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From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
To: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@linaro.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
	amit.kucheria@linaro.org, Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V5 2/2] tracing, perf : add cpu hotplug trace events
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 18:46:37 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1298573197.2428.457.camel@twins> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTinkctQ6Nek98JV7vaos34gD4Qn8nsuBzt=_Jj6T@mail.gmail.com>

On Thu, 2011-02-24 at 18:33 +0100, Vincent Guittot wrote:

> The goal is to measure the latency of each part (kernel, architecture)
> and also to trace the cpu hotplug activity with other power events. I
> have tested these traces events on an arm platform.

> this patch adds new events for cpu hotplug tracing
>  * plug/unplug sequence
>  * core and architecture latency measurements

Aside of the points tglx made, I do have to ask _WHY_!?

Anybody who is interested in the latency of cpu hotplug is deluding
himself, also cpu hotplug is _NOT_ a power management feature, so the
rest of your justification just disappeared as well.



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From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
To: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@linaro.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
	amit.kucheria@linaro.org, Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V5 2/2] tracing, perf : add cpu hotplug trace events
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 19:46:37 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1298573197.2428.457.camel@twins> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTinkctQ6Nek98JV7vaos34gD4Qn8nsuBzt=_Jj6T@mail.gmail.com>

On Thu, 2011-02-24 at 18:33 +0100, Vincent Guittot wrote:

> The goal is to measure the latency of each part (kernel, architecture)
> and also to trace the cpu hotplug activity with other power events. I
> have tested these traces events on an arm platform.

> this patch adds new events for cpu hotplug tracing
>  * plug/unplug sequence
>  * core and architecture latency measurements

Aside of the points tglx made, I do have to ask _WHY_!?

Anybody who is interested in the latency of cpu hotplug is deluding
himself, also cpu hotplug is _NOT_ a power management feature, so the
rest of your justification just disappeared as well.



  parent reply	other threads:[~2011-02-24 18:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 45+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-02-24 17:33 [PATCH V5 2/2] tracing, perf : add cpu hotplug trace events Vincent Guittot
2011-02-24 17:33 ` Vincent Guittot
2011-02-24 18:40 ` Thomas Gleixner
2011-02-24 18:40   ` Thomas Gleixner
2011-02-28 13:36   ` Vincent Guittot
2011-02-28 13:36     ` Vincent Guittot
2011-03-02 10:08     ` Thomas Gleixner
2011-03-02 10:08       ` Thomas Gleixner
2011-03-02 19:02       ` Vincent Guittot
2011-03-02 19:02         ` Vincent Guittot
2011-03-02 21:12         ` Thomas Gleixner
2011-03-02 21:12           ` Thomas Gleixner
2011-02-24 18:46 ` Peter Zijlstra [this message]
2011-02-24 18:46   ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-02-24 20:11   ` Alan Cox
2011-02-24 20:16     ` Thomas Gleixner
2011-02-24 20:16       ` Thomas Gleixner
2011-02-24 20:24       ` Nicolas Pitre
2011-02-24 20:24         ` Nicolas Pitre
2011-02-24 20:30         ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-02-24 20:30           ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-02-24 20:40           ` Alan Cox
2011-02-24 20:40           ` Nicolas Pitre
2011-02-24 20:40             ` Nicolas Pitre
2011-02-24 20:49             ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-02-24 20:49               ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-02-24 20:49             ` Thomas Gleixner
2011-02-24 20:49               ` Thomas Gleixner
2011-02-24 21:04               ` Alan Cox
2011-02-24 21:12                 ` Thomas Gleixner
2011-02-24 21:12                   ` Thomas Gleixner
2011-02-24 21:17                   ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-02-24 21:17                     ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-02-24 21:33                     ` Thomas Gleixner
2011-02-24 21:33                       ` Thomas Gleixner
2011-02-24 20:47           ` Thomas Gleixner
2011-02-24 20:47             ` Thomas Gleixner
2011-02-24 20:58             ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-02-24 20:58               ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-02-24 21:03               ` Thomas Gleixner
2011-02-24 21:03                 ` Thomas Gleixner
2011-02-24 21:11               ` Paul E. McKenney
2011-02-24 21:11                 ` Paul E. McKenney
2011-02-24 20:27     ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-02-24 20:27       ` Peter Zijlstra

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