[PATCH 0/4] drm/panfrost: Plumb cycle counters to userspace
Alyssa Rosenzweig
alyssa at collabora.com
Thu May 27 21:14:31 UTC 2021
> The main outstanding questing is the proper name. Performance monitoring
> ("PERMON") is the name used by kbase, but it's jargon-y and risks
> confusion with performance counters, an orthogonal mechanism. Cycle
> count is more descriptive and matches the actual hardware name, but
> obscures that the same mechanism is required for GPU timestamps. This
> bit of bikeshedding aside, I'm pleased with the patches.
PANFROST_JD_REQ_CLOCK might be the clearest.
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