From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7036AC2B9F4 for ; Fri, 25 Jun 2021 05:20:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 516BC61423 for ; Fri, 25 Jun 2021 05:20:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S233140AbhFYFWT (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Jun 2021 01:22:19 -0400 Received: from new1-smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.221]:56123 "EHLO new1-smtp.messagingengine.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S230139AbhFYFWS (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Jun 2021 01:22:18 -0400 Received: from compute3.internal (compute3.nyi.internal [10.202.2.43]) by mailnew.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3EF0558059A; Fri, 25 Jun 2021 01:19:58 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mailfrontend1 ([10.202.2.162]) by compute3.internal (MEProxy); Fri, 25 Jun 2021 01:19:58 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=kroah.com; h= date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-type:in-reply-to; s=fm1; bh=XLolmk+8PLMR+wcUsuHwHJRfzOO LDvGMmVm9jx8vVKU=; b=DffSXefl/b2ZWRYSW1Q5QZlvyVhO4t5ZxMccwRyppDr Yq1t3Igh4B2ZJEmg2379WCvHeNivuPqi7ZncRYjzU6MaDhIz/q/2lHqoepBc7Qos xA8UT5fT+zg7nyrTy3UmbFg9DdQSUU0NnKxGMWtxuiXLY1T4t+Z0bsldo33+Rs59 1cQbY3oWbQRQjuotLYGJBC/RiBpj0oN0BDPxBK5gV8eSzdUjbiyf++YAjRkiW3tj IBKj2i5Pfhg5A3FWbvf/xAdK1UBduvc79lur5LiRglvCWc7s5287iAysqiv5uK+L 54wXxkukajMxXNTkUnZP63EoLWSlVCK46E+ZFPGILEw== DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=cc:content-type:date:from:in-reply-to :message-id:mime-version:references:subject:to:x-me-proxy :x-me-proxy:x-me-sender:x-me-sender:x-sasl-enc; s=fm3; bh=XLolmk +8PLMR+wcUsuHwHJRfzOOLDvGMmVm9jx8vVKU=; b=nOnDMj6tAfoLkpPSymRiyK oW3O7cHuSlLgoXF4it5O+G2WwHslYTPQiPxjveGxtr0zWMTPZEF6fZk7Iz3vCu7e YcqZm9WthrS6lfa9kEPzBRBxiuRLO6j0ID+Eo1A4+wmkq5ZXuzDEYu2XOojL+LT/ qN1MyvUymGzmuTZdgbwCPbWsW3InuZQwdSNfq1BEfVUrzCI4+8Ocdn5EnNBcJbbq hS7wPg+FLJE7Zxz6Om/gOw/1/1QUQOl+LipU0XQPqAYHRB1GNd2P1walZTGVm3LI H6PdHPWCUem+vuI54h0HaHdt78Y146yAUJ1LdZ5+rOxZbW8cZd7TstLeCr/33Ewg == X-ME-Sender: X-ME-Received: X-ME-Proxy-Cause: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgeduledrfeegiedgleehucetufdoteggodetrfdotf fvucfrrhhofhhilhgvmecuhfgrshhtofgrihhlpdfqfgfvpdfurfetoffkrfgpnffqhgen uceurghilhhouhhtmecufedttdenucesvcftvggtihhpihgvnhhtshculddquddttddmne cujfgurhepfffhvffukfhfgggtuggjsehttdertddttddvnecuhfhrohhmpefirhgvghcu mffjuceoghhrvghgsehkrhhorghhrdgtohhmqeenucggtffrrghtthgvrhhnpeevueehje fgfffgiedvudekvdektdelleelgefhleejieeugeegveeuuddukedvteenucevlhhushht vghrufhiiigvpedtnecurfgrrhgrmhepmhgrihhlfhhrohhmpehgrhgvgheskhhrohgrhh drtghomh X-ME-Proxy: Received: by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA; Fri, 25 Jun 2021 01:19:56 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2021 07:19:52 +0200 From: Greg KH To: Andi Kleen Cc: kan.liang@linux.intel.com, peterz@infradead.org, mingo@redhat.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, eranian@google.com, namhyung@kernel.org, acme@kernel.org, jolsa@redhat.com Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/7] perf: Create a symlink for a PMU Message-ID: References: <1624497729-158864-1-git-send-email-kan.liang@linux.intel.com> <1624497729-158864-3-git-send-email-kan.liang@linux.intel.com> <1e536604-cf93-0f09-401e-2073924c5582@linux.intel.com> <29d5f315-578f-103c-9523-ae890e29c7e7@linux.intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <29d5f315-578f-103c-9523-ae890e29c7e7@linux.intel.com> Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Jun 24, 2021 at 10:28:36AM -0700, Andi Kleen wrote: > > But a driver does not caer. And if perf does not care, who cares? > > The users who write scripts that specify the perf events on the perf command > line. Great, then as you have deemed the device name part of your documented api, then keep it stable as that is what you decided to do a long time ago when it was created. thanks, greg k-h