From: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
To: "nakamura.shun@fujitsu.com" <nakamura.shun@fujitsu.com>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>,
Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>,
Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>,
Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>, Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>,
Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>,
"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
"linux-perf-users@vger.kernel.org"
<linux-perf-users@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: libperf: lack of interface
Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2021 18:04:18 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Ya+UEn+qjUEzgKfq@krava> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <OSBPR01MB46003CB99B9AAC0A574D341DF76E9@OSBPR01MB4600.jpnprd01.prod.outlook.com>
On Tue, Dec 07, 2021 at 05:49:16AM +0000, nakamura.shun@fujitsu.com wrote:
> Hi jirka
>
> > > > On Mon, Oct 18, 2021 at 08:57:20AM +0000, nakamura.shun@fujitsu.com wrote:
> > > > > Hi
> > > > >
> > > > > > > On Wed, Sep 01, 2021 at 10:36:40AM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> > > > > > > > Em Wed, Sep 01, 2021 at 09:45:10AM +0000, nakamura.shun@fujitsu.com escreveu:
> > > > > > > > > Hello.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > I'm trying to change rdpmc test in perf_event_tests[1] to use libperf, but libperf doesn't have enough interfaces.
> > > > > > > > > Does anyone plan to implement any of these libperf features?
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > - Interfaces that can run ioctl (PERF_EVENT_IOC_RESET) from userland
> > > > > > > > > - Interfaces that can run fcntl (SIGIO) from userland
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > hi,
> > > > > > > we could add perf_evsel__fd like below, would it help your usecase?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > if you described your usecases in more details we could
> > > > > > > see if we could add/move something to libperf for that
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > as Arnaldo said below it could be already in tools/perf/util/*.c
> > > > > > > somewhere ;-)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > As Peter says, I understood that for rdpmc, no reset is needed.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > However, PAPI resets it explicitly, for example, at PAPI_reset.
> > > > > > In other, PAPI also has the ability to call PERF_EVENT_IOC_REFLESH on overflow to call a user-registered handler, using SIGIO.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I think it is desirable to be able to achieve similar functionality.
> > > > >
> > > > > Does anyone have any comments?
> > > >
> > > > I'll try to add that functionality soon,
> > > > I'll cc you on patch
> > >
> > > Thank you.
> > > I look forward to your patch.
> >
> > Do you have a specific plan?
> > I would like to know the rough period until your patch is made.
>
> I will also try to implement these interfaces.
sorry for late reply, please do
thanks,
jirka
prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-12-07 17:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-09-01 9:45 libperf: lack of interface nakamura.shun
2021-09-01 9:57 ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-09-01 13:36 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2021-09-02 8:41 ` Jiri Olsa
2021-09-21 9:46 ` nakamura.shun
2021-10-18 8:57 ` nakamura.shun
2021-10-20 12:20 ` Jiri Olsa
2021-10-22 6:17 ` nakamura.shun
2021-12-03 9:00 ` nakamura.shun
2021-12-07 5:49 ` nakamura.shun
2021-12-07 17:04 ` Jiri Olsa [this message]
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