Re: [PATCH] perf test: Add bpf-output event

From	Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH] perf test: Add bpf-output event
Date	2015-11-19 00:20 +0100
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On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 05:50:39PM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> Em Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 11:26:04AM -0800, Sukadev Bhattiprolu escreveu:
> > >From 8f71d55dd3e27e6ca2138e3ed6dfeceb1c00a426 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> > From: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> > Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2015 19:06:08 -0500
> > Subject: [PATCH] perf test: Add bpf-output event
> > 
> > The kernel has added support for 'PERF_COUNT_SW_BPF_OUTPUT' but that is
> > missing from the perf tool. Among other things, results in the 'roundtrip
> > evsel->name check' test case of 'perf test' failing on Powerpc.
> 
> Next time can you please state if this is for this merge window or for
> the next?
> 
> Will apply it for perf/core, for the next merge window.

wait a sec, I believe Wang has posted an RFC a month ago that adds support
for this properly instead of simply shutting up the error.
Or I missed something?

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[PATCH] perf test: Add bpf-output event Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2015-11-18 20:30 +0100
  Re: [PATCH] perf test: Add bpf-output event Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org> - 2015-11-18 22:00 +0100
    Re: [PATCH] perf test: Add bpf-output event Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@gmail.com> - 2015-11-19 00:20 +0100
      Re: [PATCH] perf test: Add bpf-output event "Wangnan (F)" <wangnan0@huawei.com> - 2015-11-19 02:40 +0100
        Re: [PATCH] perf test: Add bpf-output event Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2015-11-20 00:40 +0100
          Re: [PATCH] perf test: Add bpf-output event "Wangnan (F)" <wangnan0@huawei.com> - 2015-11-20 03:30 +0100

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