Re: [V3][PATCH 0/7] perf, x86: Implement AMD IBS

Peter Zijlstra
2011-10-04T16:46:22Z

On Tue, 2011-10-04 at 09:41 -0700, Andi Kleen wrote:
> Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> writes:
> >
> > - Testable IBS user-space code a bit more prominently integrated
> > than having to go down into a cellar with no working lights and
> > finding the code on display in tools/perf/Documentation/examples/
> > on the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused
> > lavatory with a sign on the door saying 'Beware of the Leopard.'
>
> I looked at this for PEBS, and the best solution currently seems
> to be a python script that works with perf script and does some post
> processing to present the data as summary or individual samples.
> I assume that could work for IBS too.
>
> Comments?

I would much prefer perf {ibs,pebs} commands implemented in C, so that
normal people can change/improve them too.

I really hate all that snake foo.