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Date:   Fri, 28 Jun 2019 17:59:15 +0100
From:   Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
To:     Mukesh Ojha <mojha@codeaurora.org>
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Subject: Re: Perf framework : Cluster based counter support
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On Fri, Jun 28, 2019 at 10:23:10PM +0530, Mukesh Ojha wrote:
> Hi All,

Hi Mukesh,

> Is it looks considerable to add cluster based event support to add in
> current perf event framework and later in userspace perf to support
> such events ?

Could you elaborate on what you mean by "cluster based event"?

I assume you mean something like events for a cluster-affine shared
resource like some level of cache?

If so, there's a standard pattern for supporting such system/uncore
PMUs, see drivers/perf/qcom_l2_pmu.c and friends for examples.

Thanks,
Mark.