Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1762805AbXKMUmU (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Nov 2007 15:42:20 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1760000AbXKMUmI (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Nov 2007 15:42:08 -0500 Received: from one.firstfloor.org ([213.235.205.2]:37196 "EHLO one.firstfloor.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1760137AbXKMUmH (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Nov 2007 15:42:07 -0500 Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 21:42:05 +0100 From: Andi Kleen To: William Cohen Cc: Robert Richter , Andi Kleen , akpm@osdl.org, gregkh@suse.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, perfmon2-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [perfmon2] perfmon2 merge news Message-ID: <20071113204205.GB17145@one.firstfloor.org> References: <20071107003454.GA13374@kroah.com> <20071109120627.60ec9ab4.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <20071109213829.GC28276@kroah.com> <20071113151718.GA3804@erda.amd.com> <4739C42F.8030208@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4739C42F.8030208@redhat.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 663 Lines: 15 > In the past I suggested that it might be useful to have a version of > perfmon2 that only set up the perfmon on a global basis. That would allow Context switch is imho the main differentiating feature of perfmon over oprofile. Not sure it makes sense to take that one out. I don't think the complexity of the patches comes from the context switch anyways, it comes from the lots of other things it does. -Andi - 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/