linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/7] perf: introduce raw_type attribute to specify the type of a raw sample

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Message-ID: <20100520170712.GV21799@erda.amd.com>
Date:	Thu, 20 May 2010 19:07:12 +0200
From:	Robert Richter <robert.richter@....com>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
CC:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
	Paul Mundt <lethal@...ux-sh.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/7] perf: introduce raw_type attribute to specify the
 type of a raw sample

On 20.05.10 12:55:01, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> Not really, fds are really cheap on Linux, and in any case it's only needed 
> when the event is created - can be closed afterwards.

I was wondering if we could get the perf event fd directly with the
open("/sys/...") command? This would be really easy to set up.

-Robert

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Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Operating System Research Center
email: robert.richter@....com

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