linux-kernel - Re: [patch 4/4] x86,perf: P4 PMU -- prepare header for user-space inclusion

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Message-ID: <AANLkTikgZKLarGNvR39Ht4Di7ocfWAEPCOASgwIHc88S@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Wed, 19 May 2010 11:41:04 +0400
From:	Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...nvz.org>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc:	Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...nvz.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Lin Ming <ming.m.lin@...el.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Frédéric Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Subject: Re: [patch 4/4] x86,perf: P4 PMU -- prepare header for user-space 
	inclusion

On Wednesday, May 19, 2010, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu> wrote:
>
> * Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...nvz.org> wrote:
>
>> The header need to be exported to be able to use P4 PMU
>> in user space applications (for RAW events mostly).
>
> Would be much better to create a pure, separate header
> file with hardware event format details, without all these
> ugly #ifdefs mixed into a single file.
>
> Thanks,
>
>         Ingo

seems reasonable, yes! Drop this patch for a while. Thanks!
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