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Date:      Fri, 22 Jun 2007 12:40:10 +0200
From:      "Harald Servat" <redcrash@gmail.com>
To:        "Stanislav Sedov" <stas@freebsd.org>
Cc:        freebsd-performance@freebsd.org, NOC Meganet <tec@mega.net.br>, Thomas Vogt <thomas@bsdunix.ch>
Subject:   Re: PAPI in the ports
Message-ID:  <d825e0270706220340s490a8fg20e057aad79a5696@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20070622140317.b2c8075e.stas@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <d825e0270706140152j6012592ah18beef95942bb051@mail.gmail.com> <4671118D.1040404@bsdunix.ch> <200706140806.05674.tec@mega.net.br> <46712605.5090907@bsdunix.ch> <20070622140317.b2c8075e.stas@FreeBSD.org>

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2007/6/22, Stanislav Sedov <stas@freebsd.org>:
>
> On Thu, 14 Jun 2007 13:27:01 +0200
> Thomas Vogt <thomas@bsdunix.ch> mentioned:
>
> >
> > Yes you're right. But to have a such feature on a production system is
> > nice if you have to debug issues.  If I get a problem I can easily debug
> > it without to simulate everything in the lab. It's not that I want to
> > run such features 24/7.
> >
> > But perhaps "options HWPMC_HOOKS" in the kernel enables some hooks which
> > could cause performance penalties even if I don't actively use such
> > feature very often. Like many other debug options in the kernel. I don't
> >  know.
> >
>
> I'm using "options HWPMC_HOOKS" on heavily loaded web server almost
> constantly, no visible penalty at all. Just my 2 cents.


Those are good news! :)


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> Stanislav Sedov
> ST4096-RIPE
>
>


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