From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S964832Ab2JSPqN (ORCPT ); Fri, 19 Oct 2012 11:46:13 -0400 Received: from mga01.intel.com ([192.55.52.88]:17394 "EHLO mga01.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751910Ab2JSPqL (ORCPT ); Fri, 19 Oct 2012 11:46:11 -0400 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.80,613,1344236400"; d="scan'208";a="237554386" Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2012 08:46:10 -0700 From: Andi Kleen To: Stephane Eranian Cc: Peter Zijlstra , LKML , "mingo@elte.hu" , Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo , Jiri Olsa Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] perf tools: add event modifier to request exclusive PMU access Message-ID: <20121019154610.GX2095@tassilo.jf.intel.com> References: <1350658326-14715-1-git-send-email-eranian@google.com> <1350658326-14715-2-git-send-email-eranian@google.com> <1350659619.2768.30.camel@twins> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > That's what I thought too, but then I don't understand why it was at > eight before and not > seven: One instance of each letter, + a second for pp (precise=2). Or > am I missing > something here? The number is pretty useless imho (it's unlikely to catch any real user error) and most likely generates a much longer automata in flex than just a + So I would drop it. -Andi -- ak@linux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only