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From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>
To: Nakamura Shun <nakamura.shun@fujitsu.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>,
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>,
	Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>,
	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>, Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>,
	Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-perf-users@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: libperf: lack of interface
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2021 10:36:40 -0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <YS+B6PVHtiTmqZS+@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <OSBPR01MB460016842A4310264B1CC5A0F7CD9@OSBPR01MB4600.jpnprd01.prod.outlook.com>

Em Wed, Sep 01, 2021 at 09:45:10AM +0000, nakamura.shun@fujitsu.com escreveu:
> Hello.
> 
> I'm trying to change rdpmc test in perf_event_tests[1] to use libperf, but libperf doesn't have enough interfaces.
> Does anyone plan to implement any of these libperf features?
> 
> - Interfaces that can run ioctl (PERF_EVENT_IOC_RESET) from userland
> - Interfaces that can run fcntl (SIGIO) from userland
> 
> [1] https://github.com/deater/perf_event_tests/tree/master/tests/rdpmc

So, while in this specific case you should probably follow PeterZ's
advice, feel free to submit patches moving stuff that is in
tools/perf/util/ to tools/lib/perf/ (libperf) when you have a reasonable
use case, such as Vince's test suite.

We can then discuss if any adjustment is needed, but doing it this
piecemeal way, with justification, should be a good way to enrich
libperf with things that are in quiescent state in tools/perf/util/ and
that have external users.

Thanks,

- Arnaldo

  parent reply	other threads:[~2021-09-01 13:36 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-09-01  9:45 libperf: lack of interface nakamura.shun
2021-09-01  9:57 ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-09-01 13:36 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo [this message]
2021-09-02  8:41   ` Jiri Olsa
2021-09-21  9:46     ` nakamura.shun
2021-10-18  8:57       ` nakamura.shun
2021-10-20 12:20         ` Jiri Olsa
2021-10-22  6:17           ` nakamura.shun
2021-12-03  9:00             ` nakamura.shun
2021-12-07  5:49               ` nakamura.shun
2021-12-07 17:04                 ` Jiri Olsa

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