Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757175Ab2JWNaD (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Oct 2012 09:30:03 -0400 Received: from one.firstfloor.org ([213.235.205.2]:59813 "EHLO one.firstfloor.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753904Ab2JWNaB (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Oct 2012 09:30:01 -0400 Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2012 15:30:00 +0200 From: Andi Kleen To: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Andi Kleen , x86@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, acme@redhat.com, eranian@google.com, Andi Kleen Subject: Re: [PATCH 05/34] perf, x86: Report PEBS event in a raw format Message-ID: <20121023133000.GX16230@one.firstfloor.org> References: <1350602382-12771-1-git-send-email-andi@firstfloor.org> <1350602382-12771-6-git-send-email-andi@firstfloor.org> <1350995474.13456.12.camel@twins> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1350995474.13456.12.camel@twins> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 699 Lines: 23 > Also, there's an alignment issue there, the raw.data is 32bit offset, > the record is u64 aligned, leaving the output stream offset, wrecking > things. Can you explain more? Not sure I understand. It appears to work at least. > > And as with any ABI extension, it should come with useful userspace to > make use of it. There are already scripts available to use it, see Feng's patchkit. -Andi -- ak@linux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only. -- 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/