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Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2017 15:43:53 +0000 From: "Liang, Kan" <kan.liang@...el.com> To: Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com> CC: "peterz@...radead.org" <peterz@...radead.org>, "mingo@...hat.com" <mingo@...hat.com>, "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, "jolsa@...hat.com" <jolsa@...hat.com>, "acme@...nel.org" <acme@...nel.org>, "eranian@...gle.com" <eranian@...gle.com> Subject: RE: [PATCH V3] perf/x86/intel/uncore: remove nonexistent clockticks event for client uncore > > > User observable change with the patch. > > clockticks event is removed from CBOX. User may need to change their > > script to use uncore_clock/clockticks/ instead. > > I don't think we can do that and break everyone's scripts. Have to keep the > old behavior, even though it is not ideal. > > Or you fix the the uncore subsystem to support a separate attribute array for > the first cbox. > I once had a patch to only support clockticks for first box. https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/12/1/477 But Peter think it's better to move it to its own PMU. https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/12/1/484 Each solution has its own advantage and drawback. I'm OK for either of them. I'm not sure what others prefer. Peter? Ingo? What do you think? Thanks, Kan
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