linux-kernel - Re: adding trace-cmd's plugins to perf

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Message-ID: <4DA4AA72.4070904@gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 12 Apr 2011 13:39:30 -0600
From:	David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
To:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...stprotocols.net>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: adding trace-cmd's plugins to perf



On 04/12/11 13:01, Borislav Petkov wrote:
>>> Also, just FYI, I have this RAS daemon patchset which splits perf functionality
>>> into different sub-libs, which are more or less topic based:
>>>
>>> tools/lib/trace/ - all the trace-event* stuff from Steven
>>> tools/lib/lk/	- generic enough stuff (git headers, etc) which several tools could use

Is this going to contain the option parsing as well? e.g., something
tools/kvm is picking up from perf.


>>> tools/lib/perf/ - functionality related to perf events
>>>
>>> Here's the last submission http://marc.info/?l=linux-edac&m=129562244211501&w=2
>>> and I'm currently finishing a new rebase against tip/perf/core.
>>>
>>> If you're fine with that split I'd suggest I load off my stuff first so
>>> that David can continue from there and I can finally stop rebasing like
>>> crazy each time perf moves forward.
>>>
>>> Opinions? Suggestions?
>>
>> Yeah, David, can you try Borislav's patchset and tell us what you think
>> wrt servicing your needs?
> 
> Yeah, but first let me post the latest version - I'll try to do so in
> the next couple of days.
> 
> Thanks.
> 

Sure. This is a background task, and I still need to spend time on
trace-cmd to understand it. ie. it's not something I expect to do within
the next week -- more like within the next month if I get the time.

David
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