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From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/7] perf updates and fixes
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* Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> wrote:

> On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 02:52:35AM +0100, Frederic Weisbecker wrote:
> 
> > The series is not yet mergeable because it would break PowerPc (hot regs 
> > snapshot API has been changed, and I don't know how to update PowerPc for 
> > that).
> > 
> > But if you're fine with the ideas, I can integrate the necessary changes 
> > to fix this, and also separate fixes and updates.
> 
> The patch below adds the necessary stuff for powerpc.  You could fold it 
> into your "perf: Move perf_arch_fetch_caller_regs into a macro" patch, or 
> keep it as a separate patch in the series (though that would make preserving 
> bisectability more difficult).

Since the series needs a resend anyway folding back ought to be fine i think.

I'm wondering whether this should get into tip:perf/urgent - or in 
tip:perf/core for 2.6.35.

It fixes sw event call trace ugliness, but is that a 2.6.34 regression? Is 
there any other aspect of the series that points towards accelerating this 
into .34?

Thanks,

	Ingo