OProfile

Anis ELLEUCH <vadmeste@...> writes:

D> Hey,
>
> As I noticed, to be able to run Oprofile, tools (such as oprofiled,
> opcontrol, ..) should be present in the target machine which is not
> very suitable for embedded device..
>
> I suggest to add network support for Oprofile... I am planning to do
> that even if it will lead to a failure..
>
> My idea is to extend oprofile kernel driver to send data samples over
> network, so only the oprofile driver can be present on the target
> machine.
>
> What are your opinions ?

You could do the same by just mounting a network file system
on the target that contains the oprofile binaries and data.

-Andi

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On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 14:20, Andi Kleen <andi@...> wrote:
> Anis ELLEUCH <vadmeste@...> writes:
>
> D> Hey,
>>
>> As I noticed, to be able to run Oprofile, tools (such as oprofiled,
>> opcontrol, ..) should be present in the target machine which is not
>> very suitable for embedded device..
>>
>> I suggest to add network support for Oprofile... I am planning to do
>> that even if it will lead to a failure..
>>
>> My idea is to extend oprofile kernel driver to send data samples over
>> network, so only the oprofile driver can be present on the target
>> machine.
>>
>> What are your opinions ?
>
> You could do the same by just mounting a network file system
> on the target that contains the oprofile binaries and data.
>
> -Andi

Okey,

Does anyone think that this idea will bring any beneficial thing for
Oprofile ? (system overhead, memory consumption, ...), think always
about embedded devices !




>
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> ak@... -- Speaking for myself only.
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