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Message-ID: <p737j0z7nh2.fsf@verdi.suse.de> Date: 23 Aug 2006 12:31:05 +0200 From: Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de> To: Stephane Eranian <eranian@...nkl.hpl.hp.com> Cc: eranian@....hp.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/18] 2.6.17.9 perfmon2 patch for review: sampling format support Stephane Eranian <eranian@...nkl.hpl.hp.com> writes: > This files contains the sampling format support. > > Perfmon2 supports an in-kernel sampling buffer for performance > reasons. Yet to ensure maximum flexibility to applications, > the formats is which infmration is recorded into the kernel > buffer is not specified by the interface. Instead it is > delegated to a kernel plug-in modules called sampling formats. This seems quote complicated. Who are the users of different sampling formats? I assume the code would be considerable simpler if you hardcoded the perfmon2 format, right? -Andi - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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