On arm64, user space counter access will be controlled differently compared to x86. On x86, access in the strictest mode is enabled for all tasks in an MM when any event is mmap'ed. For arm64, access is explicitly requested for an event and only enabled when the event's context is active. This avoids hooks into the arch context switch code and gives better control of when access is enabled. In order to configure user space access when the PMU is enabled, it is necessary to know if any event (currently active or not) in the current context has user space accessed enabled. Add a counter similar to other counters in the context to avoid walking the event list every time. Reviewed-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com> Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211208201124.310740-3-robh@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
Linux kernel ============ There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first. In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or ``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/ There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory, several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation. Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.
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