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From: tip-bot for Nelson Elhage <nelhage@nelhage.com>
To: linux-tip-commits@vger.kernel.org
Cc: acme@redhat.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, paulus@samba.org,
	hpa@zytor.com, mingo@redhat.com, a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl,
	nelhage@nelhage.com, tglx@linutronix.de, mingo@elte.hu
Subject: [tip:perf/core] perf: builtin-record: Document and check that mmap_pages must be a power of two.
Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2011 12:50:47 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <tip-41d0d933494ce10eb77758a1168b08e317c42e8e@git.kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1324301972-22740-4-git-send-email-nelhage@nelhage.com>

Commit-ID:  41d0d933494ce10eb77758a1168b08e317c42e8e
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/41d0d933494ce10eb77758a1168b08e317c42e8e
Author:     Nelson Elhage <nelhage@nelhage.com>
AuthorDate: Mon, 19 Dec 2011 08:39:32 -0500
Committer:  Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
CommitDate: Fri, 23 Dec 2011 16:53:58 -0200

perf: builtin-record: Document and check that mmap_pages must be a power of two.

Now that we automatically point users at it, let's provide them some
guidance so that they hopefully don't just get mysterious EINVAL's
from the kernel.

Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1324301972-22740-4-git-send-email-nelhage@nelhage.com
Signed-off-by: Nelson Elhage <nelhage@nelhage.com>
[ committer note: Made it work after 50a682c ]
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
---
 tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt |    2 +-
 tools/perf/builtin-record.c              |    3 +++
 tools/perf/util/evlist.c                 |    2 ++
 tools/perf/util/util.h                   |   11 +++++++++++
 4 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
index 5a520f8..2937f7e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ OPTIONS
 
 -m::
 --mmap-pages=::
-	Number of mmap data pages.
+	Number of mmap data pages. Must be a power of two.
 
 -g::
 --call-graph::
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index 56bb447..e873ae2 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -279,6 +279,9 @@ try_again:
 			    "/proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_mlock_kb,\n"
 			    "or try again with a smaller value of -m/--mmap_pages.\n"
 			    "(current value: %d)\n", opts->mmap_pages);
+		else if (!is_power_of_2(opts->mmap_pages))
+			die("--mmap_pages/-m value must be a power of two.");
+
 		die("failed to mmap with %d (%s)\n", errno, strerror(errno));
 	}
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
index 963d63d..fa18370 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
@@ -563,6 +563,8 @@ int perf_evlist__mmap(struct perf_evlist *evlist, unsigned int pages,
         /* 512 kiB: default amount of unprivileged mlocked memory */
         if (pages == UINT_MAX)
                 pages = (512 * 1024) / page_size;
+	else if (!is_power_of_2(pages))
+		return -EINVAL;
 
 	mask = pages * page_size - 1;
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/util.h b/tools/perf/util/util.h
index 0128906..37be34d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/util.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/util.h
@@ -245,4 +245,15 @@ int readn(int fd, void *buf, size_t size);
 #define _STR(x) #x
 #define STR(x) _STR(x)
 
+/*
+ *  Determine whether some value is a power of two, where zero is
+ * *not* considered a power of two.
+ */
+
+static inline __attribute__((const))
+bool is_power_of_2(unsigned long n)
+{
+	return (n != 0 && ((n & (n - 1)) == 0));
+}
+
 #endif

      reply	other threads:[~2011-12-29 20:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-12-19 13:39 [PATCH 0/3] perf: builtin-record: Be more helpful when running up against mlock limits Nelson Elhage
2011-12-19 13:39 ` [PATCH 1/3] perf: __perf_evlist__mmap: Fix errno value on failed map Nelson Elhage
2011-12-19 15:33   ` Namhyung Kim
2011-12-19 16:29     ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2011-12-20 17:55     ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2011-12-21  8:43   ` [tip:perf/core] perf evlist: Fix errno value reporting on failed mmap tip-bot for Nelson Elhage
2011-12-19 13:39 ` [PATCH 2/3] perf: builtin-record: Provide advice if mmap'ing fails with EPERM Nelson Elhage
2011-12-29 20:50   ` [tip:perf/core] perf: builtin-record: Provide advice if mmap' ing " tip-bot for Nelson Elhage
2011-12-19 13:39 ` [PATCH 3/3] perf: builtin-record: Document and check that mmap_pages must be a power of two Nelson Elhage
2011-12-29 20:50   ` tip-bot for Nelson Elhage [this message]

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