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Date:      Fri, 22 Jun 2007 14:03:17 +0400
From:      Stanislav Sedov <stas@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Thomas Vogt <thomas@bsdunix.ch>
Cc:        NOC Meganet <tec@mega.net.br>, freebsd-performance@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: PAPI in the ports
Message-ID:  <20070622140317.b2c8075e.stas@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <46712605.5090907@bsdunix.ch>
References:  <d825e0270706140152j6012592ah18beef95942bb051@mail.gmail.com> <4671118D.1040404@bsdunix.ch> <200706140806.05674.tec@mega.net.br> <46712605.5090907@bsdunix.ch>

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On Thu, 14 Jun 2007 13:27:01 +0200
Thomas Vogt <thomas@bsdunix.ch> mentioned:

>=20
> 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.
>=20
> 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.
>=20

I'm using "options HWPMC_HOOKS" on heavily loaded web server almost
constantly, no visible penalty at all. Just my 2 cents.

--=20
Stanislav Sedov
ST4096-RIPE

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