From: Michael Bohan <mbohan@codeaurora.org>
To: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>,
Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>,
Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/6] x86: Allow the user not to build hw_breakpoints
Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 12:10:37 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4DB86A2D.3030406@codeaurora.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20110427182633.GB1753@nowhere>
On 4/27/2011 11:26 AM, Frederic Weisbecker wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 10:38:50AM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>>
>> How big of a win, if any, is this, really?
>
> That's pretty significant, because if you can disable breakpoints,
> then you can disable perf. Together they make quite a chunk.
Another advantage is the ability to disable these features for kernel
bringup on new targets and kernel versions. Recently in v2.6.38
hw_breakpoints were broken in ARM. A change like this would have saved
me a hack to the Kconfig at the least.
Mike
--
Employee of Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc.
Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. is a member of Code Aurora Forum
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-04-27 19:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-04-27 16:59 [PATCH 0/6] hw_breakpoint: Let the user choose not to build it (and perf too) Frederic Weisbecker
2011-04-27 16:59 ` [PATCH 1/6] hw_breakpoints: Split hardware breakpoints config Frederic Weisbecker
2011-04-27 16:59 ` [PATCH 2/6] hw_breakpoints: Migrate breakpoint conditional build under new config Frederic Weisbecker
2011-04-27 16:59 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2011-04-27 16:59 ` [PATCH 3/6] x86: Allow the user not to build hw_breakpoints Frederic Weisbecker
2011-04-27 17:38 ` H. Peter Anvin
2011-04-27 18:26 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2011-04-27 19:10 ` Michael Bohan [this message]
[not found] ` <008d59a3-bd23-4cb3-8a73-1640137e3ac4@email.android.com>
2011-04-27 19:50 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2011-05-03 15:35 ` H. Peter Anvin
2011-05-03 23:12 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2011-05-03 23:40 ` H. Peter Anvin
2011-05-03 23:54 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2011-05-03 23:56 ` H. Peter Anvin
2011-05-04 0:13 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2011-04-27 17:00 ` [PATCH 4/6] hw_breakpoints: Breakpoints arch ability don't need perf events Frederic Weisbecker
2011-04-27 17:00 ` [PATCH 5/6] hw_breakpoints: Only force perf events if breakpoints are selected Frederic Weisbecker
2011-04-27 17:00 ` [PATCH 6/6] hw_breakpoints: Drop remaining misplaced dependency on perf Frederic Weisbecker
2011-04-27 17:00 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2011-04-27 17:02 ` [PATCH 0/6] hw_breakpoint: Let the user choose not to build it (and perf too) Frederic Weisbecker
2011-05-03 11:40 ` Will Deacon
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2011-05-24 21:52 [PATCH v2] " Frederic Weisbecker
2011-05-24 21:52 ` [PATCH 3/6] x86: Allow the user not to build hw_breakpoints Frederic Weisbecker
2011-05-24 21:52 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2011-07-14 15:03 [GIT PULL] hw_breakpoints updates Frederic Weisbecker
2011-07-14 15:03 ` [PATCH 3/6] x86: Allow the user not to build hw_breakpoints Frederic Weisbecker
2011-07-14 21:26 ` H. Peter Anvin
2011-07-14 21:51 ` Frederic Weisbecker
2011-07-21 7:26 ` Ingo Molnar
2011-07-21 12:36 ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-07-21 13:03 ` Frederic Weisbecker
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