Re: [RFC -tip] perf, x86: Add PERF_COUNT_HW_NMI_WATCHDOG event v2

[Cyrill Gorcunov]

On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 11:40:39AM +0200, Stephane Eranian wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 8:48 AM, Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 01:21:34PM +0400, Cyrill Gorcunov wrote:
> > ...
> >> Note that I've not tested it but rather need approval/rejecting
> >> on idea in general.
> >
> > The final version is below. Stephane, note that it's almost the
> > same idea as you proposed except it uses explicit namings to
> > mark out that watchdog cycles are special.
> >
> This looks okay.
> 
> The only alternative I see (This is wha I had in mind at the
> beginning) that would
> not require this new hidden generic event would be to have watchdog.c invoke an
> arch-specific callback to fill out the attr.type, attr->config fields directly:
> 
...
> 
> No new hidden event, just a x86_pmu + a per-arch callbacks.

Looks quite good for me, Don? (i'll cook some draft patch for review meanwhile).

	Cyrill
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