Re: [PATCH] perf report: delay sample_type checks in pipe mode

[David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>]

Hi Arnaldo

On 6/11/12 1:48 PM, David Ahern wrote:
> The pipeline:
>    perf record -a -g -o - sleep 5 |perf inject -v -b  | perf report  -g -i -
>
> generates the warning:
>    Selected -g but no callchain data. Did you call 'perf record' without -g?
>
> The problem is that the header data is not written to the pipe, so the
> sample_type has not been available when perf_report__setup_sample_type is
> called. For pipe mode, record dumps the sample type as part of the
> synthesized events stream -- perf_event__synthesize_attrs(). Handle this
> be detecting pipe mode and not doing early sanity checks on sample_type.
>
> Signed-off-by: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>

Haven't seen this one come through your queues.

David


> ---
>   tools/perf/builtin-report.c |    6 ++++--
>   1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
> index ebcb3e2..9b3e9e9 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
> @@ -246,11 +246,12 @@ static int process_read_event(struct perf_tool *tool,
>   	return 0;
>   }
>
> +/* For pipe mode, sample_type is not currently set */
>   static int perf_report__setup_sample_type(struct perf_report *rep)
>   {
>   	struct perf_session *self = rep->session;
>
> -	if (!(self->sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_CALLCHAIN)) {
> +	if (!self->fd_pipe && !(self->sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_CALLCHAIN)) {
>   		if (sort__has_parent) {
>   			ui__error("Selected --sort parent, but no "
>   				    "callchain data. Did you call "
> @@ -273,7 +274,8 @@ static int perf_report__setup_sample_type(struct perf_report *rep)
>   	}
>
>   	if (sort__branch_mode == 1) {
> -		if (!(self->sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_STACK)) {
> +		if (!self->fd_pipe &&
> +		    !(self->sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_STACK)) {
>   			ui__error("Selected -b but no branch data. "
>   				  "Did you call perf record without -b?\n");
>   			return -1;
>