linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv5] perf tools: enable close-on-exec flag on perf file descriptor

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Date:	Tue, 03 Jun 2014 12:23:07 +0300
From:	Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>
To:	Yann Droneaud <ydroneaud@...eya.com>, Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
CC:	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...stprotocols.net>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
	Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
	David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>,
	Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>,
	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
	Michael Ellerman <michael@...erman.id.au>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv5] perf tools: enable close-on-exec flag on perf file
 descriptor

On 06/03/2014 11:57 AM, Yann Droneaud wrote:
> Nice catch. This function was introduced by commit 
> c09ec622629eeb4b7877646a42852e7156363425 ('perf evlist: Add 
> can_select_event() method') by Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>
> and it seems it was never used by perf tools.

It is part of preparation for Intel PT.

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