linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] perf/x86: fix PEBS and LBR issues on Intel Atom

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Message-ID: <20151203205137.GY17308@twins.programming.kicks-ass.net>
Date:	Thu, 3 Dec 2015 21:51:37 +0100
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, acme@...hat.com, mingo@...e.hu,
	ak@...ux.intel.com, kan.liang@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] perf/x86: fix PEBS and LBR issues on Intel Atom

On Thu, Dec 03, 2015 at 09:03:09PM +0100, Stephane Eranian wrote:
> This patches fixes a number of problems in the PEBS
> and LBR support of Intel Atom. Those bugs were introduced
> by the recent changes to the PEBS code to handle multiple
> entries.

AFAICT the PEBS and LBR issues are separate, and this should therefore
be 2 patches.

Also, you seem to be lacking Fixes: tags, which are a big help in
backporting to -stable trees.
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