linux-kernel - Re: [tip:perf/core] perf/ftrace: Optimize perf/tracepoint interaction for single events

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Message-ID: <20100519075804.GF5704@nowhere>
Date:	Wed, 19 May 2010 09:58:06 +0200
From:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
To:	mingo@...hat.com, hpa@...or.com, paulus@...ba.org, acme@...hat.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl,
	efault@....de, rostedt@...dmis.org, tglx@...utronix.de,
	mingo@...e.hu
Cc:	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [tip:perf/core] perf/ftrace: Optimize perf/tracepoint
	interaction for single events

On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 05:15:42PM +0000, tip-bot for Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> Commit-ID:  4f41c013f553957765902fb01475972f0af3e8e7
> Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/4f41c013f553957765902fb01475972f0af3e8e7
> Author:     Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
> AuthorDate: Tue, 18 May 2010 18:08:32 +0200
> Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
> CommitDate: Tue, 18 May 2010 18:35:46 +0200
> 
> perf/ftrace: Optimize perf/tracepoint interaction for single events
> 
> When we've got but a single event per tracepoint
> there is no reason to try and multiplex it so don't.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
> Tested-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
> Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>
> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>
> Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
> LKML-Reference: <new-submission>
> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
> ---


I haven't seen this patch going.

But yeah that's a nice optimization for UP machines.

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