linux-kernel - Re: [RFC 0/4] perf tools: Remove event types data

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Date:	Tue, 9 Jul 2013 22:49:13 +0200
From:	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...stprotocols.net>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	Corey Ashford <cjashfor@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
	David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>,
	Thomas Renninger <trenn@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [RFC 0/4] perf tools: Remove event types data

On Tue, Jul 09, 2013 at 06:48:55PM +0200, Jiri Olsa wrote:
> hi,
> following up on the 'perf timechart' FIXME note and changing
> its tracepoint match not to use event types data.
> 
> In my tests the old and new timechart outputs look the same,
> so.. any other tester would be appreciated ;-)
> 
> Also as this was the only user of the event types data
> the rest of the patchset is removing it out of the perf.
> 
> The event types data are referenced from the perf data
> file header. The reference (offset & size) stays in the
> header with 0s.
> 
> Also the event types data is already duplicated via the
> event_desc FEATURE, so there's no information loss.
> 
> thanks for comments,
> jirka

forgot to mention, it's available at:
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jolsa/perf.git
perf/et1

jirka
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