linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V4 00/10] perf: New conditional branch filter

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Date:	Mon, 09 Dec 2013 11:41:43 +1100
From:	Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
To:	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...stprotocols.net>,
	peterz@...radead.org, mingo@...nel.org
Cc:	linuxppc-dev@...abs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	mikey@...ling.org, ak@...ux.intel.com, eranian@...gle.com,
	sukadev@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
	Anshuman Khandual <khandual@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V4 00/10] perf: New conditional branch filter

On Fri, 2013-12-06 at 10:18 -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> Em Thu, Dec 05, 2013 at 03:47:54PM +1100, Michael Ellerman escreveu:
> > On Wed, 2013-12-04 at 16:02 +0530, Anshuman Khandual wrote:
> > > 		This patchset is the re-spin of the original branch stack sampling
> > > patchset which introduced new PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_COND branch filter. This patchset
> > > also enables SW based branch filtering support for book3s powerpc platforms which
> > > have PMU HW backed branch stack sampling support. 
> > > 
> > > Summary of code changes in this patchset:
> > > 
> > > (1) Introduces a new PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_COND branch filter
> > > (2) Add the "cond" branch filter options in the "perf record" tool
> > > (3) Enable PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_COND in X86 platforms
> > > (4) Enable PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_COND in POWER8 platform 
> > > (5) Update the documentation regarding "perf record" tool
> > 
> > 
> > Hi Arnaldo,
> > 
> > Can you please take just patches 1-5 into the perf tree? And do you mind
> > putting them in a topic branch so Benh can merge that.
> 
> This is mostly kernel code, I process the userspace ones, so I think either
> Ingo or PeterZ should pick these, Ingo, Peter?

Urgh, sorry. MAINTAINERS just lists all of you in a block.

Added PeterZ to CC.

Peter/Ingo can you please take just patches 1-5 into the perf tree? And
do you mind putting them in a topic branch so Benh can merge that.

The generic & x86 changes have a Reviewed-by from Stephane, and the change to
tools/perf has an ack-of-sorts from Arnaldo:

> Only:
> 
> Subject: [PATCH V4 03/10] perf, tool: Conditional branch filter 'cond' added to perf record
> 
> Which is a one liner, touches tools/perf/, and I'm ok with it.


cheers


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