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Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2013 17:24:02 +0100
From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
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Subject: Re: [tip:perf/core] tools/perf: Add required memory barriers
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On Thu, Nov 07, 2013 at 09:21:22AM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> 
> * Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> wrote:
> 
> > > Requiring the user of a kernel interface to have a deep knowledge of 
> > > optimizing compilers, barriers, and CPU memory models is just asking 
> > > for trouble.
> > 
> > It shouldn't be all that hard to put this in a (lgpl) library others can 
> > link to -- that way you can build it once (using GCC).
> 
> I'd suggest to expose it via a new perf syscall, using vsyscall methods to 
> not have to enter the kernel for the pure user-space bits. It should also 
> have a real usecase in tools/perf/ so that it's constantly tested, with 
> matching 'perf test' entries, etc.

Oh man, I've never poked at the entire vsyscall stuff before; let alone
done it for ARM, ARM64, PPC64 etc..

Keeping it in userspace like we have is so much easier.