From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S968495AbWLER2K (ORCPT ); Tue, 5 Dec 2006 12:28:10 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S968494AbWLER2K (ORCPT ); Tue, 5 Dec 2006 12:28:10 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:47028 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S968485AbWLER2H (ORCPT ); Tue, 5 Dec 2006 12:28:07 -0500 Message-ID: <4575AB54.2050509@redhat.com> Date: Tue, 05 Dec 2006 12:24:36 -0500 From: William Cohen User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.8-1.1.fc4 (X11/20060501) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: eranian@hpl.hp.com CC: perfmon@napali.hpl.hp.com, linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org, oprofile-list@lists.sourceforge.net, perfctr-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [perfmon] 2.6.19 new perfmon code base + libpfm + pfmon References: <20061204164644.GO31914@frankl.hpl.hp.com> In-Reply-To: <20061204164644.GO31914@frankl.hpl.hp.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Stephane Eranian wrote: > Hello, > > I have released another version of the perfmon new code base packages. > > There is no major updates in this version compared to 061127. This is > a convenience release so that people can use plain 2.6.19. > > The perfmon2 kernel changes are: > - fix UP exit bug in system-wide mode where the active context > accounting was done incorrectly. > - MIPS update to correct register hardware addresses (Phil Mucci) > > I have also released a new libpfm, libpfm-3.2-061204 with the > following changes: > - updated MIPS processor detection code > > Also a new version of pfmon, pfmon-3.2-061204 with the following changes: > - fix various perfmon v2.0 compatibility bugs for IA-64 > - fortify return values for read() (will Cohen) > > Both libpfm and pfmon releases work with kernel-patch 061127 or 061204. > > You can grab the new packages at our web site: > > http://perfmon2.sf.net > > Enjoy, > Some of the ptrace functions (e.g. ptrace_may_attach in perfmon_syscall.c) being used in the perfmon kernel patches will go away with the utrace patches: http://people.redhat.com/roland/utrace/ -Will