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Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.01.0906110956270.3573@localhost.localdomain>
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2009 09:58:17 -0700 (PDT)
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To: Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
Stephane Eranian <eranian@...glemail.com>,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] Performance Counters for Linux
On Thu, 11 Jun 2009, Al Viro wrote:
>
> Yes. So's sysfs, so's udev, so's hal, so's any number of revolting
> strings of intertwined copulating tapeworms hanging off the kernel's arse.
Those are about a different thing, though - they are largely about policy.
Very different from something like profiling (or graphics acceleration).
I do like your visuals, though.
Linus
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