Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 6 May 2013 05:20:08 -0300 | From | Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <> | Subject | Re: [RFC/PATCH] perf: Expand definition of sysfs format attribute |
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Em Mon, May 06, 2013 at 11:08:30AM +1000, Michael Ellerman escreveu: > On Mon, Apr 08, 2013 at 05:24:22PM +1000, Michael Ellerman wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 04, 2013 at 03:21:05PM +1100, Michael Ellerman wrote: > > > Make it explicit that the format attributes may define overlapping bit > > > ranges. Unfortunately this was left unspecified originally, and all the > > > examples show non-overlapping ranges. I don't believe this is an ABI > > > change, as we are defining something that was previously undefined, but > > > others may disagree. > > > > > > The POWER8 PMU would like to define overlapping ranges, as bit ranges in > > > the event code have different meanings for certain events. It will also > > > allow us to define an overarching "event" field, that encompasses all > > > others. > > > > > > As far as I can see perf is comfortable with this change, however I am > > > not sure if there are any other users of the interface. > > > > Any comments on this one?
> I think the consensus from Peter and Jiri was that this was OK, are you > happy to merge it?
I'll do it eventually, but now I'm on vacations, so perhaps Jiri can process it and push to Ingo? Jiri?
- Arnaldo
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