linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] tools lib traceevent: update KVM plugin

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Message-ID: <20151020104459.7e7f7e77@gandalf.local.home>
Date:	Tue, 20 Oct 2015 10:44:59 -0400
From:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
Cc:	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kvm@...r.kernel.org, acme@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tools lib traceevent: update KVM plugin

On Tue, 20 Oct 2015 12:32:44 -0200
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com> wrote:


> > Ping?  Arnaldo, ok to include this patch in my tree?
> 
> Applying, I saw it before, but lost track, perhaps was waiting for
> Steven Rostedt to chime in, but now I noticed he wasn't CCed, he is now.

What happens if you run new perf on an older kernel. Is this new plugin
going to be screwed up? Plugins should be backward compatible.

Is the plugin even still needed? I'm looking at some of the kvm events
and they seem to be mostly self sufficient. What ones need a plugin
today?

-- Steve
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