linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL 00/38] perf/core improvements and fixes

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Message-ID: <20140114162450.GA31734@gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 14 Jan 2014 17:24:51 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To:	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...stprotocols.net>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>,
	Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>,
	Cody P Schafer <cody@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Corey Ashford <cjashfor@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Jean Pihet <jean.pihet@...aro.org>,
	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>, linaro-kernel@...ts.linaro.org,
	Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com>,
	Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>,
	Namhyung Kim <namhyung.kim@....com>, patches@...aro.org,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@...il.com>,
	Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
	Yann Droneaud <ydroneaud@...eya.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL 00/38] perf/core improvements and fixes


* Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...stprotocols.net> wrote:

> Em Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 02:41:01PM +0100, Ingo Molnar escreveu:
> > * Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...radead.org> wrote:
> 
> > > Andi Kleen (2):
> > >       perf stat: Fix --delay option in man page
> > >       perf record: Add --initial-delay option
> 
> > Hm, so we now have two options that do something similar, one named
> > --delay, the other --initial-delay? That looks rather inconsistent.
> 
> > Furthermore, it looks silly to rename things --initial-delay just to
> > preserve a rarely used option, --no-delay. Instead the better option
> > would be to rename --no-delay to --no-buffering, and use --delay and
> > use it consistently within the tools.
> 
> Ok, agreed, I'll do that, adding a patch that renames the old option,
> then reworking Andi's patches to use --delay consistently.

Ok, thanks - I'll pull the existing lineup meanwhile, it's not a 
showstopper.

Thanks,

	Ingo
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