Re: [PATCH 04/12] perf, x86: Support the TSX intx/intx_cp qualifiersv2

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Sat Jan 26 2013 - 06:54:16 EST



* Andi Kleen <andi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Implement the TSX transaction and checkpointed transaction
> qualifiers for Haswell. This allows e.g. to profile the number
> of cycles in transactions.

The changelog should explain why this is a basic feature that is
a must-have to have basic perf support. (i.e. default 'perf
record', 'perf report', 'perf stat' and 'perf top' works and is
meaningful.)

Thanks,

Ingo
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