Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759636Ab3FCS1d (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Jun 2013 14:27:33 -0400 Received: from mail-oa0-f50.google.com ([209.85.219.50]:48133 "EHLO mail-oa0-f50.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753280Ab3FCS1b (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Jun 2013 14:27:31 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <51ACDFBF.3030909@gmail.com> References: <20130603180646.GE8758@krava.brq.redhat.com> <51ACDFBF.3030909@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2013 20:27:31 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [RFC] perf record: Remove -A option From: Stephane Eranian To: David Ahern Cc: Jiri Olsa , LKML , Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo , Namhyung Kim , Peter Zijlstra , Paul Mackerras , Ingo Molnar , Namhyung Kim , Andi Kleen Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 918 Lines: 28 I have never used this option nor do I know people who do. On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 8:26 PM, David Ahern wrote: > On 6/3/13 12:06 PM, Jiri Olsa wrote: >> >> hi, >> the -A option (append data to the output file) for record >> command is broken, probably for some time now. >> >> Anyone interested in this functionality? As we discussed >> this with Arnaldo he and I would vote for removal. >> >> thoughts? > > > Acked-by: David Ahern > > I ran a bisect on this problem a year ago: > http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1206.3/00990.html > > "Append has been broken for a long time (v2.6.36 last working version)." > > David -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/