Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756281AbaGIPrf (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Jul 2014 11:47:35 -0400 Received: from mga03.intel.com ([143.182.124.21]:26119 "EHLO mga03.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751325AbaGIPre (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Jul 2014 11:47:34 -0400 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.01,631,1400050800"; d="scan'208";a="455013648" Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2014 08:47:18 -0700 From: Andi Kleen To: Stephane Eranian Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo , Namhyung Kim , LKML , Peter Zijlstra , "mingo@elte.hu" , Jiri Olsa Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 0/4] perf: add ability to sample interrupted machine state Message-ID: <20140709154718.GA19781@tassilo.jf.intel.com> References: <1404857759-25105-1-git-send-email-eranian@google.com> <87mwcj2b0z.fsf@sejong.aot.lge.com> <20140709145343.GA2384@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > Value profiling means sampling the values of function arguments passed in > registers. You can use it for more, e.g. it's also useful to sample loop iterations. -Andi -- ak@linux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only -- 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/