Re: [PATCH 3/5] perf record: Read and inject LOST_SAMPLES events

Namhyung Kim
2022-09-01T18:50:11Z

Hi Adrian,

On Thu, Sep 1, 2022 at 4:23 AM Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com> wrote:
>
> On 1/09/22 00:03, Namhyung Kim wrote:
> > When there are lost samples, it can read the number of PERF_FORMAT_LOST and
> > convert it to PERF_RECORD_LOST_SAMPLES and write to the data file at the end.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
> > ---
> > tools/perf/builtin-record.c | 60 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
> > index bce8c941d558..cb9881543a07 100644
> > --- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
> > +++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
> > @@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
> >
> > #include "util/build-id.h"
> > #include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
> > +#include <internal/xyarray.h>
> > #include "util/parse-events.h"
> > #include "util/config.h"
> >
> > @@ -1852,6 +1853,64 @@ record__switch_output(struct record *rec, bool at_exit)
> > return fd;
> > }
> >
> > +static void __record__read_lost_samples(struct record *rec, struct evsel *evsel,
> > + struct perf_record_lost_samples *lost,
> > + int size, int cpu_idx, int thread_idx)
> > +{
> > + struct perf_counts_values count;
> > + struct perf_sample_id *sid;
> > + struct perf_sample sample = {};
> > +
> > + if (perf_evsel__read(&evsel->core, cpu_idx, thread_idx, &count) < 0) {
> > + pr_err("read LOST count failed\n");
> > + return;
> > + }
> > +
> > + if (count.lost == 0)
> > + return;
> > +
> > + lost->lost = count.lost;
> > + if (evsel->core.ids) {
> > + sid = xyarray__entry(evsel->core.sample_id, cpu_idx, thread_idx);
> > + sample.id = sid->id;
> > + }
> > +
> > + perf_event__synthesize_id_sample((void *)(lost + 1),
> > + evsel->core.attr.sample_type, &sample);
>
> The ID sample size can vary with sample_type and is not necessarily the same as
> machine->id_hdr_size.
>
> The following might be more robust:
>
> id_hdr_size = perf_event__synthesize_id_sample((void *)(lost + 1), evsel->core.attr.sample_type, &sample);
> lost->header.size = sizeof(*lost) + id_hdr_size;

Will change.

Thanks for your review!
Namhyung

>
> > + record__write(rec, NULL, lost, size);
> > +}
> > +
> > +static void record__read_lost_samples(struct record *rec)
> > +{
> > + struct perf_session *session = rec->session;
> > + struct machine *machine = &session->machines.host;
> > + struct perf_record_lost_samples *lost;
> > + struct evsel *evsel;
> > + int size = sizeof(*lost) + machine->id_hdr_size;
>
> - int size = sizeof(*lost) + machine->id_hdr_size;
>
> > +
> > + lost = zalloc(size);
>
> lost = zalloc(PERF_SAMPLE_MAX_SIZE);
>
>
> > + lost->header.type = PERF_RECORD_LOST_SAMPLES;
> > + lost->header.size = size;
>
> - lost->header.size = size;
>
> > +
> > + evlist__for_each_entry(session->evlist, evsel) {
> > + struct xyarray *xy = evsel->core.sample_id;
> > +
> > + if (xyarray__max_x(evsel->core.fd) != xyarray__max_x(xy) ||
> > + xyarray__max_y(evsel->core.fd) != xyarray__max_y(xy)) {
> > + pr_debug("Unmatched FD vs. sample ID: skip reading LOST count\n");
> > + continue;
> > + }
> > +
> > + for (int x = 0; x < xyarray__max_x(xy); x++) {
> > + for (int y = 0; y < xyarray__max_y(xy); y++) {
> > + __record__read_lost_samples(rec, evsel, lost,
> > + size, x, y);
> > + }
> > + }
> > + }
> > +
> > +}
> > +
> > static volatile int workload_exec_errno;
> >
> > /*
> > @@ -2710,6 +2769,7 @@ static int __cmd_record(struct record *rec, int argc, const char **argv)
> > if (rec->off_cpu)
> > rec->bytes_written += off_cpu_write(rec->session);
> >
> > + record__read_lost_samples(rec);
> > record__synthesize(rec, true);
> > /* this will be recalculated during process_buildids() */
> > rec->samples = 0;
>