linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] perf report: auto-detect branch stack sampling mode

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Date:	Fri, 2 Mar 2012 18:47:38 +0100
From:	Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>
To:	David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, acme@...hat.com,
	peterz@...radead.org, mingo@...e.hu, ravitillo@....gov,
	khandual@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, asharma@...com,
	robert.richter@....com, ming.m.lin@...el.com,
	vweaver1@...s.utk.edu, andi@...stfloor.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] perf report: auto-detect branch stack sampling mode

Arnaldo,

What do you think about this patch?


On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 4:51 PM, Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 4:49 PM, David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com> wrote:
>> On 2/24/12 8:40 AM, Stephane Eranian wrote:
>>>
>>> No, I don't. Read the code carefully. The for loop sets all known feature
>>> bits.
>>> Then, the ones not necessary or unused are turned off individually.
>>
>>
>> Ok, I see now. The __set_feat loop is earlier in builtin-record.c, not the
>> util code.
>>
> Yeah. Arnaldo simplified the original code in builtin-record.c to have the loop
> instead of individual set_feat().
>
>> David
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