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    SubjectRe: [PATCH 0/6] perf core: Read from overwrite ring buffer


    On 2016/1/20 1:42, Alexei Starovoitov wrote:
    > On Tue, Jan 19, 2016 at 11:16:44AM +0000, Wang Nan wrote:
    >> This patchset introduces two methods to support reading from overwrite.
    >>
    >> 1) Tailsize: write the size of an event at the end of it
    >> 2) Backward writing: write the ring buffer from the end of it to the
    >> beginning.
    > what happend with your other idea of moving the whole header to the end?
    > That felt better than either of these options.

    I'll try it today. However, putting all of the three together is
    not as easy as this patchset.

    Thank you.


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