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From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
To: Vince Weaver <vweaver1@eecs.utk.edu>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@infradead.org>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
	Stephane Eranian <eranian@gmail.com>,
	Lin Ming <ming.m.lin@intel.com>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] perf tools: Add missing user space support for config1/config2
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2011 19:54:44 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110425175444.GC28239@elte.hu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.2.00.1104251307010.12389@cl320.eecs.utk.edu>


* Vince Weaver <vweaver1@eecs.utk.edu> wrote:

> [...] The kernel has no business telling users which perf events are 
> interesting, or limiting them! [...]

The policy is very simple and common-sense: if a given piece of PMU 
functionality is useful enough to be exposed via a raw interface, then
it must be useful enough to be generalized as well.

> [...]  What is this, windows?

FYI, this is how the Linux kernel has operated from day 1 on: we support 
hardware features to abstract useful highlevel functionality out of it.
I would not expect this to change anytime soon.

Thanks,

	Ingo

  reply	other threads:[~2011-04-25 17:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 39+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-04-21 17:41 [GIT PULL 0/1] perf/urgent Fix missing support for config1/config2 Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2011-04-21 17:41 ` [PATCH 1/1] perf tools: Add missing user space " Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2011-04-22  6:34   ` Ingo Molnar
2011-04-22  8:06     ` Ingo Molnar
2011-04-22 21:37       ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-04-22 21:54         ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-04-22 22:19           ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-04-22 23:54             ` Andi Kleen
2011-04-23  7:49               ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-04-22 22:57           ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-04-23  0:00             ` Andi Kleen
2011-04-23  7:50               ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-04-23  8:13         ` Ingo Molnar
2011-07-01 15:23         ` [tip:perf/core] perf, arch: Add generic NODE cache events tip-bot for Peter Zijlstra
2011-04-25 17:12       ` [PATCH 1/1] perf tools: Add missing user space support for config1/config2 Vince Weaver
2011-04-25 17:54         ` Ingo Molnar [this message]
2011-04-25 21:46           ` Vince Weaver
2011-04-25 22:12             ` Andi Kleen
2011-04-26  7:23               ` Ingo Molnar
2011-04-26  7:38             ` Ingo Molnar
2011-04-26 20:51               ` Vince Weaver
2011-04-27  6:52                 ` Ingo Molnar
2011-04-28 22:16                   ` Vince Weaver
2011-04-28 23:30                     ` Thomas Gleixner
2011-04-29  2:28                     ` Andi Kleen
2011-04-29 19:32                     ` Ingo Molnar
2011-04-26  9:49             ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-04-26  9:25         ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-04-26 20:33           ` Vince Weaver
2011-04-26 21:19             ` Cyrill Gorcunov
2011-04-26 21:25               ` Don Zickus
2011-04-26 21:33                 ` Cyrill Gorcunov
2011-04-27  6:43             ` Ingo Molnar
2011-04-28 22:10               ` Vince Weaver
2011-04-22 16:22     ` Andi Kleen
2011-04-22 19:54       ` Ingo Molnar
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2011-04-22  8:47 Stephane Eranian
2011-04-22  9:23 ` Ingo Molnar
2011-04-22  9:41   ` Stephane Eranian

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