Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 15 Nov 2013 12:52:45 +0100 | From | Peter Zijlstra <> | Subject | Re: [BUG] perf stat: explicit grouping yields unexpected results |
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On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 11:34:05AM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote: > That brings up an interesting question: what is better for users, if > we schedule as many as we can and say 'not supported' to the rest > (current behavior), or if we fail the whole group? > > I'd say that the default behavior should be what Jiri implemented: get > the most out of the situation and inform. But you are right in that > 'forcing' all elements of a group to be valid should be possible as > well - if a special perf stat option or event format is used.
So I don't agree, but if you want to keep this IMO weird behaviour at least WARN about it in big blinking neon letters that the user isn't getting what he asked for.
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