Re: [PATCH 7/7] perf tools: Set attr.task bit for a tracking event

[Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>]

Em Tue, Dec 23, 2014 at 01:06:33PM +0900, Namhyung Kim escreveu:
> On Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 11:49:19AM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> > Em Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 01:44:15PM +0900, Namhyung Kim escreveu:
> > > The perf_event_attr.task bit is to track task (fork and exit) events
> > > but it missed to be set by perf_evsel__config().  While it was not a
> > > problem in practice since setting other bits (comm/mmap) ended up
> > > being in same result, it'd be good to set it explicitly anyway.
> > 
> > I didn't understand, so this isn't strictly needed? I.e. what is the
> > point of the attr->task bit then?
> 
> Yes, it's not strictly needed for this case.  The attr->task is to
> track task related events (fork/exit) only but other meta events like
> comm and mmap[2] also needs the task events.  So setting attr->comm
> and/or attr->mmap causes the kernel emits the task events anyway.  So
> the attr->task is only meaningful when other bits are off but I'd like
> to set it for completeness.

Ok, I will update the changelog comment with this information.

- Arnaldo