linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] Vendor events file/dir names

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Message-ID: <20161019152412.GA3112@gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 19 Oct 2016 17:24:12 +0200
From:   Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To:     Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>
Cc:     Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>, Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>,
        Wang Nan <wangnan0@...wei.com>,
        Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] Vendor events file/dir names


* Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org> wrote:

> Em Wed, Oct 19, 2016 at 03:38:33PM +0200, Ingo Molnar escreveu:
> > * Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org> wrote:
> > > Em Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 09:59:01AM +0200, Ingo Molnar escreveu:
> > > > * Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org> wrote:
> > > > > 	Ingo pointed out to me that in the kernel sources we do not use
> > > > > file/dir names with uppercase chars (look, for instance, at arch/), so I
> > > > > mostly scripted a conversion to lowercase and what I got is at:
> > > 
> > > > >    git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/acme/linux.git perf/vendor_events
> > > 
> > > > > 	Please let me know if you have any technical argument against
> > > > > this move,
> > > > 
> > > > Looks good to me!
> > > 
> > > So I've made this signed tag available with just what is in this branch,
> > > that was based off tip/perf/urgent, please pull it into the most convenient
> > > branch at this time,
> > > 
> > > Thanks,
> > > 
> > > - Arnaldo
> > > 
> > > tag perf-vendor_events-for-mingo-20161018
> > 
> > Ok, I tried this out, and I like it mostly - the event files hierarchy looks good 
> > and the 'perf list' output looks good, but I found a couple of usability problems 
> > when trying to actually navigate and search the new hw events:
> 
> Ok, but can't we work on these usability glitches with patches on top of
> what we have now?

Yeah, sure - and it seems like we are in agreement about the usability details, so 
I've pulled your branch into tip:perf/core.

Thanks,

	Ingo