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Re: [PATCH 09/17] perf tools: Detect avalibility of write_backward

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Em Fri, May 20, 2016 at 11:31:44PM +0800, Wangnan (F) escreveu:
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> 
> On 2016/5/13 21:08, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> > Em Fri, May 13, 2016 at 07:56:06AM +0000, Wang Nan escreveu:
> > > Detect avalibility of write_backward and save the result into
> > > record_opts. With write_backward the start pointer of a ring
> > > buffer mapped read only can be found reliably.
> > We have perf_missing_features for that, please try to use it.
> 
> I'll try it, but write_backward can't fallback, if kernel doesn't
> support it, I think we'd better throw an error earlier. Using
> perf_missing_features we get error during opening the event, so if we want
> to fail earlier we still need API probing.

Conceptually 'perf_missing_features' shouldn't be strictly tied to
fallbacking, its just a way to mark what perf features are missing in
the current kernel, that info may be used for fallbacking, or for any
other purpose.

- Arnaldo

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[PATCH 00/17] perf tools: Support overwritable ring buffer Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com> - 2016-05-13 10:00 +0200
  [PATCH 15/17] perf record: Read from backward ring buffer Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com> - 2016-05-13 10:00 +0200
  [PATCH 01/17] perf tools: Extract __perf_evlist__mmap_read() Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com> - 2016-05-13 10:00 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 01/17] perf tools: Extract __perf_evlist__mmap_read() Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org> - 2016-05-13 15:10 +0200
  [PATCH 09/17] perf tools: Detect avalibility of write_backward Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com> - 2016-05-13 10:00 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 09/17] perf tools: Detect avalibility of write_backward Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org> - 2016-05-13 15:10 +0200
      Re: [PATCH 09/17] perf tools: Detect avalibility of write_backward "Wangnan (F)" <wangnan0@huawei.com> - 2016-05-20 17:40 +0200
        Re: [PATCH 09/17] perf tools: Detect avalibility of write_backward Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org> - 2016-05-20 17:40 +0200
  [PATCH 05/17] perf record: Prevent reading invalid data in record__mmap_read Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com> - 2016-05-13 10:00 +0200
  [PATCH 17/17] perf tools: Don't warn about out of order event if write_backward is used Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com> - 2016-05-13 10:00 +0200
  [PATCH 11/17] perf tools: Set write_backward attribut bit for overwrite events Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com> - 2016-05-13 10:00 +0200
  [PATCH 04/17] perf tools: Operate multiple channels Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com> - 2016-05-13 10:00 +0200
  [PATCH 08/17] perf record: Don't poll on overwrite channel Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com> - 2016-05-13 10:00 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 08/17] perf record: Don't poll on overwrite channel Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org> - 2016-05-13 15:20 +0200
      Re: [PATCH 08/17] perf record: Don't poll on overwrite channel "Wangnan (F)" <wangnan0@huawei.com> - 2016-05-16 05:20 +0200
  [PATCH 16/17] perf record: Toggle overwrite ring buffer for reading Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com> - 2016-05-13 10:00 +0200
  [PATCH 10/17] perf tools: Enable overwrite settings Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com> - 2016-05-13 10:00 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 10/17] perf tools: Enable overwrite settings Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org> - 2016-05-16 15:40 +0200
  [PATCH 07/17] perf record: Don't read from and poll overwrite channel Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com> - 2016-05-13 10:00 +0200
  [PATCH 12/17] perf tools: Record fd into perf_mmap Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com> - 2016-05-13 10:00 +0200
  [PATCH 13/17] perf tools: Add API to pause a channel Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com> - 2016-05-13 10:00 +0200
  [PATCH 14/17] perf record: Rename variable to make code clear Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com> - 2016-05-13 10:10 +0200
  [PATCH 02/17] perf tools: Add evlist channel helpers Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com> - 2016-05-13 10:10 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 02/17] perf tools: Add evlist channel helpers Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org> - 2016-05-13 15:10 +0200
      Re: [PATCH 02/17] perf tools: Add evlist channel helpers "Wangnan (F)" <wangnan0@huawei.com> - 2016-05-18 05:40 +0200
        Re: [PATCH 02/17] perf tools: Add evlist channel helpers Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <arnaldo.melo@gmail.com> - 2016-05-18 15:30 +0200
  [PATCH 03/17] perf tools: Automatically add new channel according to evlist Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com> - 2016-05-13 10:20 +0200
  [PATCH 06/17] perf tools: Squash overwrite setting into channel Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com> - 2016-05-13 10:20 +0200

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