Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754181AbZFKQ7e (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:59:34 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754358AbZFKQ6y (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:58:54 -0400 Received: from smtp1.linux-foundation.org ([140.211.169.13]:58195 "EHLO smtp1.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754182AbZFKQ6x (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:58:53 -0400 Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2009 09:58:17 -0700 (PDT) From: Linus Torvalds X-X-Sender: torvalds@localhost.localdomain To: Al Viro cc: Christoph Hellwig , Ingo Molnar , "David S. Miller" , Stephane Eranian , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Paul Mackerras , Peter Zijlstra , Andrew Morton , Thomas Gleixner Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] Performance Counters for Linux In-Reply-To: <20090611165226.GV8633@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> Message-ID: References: <20090611160329.GA3366@elte.hu> <20090611161714.GA5008@infradead.org> <20090611165226.GV8633@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> User-Agent: Alpine 2.01 (LFD 1184 2008-12-16) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 626 Lines: 18 On Thu, 11 Jun 2009, Al Viro wrote: > > Yes. So's sysfs, so's udev, so's hal, so's any number of revolting > strings of intertwined copulating tapeworms hanging off the kernel's arse. Those are about a different thing, though - they are largely about policy. Very different from something like profiling (or graphics acceleration). I do like your visuals, though. Linus -- 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/