Hi This is (version 2 of) an alternative to the 'keep tracking' flag patch which is here:
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=137242545521246&w=2 perf tools is updated and a test added to demonstrate the new event. Changes in V2: perf: add a dummy software event to keep tracking Add Peter's Ack perf tools: add support for PERF_COUNT_SW_DUMMY Fix missing "dummy" in perf_evsel__sw_names perf tools: add 'keep tracking' test Let the test pass and print "not supported" if there is no "dummy" event Adrian Hunter (3): perf: add a dummy software event to keep tracking perf tools: add support for PERF_COUNT_SW_DUMMY perf tools: add 'keep tracking' test include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h | 1 + tools/perf/Makefile | 1 + tools/perf/tests/builtin-test.c | 4 ++ tools/perf/tests/keep-tracking.c | 150 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ tools/perf/tests/tests.h | 1 + tools/perf/util/evlist.c | 42 ++++++++++- tools/perf/util/evlist.h | 5 ++ tools/perf/util/parse-events.c | 4 ++ tools/perf/util/parse-events.l | 1 + tools/perf/util/python.c | 1 + 10 files changed, 208 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) create mode 100644 tools/perf/tests/keep-tracking.c Regards Adrian -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/