linux-kernel - Re: perf, x86: Add last TSX PMU code for Haswell v2

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Date:	Mon, 30 Sep 2013 22:26:39 +0200
From:	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
To:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, acme@...radead.org, mingo@...nel.org,
	peterz@...radead.org, eranian@...gle.com
Subject: Re: perf, x86: Add last TSX PMU code for Haswell v2

On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 10:17:21PM +0200, Jiri Olsa wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 07:40:38AM -0700, Andi Kleen wrote:
> > [This has kernel and user parts, so will need
> > review/ack/merges from both perf kernel and user land maintainers]
> > [v2: Address Peter's feedback for the kernel parts]
> > 
> > This is currently the last part of the TSX PMU code,
> > just adding the left over bits:
> > 
> > This adds some changes to the user interfaces.
> > I'll send patches for the manpage separately.
> > 
> > - Report the transaction abort flags to user space
> > using a new field, and add the code to display them.
> > This is used to classify abort types, also fairly
> > important for tuning as it guides the tuning process,
> > together with the abort weight that was added earleir.
> > 
> > [3 patches, generic, x86, user tools]
> > 
> > - Add support for reporting the two new TSX LBR flags: in_tx
> > and abort_tx. The code to handle the LBRs was already
> > added earlier, this just adds the code to report,
> > filter and display them.
> 
> perf tool changes look ok
> 
> Reviewed-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
> 
> btw, kernel changes didn't apply cleanly on tip tree for me
> last week.. I couldn't test on Haswel, but I at least tried
> your changes with no data and all seem ok ;-)

I knew I've already sent this out! heh, even acked ;-)
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=138021331913851&w=2

got confused by your new PING^2

jirka
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