linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 00/16] perf tool: add meta-data header support for pipe-mode

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Date:   Wed, 12 Jul 2017 16:31:23 +0200
From:   Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
To:     David Carrillo-Cisneros <davidcc@...gle.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>, Simon Que <sque@...omium.org>,
        Wang Nan <wangnan0@...wei.com>, Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>,
        He Kuang <hekuang@...wei.com>,
        Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>,
        David Ahern <dsa@...ulusnetworks.com>,
        Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
        Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>,
        Paul Turner <pjt@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 00/16] perf tool: add meta-data header support for
 pipe-mode

On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 04:52:51PM -0700, David Carrillo-Cisneros wrote:
> v5: - Fix buffer leaking and size changes in
>       perf_event__synthesize_features.
>     - Remove unnecessary renaming.
>     - Remove extra tabs in do_write_string.

SNIP

> 
> Only patches 14 to 16 have a significant effect in user observed behavior.
> All other are transparent preparatory changes or bug fixes.
> 
> David Carrillo-Cisneros (16):
>   perf header: encapsulate read and swap
>   perf header: add PROCESS_STR_FUN macro
>   perf header: fail on write_padded error
>   perf util: add const modifier to buf in "writen" function
>   perf header: revamp do_write
>   perf header: add struct feat_fd for write
>   perf header: use struct feat_fd for print
>   perf header: use struct feat_fd to process header records
>   perf header: don't pass struct perf_file_section to process_##_feat
>   perf header: use struct feat_fd in read header records
>   perf header: make write_pmu_mappings pipe-mode friendly

hum, not sure if that's an issue on my side, but I can see
only patches 0-11 (above portion), missing patches 12-16:

>   perf header: add a buffer to struct feat_fd
>   perf header: change FEAT_OP* macros
>   perf tool: add show_feature_header to perf_tool
>   perf tools: add feature header record to pipe-mode
>   perf header: add event desc to pipe-mode header


jirka