Re: [RFC][PATCH 1/2] perf: Add 'perf kmem' tool

Ingo Molnar
2009-11-23T17:53:42Z

* Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> wrote:

> On Fri, 2009-11-20 at 11:49 +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > >
> > > You're right, of course. With kmemtrace-user, I just copied the raw
> > > trace file from /sys/kernel. I wonder if that's a good enough reason
> > > to keep kmemtrace bits around?
> >
> > Not really. If then a light-weight recording app could be made but
> > i'd rather wait for actual usecases to pop up.
>
> Hmm, but isn't this an actual use case?

Not really - perf record is pretty lightweight and you'd want perf for
hands-on stats anyway.

Ingo