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From: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
To: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>,
	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>, Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>,
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>,
	Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>,
	Michael Petlan <mpetlan@redhat.com>,
	Song Liu <songliubraving@fb.com>,
	"Frank Ch. Eigler" <fche@redhat.com>,
	Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>,
	Alexey Budankov <alexey.budankov@linux.intel.com>,
	Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>,
	Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>,
	Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@gmail.com>,
	Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>,
	Yonghong Song <yhs@fb.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/26] perf: Introduce mmap3 version of mmap event
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2020 22:07:11 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200914200711.GS1714160@krava> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAP-5=fUansxK_as61teHsLyRQu3Zu5UE-+SDqWVYGhSz36uCzQ@mail.gmail.com>

On Mon, Sep 14, 2020 at 10:08:01AM -0700, Ian Rogers wrote:

SNIP

> >
> > Using one of the MISC bits to resolve the union. Might actually bring
> > benefit to everyone. Us normal people get to have a smaller MMAP record,
> > while the buildid folks can have it too.
> >
> > Even more extreme would be using 2 MISC bits and allowing the union to
> > be 0 sized for anon.
> >
> > That said; I have the nagging feeling there were unresolved issues with
> > mmap2, but I can't seem to find any relevant emails on it :/ My
> > google-fu is weak today.
> 
> Firstly, thanks Jiri for this really useful patch set for our
> use-cases! Some thoughts:
> 
> One issue with mmap2 events at the moment is that they happen "after"
> the mmap is performed. This allows the mapped address to be known but
> has the unfortunate problem of causing mmap events to get "extended"
> due to adjacent vmas being merged. There are some workarounds like
> commit c8f6ae1fb28d (perf inject jit: Remove //anon mmap events).
> Perhaps these events can switch to reporting the length the mmap
> requested rather than the length of the vma?

seems like separate feature, perhaps we could use another MISC bit for that?

> 
> I could imagine that changes here could be interesting to folks doing
> CHERI or hypervisors, for example, they may want more address bits.
> 
> BPF has stack traces with elements of buildid + offset. Using these in
> perf samples would avoid the need for mmap events, synthesis, etc. but
> at the cost of larger and possibly slower stack traces. Perhaps we
> should just remove the idea of mmap events altogether?

hm, we also need mmap events to resolve PERF_SAMPLE_IP, right?
also not sure how would we do that for dwarf unwind, and perhaps
there are some other places.. c2c data address resolving?

