linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] perf: detect when perf.data file not closed out properly

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Message-ID: <20130510081113.GA6823@gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 10 May 2013 10:11:13 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To:	David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
Cc:	acme@...stprotocols.net, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>,
	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
	Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] perf: detect when perf.data file not closed out
 properly


* David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com> wrote:

> perf-record updates the header in the perf.data file at termination.
> Without this update perf-report (and other processing builtins) cannot
> properly read events from the file -- the algorithm in
> __perf_session__process_events depends on the data_size which is read
> from the file header and that function loops if data_size is 0.
> 
> Catch this condition when the file is opened and warn the user.
> 
> v2: put error message on one line
> 
> Signed-off-by: David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
> Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...stprotocols.net>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
> Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>

Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>

Thanks,

	Ingo
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