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From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
To: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 04/12] perf, x86: Support the TSX intx/intx_cp qualifiers
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* Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org> wrote:

> From: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
> 
> Implement the TSX transaction and checkpointed transaction 
> qualifiers for Haswell. This allows e.g. to profile the number 
> of cycles in transactions.

The changelog should explain why this is a basic feature that is 
a must-have to have basic perf support. (i.e. default 'perf 
record', 'perf report', 'perf stat' and 'perf top' works and is 
meaningful.)

Thanks,

	Ingo