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SubjectRe: [PATCH 01/14] perf/x86: Introduce PERF_RECORD_OVERHEAD
On Thu, Nov 24, 2016 at 02:50:43PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 24, 2016 at 01:45:28PM +0000, Liang, Kan wrote:
> > > I think we should make this optional/configurable like the rest of the aux
> > > events, like below..
> > >
> >
> > The overhead logging only happens when event is going to be disabled or
> > the task is scheduling out. It should not be much and expensive.
> >
> > Peter,
> >
> > What do you think?
> > Should we make it configurable?
>
> Is there a downside to having it optional?

It would be good to always have at least one line overhead summary in the
default output. So if someone sends you a perf report output file and it has
suspicious overhead can investigate.

-Andi

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