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From: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
To: Karim Yaghmour <karim.yaghmour@opersys.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
	mingo@elte.hu
Subject: Re: Reading perf counters at ftrace trace boundaries
Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 03:47:48 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130812014748.GP19750@two.firstfloor.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <52083CB4.2030308@opersys.com>

> Indeed. It doesn't actually have to be at every single ftrace
> begin/exit. But possibly starting with some kind of every nth and then
> drilling down as the culprit is incrementally singled-out.

That's what normal sampling already does.

If you're worried about systematic shadow effects just randomize a bit.

-Andi

  reply	other threads:[~2013-08-12  1:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-08-12  0:03 Reading perf counters at ftrace trace boundaries Karim Yaghmour
2013-08-12  1:23 ` Andi Kleen
2013-08-12  1:39   ` Karim Yaghmour
2013-08-12  1:47     ` Andi Kleen [this message]
2013-08-12  1:59       ` Karim Yaghmour
2013-08-12  2:24 ` zhangwei(Jovi)
2013-08-12 15:26   ` Karim Yaghmour
2013-08-13  7:12     ` zhangwei(Jovi)

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