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    perf session: Add hooks to allow transparent decoding of AUX area tracing data · c446870d
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    Hook into session processing so that AUX area decoding can synthesize
    events transparently to the tools.
    
    The advantages of transparent decoding are that tools can be used
    directly with perf.data files containing AUX area tracing data, which is
    easier for the user and more efficient than having a separate decoding
    tool.
    
    This will work as follows:
    
    1. Tools will feed auxtrace events to the decoder using
       perf_tool->auxtrace() (support for that still to come).
    
    2. The decoder can process side-band events as needed due
       to the auxtrace->process_event() hook.
    
    3. The decoder can deliver synthesized events into the
       event stream using perf_session__deliver_synth_event().
    
    Note the expectation is that decoding will work on data that is
    time-ordered with respect to the per-cpu or per-thread contexts that
    were recorded.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarAdrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
    Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
    Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
    Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
    Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@gmail.com>
    Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
    Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
    Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1428594864-29309-9-git-send-email-adrian.hunter@intel.comSigned-off-by: default avatarArnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
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