Re: Should the kernel perf interface be available on autobuilders?
On Sun, Dec 4, 2016 at 07:52:40 +0100, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote:
>
> Hi.
>
> Lluís Vilanova (cc) and I maintain the coz-profiler package in Debian,
> and this package uses the perf kernel interface for profiling. This
> subsystem has received strict access limitations in recent Debian
> kernels. During build of the coz-profiler package it test itself to
> ensure it is working, and this work on all autobuilders except one, the
> x32 architecture.
>
> Are the autobuilders expected to block access to the perf kernel
> interface, or is this a misconfiguration of the x32 build host?
>
I think both are valid configurations, and your package shouldn't make
an assumption one way or the other.
Cheers,
Julien
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