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| From | Hari Bathini <hbathini@linux.vnet.ibm.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.kernel |
| Subject | Re: [PATCH v4 1/3] perf: add PERF_RECORD_NAMESPACES to include namespaces related info |
| Date | 2016-12-21 14:10 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <sQOOD-3SW-63@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
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Hi Peter,
On Saturday 17 December 2016 01:35 AM, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 16, 2016 at 11:51:20PM +0530, Hari Bathini wrote:
>> Hi Peter,
>>
>>
>> On Friday 16 December 2016 01:27 PM, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
>>> On Fri, Dec 16, 2016 at 11:57:47AM +0530, Hari Bathini wrote:
>>>> On Friday 16 December 2016 12:16 AM, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
>>>>> On Fri, Dec 16, 2016 at 12:07:06AM +0530, Hari Bathini wrote:
>>>>>> +struct perf_ns_link_info {
>>>>>> + __u64 dev;
>>>>>> + __u64 ino;
>>>>>> +};
>>>>>> +
>>>>>> +enum {
>>>>>> + NET_NS_INDEX = 0,
>>>>>> + UTS_NS_INDEX = 1,
>>>>>> + IPC_NS_INDEX = 2,
>>>>>> + PID_NS_INDEX = 3,
>>>>>> + USER_NS_INDEX = 4,
>>>>>> + MNT_NS_INDEX = 5,
>>>>>> + CGROUP_NS_INDEX = 6,
>>>>>> +
>>>>>> + NAMESPACES_MAX, /* maximum available namespaces */
>>>>>> +};
>>>>>> +
>>>>>> enum perf_event_type {
>>>>>> /*
>>>>>> @@ -862,6 +880,17 @@ enum perf_event_type {
>>>>>> */
>>>>>> PERF_RECORD_SWITCH_CPU_WIDE = 15,
>>>>>> + /*
>>>>>> + * struct {
>>>>>> + * struct perf_event_header header;
>>>>>> + * u32 pid;
>>>>>> + * u32 tid;
>>>>>> + * struct namespace_link_info link_info[NAMESPACES_MAX];
>>>>>> + * struct sample_id sample_id;
>>>>>> + * };
>>>>>> + */
>>>>>> + PERF_RECORD_NAMESPACES = 16,
>>>>>> +
>>>>>> PERF_RECORD_MAX, /* non-ABI */
>>>>>> };
>>>>> What happens if a future kernel adds another namespace?
>>>>>
>>>> No impact unless NAMESPACES_MAX in include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h is
>>>> updated to accommodate that..
>>>> And if it is updated, the corresponding change is expected in perf-tool as
>>>> well..
>>> And what happens if you try and process old data files with the new
>>> tools or the other way around?
>> It works fine either way. I tested that..
> I don't see how the tool can parse old records (with NAMESPACES_MAX ==
> 7) if you set its NAMESPACES_MAX to say 10.
>
> Then it will expect the link_info array to be 10 entries and either read
> past the end of the record (if !sample_all) or try and interpret
> sample_id as link_info records.
>
Right. There will be inconsistency with data the perf tool tries to read
beyond
what the kernel supports. IIUC, you mean, include nr_namespaces field in the
record and warn the user if it doesn't match with the one perf-tool supports
before proceeding..?
Thanks
Hari
PS: I am on vacation. Will post next version early January.
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[PATCH v4 0/3] perf: add support for analyzing events for containers Hari Bathini <hbathini@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2016-12-15 19:40 +0100
[PATCH v4 1/3] perf: add PERF_RECORD_NAMESPACES to include namespaces related info Hari Bathini <hbathini@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2016-12-15 19:40 +0100
Re: [PATCH v4 1/3] perf: add PERF_RECORD_NAMESPACES to include namespaces related info Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-12-15 19:50 +0100
Re: [PATCH v4 1/3] perf: add PERF_RECORD_NAMESPACES to include namespaces related info Hari Bathini <hbathini@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2016-12-16 08:10 +0100
Re: [PATCH v4 1/3] perf: add PERF_RECORD_NAMESPACES to include namespaces related info Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-12-16 09:30 +0100
Re: [PATCH v4 1/3] perf: add PERF_RECORD_NAMESPACES to include namespaces related info Hari Bathini <hbathini@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2016-12-16 19:30 +0100
Re: [PATCH v4 1/3] perf: add PERF_RECORD_NAMESPACES to include namespaces related info Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-12-16 21:10 +0100
Re: [PATCH v4 1/3] perf: add PERF_RECORD_NAMESPACES to include namespaces related info Hari Bathini <hbathini@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2016-12-21 14:10 +0100
Re: [PATCH v4 1/3] perf: add PERF_RECORD_NAMESPACES to include namespaces related info Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-12-21 14:30 +0100
Re: [PATCH v4 1/3] perf: add PERF_RECORD_NAMESPACES to include namespaces related info Hari Bathini <hbathini@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2016-12-21 17:00 +0100
Re: [PATCH v4 1/3] perf: add PERF_RECORD_NAMESPACES to include namespaces related info ebiederm@xmission.com (Eric W. Biederman) - 2016-12-22 08:30 +0100
Re: [PATCH v4 1/3] perf: add PERF_RECORD_NAMESPACES to include namespaces related info Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-12-22 09:00 +0100
Re: [PATCH v4 1/3] perf: add PERF_RECORD_NAMESPACES to include namespaces related info ebiederm@xmission.com (Eric W. Biederman) - 2016-12-22 11:30 +0100
Re: [PATCH v4 1/3] perf: add PERF_RECORD_NAMESPACES to include namespaces related info Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-12-22 14:30 +0100
Re: [PATCH v4 1/3] perf: add PERF_RECORD_NAMESPACES to include namespaces related info ebiederm@xmission.com (Eric W. Biederman) - 2016-12-22 19:30 +0100
[PATCH v4 2/3] perf tool: add PERF_RECORD_NAMESPACES to include namespaces related info Hari Bathini <hbathini@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2016-12-15 19:40 +0100
Re: [PATCH v4 2/3] perf tool: add PERF_RECORD_NAMESPACES to include namespaces related info Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com> - 2016-12-17 18:50 +0100
Re: [PATCH v4 2/3] perf tool: add PERF_RECORD_NAMESPACES to include namespaces related info Hari Bathini <hbathini@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2016-12-21 14:20 +0100
Re: [PATCH v4 0/3] perf: add support for analyzing events for containers Krister Johansen <kjlx@templeofstupid.com> - 2016-12-29 02:50 +0100
Re: [PATCH v4 0/3] perf: add support for analyzing events for containers Hari Bathini <hbathini@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2017-01-03 12:30 +0100
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