linux-kernel - Re: [RFC/PATCH] perf: Add sizeof operator support

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Message-ID: <f9d921db-e0dd-fc13-d65f-e2560265e4ba@arm.com>
Date:   Tue, 2 May 2017 06:47:04 -0500
From:   Jeremy Linton <jeremy.linton@....com>
To:     Jon Masters <jcm@...masters.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     acme@...hat.com, rostedt@...dmis.org, namhyung@...nel.org,
        kapileshwar.singh@....com, scottwood@...escale.com,
        hekuang@...wei.com
Subject: Re: [RFC/PATCH] perf: Add sizeof operator support

On 04/30/2017 05:06 PM, Jon Masters wrote:
> Hi Jeremy,
>
> On 06/14/2016 12:38 PM, Jeremy Linton wrote:
>
>> There are a fair number of tracepoints in the kernel making
>> use of the sizeof operator. Allow perf to understand some of
>> those cases, and report a more informative error message for
>> the ones it cannot understand.
>
> What's the status of this patch series? Are you planning to update?

Hi,

Well, this series is dead. The question remains how to solve the 
problem. As the maintainers (at least in the case of arm/kvm) aren't 
interested in fixing the individual trace-points, that leaves just 
Steves's suggestion. Which hasn't yet been done. So, I guess that leaves me.