Re: [perf-discuss] Re: Proposal for in-kernel buffering of CPC overflow

2006-05-18 Thread Russ Blaine
ctually prototyping this, right now). Such a beast would, when used in conjunction with the java dtrace provider, allow detailed, CPC data-driven analysis of java apps. - Russ ----- Russ Blaine | Solaris Kernel | [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___

Re: [perf-discuss] Re: Proposal for in-kernel buffering of CPC overflow events

2006-05-18 Thread Russ Blaine
ple_pcbuf() at any time to read its contents to userland and clear the in-kernel buffer. --------- Russ Blaine | Solaris Kernel | [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ perf-discuss mailing list perf-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [perf-discuss] Proposal for in-kernel buffering of CPC overflow events

2006-03-08 Thread Russ Blaine
John Levon wrote: On Fri, Feb 24, 2006 at 04:37:13PM -0800, Russ Blaine wrote: CPC in-kernel buffering adds a counter buffer such that the user can request the kernel to throw an overflow interrupt when the counter buffer overflows. Has thought been given to the PEBS support in the Pentium

Re: [perf-discuss] Proposal for in-kernel buffering of CPC overflow events

2006-02-27 Thread Russ Blaine
t, if not, it should be expanded to do so. (In the Analyzer, we currently use a backtracking heuristic to get at those three fields, but getting them from the HW would be an enormous step forward, and extending the interface to allow for that seems like a Good Thing.) Marty" Russ Blai

[perf-discuss] Proposal for in-kernel buffering of CPC overflow events

2006-02-24 Thread Russ Blaine
Sun which I will post shortly. - Russ ----- Russ Blaine | Solaris Kernel | [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ perf-discuss mailing list perf-discuss@opensolaris.org