linux-kernel - Re: [tip:perf/core] perf: Update perf_event

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Message-ID: <51F11C87.5020807@gmail.com>
Date:	Thu, 25 Jul 2013 06:39:35 -0600
From:	David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
To:	Vince Weaver <vince@...ter.net>
CC:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, mingo@...nel.org,
	hpa@...or.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	adrian.hunter@...el.com, tglx@...utronix.de,
	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [tip:perf/core] perf: Update perf_event_type documentation

On 7/25/13 6:31 AM, Vince Weaver wrote:
> On Thu, 25 Jul 2013, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
>
>> I didn't add any fields, this is simply catching up with what was
>> already there. But yes, this is very much intended to be compatible.
>
> So those id fields have been there since 2.6.31 and just no one noticed
> the header file comments were wrong?  That's fine then, I just have a lot
> of code and other documentation that needs to be updated then.

I believe those fields came in with the sample_id_all patch - 
c980d1091810df13f21aabbce545fd98f545bbf7 - which is 2.6.37.

David
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