Re: [perfmon2] perfmon2 merge news

From: Andi Kleen
Date: Tue Nov 13 2007 - 15:42:21 EST


> In the past I suggested that it might be useful to have a version of
> perfmon2 that only set up the perfmon on a global basis. That would allow

Context switch is imho the main differentiating feature of perfmon
over oprofile. Not sure it makes sense to take that one out.

I don't think the complexity of the patches comes from the context
switch anyways, it comes from the lots of other things it does.

-Andi
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