Re: [patch] Performance Counters for Linux, v2

From: Andi Kleen
Date: Tue Dec 09 2008 - 17:40:29 EST


Paul Mackerras <paulus@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> So, can we agree to discuss both sampling and counting, and design an
> infrastructure that's good for both?

When you say counting you should also include "event ring buffers with
metadata", like PEBS on Intel x86.

-Andi

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