linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 10/11] perf tools: Add probing for udev86 library

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Wed, 30 Mar 2016 11:47:24 -0300
From:	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
	Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Clark Williams <williams@...hat.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
	Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com>,
	Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@...hat.com>,
	Zi Shen Lim <zlim.lnx@...il.com>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 10/11] perf tools: Add probing for udev86 library

Em Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 11:10:53AM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo escreveu:
> > Such an in-kernel-repo library could also be used by live kernel debuggers such as 
> > kgdb/kdb, oops/crash-time disassembly printout, etc.
>  
> > ... so how about that direction instead?
> 
> I'd much rather see it in that direction too, for the time being, I'm
> removing the udis86 patches from acme/perf/core,

So, there it is, please consider pulling, same thing as
perf-core-for-mingo-20160329, modulo the udis86 stuff.

tag perf-core-for-mingo-20160330
Tagger: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
Date:   Wed Mar 30 11:28:40 2016 -0300

perf/core improvements and fixes:

User visible:

- Add support for skipping itrace instructions, useful to fast forward
  processor trace (Intel PT, BTS) to right after initialization code at the start
  of a workload (Andi Kleen)

- Add support for backtraces in perl 'perf script's (Dima Kogan)

- Add -U/-K (--all-user/--all-kernel) options to 'perf mem' (Jiri Olsa)

- Make -f/--force option documentation consistent across tools (Jiri Olsa)

Infrastructure:

- Add 'perf test' to check for event times (Jiri Olsa)

- 'perf config' cleanups (Taeung Song)

Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----