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Currently, PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE is treated specially since task-clock and cpu-clock events are interfaced through it but internally gets forwarded to their own pmus. Rework this by overwriting event->attr.type in perf_swevent_init() which will cause perf_init_event() to retry with updated type and event will automatically get forwarded to right pmu. With the change, SW pmu no longer needs to be treated specially and can be included in 'pmu_idr' list. Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Ravi Bangoria <ravi.bangoria@amd.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230504110003.2548-2-ravi.bangoria@amd.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.