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SubjectRe: [PATCH] perf: do not flush maps on COMM for perf report
Em Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 10:56:13AM -0600, David Ahern escreveu:
> On 8/22/12 10:29 AM, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> >Adding the EXEC event, ditto. And I agree that while adding it we want
> >to do 1/2 as pre-requisite.
>
> maps should not be flushed on a COMM event, so that was a mistake.
> Given that what new information does an EXEC event provide? Same
> process id. A COMM event is generated on an exec, so the name change
> happens. Mappings are dropped prior to that - and there is no unmap
> event. That seems to be a missing piece. Maps are added which is
> handled by MMAP events. After that why is an exec event relevant?

Please read the original discussion about it:

https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/2/13/545

- Arnaldo


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