Re: [PATCH v8 0/5] perf evsel fallback changes, better s390 defaults

From: Namhyung Kim

Date: Fri Mar 20 2026 - 14:18:14 EST


On Wed, 18 Mar 2026 16:45:55 -0700, Ian Rogers wrote:

> Discussion with Thomas Richter in:
> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20260306071002.2526085-1-tmricht@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> showed that the evsel__fallback wasn't working for s390. These patches
> avoid the problematic frame pointer callchain on s390 and fix
> evsel__fallback from a range of problems when falling back to a
> software event. I simulated failures when developing the patches but
> they are untested other than that.
>
> [...]

Applied to perf-tools-next, thanks!

Best regards,
Namhyung