On Fri, 2012-10-26 at 10:29 +0900, Namhyung Kim wrote:
> Hi Jiri,
>
> On Sat, 20 Oct 2012 16:33:08 +0200, Jiri Olsa wrote:
> > hi,
> > adding support to read sample values through the PERF_SAMPLE_READ
> > sample type. It's now possible to specify 'S' modifier for an event
> > and get its sample value by PERF_SAMPLE_READ.
>
> I have a question. What's an actual impact of specifying 'S' modifiere
> to a non-group event or even only a (non-leader) member of a group? For
> instance, 'cycles:S' or '{branches,branch-misses:S}'.
I would hope a syntax error from the parser ;-)
I haven't actually looked at the implementation, but I understood it to
be a group modifier, not an event modifier.
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