On Thu, Aug 09, 2018 at 01:59:09PM +0800, Jin, Yao wrote: > > > On 8/8/2018 4:40 PM, Greg KH wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 08, 2018 at 03:37:54PM +0800, Jin, Yao wrote: > > > 182 files changed, 97061 insertions(+), 159 deletions(-) > > > > Look at that, 97 thousand lines added :( > > > > Yes, almost everything here is in tools/perf/ which leads me to ask why > > can't you just run a newer kernel's perf on 4.9 and have all of this > > support? Why do you need these in the stable 4.9 release in order for > > this to work properly? > > > > And as you can see here, that's really way too big for a stable kernel > > release, how can you justify it based on the stable kernel rules? > > > > thanks, > > > > greg k-h > > > > Yes, I agree, too much code here. :( > > And we can use 4.12+ perf tool in 4.9 kernel for using uncore though user > may mix the source trees for this. But anyway, this is a solution. What do you mean "mix the source trees"?
