [Kernel PMU event]
  hv_24x7/PM_XLINK2_OUT_ODD_DATA_COUNT,chip=?/       [Kernel PMU event]
  hv_24x7/PM_XLINK2_OUT_ODD_TOTAL_UTIL,chip=?/       [Kernel PMU event]
  hv_24x7/PM_XTS_ATR_DEMAND_CHECKOUT,chip=?/         [Kernel PMU event]
  hv_24x7/PM_XTS_ATR_DEMAND_CHECKOUT_MISS,chip=?/    [Kernel PMU event]
  hv_24x7/PM_XTS_ATSD_SENT,chip=?/                   [Kernel PMU event]
  hv_24x7/PM_XTS_ATSD_TLBI_RCV,chip=?/               [Kernel PMU event]
  hv_24x7/TOD,chip=?/                                [Kernel PMU event]
  ......

dmesg:
  [    0.000357] printk: console [hvc0] enabled
  [    0.808592] hv-24x7: read 1530 catalog entries, created 509 event attrs (0 failures), 275 descs

Signed-off-by: Kajol Jain <kjain@linux.ibm.com>
[mpe: Simplify ignore_event(), minor change log formatting]
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20201228085204.18026-1-kjain@linux.ibm.com
2021-01-30 11:39:25 +11:00
..
boot powerpc/boot: Fix build of dts/fsl 2020-12-21 22:06:09 +11:00
configs powerpc updates for 5.11 2020-12-17 13:34:25 -08:00
crypto crypto: powerpc/sha256-spe - Fix sparse endianness warning 2020-11-27 17:13:41 +11:00
include powerpc/64s/kuap: Use mmu_has_feature() 2021-01-30 11:39:25 +11:00
kernel powerpc fixes for 5.11 #2 2020-12-24 14:02:00 -08:00
kexec arch, drivers: replace for_each_membock() with for_each_mem_range() 2020-10-13 18:38:35 -07:00
kvm powerpc updates for 5.11 2020-12-17 13:34:25 -08:00
lib powerpc/sstep: Add testcases for VSX vector paired load/store instructions 2020-12-11 00:09:10 +11:00
math-emu
mm powerpc updates for 5.11 2020-12-17 13:34:25 -08:00
net bpf, powerpc: Fix misuse of fallthrough in bpf_jit_comp() 2020-09-29 16:39:11 +02:00
oprofile powerpc/oprofile: fix spelling mistake "contex" -> "context" 2020-08-25 01:31:33 +10:00
perf powerpc/perf/hv-24x7: Dont create sysfs event files for dummy events 2021-01-30 11:39:25 +11:00
platforms dma-mapping updates for 5.11: 2020-12-22 13:19:43 -08:00
purgatory powerpc/kexec_file: Enable early kernel OPAL calls 2020-07-29 23:47:55 +10:00
sysdev powerpc/xive: Improve error reporting of OPAL calls 2020-12-11 09:53:11 +11:00
tools powerpc/tools: Remove 90 line limit in checkpatch script 2020-09-08 22:57:11 +10:00
xmon powerpc/xmon: Change printk() to pr_cont() 2020-12-04 21:56:30 +11:00
Kbuild
Kconfig dma-mapping updates for 5.11: 2020-12-22 13:19:43 -08:00
Kconfig.debug powerpc: Remove Xilinx PPC405/PPC440 support 2020-05-28 23:24:34 +10:00
Makefile powerpc updates for 5.11 2020-12-17 13:34:25 -08:00
Makefile.postlink powerpc: unrel_branch_check.sh: use nm to find symbol value 2020-09-02 11:00:22 +10:00