Re: [PATCH v0 13/71] perf tools: Add machine__get_thread_pid()

[Andi Kleen]

David Ahern <dsahern@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> Are you looking up the current or next task? If the former why not use
> sample->pid rather than parsing the sched_switch tracepoint?

The itrace stream doesn't have a pid field, and it needs the exact
time stamp of the switch. There may not actually be any samples
before decoding.

-Andi
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