On Wed, May 02, 2018 at 04:38:33PM +0000, Stephane Eranian wrote: > Hi, > > It looks like perf_event__synthesize_id_index() is dead code in the current > tip > tree. I don't see any invocation of the function anywhere in perf.I > understand why > you'd want to keep the rest of the code related to PERF_RECORD_ID_INDEX > because some perf.data file may have this user-level record type. But the > synthesize code is not needed anymore, in my opinion. > > Shouldn't we remove this code?
looks like there never was any user of it, probably some preparation for follow up that haven't happened yet.. Adrian? jirka

