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From: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
To: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	"kvm@vger.kernel.org" <kvm@vger.kernel.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>,
	"a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl" <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>,
	"acme@ghostprotocols.net" <acme@ghostprotocols.net>,
	Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@windriver.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] perf: add context field to perf_event
Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2011 16:36:57 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110704143655.GE5551@somewhere> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4E11C9CC.2070909@redhat.com>

On Mon, Jul 04, 2011 at 05:10:20PM +0300, Avi Kivity wrote:
> On 07/04/2011 04:58 PM, Frederic Weisbecker wrote:
> >Another thing I would like to do in the even longer term is to not use perf anymore
> >for ptrace breakpoints, because that involves a heavy dependency and few people are
> >happy with that. Instead we should just have a generic hook into the sched_switch()
> >and handle pure ptrace breakpoints there. The central breakpoint API would still be
> >there to reserve/schedule breakpoint resources between ptrace and perf.
> >
> 
> 'struct preempt_notifier' may be the hook you're looking for.

Yeah looks like a perfect fit as it's per task.

Thanks.

  reply	other threads:[~2011-07-04 14:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 39+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-06-29 15:42 [PATCH 0/3] Preparatory perf patches for KVM PMU support Avi Kivity
2011-06-29 15:42 ` [PATCH 1/3] perf: add context field to perf_event Avi Kivity
2011-06-29 16:08   ` Frederic Weisbecker
2011-06-29 16:25     ` Avi Kivity
2011-06-29 16:27     ` Will Deacon
2011-07-04 13:58       ` Frederic Weisbecker
2011-07-04 14:10         ` Avi Kivity
2011-07-04 14:36           ` Frederic Weisbecker [this message]
2011-07-11 21:07             ` Will Deacon
2011-07-12  7:20               ` Avi Kivity
2011-07-12  8:38                 ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-07-12  9:08                   ` Avi Kivity
2011-07-12  9:14                     ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-07-12  9:16                       ` Avi Kivity
2011-07-12  9:18                         ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-07-12  9:27                           ` Avi Kivity
2011-07-12  9:31                             ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-07-12  9:36                               ` Avi Kivity
2011-07-12  9:42                                 ` Will Deacon
2011-07-12  9:41                               ` Joerg Roedel
2011-07-12  9:44                                 ` Avi Kivity
2011-07-12  9:48                                   ` Joerg Roedel
2011-07-12  9:55                                     ` Avi Kivity
2011-07-12 10:03                                       ` Joerg Roedel
2011-07-12 10:07                                         ` Avi Kivity
2011-07-12 10:24                                           ` Joerg Roedel
2011-07-12 10:36                                             ` Avi Kivity
2011-07-21 15:32                               ` Will Deacon
2011-07-21 15:36                                 ` Avi Kivity
2011-07-21 15:46                                   ` Will Deacon
2011-07-21 15:59                                     ` Avi Kivity
2011-07-21 16:37                                       ` Will Deacon
2011-07-05 14:30         ` Will Deacon
2011-07-05 14:34           ` Frederic Weisbecker
2011-07-01 15:24   ` [tip:perf/core] perf: Add " tip-bot for Avi Kivity
2011-06-29 15:42 ` [PATCH 2/3] x86, perf: add constraints for architectural PMU v1 Avi Kivity
2011-07-01 15:24   ` [tip:perf/core] x86, perf: Add constraints for architectural PMU tip-bot for Avi Kivity
2011-06-29 15:42 ` [PATCH 3/3] perf: export perf_event_refresh() to modules Avi Kivity
2011-07-01 15:25   ` [tip:perf/core] " tip-bot for Avi Kivity

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