Re: [PATCH] perf record: mmap output file - v2

[Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>]

* David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com> wrote:

> +	/* for MMAP based file writes */
> +	void			*mmap_addr;
> +	u64			bytes_at_mmap_start; /* bytes in file when mmap use starts */
> +	u64			mmap_offset;    /* current location within mmap */
> +	size_t			mmap_size;      /* size of mmap segments */
> +	bool			use_mmap;

> +	if (!rec->opts.pipe_output && stat(output_name, &st) == 0) {
> +		rec->use_mmap = true;
> +		rec->bytes_at_mmap_start = st.st_size - rec->bytes_written;
> +	}

1)

I think __cmd_record() has become way too large, nearly 300 lines of code. 
It would be nice to split it into 2-3 helpers that operate on 'struct 
perf_record' or so.

2)

The stat() seems superfluous, here in __cmd_record() we've just checked 
the output_name and made sure it exists. Can that stat() call ever fail?

3)

The rec->bytes_at_mmap_start field feels a bit weird. If I read the code 
correctly, in every 'perf record' invocation, rec->bytes_written starts at 
0 - i.e. we don't have repeat invocations of cmd_record().

That means that this:

		rec->bytes_at_mmap_start = st.st_size - rec->bytes_written;

is really:

		rec->bytes_at_mmap_start = st.st_size;

furthermore, since we don't allow appends anymore, st.st_size ought to be 
zero as well.

Which means that ->bytes_at_mmap_start is always zero - and could be 
eliminated altogether.

Thanks,

	Ingo