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It is common in the code currently to test a map for "empty" when in fact the "any CPU"/dummy value of -1 is being sought. Add a new function to enable this and document the behavior of two other functions. The term "any CPU" comes from perf_event_open, where the value is consumed, but it is more typical in the code to see this value/map referred to as the dummy value. This could be misleading due to the dummy event and also dummy not being intention revealing, so it is hoped to migrate the code to referring to this as "any CPU". Reviewed-by: Kan Liang <kan.liang@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com> Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com> Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com> Cc: Ali Saidi <alisaidi@amazon.com> Cc: Athira Rajeev <atrajeev@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: Dmitrii Dolgov <9erthalion6@gmail.com> Cc: Huacai Chen <chenhuacai@kernel.org> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com> Cc: James Clark <james.clark@arm.com> Cc: Jing Zhang <renyu.zj@linux.alibaba.com> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> Cc: John Garry <john.g.garry@oracle.com> Cc: Kajol Jain <kjain@linux.ibm.com> Cc: Kang Minchul <tegongkang@gmail.com> Cc: Leo Yan <leo.yan@linaro.org> Cc: Madhavan Srinivasan <maddy@linux.ibm.com> Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com> Cc: Mike Leach <mike.leach@linaro.org> Cc: Ming Wang <wangming01@loongson.cn> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Ravi Bangoria <ravi.bangoria@amd.com> Cc: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org> Cc: Sandipan Das <sandipan.das@amd.com> Cc: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com> Cc: Suzuki Poulouse <suzuki.poulose@arm.com> Cc: Thomas Richter <tmricht@linux.ibm.com> Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org> Cc: Xing Zhengjun <zhengjun.xing@linux.intel.com> Cc: coresight@lists.linaro.org Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230527072210.2900565-4-irogers@google.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Linux kernel
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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.