From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com (us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com [170.10.133.124]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 86DE53858D39 for ; Mon, 13 Dec 2021 15:13:49 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 sourceware.org 86DE53858D39 Received: from mail-wm1-f69.google.com (mail-wm1-f69.google.com [209.85.128.69]) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP with STARTTLS (version=TLSv1.2, cipher=TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) id us-mta-58-N0HCOPrmNhuXefkWOIHlVA-1; Mon, 13 Dec 2021 10:13:48 -0500 X-MC-Unique: N0HCOPrmNhuXefkWOIHlVA-1 Received: by mail-wm1-f69.google.com with SMTP id 145-20020a1c0197000000b0032efc3eb9bcso11756223wmb.0 for ; Mon, 13 Dec 2021 07:13:47 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=x-gm-message-state:message-id:date:mime-version:user-agent:subject :content-language:to:references:from:in-reply-to :content-transfer-encoding; bh=VjJVFVp/mPA+UV9WGtPbqY8xmWBD150xedTq/2cSLwM=; b=N49w5wv0REHXy+D70bVLzOBMy2GocfgsfZP8H7uHJgvt/baORvU2Kg59ddqoMTG+yB 690S5euOnzIZ3Vwlp/5xuUeSEj/ygnJR4N0KqigOgO0ZmXt39dUZudP0/qW4OCWOnhV1 HvIwPKoDbqEQ3izyyT5JdGntBP0DFYVJdSF6YQ3V/VdvdVC4ezPrgFu8YH7UBr3WeiyM jusjD4EDQDlbU78tYT5sU85PXz1PT0E05zkvkDuAMs2YwUj3guEWjPp2plflbC7525E6 L5a6AOqAXdw7IQjGhVIfyyPvUD8HAsLW62/jis/kidnCI2AP6CizkaR2gQeCs4hdqL7g 9XZw== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM532PjzsrsEj33Dcq4a2+S1IqSToHAxVK6i8LC5LHqVOlpY5txQxw VSRgtRcXkoHzrkjGyLawB2uV9YRYxLYrANFVwsWEV854Vlcbu4+pMft6FIsNy7x9O5AcDFc3lDK Ob0l9rzjsmXobSv5dyA== X-Received: by 2002:a05:600c:6d2:: with SMTP id b18mr38667481wmn.98.1639408426693; Mon, 13 Dec 2021 07:13:46 -0800 (PST) X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJzqVou6B+y19PeqCmF7NOwhDGVhhVVIJl/TPJ5ZBRHbd0XlE+6sslK8fDxUByBzJPEHTOIRcA== X-Received: by 2002:a05:600c:6d2:: with SMTP id b18mr38667186wmn.98.1639408424082; Mon, 13 Dec 2021 07:13:44 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.1.6] ([80.168.196.171]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id x1sm11236832wru.40.2021.12.13.07.13.43 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Mon, 13 Dec 2021 07:13:43 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <53d65dfe-38b4-7a2c-2052-b3c039642392@redhat.com> Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2021 15:13:42 +0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:91.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/91.3.0 Subject: Re: [PATCH V4] gprofng: a new GNU profiler To: Vladimir Mezentsev , binutils@sourceware.org References: <7dadb881-ab4b-de4a-0453-6d8661a8cd83@oracle.com> <44e0ca3c-0792-7fc2-bff4-0918f1f4bea2@redhat.com> <653282db-9261-e5fc-4280-0d00be272d81@oracle.com> From: Nick Clifton In-Reply-To: <653282db-9261-e5fc-4280-0d00be272d81@oracle.com> X-Mimecast-Spam-Score: 0 X-Mimecast-Originator: redhat.com Content-Language: en-GB Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU, DKIM_VALID_EF, NICE_REPLY_A, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_NONE, TXREP autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: binutils@sourceware.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Binutils mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2021 15:13:51 -0000 Hi Vladimir, >> To me this is a concern as the intention of the binutils project is to >> support as wide a range of architectures as possible. >> >> Is it simple to add other architectures ?  What work needs to be done ? > > We utilize disassembler() from libopcodes and several functions from libbfd which are already cross platform. > The rest of porting is stack unwinding and hardware counter profiling (It is in binutils-gdb.git/gprofng/libcollector). > We will start writing a few page porting guide. OK, well I do not want to hold up this work any longer, so the patch series is approved. Please apply. Cheers Nick