linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v7 0/6] perf annotate: Cross arch support + few fixes

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Message-Id: <20161116091820.GB4019@naverao1-tp.localdomain>
Date:   Wed, 16 Nov 2016 14:48:20 +0530
From:   "Naveen N. Rao" <naveen.n.rao@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:     acme@...nel.org, Ravi Bangoria <ravi.bangoria@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kim.phillips@....com,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, peterz@...radead.org,
        mingo@...hat.com, alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com,
        treeze.taeung@...il.com, markus@...ppelsdorf.de,
        namhyung@...nel.org, pawel.moll@....com, chris.ryder@....com,
        jolsa@...nel.org, mhiramat@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 0/6] perf annotate: Cross arch support + few fixes

On 2016/09/21 09:17PM, Ravi Bangoria wrote:
> Currently Perf annotate support code navigation (branches and calls)
> only when run on the same architecture where perf.data was recorded.
> But, for example, record on powerpc server and annotate on client's
> x86 desktop is not supported.
> 
> This patchset adds supports for that.
> 
> Example:
> 
>   Record on powerpc:
>   $ ./perf record -a
> 
>   Report -> Annotate on x86:
>   $ ./perf report -i perf.data.powerpc --vmlinux vmlinux.powerpc

Hi Arnaldo,
Can you please take this in for v4.10? We'd very much like to use this 
for better code annotation and browsing. FWIW, I have tested this on 
powerpc.

Tested-by: Naveen N. Rao <naveen.n.rao@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>


Thanks,
Naveen