Re: [PATCH] perf: disable mmap2 support

[Stephane Eranian]

On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 6:21 PM, David Ahern <dsahern@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 10/9/13 10:17 AM, Stephane Eranian wrote:
>>
>>
>> This patch disables the mmap2 record format support
>> for now. The support needs a bit more work to cover
>> VM_CLONE cases.
>>
>> The patch leaves attr->mmap2 defined, but returns
>> an error if it is set. That ensures no PERF_RECORD_MMAP2
>> record can be generated. Yet it minimizes the reverts in
>> the perf tool.
>
>
> The userspace code generates MMAP2 events for synthesized mmap events. That
> should be reverted to MMAP until the format of MMAP2 events is finalized.
>
Ah, yes, that is correct. I forgot about that ;-(
Let me send a revised patch then that covers both.

> David
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