Re: [PATCH 05/34] perf, x86: Report PEBS event in a raw format

From: Andi Kleen
Date: Tue Oct 23 2012 - 09:29:54 EST


> Also, there's an alignment issue there, the raw.data is 32bit offset,
> the record is u64 aligned, leaving the output stream offset, wrecking
> things.

Can you explain more? Not sure I understand.

It appears to work at least.

>
> And as with any ABI extension, it should come with useful userspace to
> make use of it.

There are already scripts available to use it, see Feng's patchkit.

-Andi

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