Re: [PATCH 06/12] perf/x86-ibs: Precise event sampling with IBSfor AMD CPUs

[Peter Zijlstra]

On Fri, 2012-04-27 at 17:18 +0200, Robert Richter wrote:
> There is nothing wrong with it. I already implemented that the
> MISC_EXACT flag is supported. But, the flag is basically not used in
> the perf tool and there is no modifier or so to only get a precise
> rip. 

Just because userspace doesn't dtrt doesnt mean its a good idea to wreck
the kernel side of things.

Instead fix the userspace.

I'll simply not take patches that silently drops samples.

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