Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 2 Dec 2010 22:44:06 -0200 | From | Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <> | Subject | Re: [GIT PULL 0/4] perf/core improvements |
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Em Fri, Dec 03, 2010 at 12:00:09AM +0100, Thomas Gleixner escreveu: > On Thu, 2 Dec 2010, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote: > > > Hi Ingo, > > > > Please consider pulling after at least Ian and Peter acks it: > > > > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/acme/linux-2.6 perf/core > > > > Peter already acked a previous version of this, so I left his acked by > > there, this new one is much simpler than the first one he acked, so I think > > he'll be happy with this one as well, Peter? > > > > I tested it using the perf tools built from what is in tip/perf/urgent > > and it works as expected, i.e. the new fields are just discarded since they are > > stashed as a trailer in the MMAP, FORK, etc events, so old tools process new > > perf.data files just fine. > > > > Also the new tools works on older kernels, also tested. > > > > Ian, if you prefer, please test it before Ingo merges it. > > Did so. Have some odd fallout: > > tracepoint event: type 65535 > > data->tid 2621441 data->pid 9 > > Investigating. Please wait
Thanks, as I said on IRC, perhaps I neglected the non-perf bits of perf :-\
- Arnaldo
Guess even for people understanding that "perf" is not just about profiling that name gets in the way, "observe" is the only thing I think I would think in a potential rename, but heck, it has 3+ letters :-\
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