Re: [PATCH v2 00/14] perf, persistent: Kernel updates for perf tool integration

[Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>]

On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 06:42:26PM +0200, Robert Richter wrote:
> Note that perf tools need to support the 'attr<num>' syntax that is
> added in a separate patch set. With it we are able to run perf tool
> commands to read persistent events, e.g.:

where is this patch? I can't find it.

I also find attr<num>:<bit> a bit weird. So far we've used
<perf_event_attr::fieldname>:<bits>, so while initializing anonymous
unions is a bit difficult with 'older' GCCs and we cannot actually do:

struct perf_event_attr {
	...
	union {
		u64 flags;
		u64 disabled : 1,
		    ...
		    __reserved_1 : X;
	}
	...
};

We could fake it in userspace by allowing things like: flags:23. It
would not be a much worse hack than attr<num>:<bit> I suppose.