linux-kernel - Re: perf: Add support for full Intel event lists

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Message-ID: <20140310233123.GN22728@two.firstfloor.org>
Date:	Tue, 11 Mar 2014 00:31:23 +0100
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
Cc:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>, acme@...radead.org,
	mingo@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	peterz@...radead.org, eranian@...gle.com, namhyung@...nel.org,
	jolsa@...hat.com
Subject: Re: perf: Add support for full Intel event lists

> > I don't want people shipping those.  It just causes lots 
> > of outdated events everywhere, like in oprofile.
> 
> Sure, no-one should be shipping files under /var/cache.  It would be a
> an alternate download location.

You mean root perf download downloading there? But then people would
download as root. I think I prefer them downloading as their
own user.

So I think it's better to have it per user. 

-Andi

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ak@...ux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only.
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