On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 10:35:32PM +0800, Runzhen Wang wrote: > In the Power7 PMU guide: > https://www.power.org/documentation/commonly-used-metrics-for-performance-analysis/ > PM_BRU_MPRED is referred to as PM_BR_MPRED. > > It fixed the typo by changing the name of the event in kernel > and documentation accordingly.
This patch fixes the typo by ... > This patch changes the ABI, there are some reasons I think it's ok: > > - It is relatively new interface, specific to the Power7 platform. > > - No tools that we know of actually use this interface at this point > (none are listed near the interface). > > - Users of this interface (eg oprofile users migrating to perf) > would be more used to the "PM_BR_MPRED" rather than "PM_BRU_MPRED". > > - These are in the ABI/testing at this point rather than ABI/stable, > so hoping we have some wiggle room. > > Signed-off-by: Runzhen Wang <[email protected]> Acked-by: Michael Ellerman <[email protected]> cheers -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
