Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] perf probe: Ignore vmlinux build-id when offline vmlinux and dry-run used | From | Josh Hunt <> | Date | Wed, 25 Jan 2017 20:46:10 -0600 |
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On 01/25/2017 08:37 PM, Masami Hiramatsu wrote: > On Tue, 24 Jan 2017 16:41:28 -0500 > Josh Hunt <johunt@akamai.com> wrote: > >> Commit e50243bb ("perf probe: Ignore vmlinux Build-id when offline vmlinux given") >> added the ability to ignore vmlinux when an offline vmlinux is passed and no >> l, d, or a flag is also passed. This extends that to ignore build-id when >> -n/--dry-run is used. This way we can gather probe information for offline kernels >> using the method Brendan Gregg mentions in this post: >> http://www.brendangregg.com/blog/2014-09-11/perf-kernel-line-tracing.html . > > Sorry, NAK. > Could you use -D (--definition) for that usage? It directly gives you > the definition on stdout, and also ignore the buildid.
Ahhh! I guess I totally missed the point of that flag. You're right. It works exactly the way I want :)
Thanks. Please ignore my patch.
Josh
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