Re: [PATCH V5 1/1] bpf: control events stored in PERF_EVENT_ARRAY maps trace data output when perf sampling

On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 03:51:37PM +0800, Wangnan (F) wrote:

Because I'm not very sure what the meaning of "inconsistent" in
Peter's words...

What's inconsistent is that some perf actions can be done only on local
events while others can be done on !local.

And I can't say I particularly like having to pass in events from
userspace, but I think that Alexei convinced me that it made some sense
at some point in time.