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Message-ID: <87k40e1cco.fsf@sejong.aot.lge.com>
Date: Tue, 15 May 2012 10:07:03 +0900
From: Namhyung Kim <namhyung.kim@....com>
To: David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
Cc: acme@...stprotocols.net, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] perf-record: Create events initially disabled -- again
Hi,
On Mon, 14 May 2012 07:09:48 -0600, David Ahern wrote:
> On 5/14/12 1:40 AM, Namhyung Kim wrote:
>> A problem I see is that it'll break group handling again:
>>
>> $ ./perf stat -g sleep 1
>>
>> Performance counter stats for 'sleep 1':
>>
>> <not counted> task-clock
>> <not counted> context-switches
>> <not counted> CPU-migrations
>> <not counted> page-faults
>> <not counted> cycles
>> <not counted> stalled-cycles-frontend
>> <not counted> stalled-cycles-backend
>> <not counted> instructions
>> <not counted> branches
>> <not counted> branch-misses
>>
>> 1.000868932 seconds time elapsed
>>
>> So I suggest changing perf_target__none() check to a proper one
>> (perf_target__no_cpu? - the name might be changed soon) for your
>> purpose.
>>
> Something else is wrong then. I tested that command (saw your patch in
> the history) and it worked for me. Also, this code path does not
> affect perf-stat -- it touches perf-record and perf-test only.
>
Ah, right. But still wouldn't it be better changing the conditional
rather than disabling it unconditionally?
Thanks,
Namhyung
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