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-rw-r--r--include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h8
-rw-r--r--tools/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h8
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/util/mem-events.c1
3 files changed, 14 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h b/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
index c89535de1ec8..a74538c5b4b5 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
@@ -1256,7 +1256,13 @@ union perf_mem_data_src {
#define PERF_MEM_OP_EXEC 0x10 /* code (execution) */
#define PERF_MEM_OP_SHIFT 0
-/* memory hierarchy (memory level, hit or miss) */
+/*
+ * PERF_MEM_LVL_* namespace being depricated to some extent in the
+ * favour of newer composite PERF_MEM_{LVLNUM_,REMOTE_,SNOOPX_} fields.
+ * Supporting this namespace inorder to not break defined ABIs.
+ *
+ * memory hierarchy (memory level, hit or miss)
+ */
#define PERF_MEM_LVL_NA 0x01 /* not available */
#define PERF_MEM_LVL_HIT 0x02 /* hit level */
#define PERF_MEM_LVL_MISS 0x04 /* miss level */
diff --git a/tools/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h b/tools/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
index f92880a15645..e1701e9c7858 100644
--- a/tools/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
+++ b/tools/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
@@ -1241,7 +1241,13 @@ union perf_mem_data_src {
#define PERF_MEM_OP_EXEC 0x10 /* code (execution) */
#define PERF_MEM_OP_SHIFT 0
-/* memory hierarchy (memory level, hit or miss) */
+/*
+ * PERF_MEM_LVL_* namespace being depricated to some extent in the
+ * favour of newer composite PERF_MEM_{LVLNUM_,REMOTE_,SNOOPX_} fields.
+ * Supporting this namespace inorder to not break defined ABIs.
+ *
+ * memory hierarchy (memory level, hit or miss)
+ */
#define PERF_MEM_LVL_NA 0x01 /* not available */
#define PERF_MEM_LVL_HIT 0x02 /* hit level */
#define PERF_MEM_LVL_MISS 0x04 /* miss level */
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/mem-events.c b/tools/perf/util/mem-events.c
index f0e75df72b80..ff7289e28192 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/mem-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/mem-events.c
@@ -320,7 +320,6 @@ int perf_mem__lvl_scnprintf(char *out, size_t sz, struct mem_info *mem_info)
/* already taken care of */
m &= ~(PERF_MEM_LVL_HIT|PERF_MEM_LVL_MISS);
-
if (mem_info && mem_info->data_src.mem_remote) {
strcat(out, "Remote ");
l += 7;