linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] perf: add PERF_RECORD_NAMESPACES to include namespaces related info

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Message-ID: <20161124151011.GG3092@twins.programming.kicks-ass.net>
Date:   Thu, 24 Nov 2016 16:10:11 +0100
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Hari Bathini <hbathini@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:     ast@...com, lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, acme@...nel.org,
        alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com, mingo@...hat.com,
        daniel@...earbox.net, rostedt@...dmis.org,
        Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        ebiederm@...ssion.com, sargun@...gun.me,
        Aravinda Prasad <aravinda@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        brendan.d.gregg@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] perf: add PERF_RECORD_NAMESPACES to include
 namespaces related info

On Thu, Nov 24, 2016 at 08:14:29PM +0530, Hari Bathini wrote:
> @@ -862,6 +875,19 @@ enum perf_event_type {
>  	 */
>  	PERF_RECORD_SWITCH_CPU_WIDE		= 15,
>  
> +	/*
> +	 * struct {
> +	 *	struct perf_event_header	header;
> +	 *

> +	 *	u32				pid, tid;
> +	 *	u64				time;

pid,tid and time are already present in sample_id. Many of the 'legacy'
record have redundant information since we added sample_id, but most of
the new ones haven't and rely on sample_all being set.

> +	 *	u64				dev_num;
> +	 *	u64				inode_num[NAMESPACES_MAX];
> +	 *	struct sample_id		sample_id;
> +	 * };
> +	 */
> +	PERF_RECORD_NAMESPACES			= 16,
> +
>  	PERF_RECORD_MAX,			/* non-ABI */
>  };