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* [PATCH V2 1/2] perf tools: set no_aux_samples for the tracking event in PT
@ 2017-06-30 14:16 kan.liang
  2017-06-30 14:16 ` [PATCH V2 2/2] perf tools: always set no branch for dummy " kan.liang
  2017-07-26 17:13 ` [tip:perf/core] perf intel-pt: Set no_aux_samples for the tracking event tip-bot for Kan Liang
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From: kan.liang @ 2017-06-30 14:16 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: acme, jolsa, linux-kernel
  Cc: mingo, peterz, adrian.hunter, alexander.shishkin, ak, Kan Liang

From: Kan Liang <kan.liang@intel.com>

The reason of introducing the tracking event (a dummy software event) is
to collect side-band information. Additional sampling is wasteful.
no_aux_samples should be set for tracking event.

Signed-off-by: Kan Liang <kan.liang@intel.com>
---

Changes since V1
- new patch to set no_aux_samples for the tracking event (jirka)

 tools/perf/arch/x86/util/intel-pt.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/intel-pt.c b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/intel-pt.c
index f630de0..4fe1aed 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/intel-pt.c
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/intel-pt.c
@@ -751,6 +751,7 @@ static int intel_pt_recording_options(struct auxtrace_record *itr,
 		tracking_evsel->attr.freq = 0;
 		tracking_evsel->attr.sample_period = 1;
 
+		tracking_evsel->no_aux_samples = true;
 		if (need_immediate)
 			tracking_evsel->immediate = true;
 
-- 
2.9.4

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2017-07-03  7:58   ` Jiri Olsa
2017-07-03 16:59     ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2017-07-19 14:28       ` Liang, Kan
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