linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/4] perf: memory load/store events generalization

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Date:	Fri, 22 Jul 2011 14:14:26 -0700
From:	Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>
To:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
Cc:	Lin Ming <ming.m.lin@...el.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...stprotocols.net>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] perf: memory load/store events generalization

On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 2:01 PM, Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org> wrote:
>> That looks okay as a first approach tool. But what people are most
>> often interested in is to see where the misses occur, i.e., you need
>> to display load/store addresses somehow, especially for the more
>
> But that's what it already does?  (for loads, stores
> are not in there yet) Did you try it?
>
I meant displaying the load + data addresses.
I have not tried it yet, just looked at the patches.

> Or did you mean resolving the addresses? While I agree that would
> be useful that's a quite big task and I don't think it should
> be blocked on that.
>
I agree with you, just wanted to check on the longer term goal.
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