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From: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
To: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>,
	Corey Ashford <cjashfor@linux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>, Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] perf tools: Check maximum frequency rate for record/top
Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2013 08:17:24 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <5277BA84.1090208@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1383563173-17466-4-git-send-email-jolsa@redhat.com>

On 11/4/13, 4:06 AM, Jiri Olsa wrote:
> Adding the check for maximum allowed frequency rate
> defined in following file:
>    /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_max_sample_rate
>
> When we cross the maximum value we fail and display
> detailed error message with advise.

perf commands should automatically adjust the default frequency too. If 
the user did not specify a frequency then this message is going to be 
confusing.

Though the algorithm that keeps lowering the rate should be tweaked as well.

David

  reply	other threads:[~2013-11-04 15:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-11-04 11:06 [PATCH 0/3] perf tools: Add perf_event_max_sample_rate freq check Jiri Olsa
2013-11-04 11:06 ` [PATCH 1/3] perf tools: Factor sysfs code into generic fs object Jiri Olsa
2013-11-05 12:48   ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2013-11-05 13:07     ` Jiri Olsa
2013-11-05 14:55       ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2013-11-04 11:06 ` [PATCH 2/3] perf tools: Add procfs support into " Jiri Olsa
2013-11-04 11:06 ` [PATCH 3/3] perf tools: Check maximum frequency rate for record/top Jiri Olsa
2013-11-04 15:17   ` David Ahern [this message]
2013-11-04 15:32     ` Jiri Olsa
2013-11-04 17:56       ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2013-11-04 19:01 ` [PATCH 0/3] perf tools: Add perf_event_max_sample_rate freq check Jiri Olsa
2013-11-05 14:14 [PATCHv2 " Jiri Olsa
2013-11-05 14:14 ` [PATCH 3/3] perf tools: Check maximum frequency rate for record/top Jiri Olsa

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