[PATCH] perf tools: Do not rely on errno values for precise_ip fallback

Jiri Olsa
2019-07-03T08:10:06Z

Konstantin reported problem with default perf record command,
which fails on some AMD servers, because of the default maximum
precise config.

The current fallback mechanism counts on getting ENOTSUP errno for
precise_ip fails, but that's not the case on some AMD servers.

We can fix this by removing the errno check completely, because the
precise_ip fallback is separated. We can just try (if requested by
evsel->precise_max) all possible precise_ip, and if one succeeds we
win, if not, we continue with standard fallback.

Reported-by: Konstantin Kharlamov <Hi-Angel@yandex.ru>
Cc: Quentin Monnet <quentin.monnet@netronome.com>
Cc: Kim Phillips <kim.phillips@amd.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
---
tools/perf/util/evsel.c | 10 ++--------
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index 5ab31a4a658d..7fb4ae82f34c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -1800,14 +1800,8 @@ static int perf_event_open(struct perf_evsel *evsel,
if (fd >= 0)
break;

- /*
- * Do quick precise_ip fallback if:
- * - there is precise_ip set in perf_event_attr
- * - maximum precise is requested
- * - sys_perf_event_open failed with ENOTSUP error,
- * which is associated with wrong precise_ip
- */
- if (!precise_ip || !evsel->precise_max || (errno != ENOTSUP))
+ /* Do not try less precise if not requested. */
+ if (!evsel->precise_max)
break;

/*
--
2.21.0