Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 20 Feb 2017 21:31:49 +0100 | From | Borislav Petkov <> | Subject | Re: [PATCHv2 4/5] perf stat: Add -a as a default target |
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Btw, I received your mail just now - probably greylisting...
On Mon, Feb 20, 2017 at 10:44:33AM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote: > Isn't this confusing, i.e. people runnin 'tool workload' can be lead to > think that the events reported took place just when the workload was > running, i.e. on the same cpu and while it was being scheduled?
That's a good point.
> I understand the desire to avoid asking people to use -a, i.e. if it > only makes sense as system wide, hey, do it as system wide, but can't > this be confusing?
Well, I did
tool workload
and it said <not supported>. Now, if I'm the only one to stare puzzled at this and wonder why it says "not supported", then sure, I know now that I should use -a.
But if other users are as confused as me, you probably want to tell them to try -a too, no?
IOW, we probably could extend my other patch which says that people should try to disable the HW NMI watchdog to say "try using -a for uncore-only events" when it detects <not supported>.
Thoughts?
-- Regards/Gruss, Boris.
Good mailing practices for 400: avoid top-posting and trim the reply.
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