linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] perf: Split up buffer handling from core code

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Message-ID: <20110601070616.GA32308@elte.hu>
Date:	Wed, 1 Jun 2011 09:06:16 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
Cc:	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
	Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] perf: Split up buffer handling from core code


* Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com> wrote:

> On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 07:55:04PM +0200, Frederic Weisbecker wrote:
> > And create the internal perf events header.
> > 
> > v2: Keep an internal inlined perf_output_copy()
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
> > Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
> > Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
> > Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
> > Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>
> > ---
> 
> Are you guys fine with his patch?
> If so, should I queue it myself and send a pull request?

Yeah, please do it ASAP.

> I prefer to work step by step on this split, to avoid too much 
> review burden. And also a single detail can require to rework the 
> whole.

Please lets just start it so that the interactions get smaller! 

core.c couldnt be uglier as it is today, so after a first raw split 
we can sort out any fine details - just make sure you don't break the 
build.

Thanks,

	Ingo
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