linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] oprofile: Allow setting EDGE/INV/CMASK for Intel counter events

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Message-ID: <20110316170014.GR31407@erda.amd.com>
Date:	Wed, 16 Mar 2011 18:00:14 +0100
From:	Robert Richter <robert.richter@....com>
To:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
CC:	Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"oprofile-list@...ts.sf.net" <oprofile-list@...ts.sf.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] oprofile: Allow setting EDGE/INV/CMASK for Intel
 counter events

On 16.03.11 12:56:34, Andi Kleen wrote:
> > Shouldn't something like the follwing work (assuming the umask table
> > is modified)?
> > 
> >  opcontrol --event SOME_EVENT:100000:0x00800000 ...
> 
> I think there was some problem with this when I tried it.
> 
> Besides I'm more interested in using named events for this;
> the raw numbers are quite evil. So this needs new user space
> in any case.

Ok, in this case we can use also /extra. So I am fine with this too.

Thanks,

-Robert

-- 
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Operating System Research Center

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