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From: Robert Richter <robert.richter@amd.com>
To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] perfcounter fixes
Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2009 05:26:04 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090806032603.GD25478@erda.amd.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20090804191832.GA2020@elte.hu>

On 04.08.09 21:18:32, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> Linus,
> 
> Please pull the latest perfcounters-fixes-for-linus git tree from:
> 
>    git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip.git perfcounters-fixes-for-linus
> 
> Note, i was unsure about this commit:
> 
>   f265426: perf_counter: Set the CONFIG_PERF_COUNTERS default to y if CONFIG_PROFILING=y
> 
> Is it proper to offer up a default-y if CONFIG_PROFILING is set to y 
> already and default-off otherwise?
> 
> I kept this the last commit so we can zap it easily if it's not ok.
> 
>  Thanks,
> 
> 	Ingo
> 
> ------------------>
> Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo (1):
>       perf top: Add mwait_idle_with_hints to skip_symbols[]
> 
> Ingo Molnar (2):
>       perf_counter tools: Fix link errors with older toolchains
>       perf_counter: Set the CONFIG_PERF_COUNTERS default to y if CONFIG_PROFILING=y

Setting CONFIG_PERF_COUNTERS=y per default for -rc6? Wouldn't this be
something for the next merge window? Give people the chance to test
this, changing default configurations shouln't be made this late in
the release cycle.

-Robert

-- 
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Operating System Research Center
email: robert.richter@amd.com


      reply	other threads:[~2009-08-06  3:26 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-08-04 19:18 [GIT PULL] perfcounter fixes Ingo Molnar
2009-08-06  3:26 ` Robert Richter [this message]

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