Re: [PATCH 1/2] perf, x86: Revamp PEBS event selection v2

2014-07-07 Thread Stephane Eranian
On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 12:37 AM, Andi Kleen wrote: > From: Andi Kleen > > The basic idea is that it does not make sense to list all PEBS > events individually. The list is very long, sometimes outdated > and the hardware doesn't need it. If an event does not support > PEBS it will just not count,

[PATCH 1/2] perf, x86: Revamp PEBS event selection v2

2014-07-07 Thread Andi Kleen
From: Andi Kleen The basic idea is that it does not make sense to list all PEBS events individually. The list is very long, sometimes outdated and the hardware doesn't need it. If an event does not support PEBS it will just not count, there is no security issue. This vastly simplifies the PEBS e