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Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2012 17:47:43 -0200 From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...radead.org> To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>, David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>, Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>, Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>, Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>, Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...il.com>, Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com> Subject: [PATCH 1/3] perf tools: Don't stop synthesizing threads when one vanishes From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com> The perf_event__synthesize_threads routine synthesizes all the existing threads in the system, because we don't have any kernel facilities to ask for PERF_RECORD_{FORK,MMAP,COMM} for existing threads. It was returning an error as soon as one thread couldn't be synthesized, which is a bit extreme when, for instance, a forkish workload is running, like a kernel compile. Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com> Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@....de> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...il.com> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org> Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-i7oas1eodpoer2bx38fwyasv@git.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com> --- tools/perf/util/event.c | 13 ++++++------- 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/tools/perf/util/event.c b/tools/perf/util/event.c index 0ae444e..ca9ca28 100644 --- a/tools/perf/util/event.c +++ b/tools/perf/util/event.c @@ -405,16 +405,15 @@ int perf_event__synthesize_threads(struct perf_tool *tool, if (*end) /* only interested in proper numerical dirents */ continue; - - if (__event__synthesize_thread(comm_event, mmap_event, pid, 1, - process, tool, machine) != 0) { - err = -1; - goto out_closedir; - } + /* + * We may race with exiting thread, so don't stop just because + * one thread couldn't be synthesized. + */ + __event__synthesize_thread(comm_event, mmap_event, pid, 1, + process, tool, machine); } err = 0; -out_closedir: closedir(proc); out_free_mmap: free(mmap_event); -- 1.7.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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