Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752531AbaKJMFs (ORCPT ); Mon, 10 Nov 2014 07:05:48 -0500 Received: from mail-la0-f54.google.com ([209.85.215.54]:48660 "EHLO mail-la0-f54.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750933AbaKJMFr (ORCPT ); Mon, 10 Nov 2014 07:05:47 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Originating-IP: [80.246.32.33] In-Reply-To: <545C80F4.4020905@hitachi.com> References: <20141102105006.21708.28734.stgit@hemant-fedora> <20141102105557.21708.19032.stgit@hemant-fedora> <87lhnr5sbl.fsf@sejong.aot.lge.com> <54588905.7040002@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <5458CD15.4010101@hitachi.com> <874muew2hk.fsf@sejong.aot.lge.com> <5459E865.6050207@hitachi.com> <545B1DDE.9000202@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <545C80F4.4020905@hitachi.com> Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 13:05:45 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [RFC] perf-cache command interface design From: Hagen Paul Pfeifer To: Masami Hiramatsu Cc: Hemant Kumar , Namhyung Kim , Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , srikar@linux.vnet.ibm.com, peterz@infradead.org, oleg@redhat.com, hegdevasant@linux.vnet.ibm.com, mingo@redhat.com, systemtap@sourceware.org, aravinda@linux.vnet.ibm.com, penberg@iki.fi, brendan.d.gregg@gmail.com, "yrl.pp-manager.tt@hitachi.com" 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 7 November 2014 09:21, Masami Hiramatsu wrote: > File Format > =========== > All the cache files are placed under ~/.debug/ by default. > The paths of buildid cache of binary/symbols are not changed. > > The SDT/probe caches are placed under the ~/.debug/.probes/path/to/bin/bu/ildid > and that is linked to ~/.debug/.probes/.buildid/bu/ildid > # To avoid conflict with files under /probes/*, I picked up .probes/. A little bit late: but why ~/.debug? Why not $XDG_CACHE_HOME/perf/ as the root for all perf related files? debug is not unique nor is it sufficient to meet file hierarchy: man file-hierarchy(8) Hagen -- 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/