RE: [PATCH perf/core 00/22] perf refcnt debugger API and fixes

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From: Wangnan (F) [mailto:wangnan0@xxxxxxxxxx]
>On 2015/12/10 23:12, 'Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo' wrote:
>
>[SNIP]
>> But this requires having these special refcnt__ routines, that will make
>> tools/perf/ code patterns for reference counts look different that the
>> refcount patterns in the kernel :-\
>>
>> And would be a requirement to change the observed workload :-\
>>
>> Is this _strictly_ required?
>
>No. The requirement should be:
>
>  1. The create/get/put/delete functions are non-inline (because dwarf info
>     is not as reliable as symbol);
>  2. From their argument list, we can always get the variable we need (the
>     pointer of objects, the value of refcnt, etc.)

However, we have to customize it for each application. Perf itself might be OK
but others might have different implementation.

Thanks,