linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V8 8/8] perf tools: handle PERF_RECORD_LOST

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Date:	Thu, 7 May 2015 12:33:42 +0200
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Kan Liang <kan.liang@...el.com>
Cc:	peterz@...radead.org, mingo@...nel.org, acme@...radead.org,
	eranian@...gle.com, andi@...stfloor.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH V8 8/8] perf tools: handle PERF_RECORD_LOST_SAMPLES

On Wed, May 06, 2015 at 03:33:54PM -0400, Kan Liang wrote:
> From: Kan Liang <kan.liang@...el.com>
> 
> This patch modified the perf tool to handle the new RECORD type,
> PERF_RECORD_LOST_SAMPLES.
> The number of lost-sample events is stored in
> .nr_events[PERF_EVENT_LOST_SAMPLES]. While the exact number of samples
> which the kernel dropped is stored in total_lost_samples.
> When the percentage of dropped samples is greater than 5%, a warning
> will be sent out.

That's nice. Would be good to also print this in perf report --stdio
output (without -D), like the samples are.

Could you please do the same for the normal PERF_RECORD_LOST too?
There we don't have a exact percentage, but at least could count the
lost events too. This can be a separate patch of course, doesn't need
to be tied to this patchkit.


-Andi
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