linux-kernel - Re: [patch 10/10] Scheduler profiling

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Message-ID: <20070706233827.GC13125@redhat.com>
Date:	Fri, 6 Jul 2007 19:38:27 -0400
From:	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>
To:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>
Cc:	Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@...hat.com>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...ymtl.ca>,
	Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch 10/10] Scheduler profiling - Use immediate values

On Sat, Jul 07, 2007 at 01:28:43AM +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote:

 > Only if you want to squeeze the last bit of performance out of
 > _debugging_ functionality.
 > 
 > You avoid all the pain if you simply don't use debugging functionality 
 > on production systems.

I think you're mixing up profiling and debugging.   The former is
extremely valuable under production systems.

	Dave

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