[perfmon2] questions about perfmon2

2009-09-13 Thread Godmar Back
Date: September 13, 2009 Stephane, I have a few questions about perfmon2. First off, I apologize for not having read the source code; I'm certain that the answers to at least some of these questions are contained in it. Still, it may be helpful to create a record online to help others better unde

Re: [perfmon2] questions about perfmon2

2009-09-14 Thread Godmar Back
Stephane, thank you very much for these answers. I'd like to follow up on only 2 items: On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 4:34 AM, stephane eranian wrote: >> > If by virtualized you mean that perfmon2 allows per-thread monitoring, > then the answer is yes. You can attach a monitoring session to a thread.

Re: [perfmon2] questions about perfmon2

2009-09-14 Thread Godmar Back
On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 10:03 AM, Drongowski, Paul wrote: > Hello Godmar -- > > WRT Q6: AMD CodeAnalyst Performance Analyzer (tm) uses OProfile > for data collection on Linux. We also make the source code for > CodeAnalyst available. > > As a team, we look to the Linux/open source community for >

Re: [perfmon2] questions about perfmon2

2009-09-14 Thread Godmar Back
On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 4:59 PM, Drongowski, Paul wrote: > > We're keeping an eye on Performance Counters for > Linux (PCL), adoption of PCL by OProfile, etc. It'll > take a little while for the whole situation to shake out. What is PCL? Is this the same as perf_counters (the system/interface th