Re: [PATCH perf/core v5 02/15] perf-buildid-cache: Use path/to/bin/buildid/elf instead of path/to/bin/buildid

[Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo]

Em Thu, Apr 28, 2016 at 03:37:23AM +0900, Masami Hiramatsu escreveu:
> From: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Use path/to/bin/buildid/elf instead of path/to/bin/buildid
> to store corresponding elf binary.
> This also stores vdso in buildid/vdso, kallsyms in buildid/kallsyms.
> 
> Note that the existing caches are not updated until user adds
> or updates the cache. Anyway, if there is the old style build-id
> cache it falls back to use it. (IOW, it is backward compatible)

I reworded this to:

"If there is old style build-id cache content, i.e. links to
path/to/bin/buildid/aa/bbccdd, it will still be accessible, IOW, this is
backard compatible."

This part "existing caches are not updated until the user updates de
cache" sounds confusing.

Anyway, applied.

- Arnaldo