linux-kernel - Re: perf tools: interface for improved PEBS ABI can accept wrong parameter

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Date:	Wed, 19 Oct 2011 11:06:35 +0800
From:	Chen Gong <gong.chen@...ux.intel.com>
To:	"Xu, Anhua" <anhua.xu@...el.com>
CC:	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: perf tools: interface for improved PEBS ABI can accept wrong
 parameter

于 2011/10/19 10:23, Xu, Anhua 写道:
> Thanks Peter:). The key point for this is that the detailed information about "PRECISE_IP" may not be exposed to user space.
> Error reporting may come from syscall. Anyway, expect acme's suggestions.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Zijlstra [mailto:a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2011 2:28 AM
> To: Ingo Molnar
> Cc: Xu, Anhua; Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo; linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
> Subject: Re: perf tools: interface for improved PEBS ABI can accept wrong parameter
>
> On Tue, 2011-10-18 at 20:19 +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>>> +#define SAMPLE_IP_MAX        3
>>>                                precise_ip     :  2, /* skid constraint       */
>>>                                mmap_data      :  1, /* non-exec mmap data    */
>>>                                sample_id_all  :  1, /* sample_type all events */
>>> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
>>> index 928918b..a2068cc 100644
>>> --- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
>>> +++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
>>> @@ -775,7 +775,10 @@ parse_event_modifier(const char **strp, struct perf_event_attr *attr)
>>>        attr->exclude_user   = eu;
>>>        attr->exclude_kernel = ek;
>>>        attr->exclude_hv     = eh;
>>> -     attr->precise_ip     = precise;
>>> +     if ( precise<  SAMPLE_IP_MAX )
>>> +             attr->precise_ip = precise;
>>> +     else
>>> +             return -1;
>
> That name is horrid, how about PRECISE_IP_MAX? Also, I suspect acme will
> want a better error return than -1, but I'll leave that up to him.
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