linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/3] perf tests: Add arch tests

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Message-ID: <20150908142416.GB2435@redhat.com>
Date:	Tue, 8 Sep 2015 11:24:16 -0300
From:	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
To:	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
Cc:	Matt Fleming <matt@...eblueprint.co.uk>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Vince Weaver <vince@...ter.net>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Kanaka Juvva <kanaka.d.juvva@...el.com>,
	Vikas Shivappa <vikas.shivappa@...el.com>,
	Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] perf tests: Add arch tests

Em Mon, Sep 07, 2015 at 02:58:18PM +0200, Jiri Olsa escreveu:
> On Sat, Sep 05, 2015 at 08:02:19PM +0100, Matt Fleming wrote:
> > From: Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@...el.com>
> > 
> > To encourage developers to contribute arch-specific tests without
> > feeling guilty about messing up the generic perf tests, this patch
> > series introduces "arch tests" and then adds a test for the Intel CQM
> > perf code which was used to trigger a WARN_ON_ONCE(), fixed in commit
> > 2c534c0da0a6 ("perf/x86/intel/cqm: Return cached counter value from
> > IRQ context").
> > 
> > The concept of additional lists of tests, like the arch tests, can be
> > taken further in the future, for instance Arnaldo has expressed
> > interest in adding tests that require root permissions, etc.
> > 
> > The patch series is based on tip/perf/core.
> 
> please base this over Arnaldo's perf/core

Yeah, that is better, sometimes, like now, the difference from
tip/perf/core to acme/perf/core can grow as big as 50, 60 patches :-)

BTW I applied the first patch, with Jiri's ack, its in my perf/core
branch now.

- Arnaldo
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