Re: [RFC][PATCH 2/3] perf: Take a hot regs snapshot for traceevents

From: Peter Zijlstra
Date: Wed Mar 03 2010 - 05:07:48 EST


On Wed, 2010-03-03 at 07:55 +0100, Frederic Weisbecker wrote:
> /*
> + * Hot regs snapshot support -- arch specific
> + * This needs to be a macro because we want the current
> + * frame pointer.
> + */
> +#ifndef PERF_SAVE_REGS
> +#define PERF_SAVE_REGS(regs) memset(regs, 0, sizeof(*regs));
> +#endif

It would be nice to have the fallback at least set the current or
calling IP, now you've basically wrecked stuff for everything !x86.

--
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/