Posted Sep 24, 2013 20:55 UTC (Tue) by cuviper (subscriber, #56273)
In reply to: A perf ABI fix by kugel
Parent article: A perf ABI fix
Perhaps a decent compromise would have bit0 = (time && rdpmc). This way, old userspace can keep its full performance advantage when both bits really are true, but it will never have a misinterpretation when only one was supposed to be set.