From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3D8EF14F65 for ; Thu, 23 Nov 2023 21:15:12 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="IYWXp6jw" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 74259C433C7; Thu, 23 Nov 2023 21:15:12 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1700774112; bh=tPDvNTF6lQgs9PwbaY+2NnDjcoV4Bkdql130mx3he5M=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=IYWXp6jws2n5+lhs66eOrghIpdRqwujIZ0d1v0m7OuQbWAkGnFzuAOJDAIy+C4L1a vVU9MhIPf9NzkYY0F0p+lMXkbG2ZIhtjIllki7jNYch4MKxKNU0CMiHgcPALLL/ds/ 1K4AViDU/I3YVTaJiLo5SZFx8CzDtYEQ6kDuWQMxUQzc4rsGGh5B/GR4hlB9ZDD2RT mN8kxB5/ANc1tCpPXYb0CF8A63knqKpHYpCgKeU95fgo0kRgDrtzhi4l3FAYoXlKAu H65qQOtV14MHk1VZ5ZZrcpkXjQCTm3BqII/mAIamf6txGQHjJSCXebQFsLAv9p4HeX 5FG6Ri7FNdlaQ== Received: by quaco.ghostprotocols.net (Postfix, from userid 1000) id E6BC540094; Thu, 23 Nov 2023 18:15:09 -0300 (-03) Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2023 18:15:09 -0300 From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo To: Hector Martin Cc: Mark Rutland , Ian Rogers , Marc Zyngier , Namhyung Kim , Peter Zijlstra , Ingo Molnar , Alexander Shishkin , Jiri Olsa , Adrian Hunter , Kan Liang , James Clark , linux-perf-users@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v1] perf parse-events: Make legacy events lower priority than sysfs/json Message-ID: References: <20231123042922.834425-1-irogers@google.com> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-perf-users@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Url: http://acmel.wordpress.com Em Thu, Nov 23, 2023 at 11:18:22AM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo escreveu: > Em Thu, Nov 23, 2023 at 05:45:19PM +0900, Hector Martin escreveu: > > On 2023/11/23 13:29, Ian Rogers wrote: > > > The bulk of this change is updating all of the parse-events test > > > expectations so that if a sysfs/json event exists for a PMU the test > > > doesn't fail - a further sign, if it were needed, that the legacy > > > event priority was a known and tested behavior of the perf tool. > > > > Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers > > > --- > > > This is a large behavioral change: > > > 1) the scope of the change means it should bake on linux-next and I > > > don't believe should be a 6.7-rc fix. > > > 2) a fixes tag and stable backport I don't think are appropriate. The > > > real reported issue is with the PMU driver. A backport would bring the > > > risk that later fixes, due to the large behavior change, wouldn't be > > > backported and past releases get regressed in scenarios like > > > hybrid. Backports for the perf tool are also less necessary than say a > > > buggy PMU driver, as distributions should be updating to the latest > > > perf tool regardless of what Linux kernel is being run (the perf tool > > > is backward compatible). > > > > Tested-by: Hector Martin > > Thanks, applied locally, doing some tests and then will push for > linux-next to pick it up. > > Mark, can I have your Reviewed-by or Acked-by? I'll collect those, but only after addressing these: [perfbuilder@five ~]$ export BUILD_TARBALL=http://192.168.86.5/perf/perf-6.6.0-rc1.tar.xz [perfbuilder@five ~]$ time dm 1 100.09 almalinux:8 : FAIL clang version 15.0.7 (Red Hat 15.0.7-1.module_el8.8.0+3466+dfcbc058) util/parse-events.c:1461:6: error: variable 'alias_rewrote_terms' is used uninitialized whenever '&&' condition is false [-Werror,-Wsometimes-uninitialized] if (!parse_state->fake_pmu && perf_pmu__check_alias(pmu, &parsed_terms, ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ util/parse-events.c:1477:6: note: uninitialized use occurs here if (alias_rewrote_terms && ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ util/parse-events.c:1461:6: note: remove the '&&' if its condition is always true if (!parse_state->fake_pmu && perf_pmu__check_alias(pmu, &parsed_terms, ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ util/parse-events.c:1401:26: note: initialize the variable 'alias_rewrote_terms' to silence this warning bool alias_rewrote_terms; ^ = false 1 error generated. make[3]: *** [/git/perf-6.6.0-rc1/tools/build/Makefile.build:158: util] Error 2 2 114.29 almalinux:9 : FAIL clang version 15.0.7 (Red Hat 15.0.7-2.el9) util/parse-events.c:1461:6: error: variable 'alias_rewrote_terms' is used uninitialized whenever '&&' condition is false [-Werror,-Wsometimes-uninitialized] if (!parse_state->fake_pmu && perf_pmu__check_alias(pmu, &parsed_terms, ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ util/parse-events.c:1477:6: note: uninitialized use occurs here if (alias_rewrote_terms && ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ util/parse-events.c:1461:6: note: remove the '&&' if its condition is always true if (!parse_state->fake_pmu && perf_pmu__check_alias(pmu, &parsed_terms, ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ util/parse-events.c:1401:26: note: initialize the variable 'alias_rewrote_terms' to silence this warning bool alias_rewrote_terms; ^ = false 1 error generated. make[3]: *** [/git/perf-6.6.0-rc1/tools/build/Makefile.build:158: util] Error 2