linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/4] perf: Add power8 PMU events in JSON format

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Message-ID: <20150527144101.GM7484@tassilo.jf.intel.com>
Date:	Wed, 27 May 2015 07:41:01 -0700
From:	Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
Cc:	Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>, mingo@...hat.com,
	Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] perf: Add power8 PMU events in JSON format

> > +  {
> > +    "EventCode": "0x2505e",
> > +    "EventName": "PM_BACK_BR_CMPL",
> > +    "BriefDescription": "Branch instruction completed with a target address less than current instruction address,",
> > +    "PublicDescription": "Branch instruction completed with a target address less than current instruction address.,"
> 
> Can't we remove PublicDescription field if it's identical to
> BriefDescription?  It seems just wasting spaces..

It's not always identical. There are events where PublicDescription is much longer (several paragraphs)

-Andi

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