Re: [PATCH 1/2 -tip] perf_counter: Add generalized hardware vectored co-processor support for AMD and Intel Corei7/Nehalem

Jaswinder Singh Rajput
2009-07-03T10:12:03Z

On Fri, 2009-07-03 at 11:30 +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * Jaswinder Singh Rajput <jaswinder@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> > > $ ./perf list shows vector events like :
> > >
> > > vec-adds OR add [Hardware vector event]
> > > vec-muls OR multiply [Hardware vector event]
> > > vec-divs OR divide [Hardware vector event]
> > > vec-idle-cycles OR vec-empty-cycles [Hardware vector event]
> > > vec-stall-cycles OR vec-busy-cycles [Hardware vector event]
> > > vec-ops OR vec-operations [Hardware vector event]
>
> btw., why does this printout SHOUT the 'or'? It's certainly not an
> important piece of information. Something like:
>
> vec-adds | add [Hardware vector event]
> vec-muls | multiply [Hardware vector event]
> vec-divs | divide [Hardware vector event]
> vec-idle-cycles | vec-empty-cycles [Hardware vector event]
> vec-stall-cycles | vec-busy-cycles [Hardware vector event]
> vec-ops | vec-operations [Hardware vector event]
>
> looks better on all levels.
>

'OR' is also used for other events.
If this is the only issue, I request you to accept these 2 patches.

I will send incremental patch which will fix these 'OR's and also avoid
duplicating of these functions.

Thanks,
--
JSR