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Alexandre Ghiti <alexghiti@rivosinc.com> says: riscv used to allow direct access to cycle/time/instret counters, bypassing the perf framework, this patchset intends to allow the user to mmap any counter when accessed through perf. **Important**: The default mode is now user access through perf only, not the legacy so some applications will break. However, we introduce a sysctl perf_user_access like arm64 does, which will allow to switch to the legacy mode described above. This version needs openSBI v1.3 *and* a kernel fix that went upstream lately (https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20230616114831.3186980-1-maz@kernel.org/T/). * b4-shazam-merge: perf: tests: Adapt mmap-basic.c for riscv tools: lib: perf: Implement riscv mmap support Documentation: admin-guide: Add riscv sysctl_perf_user_access drivers: perf: Implement perf event mmap support in the SBI backend drivers: perf: Implement perf event mmap support in the legacy backend riscv: Prepare for user-space perf event mmap support drivers: perf: Rename riscv pmu sbi driver riscv: Make legacy counter enum match the HW numbering include: riscv: Fix wrong include guard in riscv_pmu.h perf: Fix wrong comment about default event_idx Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230802080328.1213905-1-alexghiti@rivosinc.com Signed-off-by: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@rivosinc.com>
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