Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 8 Mar 2010 04:51:43 +0100 | From | Andi Kleen <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 0/26] oprofile: Performance counter multiplexing |
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> the tests I run with oprofile do not indicate unreliable ring_buffer
Did you try it with callgraph mode? That seems to be worst.
> behavior. Maybe my use cases and loads are different. Can you describe > a setup where this may happen for sure? What is the impact, do you
Seeing it on very busy 16 CPU and larger systems.
> have lost samples or inconsistent buffer data? Is the data loss in
There are a lot of lost samples, callgraphs are incomplete etc.
> kernel or user space? Also, I am not aware that the ring_buffer is
Not sure.
-Andi -- ak@linux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only.
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