Re: [Patch 0/3] OProfile SPU event profiling support for IBM Cell processor
From: Arnd Bergmann
Date: Tue Nov 25 2008 - 11:00:56 EST
On Tuesday 25 November 2008, Carl Love wrote:
> This patch set consists of two kernel patches and one user level patch
> to add SPU event based profiling support to OProfile for the IBM Cell
> processor. The first patch in the series is the user level patch that
> adds the needed events and event checking to the user tool. The second
> patch is the first of two kernel patches. It makes some structural
> changes to the kernel code to make it easier to add the specific
> functions for doing SPU event profiling. The first kernel patch does
> not make any functional changes. The third patch in the series is the
> second kernel patch where the actual SPU event profiling code support is
> added to the kernel.
Thanks for your submission!
I can't comment on the oprofile user code, but I have some comments
on the implementation in the third patch.
Are the patches interdependent, or will old versions of the oprofile
tool work with new kernels and vice versa?
Arnd <><
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/