Re: [PATCH v6 15/18] perf: add PERF_RECORD_MISC_MMAP_DATA toRECORD_MMAP

[Andi Kleen]

On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 04:39:43PM +0100, Stephane Eranian wrote:
> Type of mapping was lost and made it hard for a tool
> to distinguish code vs. data mmaps. Perf has the ability
> to distinguish the two.
> 
> Use a bit in the header->misc bitmask to keep track of
> the mmap type. If PERF_RECORD_MISC_MMAP_DATA is set then
> the mapping is not executable (!VM_EXEC). If not set, then
> the mapping is executable.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stephane Eranian <eranian@xxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

-Andi
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