Re: [PATCH V3 2/6] perf: Passing struct perf_event to function setup_aux()

From: Alexander Shishkin
Date: Mon Aug 08 2016 - 06:49:50 EST


Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Thu, Jul 28, 2016 at 03:42:19PM -0600, Mathieu Poirier wrote:
>> Some information, like driver specific configuration, is found
>> in the hw_perf_event structure. As such pass a 'struct perf_event'
>> to function setup_aux() rather than just the CPU number so that
>> individual drivers can make the right configuration when setting
>> up a session.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Yeah, no objection to this.

Sure, but I'd like a commit message that actually describes *what*
information and *why*.

Regards,
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Alex