On 11/12/13, 8:34 AM, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 08:25:02AM -0700, David Ahern wrote:
>> The patch in this thread deletes the file. Another option is to rewind the
>> file to the last known good write (ie., length after last successful call to
>> write_output).
>
> I'd report a warning and continue with all events that you could read
> upto that point.
>

Coming back to this: the answer to that statement is known. The attached 
patch attempt to rewind to the last good write. Subsequent reads to the 
file fail with:

WARNING: The /tmp/mnt/perf.data file's data size field is 0 which is 
unexpected.
Was the 'perf record' command properly terminated?
reading input file (size expected=3 received=-1)broken or missing trace data
incompatible file format (rerun with -v to learn more)


Given that it would seem deleting the file is the best option.

David