From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 7449 invoked by alias); 15 Dec 2009 19:23:37 -0000 Received: (qmail 7441 invoked by uid 22791); 15 Dec 2009 19:23:36 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.3 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,FS_TIP_DDD,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mx2.mail.elte.hu (HELO mx2.mail.elte.hu) (157.181.151.9) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:23:32 +0000 Received: from elvis.elte.hu ([157.181.1.14]) by mx2.mail.elte.hu with esmtp (Exim) id 1NKcz9-0007a5-1P from ; Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:23:08 +0100 Received: by elvis.elte.hu (Postfix, from userid 1004) id 3F1DF3E22F8; Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:22:59 +0100 (CET) Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:23:00 -0000 From: Ingo Molnar To: Masami Hiramatsu Cc: Frederic Weisbecker , lkml , Paul Mackerras , Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo , Steven Rostedt , Jim Keniston , Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli , Christoph Hellwig , "Frank Ch. Eigler" , Jason Baron , "K.Prasad" , Peter Zijlstra , Srikar Dronamraju , systemtap , DLE Subject: Re: [PATCH -tip 00/14] perf-probe updates Message-ID: <20091215192258.GB15443@elte.hu> References: <20091215153106.17436.66584.stgit@dhcp-100-2-132.bos.redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20091215153106.17436.66584.stgit@dhcp-100-2-132.bos.redhat.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-08-17) Received-SPF: neutral (mx2.mail.elte.hu: 157.181.1.14 is neither permitted nor denied by domain of elte.hu) client-ip=157.181.1.14; envelope-from=mingo@elte.hu; helo=elvis.elte.hu; X-ELTE-SpamScore: 0.0 X-ELTE-SpamLevel: X-ELTE-SpamCheck: no X-ELTE-SpamVersion: ELTE 2.0 X-ELTE-SpamCheck-Details: score=0.0 required=5.9 tests=FS_TIP_DDD autolearn=no SpamAssassin version=3.2.5 0.0 FS_TIP_DDD Phrase: subject = tip ddd X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact systemtap-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: systemtap-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2009-q4/txt/msg00924.txt.bz2 * Masami Hiramatsu wrote: > Hi Ingo, > > Here are several bugfixes and updates of perf-probe. > This updates includes below features. > > - Support checking kernel Build-ID > Comparing vmlinux build-id and running kernel build-id > can prevent user to set incorrect probes by using > old/incorrect vmlinux. > > - Symbol search by libelf/kallsyms > This allows to check probed symbol exists in the kernel > even if debuginfo is not available. > > - Support glob expression with --del option (like --del '*') > This allows users to use wildcard for specifying > deleting events. > > - Reject adding same-name events > Rejecting to add event which name already exists. > > - Support event name specifying for new events > This allows users to set their own name to new > events. Currently setting group name is not > allowed, because it will conflict with other > tracepoints and kmem event. > > I think the glob expression (wildcard matching) can be > applied to other perf tools for choosing events, and it > will give user better experience :-) Very nice improvements! :) Applied, thanks! Ingo