linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] perf tools: Add reference timestamp to perf header

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Date:	Mon, 13 Dec 2010 18:48:27 +0100
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...stprotocols.net>
Cc:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	"David S. Ahern" <daahern@...co.com>,
	linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] perf tools: Add reference timestamp to perf header

On Mon, 2010-12-13 at 18:35 +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> 
>  - extend the existing header infrastructure to write a new header in
> front of the new stream. The main header already has a data section that
> points to the end of the stream, add a continuation header section that
> points to a continuation-header used to appends and record the clock
> offset data in there. 

Also, if you want to add perf-stat functionality to perf-record you
could use something similar, a tail-header, and write the stat values in
there.

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