linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] perf probe: Add fastpath to do lookup by function name

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Message-ID: <20110324075830.GA28885@elte.hu>
Date:	Thu, 24 Mar 2011 08:58:30 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Lin Ming <ming.m.lin@...el.com>
Cc:	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...radead.org>,
	Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] perf probe: Add fastpath to do lookup by function name


* Lin Ming <ming.m.lin@...el.com> wrote:

> The vmlinux file may have thousands of CUs.
> We can lookup function name from .debug_pubnames section
> to avoid the slow loop on CUs.

Mind including before/after perf stat --repeat 10 results in the changelog, of 
an affected command which got faster?

Thanks,

	Ingo
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