Re: [Jikesrvm-researchers] current users of Jikes RVM HPM code?

[Andy G. <and...@el...>]

Hi,


>
> As many of you know, we're currently engaged in a fairly extensive  
> source code cleanup and restructuring with the goal of making it  
> possible to fully develop Jikes RVM within Eclipse.  There are a  
> few optional features in the codebase that are going to need  
> significant work to get them in a good/maintainable state; the HPM  
> (Hardware Performance Monitor) code is one such feature.  Before we  
> invest effort in cleaning up this code, I want to know if there is  
> actually anyone who is using it in a recent release of Jikes RVM  
> and that therefore wants it to be carried forward.  If no one is  
> actually using it anymore, then I think it makes more sense to  
> extract the code into a patch in the research archive in the short  
> term and in the longer term look at re-implementing the  
> functionality in a more maintainable fashion.  So, please let us  
> know if you are actively using this code.

I am using Jikes RVM with HPM code, but I haven't used the PAPI  
stuff, as it add some overhead in our opinion that can, at least on  
Linux/IA-32, be avoided.

-- Andy Georges