linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH/RFC] perfcounters: record time running and time enabled for each counter

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Message-ID: <18884.6492.381436.13866@cargo.ozlabs.ibm.com>
Date:	Sat, 21 Mar 2009 09:31:56 +1100
From:	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>
To:	Corey Ashford <cjashfor@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFC] perfcounters: record time running and time   enabled
 for each counter

Corey Ashford writes:

> I'm a little confused about the ABI, though.  I see that I can specify 
> which times I want to be able to read, but the order that they appear in 
> the stream seems to be unstated.  I tried to figure it out by looking at 
>   the kernel code, but there is no reference to PERF_FORMAT_TIME_ENABLED 
> or PERF_FORMAT_TIME_RUNNING in the patch (besides the definition).

Gah, I posted the wrong version of the patch.  Sorry.  I'll rebase and
repost.

Paul.
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