Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2010 17:20:59 -0300
From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@infradead.org>
To: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, peterz@infradead.org, mingo@elte.hu,
       paulus@samba.org, davem@davemloft.net, fweisbec@gmail.com,
       perfmon2-devel@lists.sf.net, eranian@gmail.com, tzanussi@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] perf: add perfconfig option to specify buildid cache dir
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Em Tue, Jun 01, 2010 at 09:25:01PM +0200, Stephane Eranian escreveu:
> This patch adds the ability to specify an alternate directory
> to store the buildid cache (buildids, copy of binaries). By
> default, it is hardcoded to $HOME/.debug. This directory
> contains immutable data. The layout of the directory is such
> that no conflicts in filenames are possible. A modification
> in a file, yields a different buildid and thus a different
> location in the subdir hierarchy.

There are some minor nits about coding style and that tolower part that
seems to be better suited for being in a separate patch with a separate
explanation as to why it is needed (is it really?), but yeah, that is a
worthy change and I'll test and merge it, thanks!

- Arnaldo
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