Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2014 15:26:08 +0200
From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
To: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
        Robert Richter <rric@kernel.org>,
        Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>,
        Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>, Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>,
        Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>, Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>,
        kan.liang@intel.com, adrian.hunter@intel.com, acme@infradead.org,
        mathieu.poirier@linaro.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 06/20] perf: Add AUX record
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On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 04:45:34PM +0300, Alexander Shishkin wrote:
> +	/*
> +	 * Records that new data landed in the AUX buffer part.
> +	 *
> +	 * struct {
> +	 * 	struct perf_event_header	header;
> +	 *
> +	 * 	u64				aux_offset;
> +	 * 	u64				aux_size;
> +	 *	u64				flags;
> +	 * 	struct sample_id		sample_id;
> +	 * };
> +	 */
> +	PERF_RECORD_AUX				= 11,

Given the discussion with the ARM people the last time, do we want to
add the possibility of a variable data field in this event? Its easy to
add now, harder to do later (although not impossible).

Also added Mathieu Poirier on CC, he asked to be included in your next
postings.
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