linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 0/4] perf: add ability to sample interrupted machine state

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Message-ID: <20140709145343.GA2384@redhat.com>
Date:	Wed, 9 Jul 2014 11:53:43 -0300
From:	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>
To:	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
Cc:	Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, peterz@...radead.org, mingo@...e.hu,
	ak@...ux.intel.com, jolsa@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 0/4] perf: add ability to sample interrupted machine
 state

Em Wed, Jul 09, 2014 at 05:26:20PM +0900, Namhyung Kim escreveu:
> On Wed,  9 Jul 2014 00:15:55 +0200, Stephane Eranian wrote:
> > This patch series is the fundation for a future series adding
> > function value profiling.
> 
> Probably a silly question: what is the function value profiling?

I think he wants to sample the values of parameters and local variables,
etc, right?

http://lists.cs.uiuc.edu/pipermail/llvmdev/2013-June/062950.html lists
some things you can do with that.

Stephane, is that what you mean by "value profiling"?

- Arnaldo
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