Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 23 Feb 2015 09:44:48 -0800 | From | Andi Kleen <> | Subject | Re: [RFC PATCH 1/1] proc: introduce /proc/<pid>/lbr_stack |
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On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 05:49:57PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote: > On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 03:43:41AM +0000, kan.liang@intel.com wrote: > > From: Kan Liang <kan.liang@intel.com> > > > > Haswell has a new feature that utilizes the existing Last Branch Record > > facility to record call chains. It has been implemented in perf. The > > call chains information is saved during perf event context. > > > > This patch exposes a /proc/<pid>/lbr_stack file that shows the saved LBR > > call chain information. > > But why? I mean, this thing is only useful if you have a concurrently > running perf record that selects the LBR-stack stuff. > > And if you have that, you might as well look at its output instead. Why > add this unconditional proc file that doesn't function on its own?
perf record doesn't show where you're currently blocked.
-Andi
-- ak@linux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only
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