From: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
To: eranian@hpl.hp.com
Cc: perfmon@napali.hpl.hp.com, linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, akpm@osdl.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.18 perfmon new code base + libpfm + pfmon
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2006 07:32:39 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <p7364f8jvjc.fsf@verdi.suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20060927224832.GA17883@frankl.hpl.hp.com>
Stephane Eranian <eranian@hpl.hp.com> writes:
>
> [ak] : separate patch for _TIF_WORK_CTXSW
> - I think I submitted a TIF patch for x86-64, but unlike i386 it is not yet in mainline
If it's not in mainline yet I lost it somehow and you should resubmit.
> [ak] : may have to add __kprobes to some functions
> - started doing this on some functions. Need better understanding on when to use this
Basically when you could recurse in kprobes.
> [ak] : cleaner integration with NMI watchdog
> - integration done on AMD K8. Issues on P4, P6, due to PMU design
What are the issues?
> [akpm]: documentation for syscall? Is there an API specification?
> - answered. In short, there exists a specification but it needs to be updated
Probably you should have man pages ready for submission to the manpage maintainer.
That might also the second review pass on l-k easier if you supply
them in the description.
-Andi
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From: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
To: eranian@hpl.hp.com
Cc: perfmon@napali.hpl.hp.com, linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, akpm@osdl.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.18 perfmon new code base + libpfm + pfmon
Date: 28 Sep 2006 09:32:39 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <p7364f8jvjc.fsf@verdi.suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20060927224832.GA17883@frankl.hpl.hp.com>
Stephane Eranian <eranian@hpl.hp.com> writes:
>
> [ak] : separate patch for _TIF_WORK_CTXSW
> - I think I submitted a TIF patch for x86-64, but unlike i386 it is not yet in mainline
If it's not in mainline yet I lost it somehow and you should resubmit.
> [ak] : may have to add __kprobes to some functions
> - started doing this on some functions. Need better understanding on when to use this
Basically when you could recurse in kprobes.
> [ak] : cleaner integration with NMI watchdog
> - integration done on AMD K8. Issues on P4, P6, due to PMU design
What are the issues?
> [akpm]: documentation for syscall? Is there an API specification?
> - answered. In short, there exists a specification but it needs to be updated
Probably you should have man pages ready for submission to the manpage maintainer.
That might also the second review pass on l-k easier if you supply
them in the description.
-Andi
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-09-28 7:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-09-26 14:34 2.6.18 perfmon new code base + libpfm + pfmon Stephane Eranian
2006-09-26 14:34 ` Stephane Eranian
2006-09-27 5:09 ` Andrew Morton
2006-09-27 5:09 ` Andrew Morton
2006-09-27 22:48 ` Stephane Eranian
2006-09-27 22:48 ` Stephane Eranian
2006-09-27 23:31 ` Andrew Morton
2006-09-27 23:31 ` Andrew Morton
2006-09-28 6:49 ` Stephane Eranian
2006-09-28 6:49 ` Stephane Eranian
2006-09-28 7:05 ` Andrew Morton
2006-09-28 7:05 ` Andrew Morton
2006-09-28 7:32 ` Andi Kleen [this message]
2006-09-28 7:32 ` Andi Kleen
2006-09-28 7:56 ` Stephane Eranian
2006-09-28 7:56 ` Stephane Eranian
2006-09-28 8:05 ` Andi Kleen
2006-09-28 8:05 ` Andi Kleen
2006-09-29 9:30 ` Stephane Eranian
2006-09-29 9:30 ` Stephane Eranian
2006-09-28 13:41 ` Christoph Hellwig
2006-09-28 13:41 ` Christoph Hellwig
2006-09-28 14:04 ` Stephane Eranian
2006-09-28 14:04 ` Stephane Eranian
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