[RFC][PATCH 0/9] perf: remove __weak function hw_perf_event_init

[RFC][PATCH 0/9] perf: remove __weak function hw_perf_event_init

[Lin Ming]

Hi, all

On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 1:15 AM, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> wrote:
>
> Right, I've got some definite ideas on how to go here, just need some
> time to implement them.
>
> The first thing that needs to be done is get rid of all the __weak
> functions (with exception of perf_callchain*, since that really is arch
> specific).
>
> For hw_perf_event_init() we need to create a pmu registration facility
> and lookup a pmu_id, either passed as an actual id found in sysfs or an
> open file handle from sysfs (the cpu pmu would be pmu_id 0 for backwards
> compat).

Here are 9 small patches to remove __weak function hw_perf_event_init

[PATCH 1/9] perf: un-const struct pmu *
A new field "id" will be added to struct pmu, and the "id" is assigned
at registration time, so the struct is not const any more.

[PATCH 2/9] perf: core, remove weak function hw_perf_event_init
A new field "pmu_id" is added to struct perf_event_attr.
2 new functions: perf_event_register_pmu, perf_event_lookup_pmu
perf_event_register_pmu: the pmu registration facility
perf_event_lookup_pmu: lookup the pmu via the passed in
event->attr.pmu_id.
A new api pmu->init_event to replace hw_perf_event_init

[PATCH 3/9] perf: export registered pmus via sysfs
Export pmus via sysfs /sys/devices/system/cpu/pmus/0...N
The file name is the pmu id, so perf tool can use it to initialize
perf_event_attr.

[PATCH 4/9] perf: x86, convert to new API pmu->init_event
[PATCH 5/9] perf: arm, convert to new API pmu->init_event
[PATCH 6/9] perf: powerpc, convert to new API pmu->init_event
[PATCH 7/9] perf: sh, convert to new API pmu->init_event
[PATCH 8/9] perf: sparc, convert to new API pmu->init_event
[PATCH 9/9] perf top: set perf_event_attr->pmu_id

Thanks for any comments.

Lin Ming