Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 16 Feb 2013 09:41:28 +0100 | From | Ingo Molnar <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v7 07/18] perf: add generic memory sampling interface |
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* Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> wrote:
> On Fri, 2013-02-15 at 11:46 -0800, Sukadev Bhattiprolu wrote: > > > > POWER could use an additional field: > > > > mem_deratmiss:1 > > If you want to make that field more "generic" make it > "lvl1_tlb_miss", ie, a miss in the internal "level 1" TLB > which is the smallest/fastest TLB level in the load/store > unit.
I'd also suggest adding spare bits generously, if this is a fixed width ABI component - or a size field.
Thanks,
Ingo
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