linux-kernel - Re: Q: perf_event && event->owner

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Date:	Tue, 9 Nov 2010 17:18:27 +0100
From:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Cc:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	Prasad <prasad@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Roland McGrath <roland@...hat.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Q: perf_event && event->owner

On 11/08, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
>
> As to removing event->owner as Oleg suggests, its a published ABI and
> there might be people using it.

This was my main question.

It's a pity ;) This ABI doesn't look very nice, but OK.

Oleg.

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