linux-kernel - Re: perf & rasd integration plan

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Date:	Tue, 7 Oct 2014 15:49:12 +0200
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>
Cc:	Jean Pihet <jean.pihet@...aro.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Fu Wei <fu.wei@...aro.org>, Robert Richter <rric@...nel.org>,
	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>, David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Matt Fleming <matt@...sole-pimps.org>
Subject: Re: perf & rasd integration plan

On Tue, Oct 07, 2014 at 10:40:21AM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> Right, we now should always think that the great advantage of having
> this code and its users in the same repo tree is going away, i.e. we
> will not be able to improve the code by fixing mistakes that require
> changing its users.

Why? I mean, in the rasd case, changing function calling conventions as
part of updating the perf libraries is no act. I mean, we won't link
against a shared lib but build a static executable and thus the perf src
lib (let's call it that - a source library) we're using is a don't care.

Thanks.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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