[PATCH] drm/xe/uapi: Rename xe perf layer as xe observation layer

[Rodrigo Vivi]

On Tue, Jul 02, 2024 at 02:48:22PM -0700, Dixit, Ashutosh wrote:
> On Tue, 02 Jul 2024 14:40:34 -0700, Ashutosh Dixit wrote:
> >
> > In Xe, the perf layer allows capture of HW counter streams. These HW
> > counters are generally performance related but don't have to be necessarily
> > so. Also, the name "perf" is a carryover from i915 and is not preferred.
> >
> > Here we propose the name "observation" for this common layer which allows
> > capture of different types of these counter streams.
> >
> > v2: Rename observability layer to observation layer and in code
> >     s/obsrv/observation/ (Lucas/Rodrigo)
> 
> Note for reviewers:
> 
> There are no semantic changes in this patch. Only different
> ioctl/structs/enums are renamed using basically s/perf/observation/I and
> comments in code are similarly changed.
> 
> /proc/sys/dev/xe/perf_stream_paranoid file is now changed to
> /proc/sys/dev/xe/xe_observation_paranoid.

Jose, do you have the Mesa patch ready on this? Ack on this change?

> 
> Thanks.
> --
> Ashutosh