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Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2018 16:16:22 -0700
From: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
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On Wed, Jun 06, 2018 at 09:27:14PM +0200, speck for Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> The following series is a reworked version of the initial proof of concept
> patch. The main changes are:

I still think it's pointless to add so much kernel code for something
that can be done with a straight forward user script at run time
using existing APIs.

We need strong justifications to add new kernel APIs.

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/andikleen/pmu-tools/master/cputop.py

SMT-off:

./cputop.py 'thread == 1' offline | sh

SMT-on:

/cputop.py offline online | sh

-Andi