From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S934377AbcJQK23 (ORCPT ); Mon, 17 Oct 2016 06:28:29 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:40052 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S934300AbcJQK2U (ORCPT ); Mon, 17 Oct 2016 06:28:20 -0400 Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2016 12:28:17 +0200 From: Jiri Olsa To: Andi Kleen Cc: acme@kernel.org, jolsa@kernel.org, sukadev@linux.vnet.ibm.com, eranian@google.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Andi Kleen Subject: Re: [PATCH 05/10] perf, tools: Support event aliases for non cpu// pmus Message-ID: <20161017102817.GB17938@krava> References: <1476393332-20732-1-git-send-email-andi@firstfloor.org> <1476393332-20732-6-git-send-email-andi@firstfloor.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1476393332-20732-6-git-send-email-andi@firstfloor.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.7.1 (2016-10-04) X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.16 (mx1.redhat.com [10.5.110.29]); Mon, 17 Oct 2016 10:28:20 +0000 (UTC) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 02:15:27PM -0700, Andi Kleen wrote: > From: Andi Kleen > > The code for handling pmu aliases without specifying > the PMU hardcoded only supported the cpu PMU. > > This patch extends it to work for all PMUs. We always > duplicate the event for all PMUs that have an matching alias. > This allows to automatically expand an alias for all instances > of a PMU (so for example you can monitor all cache boxes with > a single event) could you please put some examples of new usage into changelog.. it's be easier to sell it thanks, jirka