Re: [PATCH v1 3/7] perf cs-etm: Calculate per CPU metadata array size

Mathieu Poirier
2021-01-15T22:47:59Z

On Mon, Jan 11, 2021 at 12:09:12PM +0000, Mike Leach wrote:
> Hi Leo,
>
> I think there is an issue here in that your modification assumes that
> all cpus in the system are of the same ETM type. The original routine
> allowed for differing ETM types, thus differing cpu ETM field lengths
> between ETMv4 / ETMv3, the field size was used after the relevant
> magic number for the cpu ETM was read.
>
> You have replaced two different sizes - with a single calculated size.

I usually go through an entire patchset before looking at the comments people
have made. In this case Mike and I are coming to the exact same conclusion.

I will look at Mike's patch on Monday.

>
> Moving forwards we are seeing the newer FEAT_ETE protocol drivers
> appearing on the list, which will ultimately need a new metadata
> structure.
>
> We have had discussions within ARM regarding the changing of the
> format to be more self describing - which should probably be opened
> out to the CS mailing list.
>
> Regards
>
> Mike
>
>
> On Mon, 11 Jan 2021 at 07:29, Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@arm.com> wrote:
> >
> > On 1/9/21 7:44 AM, Leo Yan wrote:
> > > The metadata array can be extended over time and the tool, if using the
> > > predefined macro (like CS_ETMV4_PRIV_MAX for ETMv4) as metadata array
> > > size to copy data, it can cause compatible issue within different
> > > versions of perf tool.
> > >
> > > E.g. we recorded a data file with an old version tool, afterwards if
> > > use the new version perf tool to parse the file, since the metadata
> > > array has been extended and the macro CS_ETMV4_PRIV_MAX has been
> > > altered, if use it to parse the perf data with old format, this will
> > > lead to mismatch.
> > >
> > > To maintain backward compatibility, this patch calculates per CPU
> > > metadata array size on the runtime, the calculation is based on the
> > > info stored in the data file so that it's reliable.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Leo Yan <leo.yan@linaro.org>
> >
> > Looks good to me.
> >
> > Acked-by: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@arm.com>
> >
>
>
> --
> Mike Leach
> Principal Engineer, ARM Ltd.
> Manchester Design Centre. UK