Re: [PATCH 1/2] perf tools: add event modifier to request exclusivePMU access

From: Stephane Eranian
Date: Fri Oct 19 2012 - 11:47:03 EST


On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 5:23 PM, Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 05:17:57PM +0200, Stephane Eranian wrote:
>> On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 5:13 PM, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > On Fri, 2012-10-19 at 16:52 +0200, Stephane Eranian wrote:
>> >> -modifier_event [ukhpGH]{1,8}
>> >> +modifier_event [ukhpGHx]{1,8}
>> >
>> > wouldn't the max modifier sting length grow by adding another possible
>> > modifier?
>>
>> That's what I thought too, but then I don't understand why it was at
>> eight before and not
>> seven: One instance of each letter, + a second for pp (precise=2). Or
>> am I missing
>> something here?
>
> hm, I think I assumed for some reason that 'ppp' is valid as well
>
If that's the case, then yes, I need to bump that number to 9.

> jirka
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