Re: [patch] x86, perf_counter, bts: add bts to perf_counter

[Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>]

* Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> wrote:

> On Tue, 2009-07-21 at 15:56 +0200, Markus Metzger wrote:
> > Implement a performance counter with:
> >     attr.type           = PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE
> >     attr.config         = PERF_COUNT_HW_BRANCH_INSTRUCTIONS
> >     attr.sample_period  = 1
> > 
> > using branch trace store (BTS) on x86 hardware, if available.
> > 
> > The from and to address for each branch can be sampled using:
> >     PERF_SAMPLE_IP      for the from address
> >     PERF_SAMPLE_ADDR    for the to address
> > 
> 
> Over all looks very nice, some comments below (could be addressed 
> in a delta patch).

ok - thanks guys - i'll test this some and push it out into the 
perfcounters tree. Will apply the delta patch too once it's done.

Thanks,

	Ingo