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SubjectRe: [RFC] Unify KVM kernel-space and user-space code into a single project
On 03/24/2010 07:09 AM, Andi Kleen wrote:
> Joerg Roedel<joro@8bytes.org> writes:
>
>> Sidenote: I really think we should come to a conclusion about the
>> concept. KVM integration into perf is very useful feature to
>> analyze virtualization workloads.
>>
> Agreed. I especially would like to see instruction/branch tracing
> working this way. This would a lot of the benefits of a simulator on
> a real CPU.
>

If you're profiling a single guest it makes more sense to do this from
inside the guest - you can profile userspace as well as the kernel.

--
Do not meddle in the internals of kernels, for they are subtle and quick to panic.



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