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From: Robert Richter <robert.richter@amd.com>
To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/7] perf: introduce raw_type attribute to specify the
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On 20.05.10 12:55:01, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> Not really, fds are really cheap on Linux, and in any case it's only needed 
> when the event is created - can be closed afterwards.

I was wondering if we could get the perf event fd directly with the
open("/sys/...") command? This would be really easy to set up.

-Robert

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