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[PATCH v5 0/8] perf tools: Support overwritable ring buffer

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This patch set enables daemonized perf recording by utilizing
overwritable backward ring buffer. With this feature one can
put perf background, and dump ring buffer records by a SIGUSR2
when he/she find something unusual. For example, following
command record system calls, schedule events and samples on cpu cycles
continously:

 # perf record -g -e cycles -e raw_syscalls:*/call-graph=no/ \
                  -e sched:sched_switch/call-graph=no/ \
                  --switch-output --overwrite -a

Then by sending SIGUSR2 to perf when lagging is happen, we get multiple
perf.data output, each of them correspond a abnormal event, and the data
size is reasonable:

 # ls -l ./perf.data*
 -rw------- 1 root root 5122165 May 13 23:51 ./perf.data.2016051323511683
 -rw------- 1 root root 5135093 May 13 23:51 ./perf.data.2016051323512107
 -rw------- 1 root root 5135213 May 13 23:51 ./perf.data.2016051323512215
 -rw------- 1 root root 5135157 May 13 23:51 ./perf.data.2016051323512387

v1 -> v2: Totally redesign: drop the principle of 'channal', use
          auxiliary evlist instead. Fix missing documentation.

v2 -> v3: Rename perf_evlist__toggle_paused() to perf_evlist__pause/resume.

v3 -> v4: Update commit message to describe auxiliary evlist more clearly.

v4 -> v5: Reorder commits, ensure '--overwrite' works right after perf
          support the option.
          Add test cases for auxiliary evlist.
          Avoid bug if main evlist is empty.

Wang Nan (8):
  perf tools: Check 'base' pointer before checking refcnt when put a
    mmap
  perf tools: Choose correct reading direction according to
    evlist->backward
  perf tests: Add testcase for auxiliary evlist
  perf record: Introduce rec->overwrite_evlist for overwritable events
  perf record: Toggle overwrite ring buffer for reading
  perf tools: Enable overwrite settings
  perf tools: Don't warn about out of order event if write_backward is
    used
  perf tools: Check write_backward during evlist config

 tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt |  14 ++
 tools/perf/builtin-record.c              | 285 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 tools/perf/perf.h                        |   1 +
 tools/perf/tests/backward-ring-buffer.c  |  86 +++++++---
 tools/perf/util/evlist.c                 |  15 +-
 tools/perf/util/evlist.h                 |   2 +
 tools/perf/util/evsel.c                  |  27 +--
 tools/perf/util/evsel.h                  |  15 ++
 tools/perf/util/parse-events.c           |  20 ++-
 tools/perf/util/parse-events.h           |   2 +
 tools/perf/util/parse-events.l           |   2 +
 tools/perf/util/record.c                 |  17 ++
 tools/perf/util/session.c                |  22 ++-
 13 files changed, 435 insertions(+), 73 deletions(-)

Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Cc: He Kuang <hekuang@huawei.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com>
Cc: Zefan Li <lizefan@huawei.com>
Cc: pi3orama@163.com

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[PATCH v5 0/8] perf tools: Support overwritable ring buffer Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com> - 2016-05-25 07:10 +0200
  [PATCH v5 4/8] perf record: Introduce rec->overwrite_evlist for overwritable events Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com> - 2016-05-25 07:10 +0200
    Re: [PATCH v5 4/8] perf record: Introduce rec->overwrite_evlist for  overwritable events "Wangnan (F)" <wangnan0@huawei.com> - 2016-05-25 12:20 +0200
      Re: [PATCH v5 4/8] perf record: Introduce rec->overwrite_evlist for  overwritable events "Wangnan (F)" <wangnan0@huawei.com> - 2016-05-25 15:50 +0200
        Re: [PATCH v5 4/8] perf record: Introduce rec->overwrite_evlist for  overwritable events Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org> - 2016-05-25 16:20 +0200
  [PATCH v5 1/8] perf tools: Check 'base' pointer before checking refcnt when put a mmap Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com> - 2016-05-25 07:10 +0200
  [PATCH v5 2/8] perf tools: Choose correct reading direction according to evlist->backward Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com> - 2016-05-25 07:10 +0200
  [PATCH v5 3/8] perf tests: Add testcase for auxiliary evlist Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com> - 2016-05-25 07:10 +0200
  [PATCH v5 7/8] perf tools: Don't warn about out of order event if write_backward is used Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com> - 2016-05-25 07:10 +0200
  [PATCH v5 6/8] perf tools: Enable overwrite settings Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com> - 2016-05-25 07:10 +0200

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