Re: [PATCH v7 01/13] tools/libperf: introduce notion of static polled file descriptors

[Alexey Budankov <alexey.budankov@linux.intel.com>]

On 05.06.2020 19:15, Alexey Budankov wrote:
> 
> On 05.06.2020 14:38, Jiri Olsa wrote:
>> On Fri, Jun 05, 2020 at 12:50:54PM +0200, Jiri Olsa wrote:
>>> On Wed, Jun 03, 2020 at 06:52:59PM +0300, Alexey Budankov wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Implement adding of file descriptors by fdarray__add_stat() to
>>>> fix-sized (currently 1) stat_entries array located at struct fdarray.
>>>> Append added file descriptors to the array used by poll() syscall
>>>> during fdarray__poll() call. Copy poll() result of the added
>>>> descriptors from the array back to the storage for analysis.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Alexey Budankov <alexey.budankov@linux.intel.com>
>>>> ---
>>>>  tools/lib/api/fd/array.c                 | 42 +++++++++++++++++++++++-
>>>>  tools/lib/api/fd/array.h                 |  7 ++++
>>>>  tools/lib/perf/evlist.c                  | 11 +++++++
>>>>  tools/lib/perf/include/internal/evlist.h |  2 ++
>>>>  4 files changed, 61 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/tools/lib/api/fd/array.c b/tools/lib/api/fd/array.c
>>>> index 58d44d5eee31..b0027f2169c7 100644
>>>> --- a/tools/lib/api/fd/array.c
>>>> +++ b/tools/lib/api/fd/array.c
>>>> @@ -11,10 +11,16 @@
>>>>  
>>>>  void fdarray__init(struct fdarray *fda, int nr_autogrow)
>>>>  {
>>>> +	int i;
>>>> +
>>>>  	fda->entries	 = NULL;
>>>>  	fda->priv	 = NULL;
>>>>  	fda->nr		 = fda->nr_alloc = 0;
>>>>  	fda->nr_autogrow = nr_autogrow;
>>>> +
>>>> +	fda->nr_stat = 0;
>>>> +	for (i = 0; i < FDARRAY__STAT_ENTRIES_MAX; i++)
>>>> +		fda->stat_entries[i].fd = -1;
>>>>  }
>>>>  
>>>>  int fdarray__grow(struct fdarray *fda, int nr)
>>>> @@ -83,6 +89,20 @@ int fdarray__add(struct fdarray *fda, int fd, short revents)
>>>>  	return pos;
>>>>  }
>>>>  
>>>> +int fdarray__add_stat(struct fdarray *fda, int fd, short revents)
>>>> +{
>>>> +	int pos = fda->nr_stat;
>>>> +
>>>> +	if (pos >= FDARRAY__STAT_ENTRIES_MAX)
>>>> +		return -1;
>>>> +
>>>> +	fda->stat_entries[pos].fd = fd;
>>>> +	fda->stat_entries[pos].events = revents;
>>>> +	fda->nr_stat++;
>>>> +
>>>> +	return pos;
>>>> +}
>>>> +
>>>>  int fdarray__filter(struct fdarray *fda, short revents,
>>>>  		    void (*entry_destructor)(struct fdarray *fda, int fd, void *arg),
>>>>  		    void *arg)
>>>> @@ -113,7 +133,27 @@ int fdarray__filter(struct fdarray *fda, short revents,
>>>>  
>>>>  int fdarray__poll(struct fdarray *fda, int timeout)
>>>>  {
>>>> -	return poll(fda->entries, fda->nr, timeout);
>>>> +	int nr, i, pos, res;
>>>> +
>>>> +	nr = fda->nr;
>>>> +
>>>> +	for (i = 0; i < fda->nr_stat; i++) {
>>>> +		if (fda->stat_entries[i].fd != -1) {
>>>> +			pos = fdarray__add(fda, fda->stat_entries[i].fd,
>>>> +					   fda->stat_entries[i].events);
>>>
>>> so every call to fdarray__poll will add whatever is
>>> in stat_entries to entries? how is it removed?
>>>
>>> I think you should either follow what Adrian said
>>> and put 'static' descriptors early and check for
>>> filter number to match it as an 'quick fix'
>>>
>>> or we should fix it for real and make it generic
>>>
>>> so currently the interface is like this:
>>>
>>>   pos1 = fdarray__add(a, fd1 ... );
>>>   pos2 = fdarray__add(a, fd2 ... );
>>>   pos3 = fdarray__add(a, fd2 ... );
>>>
>>>   fdarray__poll(a);
>>>
>>>   num = fdarray__filter(a, revents, destructor, arg);
>>>
>>> when fdarray__filter removes some of the fds the 'pos1,pos2,pos3'
>>> indexes are not relevant anymore
> 
> and that is why the return value of fdarray__add() should be converted
> to bool (added/not added). Currently the return value is used as bool
> only allover the calling code.
> 
> fdarray__add_fixed() brings the notion of fd with fixed pos which is
> valid after fdarray__add_fixed() call so the pos could be used to access
> pos fd poll status after poll() call.
> 
> pos = fdarray__add_fixed(array, fd);
> fdarray_poll(array);
> revents = fdarray_fixed_revents(array, pos);
> fdarray__del(array, pos);

So how is it about just adding _revents() and _del() for fixed fds with
correction of retval to bool for fdarray__add()?

~Alexey