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From: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [patch] perf_event_open more likely tracepoint values
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2013 12:33:52 -0500
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To: Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@maine.edu>
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On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 12:35:27PM -0500, Vince Weaver wrote:
 
 > Tracepoint ids tend to be relatively small (less than 1024 or so).
 > This change makes it more likely to hit valid ones.
 > 
 > Once the fix to avoid the troublesome 0x18 (irq_work_exit)
 > tracepoint gets into the kernel maybe we can start stressing
 > things with trinity again.
 
applied, though fyi, this (and some other boolean choices) could
be shorter with just

	if (rand_bool())
		foo
	else
		bar

guess it depends if you foresee adding further case's though.

thanks,

	Dave