[perf-0606]sync mainline kernel 5.8rc1 perf patchset into ubuntu kernel branch

[Fred Kimmy]

[Bug Description]
perf patchset have merged into mainline 5.8rc6 kernel.

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[Additional information]
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[Resolution]
platform-msi: Fix typos in comment
perf pmu: Fix function name in comment, its get_cpuid_str(), not get_cpustr()
drivers/perf: hisi: Fix typo in events attribute array
drivers/perf: hisi: Permit modular builds of HiSilicon uncore drivers
drivers/perf: hisi: Simplify hisi_read_sccl_and_ccl_id and its comment
drivers/perf: hisi: update the sccl_id/ccl_id for certain HiSilicon platform
drivers/perf: hisi: update the sccl_id/ccl_id when MT is supported

[Andrew Cloke (andrew-cloke)]

It is no longer possible to SRU sync bugs to 18.04-hwe or 20.04-ga. Marked those series as "won't fix".

[Ike Panhc (ikepanhc)]

v5.8-rc1 ae0bb9fda405 platform-msi: Fix typos in comment
v5.8-rc1 454a8be0cff9 perf pmu: Fix function name in comment, its get_cpuid_str(), not get_cpustr()
v5.8-rc1 88562f06ebf5 drivers/perf: hisi: Fix typo in events attribute array
v5.8-rc1 97807325a02b drivers/perf: hisi: Permit modular builds of HiSilicon uncore drivers
v5.6 73daf0bba326 drivers/perf: hisi: Simplify hisi_read_sccl_and_ccl_id and its comment
v5.5 8703317ae576 drivers/perf: hisi: update the sccl_id/ccl_id for certain HiSilicon platform
v4.19 06060ea7fb5b drivers/perf: hisi: update the sccl_id/ccl_id when MT is supported

[Taihsiang Ho (tai271828)]

Ubuntu focal hwe-5.8 branch shows all commits will release soon:

Ubuntu-hwe-5.8-5.8.0-25.26_20.04.1 ae0bb9fda405 platform-msi: Fix typos in comment
Ubuntu-hwe-5.8-5.8.0-25.26_20.04.1 454a8be0cff9 perf pmu: Fix function name in comment, its get_cpuid_str(), not get_cpustr()
Ubuntu-hwe-5.8-5.8.0-25.26_20.04.1 342403bcb4df drivers/perf: hisi: Fix typo in events attribute array
Ubuntu-hwe-5.8-5.8.0-25.26_20.04.1 342403bcb4df drivers/perf: hisi: Permit modular builds of HiSilicon uncore drivers
Ubuntu-hwe-5.8-5.8.0-25.26_20.04.1 73daf0bba326 drivers/perf: hisi: Simplify hisi_read_sccl_and_ccl_id and its comment
Ubuntu-hwe-5.8-5.8.0-25.26_20.04.1 4ba380f61624 drivers/perf: hisi: update the sccl_id/ccl_id for certain HiSilicon platform
Ubuntu-hwe-5.8-5.8.0-25.26_20.04.1 1202f4fdbcb6 drivers/perf: hisi: update the sccl_id/ccl_id when MT is supported

[Ike Panhc (ikepanhc)]

All patches hits 20.04.2 HWE kernel.