Re: [PATCH] Perf: bug fix: distinguish between rename and exec

[Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo]

Em Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 06:59:38PM +0100, Stephane Eranian escreveu:
> On Feb 15, 2012 1:48 PM, "Peter Zijlstra" <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > I really dislike changing generic code purely for the purpose of
> > instrumentation like this. Better to pull perf_event_comm() out of here
> > if you want to change semantics.
> >
> > Personally I couldn't care less about renames, I think they're a waste
> > of time, so I'm ok with the simple patch moving the perf_event_comm()
> > into setup_new_exec() and possibly renaming it to perf_event_exec().

> I tend to agree with you on this.
> Is there anything that depends on renames
> In perf?

Look at thread__set_comm, not intuitive, goes back to the original
problem description by Luigi.

- Arnaldo
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