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From: Anshuman Khandual <khandual@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH V4 10/10] powerpc, perf: Cleanup SW branch filter list
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On 12/09/2013 11:51 AM, Michael Ellerman wrote:
> On Wed, 2013-04-12 at 10:32:42 UTC, Anshuman Khandual wrote:
>> This patch adds enumeration for all available SW branch filters
>> in powerpc book3s code and also streamlines the look for the
>> SW branch filter entries while trying to figure out which all
>> branch filters can be supported in SW.
> 
> This appears to patch code that was only added in 8/10 ?
> 
> Was there any reason not to do it the right way from the beginning?

No reason, merged this into the 8/10th patch. Working on the V5 of
this patchset. Will send out a draft V5 version for early review.

Regards
Anshuman