Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756696AbaGIROP (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Jul 2014 13:14:15 -0400 Received: from mail-ob0-f169.google.com ([209.85.214.169]:57680 "EHLO mail-ob0-f169.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756556AbaGIROL (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Jul 2014 13:14:11 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <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> <20140709154718.GA19781@tassilo.jf.intel.com> Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2014 19:14:10 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 0/4] perf: add ability to sample interrupted machine state From: Stephane Eranian To: Andi Kleen Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo , Namhyung Kim , LKML , Peter Zijlstra , "mingo@elte.hu" , Jiri Olsa Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 5:47 PM, Andi Kleen wrote: >> 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. > Correct. > -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/