Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 23 Mar 2016 11:02:20 +0100 | From | Peter Zijlstra <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 5/5] perf core: Reduce perf event output overhead by new overflow handler |
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On Mon, Mar 14, 2016 at 09:59:45AM +0000, Wang Nan wrote: > By creating onward and backward specific overflow handlers and setting > them according to event's backward setting, normal sampling events > don't need checking backward setting of an event any more.
The normal antonym of backward is forward. Onward does not indicate a direction per se, its more a continuance or progression of a previously set goal.
Also, just squash these last two patches together.
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