linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] perf: libdw support for powerpc [ping]

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Date:   Wed, 21 Jun 2017 10:16:56 +0200
From:   Milian Wolff <milian.wolff@...b.com>
To:     Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>
Cc:     Ravi Bangoria <ravi.bangoria@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Mark Wielaard <mark@...mp.org>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        "Naveen N. Rao" <naveen.n.rao@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] perf: libdw support for powerpc [ping]

On Mittwoch, 21. Juni 2017 03:07:39 CEST Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> Em Thu, Jun 15, 2017 at 10:46:16AM +0200, Milian Wolff escreveu:
> > On Tuesday, June 13, 2017 5:55:09 PM CEST Ravi Bangoria wrote:
> > Just a quick question: Have you guys applied my recent patch:
> > 
> > commit 5ea0416f51cc93436bbe497c62ab49fd9cb245b6
> > Author: Milian Wolff <milian.wolff@...b.com>
> > Date:   Thu Jun 1 23:00:21 2017 +0200
> > 
> >     perf report: Include partial stacks unwound with libdw
> >     
> >     So far the whole stack was thrown away when any error occurred before
> >     the maximum stack depth was unwound. This is actually a very common
> >     scenario though. The stacks that got unwound so far are still
> >     interesting. This removes a large chunk of differences when comparing
> >     perf script output for libunwind and libdw perf unwinding.
> > 
> > If not, then this could explain the issue you are seeing.
> 
> Hi Millian, can I take this as an Acked-by or Tested-by?

I have no access to any PowerPC hardware. In principle the code looks fine, 
but that's all I can say here.

Cheers

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