linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] perf record: Add snapshot mode support for perf's regular events

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Date:	Wed, 25 Nov 2015 10:27:28 +0100
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	Yunlong Song <yunlong.song@...wei.com>
Cc:	paulus@...ba.org, mingo@...hat.com, acme@...nel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, wangnan0@...wei.com,
	namhyung@...nel.org, ast@...nel.org,
	masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com, kan.liang@...el.com,
	adrian.hunter@...el.com, jolsa@...nel.org, dsahern@...il.com,
	bp@...en8.de, jean.pihet@...aro.org, rric@...nel.org,
	xiakaixu@...wei.com, hekuang@...wei.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] perf record: Add snapshot mode support for perf's
 regular events

On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 10:00:31PM +0800, Yunlong Song wrote:
> In our patch, we create and maintain a user space ring buffer to store
> perf's tracing info, instead of directly writing to perf.data file as
> before. In snapshot mode, only a SIGUSR2 signal can trigger perf to dump
> the tracing info currently stored in the user space ring buffer to
> perf.data file.

I would very much like to first fix the perf overwrite mode: see
lkml.kernel.org/r/20151023151205.GW11639@...ns.programming.kicks-ass.net
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