Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 1/2] perf,kvm/ppc: Add kvm_perf.h for powerpc

From: Scott Wood <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2015 15:10:17 -0500

On Thu, 2015-07-16 at 21:18 +0530, Hemant Kumar wrote:
> To analyze the exit events with perf, we need kvm_perf.h to be added in
> the arch/powerpc directory, where the kvm tracepoints needed to trace
> the KVM exit events are defined.
> 
> This patch adds "kvm_perf_book3s.h" to indicate that the tracepoints are
> book3s specific. Generic "kvm_perf.h" then can just include
> "kvm_perf_book3s.h".
> 
> Signed-off-by: Hemant Kumar <[email-masked]>
> ---
> Changes:
> - Not exporting the exit reasons compared to previous patchset (suggested 
> by Paul)
> 
>  arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/kvm_perf.h        |  6 ++++++
>  arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/kvm_perf_book3s.h | 14 ++++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 20 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/kvm_perf.h
>  create mode 100644 arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/kvm_perf_book3s.h
> 
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/kvm_perf.h 
> b/arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/kvm_perf.h
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..5ed2ff3
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/kvm_perf.h
> @@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
> +#ifndef _ASM_POWERPC_KVM_PERF_H
> +#define _ASM_POWERPC_KVM_PERF_H
> +
> +#include <asm/kvm_perf_book3s.h>
> +
> +#endif
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/kvm_perf_book3s.h 
> b/arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/kvm_perf_book3s.h
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..8c8d8c2
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/kvm_perf_book3s.h
> @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
> +#ifndef _ASM_POWERPC_KVM_PERF_BOOK3S_H
> +#define _ASM_POWERPC_KVM_PERF_BOOK3S_H
> +
> +#include <asm/kvm.h>
> +
> +#define DECODE_STR_LEN 20
> +
> +#define VCPU_ID "vcpu_id"
> +
> +#define KVM_ENTRY_TRACE "kvm_hv:kvm_guest_enter"
> +#define KVM_EXIT_TRACE "kvm_hv:kvm_guest_exit"
> +#define KVM_EXIT_REASON "trap"
> +
> +#endif /* _ASM_POWERPC_KVM_PERF_BOOK3S_H */

Again, why is book3s stuff being presented via uapi as generic 
<asm/kvm_perf.h> with generic symbol names?

-Scott