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From: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
To: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, acme@redhat.com, mingo@elte.hu
Subject: Re: [PATCH] perf: make perf.data more self-descriptive (v4)
Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2011 08:52:07 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4E736297.2070604@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CABPqkBRmpnMNH16_HNWWHFn8dDtTE+jRjunkLDpc30SnA8_oYA@mail.gmail.com>


On 09/16/2011 08:44 AM, Stephane Eranian wrote:
>> Sure, but all you need to know is if the file you're reading is a
>> different endian than your box, if it is swap stuff, if its not, you're
>> good.
> 
> We agree on that. I am just saying the MAGIC string as it is today
> may not be enough to tell us that.

Right. I think that's why the attribute struct is used to detect
endianness and not the magic.

David

  reply	other threads:[~2011-09-16 14:52 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-09-07 19:10 [PATCH] perf: make perf.data more self-descriptive (v4) Stephane Eranian
2011-09-08 15:27 ` David Ahern
     [not found]   ` <CABPqkBRKcxeTDMyVYPXU6AQEY-Hp2bnE03ebEtvjYWde2JKqoQ@mail.gmail.com>
2011-09-08 15:37     ` David Ahern
2011-09-08 15:42   ` Stephane Eranian
2011-09-12 13:45 ` David Ahern
2011-09-12 13:54   ` Stephane Eranian
2011-09-12 14:33     ` David Ahern
2011-09-12 14:40       ` Stephane Eranian
2011-09-12 14:43         ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-09-12 14:47           ` Stephane Eranian
2011-09-13 14:40             ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2011-09-16 14:35           ` Stephane Eranian
2011-09-16 14:37             ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-09-16 14:44               ` Stephane Eranian
2011-09-16 14:52                 ` David Ahern [this message]
2011-09-16 14:56                   ` Stephane Eranian
2011-09-16 14:50             ` David Ahern
2011-09-16 15:19               ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-09-16 15:33                 ` David Ahern
2011-09-16 15:42                   ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-09-16 16:34                   ` Stephane Eranian

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