Re: [PATCH 1/2] perf tools: Add reference timestamp to perf header

[Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@ghostprotocols.net>]

Em Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 09:16:16PM +0100, Frederic Weisbecker escreveu:
> On Tue, Dec 07, 2010 at 06:54:44PM -0700, David Ahern wrote:
> > +++ b/tools/perf/util/header.c
> > @@ -191,6 +191,40 @@ static int write_padded(int fd, const void *bf, size_t count,
> > +static int perf_header__read_ref_time(struct perf_header *header,
> > +			int fd, u64 offset, u64 size)
> > +{
> > +	size_t sz_nsec = sizeof(header->nsec_ref);
> > +	size_t sz_tv   = sizeof(header->tv_ref);
> > +	int err = -1;
> > +
> > +	if (((size - offset) < (sz_nsec + sz_tv)) ||
> > +	    (read(fd, &header->nsec_ref, sz_nsec) != (ssize_t) sz_nsec) ||
> > +	    (read(fd, &header->tv_ref, sz_tv) != (ssize_t) sz_tv))
> > +		goto out;
> 
> Hmm, could we have endianness related troubles if we write the timespec on
> an arch and cross read from another, or other cross read issues?

Well spotted, it needs to use perf_header__getbuffer64 and make sure
that nsec_ref, etc are u64 fields.
 
- Arnaldo