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A perf ABI fix

A perf ABI fix

Posted Sep 24, 2013 20:50 UTC (Tue) by smurf (subscriber, #17840)
In reply to: A perf ABI fix by kugel
Parent article: A perf ABI fix

You need to check the _bit0* fields to determine the kernel's version of this interface, so you have to code for new struct anyway.

Old code would probably compile, but it shouldn't -- it should use the new API. The rename make sure of that.

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