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SubjectRe: [PATCH 0/2] unlikely profiler and tracer

On Wed, 12 Nov 2008, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> two more small details i noticed:
>
> - does it do proper self-test? It doesnt seem so at first sight.

Hmm, no. The problem is that it is a switch to be added to other tracers.
There's not a branch profiling tracer itself. I could add one that just
does that, and that could do the self test.

>
> - i'd suggest a rename patch that does UNLIKELY_PROFILE => BRANCH_PROFILING.
>
> [ 'to profile' is the verb we use generally (it's a noun too but
> we tend to use 'profiling' for that in other places of the
> kernel) - so we already have CONFIG_PROFILING, etc. ]

I have no hard feelings on its name. Branch profiling is fine with me.

-- Steve



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