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Message-ID: <Zg2jdJ3-LNRkL95T@tassilo>
Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2024 11:44:04 -0700
From: Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
To: Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
	Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>,
	Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>,
	Kan Liang <kan.liang@...ux.intel.com>,
	linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1] perf metrics: Remove the "No_group" metric group

On Wed, Apr 03, 2024 at 09:46:36AM -0700, Ian Rogers wrote:
> Rather than place metrics without a metric group in "No_group" place
> them in a a metric group that is their name. Still allow such metrics
> to be selected if "No_group" is passed, this change just impacts perf
> list.

But what's the point of it? It will just make perf list more verbose,
but I don't see any advantage.

-Andi