Re: plumbers session on profiling?

From: "Jose E. Marchesi" <jemarch@gnu.org>
To: Ruud van der Pas <ruud.vanderpas@oracle.com>
Cc: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>,
	 Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@google.com>,
	 Bill Wendling <morbo@google.com>,
	 Vladimir Mezentsev <vladimir.mezentsev@oracle.com>,
	 clang-built-linux <llvm@lists.linux.dev>,
	 LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,  Yonghong Song <yhs@fb.com>,
	 Wenlei He <wenlei@fb.com>,  Hongtao Yu <hoy@fb.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>,
	linux-toolchains@vger.kernel.org, elena.zannoni@oracle.com
Subject: Re: plumbers session on profiling?
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2022 19:08:48 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <878rpgpvfj.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <B0A01DE7-1B50-479A-92DF-DAFAB3F06E0F@oracle.com> (Ruud van der Pas's message of "Thu, 23 Jun 2022 23:21:07 +0200")

[Added linux-toolchains@vger in CC]

It would be interesting to have some discussion in the Toolchains track
on building the kernel with PGO/FDO.  I have seen a raise on interest on
the topic in several companies, but it would make very little sense if
no kernel hacker is interested in participating... anybody?

> Hi Nick,
>
> Apologies for the delay. It's been a busy week with gprofng related work.
>
>> If you're still considering attending Linux Plumbers conf, please
>> submit a proposal:
>> https://lpc.events/event/16/abstracts/
>> Please make sure to select "Toolchains Track" as the "Track" after
>> clicking on "Submit new abstract."
>
> Thanks for asking!
>
> Our presence largely depends on a discussion on kernel profiling and
> to see what we might be able to do with gprofng regarding this.
>
>>From our side, the main person will be Vladimir. He knows the code
> inside and out, but I will also try to attend such a session.
>
> Is there any news regarding such a session on kernel profiling?
>
> Kind regards, Ruud
>
>> 
>>> 
>>> Kind regards, Ruud
>>> 
>>>> On 24 May 2022, at 12:24, Jose E. Marchesi <jemarch@gnu.org> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> I am adding Ruud van der Pas in CC. He works in gprofng and would be
>>>> willing to participate in a discussion on kernel profiling.
>>>> 
>>>>> (Re-sending with Vladamir's email addr fixed; sorry for the noise)
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Fri, Apr 15, 2022 at 10:54 AM Nick Desaulniers
>>>>> <ndesaulniers@google.com> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Hi Sami, Bill, Jose, and Vladamir,
>>>>>> Jose and I are currently in the planning process to put together a
>>>>>> Kernel+Toolchain microconference track at Linux Plumbers Conference
>>>>>> this year (Sept 12-14) in Dublin, Ireland.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Would you all be interested in leading a session discussing various
>>>>>> profiling related topics such as:
>>>>>> * gprofng
>>>>>> * PGO
>>>>>> * AutoFDO
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Would others find such a discussion useful?
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>> ~Nick Desaulniers
>>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -- 
>> Thanks,
>> ~Nick Desaulniers