Re: [PATCH] perf annotate: Add config option for additional objdumparguments

[Ingo Molnar]

* Anton Blanchard <anton@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 
> We sometimes need to pass arguments to objdump, for example to
> specify a particular machine type. In the case below I am profiling
> on POWER7 and perf annotate is unable to decode a POWER7 specific
> instruction:
> 
> c000000000008ff0:       7f 45 26 98     .long 0x7f452698
> 
> With the patch below and the following in ~/.perfconfig:
> 
> [objdump]
> 	options = -Mpower7

Hm, could we please detect the required flags automatically and pass them along 
without forcing people into twiddling their ~/.perfconfig?

I don't mind the options patch either - but please first automate it, *then* 
add this as a quick fix for similar future problems.

Thanks,

	Ingo
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