Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] perfevent_pmda: Add extension for perf derived events

[Hemant Kumar <hemant@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 02/15/2016 06:39 AM, Nathan Scott wrote:
> Hi Hemant,
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> > [...]
> > > One solution might be to add a metric permanently below that point,
> > > that is instantiated both with and without derived perfevent counts
> > > e.g. perfevent.derived.active (mirror the existing perfevent.active)
> > > - a count of #derived metrics - zero valued in the default case.
> > Right. Sent a patch to add a metric perfevent.derived.active and
> > that should fix the warning.
> > http://www.pcp.io/pipermail/pcp/2016-February/009610.html
> >
> > Thanks for the suggestion!
> No problem, it works nicely here and fixes the issue.  I think this new
> metric may need some help text though?  Not sure how best to add that in
> with the scheme used, so I'll leave that for you too, if thats OK?  Taa.
Sure, I will add a help text for this new metric too.

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Thanks,
Hemant Kumar