Re: [PATCH -next v3 0/2] perf stat: Support inherit events for bperf

[Tengda Wu <wutengda@huaweicloud.com>]

Hello,

Sorry for pinging again. Is there any other suggestion with this patch set?
If there is, please let me know.

Thanks,
Tengda

On 2024/9/16 9:43, Tengda Wu wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Here is the 3th version of the series to support inherit events for bperf.
> This version add pid or tgid selection based on filter type in new_task
> prog to avoid memory waste and potential count loss.
> 
> 
> bperf (perf-stat --bpf-counter) has not supported inherit events
> during fork() since it was first introduced.
> 
> This patch series tries to add this support by:
>  1) adding two new bpf programs to monitor task lifecycle;
>  2) recording new tasks in the filter map dynamically;
>  3) reusing `accum_key` of parent task for new tasks.
> 
> Thanks,
> Tengda
> 
> 
> Changelog:
> ---------
> v3: (Address comments from Namhyung, thanks)
>  * Use pid or tgid based on filter type in new_task prog
>  * Add comments to explain pid usage for TGID type in exit_task prog
> 
> v2: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240905115918.772234-1-wutengda@huaweicloud.com/
>  * Remove the unused init_filter_entries in follower bpf, declare
>    a global filter_entry_count in bpf_counter instead
>  * Attach on_newtask and on_exittask progs only if the filter type
>    is either PID or TGID
> 
> v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240904123103.732507-1-wutengda@huaweicloud.com/
> 
> 
> Tengda Wu (2):
>   perf stat: Support inherit events during fork() for bperf
>   perf test: Use sqrtloop workload to test bperf event
> 
>  tools/perf/tests/shell/stat_bpf_counters.sh   |  2 +-
>  tools/perf/util/bpf_counter.c                 | 32 +++++--
>  tools/perf/util/bpf_skel/bperf_follower.bpf.c | 87 +++++++++++++++++--
>  tools/perf/util/bpf_skel/bperf_u.h            |  5 ++
>  4 files changed, 112 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
>