On Tue, 17 Apr 2018, Jiri Olsa wrote: > On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 10:04:53PM +0000, Stephane Eranian wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I am trying to understand what the exclude_idle event attribute is supposed > > to accomplish. > > As per the definition in the header file: > > > > exclude_idle : 1, /* don't count when idle */ > > AFAICS it's not implemented
so just to be completely clear hear, we're saying that the "exclude_idle" modifier has never done anything useful and still doesn't? If so I should update the perf_event_open manpage to spell this out. Vince
