Re: [GIT PULL] perfcounter fixes

[Robert Richter]

On 04.08.09 21:18:32, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> Linus,
> 
> Please pull the latest perfcounters-fixes-for-linus git tree from:
> 
>    git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip.git perfcounters-fixes-for-linus
> 
> Note, i was unsure about this commit:
> 
>   f265426: perf_counter: Set the CONFIG_PERF_COUNTERS default to y if CONFIG_PROFILING=y
> 
> Is it proper to offer up a default-y if CONFIG_PROFILING is set to y 
> already and default-off otherwise?
> 
> I kept this the last commit so we can zap it easily if it's not ok.
> 
>  Thanks,
> 
> 	Ingo
> 
> ------------------>
> Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo (1):
>       perf top: Add mwait_idle_with_hints to skip_symbols[]
> 
> Ingo Molnar (2):
>       perf_counter tools: Fix link errors with older toolchains
>       perf_counter: Set the CONFIG_PERF_COUNTERS default to y if CONFIG_PROFILING=y

Setting CONFIG_PERF_COUNTERS=y per default for -rc6? Wouldn't this be
something for the next merge window? Give people the chance to test
this, changing default configurations shouln't be made this late in
the release cycle.

-Robert

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