Re: [PATCH] tracing: Include PPIN in mce_record tracepoint

From: Borislav Petkov
Date: Thu Jan 25 2024 - 13:55:02 EST


On Wed, Jan 24, 2024 at 09:09:08AM -0500, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> I don't think that's a worry anymore. The offsets can change based on
> kernel config. PowerTop needed to have the library ported to it because
> it use to hardcode the offsets but then it broke when running the 32bit
> version on a 64bit kernel.
>
> >
> > I guess no until we break some use case and then we will have to revert.
> > At least this is what we've done in the past...
> >
>
> But that revert was reverted when we converted PowerTop to use libtraceevent.

Ok, sounds like a good plan.

/me makes a mental note for the future.

Thx.

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