linux-kernel - Re: I.11 - Missing definitions for generic events

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Message-ID: <20090622115627.GL24366@elte.hu>
Date:	Mon, 22 Jun 2009 13:56:27 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	eranian@...il.com
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Robert Richter <robert.richter@....com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Maynard Johnson <mpjohn@...ibm.com>,
	Carl Love <cel@...ibm.com>,
	Corey J Ashford <cjashfor@...ibm.com>,
	Philip Mucci <mucci@...s.utk.edu>,
	Dan Terpstra <terpstra@...s.utk.edu>,
	perfmon2-devel <perfmon2-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net>
Subject: Re: I.11 - Missing definitions for generic events

> 11/ Missing definitions for generic hardware events
>
> As soon as you define generic events, you need to provide a clear
> and precise definition at to what they measure. This is crucial to
> make them useful. I have not seen such a definition yet.

Do you mean their names aren't clear enough? :-)

Please suggest alternatives and/or clearer definitions.
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