On Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 9:45 PM, Alexei Starovoitov <ast@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I thought we already stated that. > Here is the quote from perf_event.h: > * # The RAW record below is opaque data wrt the ABI > * # > * # That is, the ABI doesn't make any promises wrt to > * # the stability of its content, it may vary depending > * # on event, hardware, kernel version and phase of > * # the moon. > * # > * # In other words, PERF_SAMPLE_RAW contents are not an ABI. > > and this example is reading PERF_SAMPLE_RAW events and > uses locally defined structs to print them for simplicity. to underline my point once more: addition of bpf doesn't change at all what PERF_SAMPLE_RAW already delivers to user space. so no new ABIs anywhere. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-api" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
