Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Wed, 10 Feb 2010 11:49:18 +0100 | From | Frederic Weisbecker <> | Subject | Re: [RFC GIT PULL] perf/trace/lock optimization/scalability improvements |
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On Sun, Feb 07, 2010 at 06:10:27PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote: > One thing we could do is add a PERF_TYPE_COLLECTION and have its read() > method do something else than regular counters would, that way we can > use read()/lseek()/stat() fd interface. The only trouble with that is > that doesn't use the 'regular' output buffer.
But would be nice too. The drawback is indeed a separation/implementation treatment against other events.
> /me goes try and come up with yet another solution..
Not sure there is another solution than the above or an inject/mmap thing.
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