On Mon, Jul 02, 2018 at 04:33:29PM -0600, Mathieu Poirier wrote:
SNIP
> +static int
> +perf_event_process_drv_config(struct perf_event *event, char *config_str)
> +{
> + int ret = -EINVAL;
> + void *drv_data;
> +
> + /* Make sure ctx.mutex it held */
> + lockdep_assert_held(&event->ctx->mutex);
> +
> + /* Children take their configuration from their parent */
> + if (WARN_ON_ONCE(event->parent))
> + goto out;
> +
> + drv_data = event->pmu->drv_config_validate(event, config_str);
> + if (!drv_data)
> + goto out;
what's this check for? doc does not mention that,
also the coresight callback does not return NULL
jirka
