Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] powerpc, perf: Ignore separate BHRB privilege state filter request

From: Anshuman Khandual <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 27 May 2013 15:32:07 +0530

On 05/22/2013 02:29 PM, Anshuman Khandual wrote:
>>
>> Your description from patch 0 should be here.
> Does it sound better ?
> 
>>
>>> -	if ((br_privilege != 7) && (br_privilege != 0))
>>> -		return -1;
>>> +
>>> +	if (br_privilege)
>>> +		pr_info("BHRB privilege state filter request %llx ignored\n",
>>> +								br_privilege);
>>
>> Don't do that. Ignoring the br_privilege is either the right thing to do
>> in which case we do it and print nothing,
> 
> 
> I thought the informational print would at least make the user aware
> of the fact that the separate filter request for BHRB went ignored.
> Can we add this some where in the documentation ?

So, what we decide here ? We will just ignore any separate BHRB
privilege state filter request without printing any informational
event or warning ?