linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 7/9] perf: Export cpumap

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Message-ID: <20100806214809.GE13780@ghostprotocols.net>
Date:	Fri, 6 Aug 2010 18:48:09 -0300
From:	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...radead.org>
To:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...64.org>
Cc:	"fweisbec@...il.com" <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	"mingo@...e.hu" <mingo@...e.hu>,
	"peterz@...radead.org" <peterz@...radead.org>,
	"rostedt@...dmis.org" <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 7/9] perf: Export cpumap

Em Fri, Aug 06, 2010 at 06:04:41PM +0200, Borislav Petkov escreveu:
> From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...radead.org>
> Date: Fri, Aug 06, 2010 at 12:14:13PM -0300
> 
> > > I'm afraid not since earlier patches in the series introduce the
> > > toplevel Makefile that glues all the different tools/lib/* parts
> > > together. However, I could extract the toplevel Makefile parts and
> > > cpumap.c and ctype.c if you really need it now - I've been doing this so
> > > often lately that I could do it with my eyes closed now :o).
> > 
> > :-)
> > 
> > We need to get back at merging that series, so some patch series
> > installments, with say, 3 or 4 patches each, would be great.
> 
> Yeah, I just want to wait first until all the churn on the kernel side
> settles and we have agreed on the perf_event.c part which would also
> determine what needs exporting on the userspace side.
> 
> But if you need stuff exported from perf/util/ for other tools too and
> if you tell me which ones, I could cook up something real soon...

I'll try to do what I once said I would, that is to have a
tools/samples/ (stuff exercising tools/ library interfaces) counterpart
to samples/ (stuff exercising kernel interfaces).

I'll use what you have already posted that applies, tools/Makefile,
trying to solve that -C isssue.

Will shoot for having this merged early next week to avoid breaking the
promise once more 8-)

- Arnaldo
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