thanks,
jirka


  reply	other threads:[~2020-09-14 20:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 93+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-09-13 21:02 [RFC 00/26] perf: Add mmap3 support Jiri Olsa
2020-09-13 21:02 ` [PATCH 01/26] bpf: Move stack_map_get_build_id into lib Jiri Olsa
2020-09-14  6:09   ` Song Liu
2020-09-13 21:02 ` [PATCH 02/26] perf: Introduce mmap3 version of mmap event Jiri Olsa
2020-09-14  5:38   ` Namhyung Kim
2020-09-14  6:20     ` Song Liu
2020-09-14 19:38       ` Jiri Olsa
2020-09-14 15:28     ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2020-09-14 16:35       ` peterz
2020-09-14 17:08         ` Ian Rogers
2020-09-14 20:07           ` Jiri Olsa [this message]
2020-09-15  5:49             ` Adrian Hunter
2020-09-14 19:38         ` Jiri Olsa
2020-09-14 19:39       ` Jiri Olsa
2020-09-14 22:00         ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2020-09-15  5:39           ` Adrian Hunter
2020-09-14 19:38     ` Jiri Olsa
2020-09-15  2:54       ` Namhyung Kim
2020-09-14  6:41   ` Stephane Eranian
2020-09-14  9:08     ` peterz
2020-09-14 15:32       ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2020-09-14 17:26       ` Stephane Eranian
2020-09-14 19:56         ` Jiri Olsa
2020-09-15  0:03         ` Ian Rogers
2020-09-14 15:31     ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2020-09-14 19:50       ` Jiri Olsa
2020-09-14 22:38         ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2020-09-14 19:45     ` Jiri Olsa
2020-09-14  9:36   ` peterz
2020-09-13 21:02 ` [PATCH 03/26] tools headers uapi: Sync tools/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h Jiri Olsa
2020-09-14  5:39   ` Namhyung Kim
2020-09-13 21:02 ` [PATCH 04/26] perf tools: Add filename__decompress function Jiri Olsa
2020-09-14 15:35   ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2020-09-14 20:43     ` Jiri Olsa
2020-09-17 18:54       ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2020-09-18 10:51         ` Jiri Olsa
2020-09-13 21:02 ` [PATCH 05/26] perf tools: Add build_id__is_defined function Jiri Olsa
2020-09-14  5:44   ` Namhyung Kim
2020-09-14 16:03     ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2020-09-14 20:49       ` Jiri Olsa
2020-09-14 20:47     ` Jiri Olsa
2020-09-14 21:51       ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2020-09-13 21:02 ` [PATCH 06/26] perf tools: Add support to read build id from compressed elf Jiri Olsa
2020-09-14 16:04   ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2020-09-14 20:49     ` Jiri Olsa
2020-09-13 21:02 ` [PATCH 07/26] perf tools: Add check for existing link in buildid dir Jiri Olsa
2020-09-14  5:54   ` Namhyung Kim
2020-09-14 20:18     ` Jiri Olsa
2020-09-13 21:02 ` [PATCH 08/26] perf tools: Use struct extra_kernel_map in machine__process_kernel_mmap_event Jiri Olsa
2020-09-13 21:02 ` [PATCH 09/26] perf tools: Try load vmlinux from buildid database Jiri Olsa
2020-09-14  6:25   ` Namhyung Kim
2020-09-14 20:29     ` Jiri Olsa
2020-09-15  2:58       ` Namhyung Kim
2020-09-13 21:02 ` [PATCH 10/26] perf tools: Enable mmap3 map event when supported Jiri Olsa
2020-09-14 16:05   ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2020-09-13 21:02 ` [PATCH 11/26] perf tools: Add mmap3 support Jiri Olsa
2020-09-13 21:02 ` [PATCH 12/26] perf tools: Set build id for kernel dso objects Jiri Olsa
2020-09-13 21:03 ` [PATCH 13/26] perf tools: Plug in mmap3 event Jiri Olsa
2020-09-13 21:03 ` [PATCH 14/26] perf tools: Add mmap3 events to --show-mmap-events option Jiri Olsa
2020-09-14  6:30   ` Namhyung Kim
2020-09-14 20:29     ` Jiri Olsa
2020-09-13 21:03 ` [PATCH 15/26] perf tools: Synthesize proc tasks with mmap3 Jiri Olsa
2020-09-14 16:07   ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2020-09-14 20:51     ` Jiri Olsa
2020-09-13 21:03 ` [PATCH 16/26] perf tools: Synthesize modules " Jiri Olsa
2020-09-14 16:07   ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2020-09-15 20:17     ` Ian Rogers
2020-09-16  8:20       ` Jiri Olsa
2020-09-16 14:07         ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2020-09-16 14:17           ` peterz
2020-09-16 15:10             ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2020-09-16 15:20               ` peterz
2020-09-16 15:21               ` Jiri Olsa
2020-09-16 15:42                 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2020-09-13 21:03 ` [PATCH 17/26] perf tools: Synthesize kernel " Jiri Olsa
2020-09-14 16:08   ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2020-09-13 21:03 ` [PATCH 18/26] perf tests: Add mmap3 support for perf record test Jiri Olsa
2020-09-13 21:03 ` [PATCH 19/26] perf tools: Add buildid-list support for mmap3 Jiri Olsa
2020-09-13 21:03 ` [PATCH 20/26] perf tools: Add build_id_cache__add function Jiri Olsa
2020-09-14 16:13   ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2020-09-13 21:03 ` [PATCH 21/26] perf tools: Add machine__for_each_dso function Jiri Olsa
2020-09-14 16:15   ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2020-09-13 21:03 ` [PATCH 22/26] perf tools: Use machine__for_each_dso in perf_session__cache_build_ids Jiri Olsa
2020-09-13 21:03 ` [PATCH 23/26] perf tools: Add __perf_session__cache_build_ids function Jiri Olsa
2020-09-13 21:03 ` [PATCH 24/26] perf tools: Add buildid-list --store option Jiri Olsa
2020-09-14  6:42   ` Namhyung Kim
2020-09-14 15:14     ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2020-09-14 20:42       ` Jiri Olsa
2020-09-14 20:42     ` Jiri Olsa
2020-09-13 21:03 ` [PATCH 25/26] perf tools: Move debuginfo download code into get_debuginfo Jiri Olsa
2020-09-13 21:03 ` [PATCH 26/26] perf tools: Add report --store option Jiri Olsa
2020-09-14  5:25 ` [RFC 00/26] perf: Add mmap3 support Namhyung Kim
2020-09-14 15:13   ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

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