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Message-ID: <CAMEtUuyCmO+N2SOTNXfOVnRA59TWsZczPCJBWsB+h0E45NxHPA@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2015 21:47:42 -0800 From: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...mgrid.com> To: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...radead.org>, Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>, Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com>, Linux API <linux-api@...r.kernel.org>, Network Development <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 linux-trace 4/8] samples: bpf: simple tracing example in C On Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 9:45 PM, Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...mgrid.com> wrote: > I thought we already stated that. > Here is the quote from perf_event.h: > * # The RAW record below is opaque data wrt the ABI > * # > * # That is, the ABI doesn't make any promises wrt to > * # the stability of its content, it may vary depending > * # on event, hardware, kernel version and phase of > * # the moon. > * # > * # In other words, PERF_SAMPLE_RAW contents are not an ABI. > > and this example is reading PERF_SAMPLE_RAW events and > uses locally defined structs to print them for simplicity. to underline my point once more: addition of bpf doesn't change at all what PERF_SAMPLE_RAW already delivers to user space. so no new ABIs anywhere. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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