linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] perf tools: Do not rely on dso__data_read

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Date:	Fri, 30 Jan 2015 14:56:40 +0100
From:	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
To:	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
Cc:	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] perf tools: Do not rely on dso__data_read_offset()
 to open dso

On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 11:33:28AM +0900, Namhyung Kim wrote:
> Do not rely on dso__data_read_offset() will always call dso__data_fd()
> internally.  With multi-thread support, accessing a fd will be
> protected by a lock and it'll cause a huge contention.  It can be
> avoided since we can skip reading from file if there's a data in the
> dso cache.
> 
> If one needs to call the dso__data_read_offset(), [s]he also needs to
> call dso__data_fd() (or set dso->binary_type at least) first like the
> dwarf unwind code does.

hum, I dont see the need for this, but I haven't checked your
patchset for the multithread support yet ;-)

anyway, I dont mind tp straighten up the interface:

Acked-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>

thanks,
jirka
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