Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751725AbZKTKNP (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:13:15 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751502AbZKTKNO (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:13:14 -0500 Received: from mx3.mail.elte.hu ([157.181.1.138]:60357 "EHLO mx3.mail.elte.hu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751476AbZKTKNO (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:13:14 -0500 Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:13:05 +0100 From: Ingo Molnar To: Pekka Enberg Cc: Li Zefan , Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo , Frederic Weisbecker , Steven Rostedt , Peter Zijlstra , Eduard - Gabriel Munteanu , LKML , "linux-mm@kvack.org" Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 1/2] perf: Add 'perf kmem' tool Message-ID: <20091120101305.GA16781@elte.hu> References: <4B064AF5.9060208@cn.fujitsu.com> <20091120081440.GA19778@elte.hu> <84144f020911200019p4978c8e8tc593334d974ee5ff@mail.gmail.com> <20091120083053.GB19778@elte.hu> <4B0657A4.2040606@cs.helsinki.fi> <20091120090134.GD19778@elte.hu> <84144f020911200115g14cfa3b5k959f8751001b8b35@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <84144f020911200115g14cfa3b5k959f8751001b8b35@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-08-17) X-ELTE-SpamScore: -2.0 X-ELTE-SpamLevel: X-ELTE-SpamCheck: no X-ELTE-SpamVersion: ELTE 2.0 X-ELTE-SpamCheck-Details: score=-2.0 required=5.9 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=no SpamAssassin version=3.2.5 -2.0 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 0 to 1% [score: 0.0000] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 910 Lines: 24 * Pekka Enberg wrote: > Hi Ingo, > > On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 11:01 AM, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > But ... even without that, perf is really fast and is supposed to build > > fine even in minimal (embedded) environments, so you can run it on the > > embedded board too. That's useful to get live inspection features like > > 'perf top', 'perf stat' and 'perf probe' anyway. > > Maybe I'm just too damn lazy but if I don't go through the trouble of > building my kernel on the box, I sure don't want to do that for perf > either. [...] Well you'll need 'perf' on that box anyway, to be able to do 'perf kmem record'. Ingo -- 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/