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The current fixed metadata version format (version 0), means that adding metadata parameter items renders files from a previous version of perf unreadable. Per CPU parameters appear in a fixed order, but there is no field to indicate the number of ETM parameters per CPU. This patch updates the per CPU parameter blocks to include a NR_PARAMs value which indicates the number of parameters in the block. The header version is incremented to 1. Fixed ordering is retained, new ETM parameters are added to the end of the list. The reader code is updated to be able to read current version 0 files, For version 1, the reader will read the number of parameters in the per CPU block. This allows the reader to process older or newer files that may have different numbers of parameters than in use at the time perf was built. Signed-off-by: Mike Leach <mike.leach@linaro.org> Reviewed-by: Leo Yan <leo.yan@linaro.org> Tested-by: Leo Yan <leo.yan@linaro.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210202214040.32349-1-mike.leach@linaro.org Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210224164835.3497311-2-mathieu.poirier@linaro.org 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.