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Re: [PATCH 08/17] perf record: Don't poll on overwrite channel

From Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH 08/17] perf record: Don't poll on overwrite channel
Date 2016-05-13 15:20 +0200
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Em Fri, May 13, 2016 at 07:56:05AM +0000, Wang Nan escreveu:
> There's no need to receive events from overwritable ring buffer. Instead,
> perf should make them run background until something happen. This patch
> makes normal events from overwrite ring buffer ignored.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com>
> Signed-off-by: He Kuang <hekuang@huawei.com>
> Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
> Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com>
> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
> Cc: Zefan Li <lizefan@huawei.com>
> Cc: pi3orama@163.com
> ---
>  tools/perf/util/evlist.c | 23 +++++++++++++++++++----
>  1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
> index abce588..f0b0457 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
> @@ -461,9 +461,9 @@ int perf_evlist__alloc_pollfd(struct perf_evlist *evlist)
>  	return 0;
>  }
>  
> -static int __perf_evlist__add_pollfd(struct perf_evlist *evlist, int fd, int idx)
> +static int __perf_evlist__add_pollfd(struct perf_evlist *evlist, int fd, int idx, short revent)
>  {
> -	int pos = fdarray__add(&evlist->pollfd, fd, POLLIN | POLLERR | POLLHUP);
> +	int pos = fdarray__add(&evlist->pollfd, fd, revent | POLLERR | POLLHUP);
>  	/*
>  	 * Save the idx so that when we filter out fds POLLHUP'ed we can
>  	 * close the associated evlist->mmap[] entry.
> @@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ static int __perf_evlist__add_pollfd(struct perf_evlist *evlist, int fd, int idx
>  
>  int perf_evlist__add_pollfd(struct perf_evlist *evlist, int fd)
>  {
> -	return __perf_evlist__add_pollfd(evlist, fd, -1);
> +	return __perf_evlist__add_pollfd(evlist, fd, -1, POLLIN);
>  }
>  
>  static void perf_evlist__munmap_filtered(struct fdarray *fda, int fd)
> @@ -1077,6 +1077,18 @@ perf_evlist__channel_complete(struct perf_evlist *evlist)
>  	return 0;
>  }
>  
> +static bool
> +perf_evlist__should_poll(struct perf_evlist *evlist,
> +			 struct perf_evsel *evsel,
> +			 int channel)
> +{
> +	if (evsel->system_wide)
> +		return false;

So, what is the above doing in this patch? If we should not poll when in
syswide mode, then this should be in a separate patch, unrelated to
'channels'.  No?

I.e. it would be an improvement that would be cherry pickable right now,
even before reviewing the channel concept.

- Arnaldo

> +	if (perf_evlist__channel_check(evlist, channel, RDONLY))
> +		return false;
> +	return true;
> +}
> +
>  static int perf_evlist__mmap_per_evsel(struct perf_evlist *evlist, int _idx,
>  				       struct mmap_params *mp, int cpu,
>  				       int thread, int *outputs)
> @@ -1085,6 +1097,7 @@ static int perf_evlist__mmap_per_evsel(struct perf_evlist *evlist, int _idx,
>  
>  	evlist__for_each(evlist, evsel) {
>  		int fd, channel, idx, err;
> +		short revent = POLLIN;
>  
>  		channel = perf_evlist__channel_find(evlist, evsel, false);
>  		if (channel < 0) {
> @@ -1114,6 +1127,8 @@ static int perf_evlist__mmap_per_evsel(struct perf_evlist *evlist, int _idx,
>  			perf_evlist__mmap_get(evlist, idx);
>  		}
>  
> +		if (!perf_evlist__should_poll(evlist, evsel, channel))
> +			revent = 0;
>  		/*
>  		 * The system_wide flag causes a selected event to be opened
>  		 * always without a pid.  Consequently it will never get a
> @@ -1122,7 +1137,7 @@ static int perf_evlist__mmap_per_evsel(struct perf_evlist *evlist, int _idx,
>  		 * Therefore don't add it for polling.
>  		 */
>  		if (!evsel->system_wide &&
> -		    __perf_evlist__add_pollfd(evlist, fd, idx) < 0) {
> +		    __perf_evlist__add_pollfd(evlist, fd, idx, revent) < 0) {
>  			perf_evlist__mmap_put(evlist, idx);
>  			return -1;
>  		}
> -- 
> 1.8.3.4

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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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