Re: [PATCH 1/2] perf stat: add -l <N> option to redirect stderrelsewhere

[Ingo Molnar]

* Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> This perf stat option emulates valgrind's --log-fd option, allowing the
> user to send perf results elsewhere, and leaving stderr for use by the
> program under test.
> 
>   3>results perf stat -l 3 -- <cmd>
> 
> The perl distro's make test.valgrind target uses valgrinds --log-fd
> option, I've adapted it to invoke perf also, and tested this patch there.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@xxxxxxxxx>

Makes sense!

Arnaldo, if you are fine with it, do you want to pick it up - or should i? If 
you pick it up:

Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>

Thanks,

	Ingo
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