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Subject: Re: [V3][PATCH 0/7] perf, x86: Implement AMD IBS
From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
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On Tue, 2011-10-04 at 09:41 -0700, Andi Kleen wrote:
> Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> writes:
> >
> >  - Testable IBS user-space code a bit more prominently integrated
> >    than having to go down into a cellar with no working lights and 
> >    finding the code on display in tools/perf/Documentation/examples/ 
> >    on the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused
> >    lavatory with a sign on the door saying 'Beware of the Leopard.'
> 
> I looked at this for PEBS, and the best solution currently seems
> to be a python script that works with perf script and does some post
> processing to present the data as summary or individual samples.
> I assume that could work for IBS too.
> 
> Comments?

I would much prefer perf {ibs,pebs} commands implemented in C, so that
normal people can change/improve them too.

I really hate all that snake foo.