Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753683AbZKWRxr (ORCPT ); Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:53:47 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752736AbZKWRxr (ORCPT ); Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:53:47 -0500 Received: from mx2.mail.elte.hu ([157.181.151.9]:56975 "EHLO mx2.mail.elte.hu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751924AbZKWRxq (ORCPT ); Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:53:46 -0500 Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:53:30 +0100 From: Ingo Molnar To: Steven Rostedt Cc: Pekka Enberg , Li Zefan , Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo , Frederic Weisbecker , Peter Zijlstra , Eduard - Gabriel Munteanu , LKML , "linux-mm@kvack.org" Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 1/2] perf: Add 'perf kmem' tool Message-ID: <20091123175330.GA29396@elte.hu> References: <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> <20091120101305.GA16781@elte.hu> <4B067007.8070607@cs.helsinki.fi> <20091120104920.GA12634@elte.hu> <1258987585.22249.1036.camel@gandalf.stny.rr.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1258987585.22249.1036.camel@gandalf.stny.rr.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: 820 Lines: 23 * Steven Rostedt wrote: > On Fri, 2009-11-20 at 11:49 +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > > > > > You're right, of course. With kmemtrace-user, I just copied the raw > > > trace file from /sys/kernel. I wonder if that's a good enough reason > > > to keep kmemtrace bits around? > > > > Not really. If then a light-weight recording app could be made but > > i'd rather wait for actual usecases to pop up. > > Hmm, but isn't this an actual use case? Not really - perf record is pretty lightweight and you'd want perf for hands-on stats anyway. 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/