Re: [PATCH v3] ARM, ARM64, LONGARCH, XTENSA: Delay HW BP notification to task_work()

[Ada Couprie Diaz]

Hi Sebastian,

On 08/10/2026 20:21, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote:
> On 2026-10-06 18:17:52 [+0100], Ada Couprie Diaz wrote:
> > Hi Sebastian,
> Hi Ada,
>
> > I find the function names a bit counter-intuitive, compared to the other
> > arch-specific perf functions.
> > Given the name `perf_arch_...`, I would have expected them to be defined
> > in arch code, rather than in the generic perf code.
> >  From what I can see, usually perf functions calling an arch-specific
> > function lack the `_arch_` infix of their `arch_` counterpart.
> >
> > I do not know very well what we expect in perf, so I might be off-base,
> > but would calling them `perf_hwbp_send_sig()` and `perf_hwbp_notify()`
> > make sense ?
> Thanks for looking at this. I renamed them as:
> - perf_arch_hwbp_notify() -> perf_hwbp_notify() (generic)
> - arch_hwbp_send_sig() -> perf_arch_hwbp_send_sig() (arch specific)
> - perf_arch_hwbp_send_sig() -> perf_hwbp_send_sig() (generic)
>
> [...]
>
> Sebastian
That sounds good to me, thanks !
Kind regards
Ada