From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751317AbdKUQkZ (ORCPT ); Tue, 21 Nov 2017 11:40:25 -0500 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:48378 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750772AbdKUQkY (ORCPT ); Tue, 21 Nov 2017 11:40:24 -0500 DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org DDD3321986 Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=kernel.org Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=acme@kernel.org Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2017 13:40:22 -0300 From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo To: Jin Yao Cc: jolsa@kernel.org, peterz@infradead.org, mingo@redhat.com, alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com, Linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, ak@linux.intel.com, kan.liang@intel.com, yao.jin@intel.com Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 2/6] perf record: Get the first sample time and last sample time Message-ID: <20171121164022.GN7918@kernel.org> References: <1509970871-20996-1-git-send-email-yao.jin@linux.intel.com> <1509970871-20996-3-git-send-email-yao.jin@linux.intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1509970871-20996-3-git-send-email-yao.jin@linux.intel.com> X-Url: http://acmel.wordpress.com User-Agent: Mutt/1.9.1 (2017-09-22) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Em Mon, Nov 06, 2017 at 08:21:07PM +0800, Jin Yao escreveu: > In perf record, it's walked on all samples yet. So it's very easy to get "In the default 'perf record' configuration, all samples are processed, to create the HEADER_BUILD_ID table. So..." > the first/last samples and save the time to perf file header via the > function write_sample_time(). > > In later, perf report/script will fetch the time from perf file header. Later, at post processing time, ... > > Change log: > ----------- > v6: Currently '--buildid-all' is not enabled at default. So the walking --no-buildid-all, right? > on all samples is the default operation. There is no big overhead > to calculate the timestamp boundary in process_sample_event handler > once we already go through all samples. So the timestamp boundary > calculation is enabled by default when '--buildid-all' is not enabled. > > While if '--buildid-all' is enabled, we creates a new option > "--timestamp-boundary" for user to decide if it enables the > timestamp boundary calculation. > > v5: There is an issue that the sample walking can only work when > '--buildid-all' is not enabled. So we need to let the walking > be able to work even if '--buildid-all' is enabled and let the > processing skips the dso hit marking for this case. > > At first, I want to provide a new option "--record-time-boundaries". > While after consideration, I think a new option is not very > necessary. > > v3: Remove the definitions of first_sample_time and last_sample_time > from struct record and directly save them in perf_evlist. > > Signed-off-by: Jin Yao > --- > tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt | 3 +++ > tools/perf/builtin-record.c | 18 +++++++++++++++--- > 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt > index 5a626ef..3eea6de 100644 > --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt > +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt > @@ -430,6 +430,9 @@ Configure all used events to run in user space. > --timestamp-filename > Append timestamp to output file name. > > +--timestamp-boundary:: > +Record timestamp boundary (time of first/last samples). > + > --switch-output[=mode]:: > Generate multiple perf.data files, timestamp prefixed, switching to a new one > based on 'mode' value: > diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c > index f4d9fc5..082a0cb 100644 > --- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c > +++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c > @@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ struct record { > bool no_buildid_cache_set; > bool buildid_all; > bool timestamp_filename; > + bool timestamp_boundary; > struct switch_output switch_output; > unsigned long long samples; > }; > @@ -391,8 +392,15 @@ static int process_sample_event(struct perf_tool *tool, > { > struct record *rec = container_of(tool, struct record, tool); > > - rec->samples++; > + if (rec->evlist->first_sample_time == 0) > + rec->evlist->first_sample_time = sample->time; > + > + rec->evlist->last_sample_time = sample->time; > > + if (rec->buildid_all) > + return 0; > + > + rec->samples++; > return build_id__mark_dso_hit(tool, event, sample, evsel, machine); > } > > @@ -417,9 +425,11 @@ static int process_buildids(struct record *rec) > > /* > * If --buildid-all is given, it marks all DSO regardless of hits, > - * so no need to process samples. > + * so no need to process samples. But if timestamp_boundary is enabled, > + * it still needs to walk on all samples to get the timestamps of > + * first/last samples. > */ > - if (rec->buildid_all) > + if (rec->buildid_all && !rec->timestamp_boundary) > rec->tool.sample = NULL; > > return perf_session__process_events(session); > @@ -1579,6 +1589,8 @@ static struct option __record_options[] = { > "Record build-id of all DSOs regardless of hits"), > OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "timestamp-filename", &record.timestamp_filename, > "append timestamp to output filename"), > + OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "timestamp-boundary", &record.timestamp_boundary, > + "Record timestamp boundary (time of first/last samples)"), > OPT_STRING_OPTARG_SET(0, "switch-output", &record.switch_output.str, > &record.switch_output.set, "signal,size,time", > "Switch output when receive SIGUSR2 or cross size,time threshold", > -- > 2.7.4