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Merge branch 'bpf-perf'
authorDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Thu, 22 Oct 2015 13:42:23 +0000 (06:42 -0700)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Thu, 22 Oct 2015 13:42:23 +0000 (06:42 -0700)
commit789af7a2b7cc2d1f8135c5d896552b2efcb8bad9
tree33c57207f5ed18a5408ed9c25ec0ab169ec0fb5d
parent6ba92498f7eb2bf364c9b18eeb95bb4553e6b91f
parent313a164274a92e450307d2e7dfbfa829b1f703f9
Merge branch 'bpf-perf'

Alexei Starovoitov says:

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bpf_perf_event_output helper

Over the last year there were multiple attempts to let eBPF programs
output data into perf events by He Kuang and Wangnan.
The last one was:
https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/7/20/736
It was almost perfect with exception that all bpf programs would sent
data into one global perf_event.
This patch set takes different approach by letting user space
open independent PERF_COUNT_SW_BPF_OUTPUT events, so that program
output won't collide.

Wangnan is working on corresponding perf patches.
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Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>