linux-kernel - [tip:perf/urgent] perf record: Support weak groups

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Message-ID: <tip-cf99ad1424c54fc84b84d3a3deb57a48c340c30a@git.kernel.org>
Date:   Tue, 6 Nov 2018 11:13:30 -0800
From:   tip-bot for Andi Kleen <tipbot@...or.com>
To:     linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...nel.org, jolsa@...nel.org,
        ak@...ux.intel.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, acme@...hat.com,
        hpa@...or.com
Subject: [tip:perf/urgent] perf record: Support weak groups

Commit-ID:  cf99ad1424c54fc84b84d3a3deb57a48c340c30a
Gitweb:     https://git.kernel.org/tip/cf99ad1424c54fc84b84d3a3deb57a48c340c30a
Author:     Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
AuthorDate: Mon, 1 Oct 2018 12:59:27 -0700
Committer:  Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
CommitDate: Mon, 5 Nov 2018 14:37:10 -0300

perf record: Support weak groups

Implement a weak group fallback for 'perf record', similar to the
existing 'perf stat' support.  This allows to use groups that might be
longer than the available counters without failing.

Before:

  $ perf record  -e '{cycles,cache-misses,cache-references,cpu_clk_unhalted.thread,cycles,cycles,cycles}' -a sleep 1
  Error:
  The sys_perf_event_open() syscall returned with 22 (Invalid argument) for event (cycles).
  /bin/dmesg | grep -i perf may provide additional information.

After:

  $ ./perf record  -e '{cycles,cache-misses,cache-references,cpu_clk_unhalted.thread,cycles,cycles,cycles}:W' -a sleep 1
  WARNING: No sample_id_all support, falling back to unordered processing
  [ perf record: Woken up 3 times to write data ]
  [ perf record: Captured and wrote 8.136 MB perf.data (134069 samples) ]

Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
Acked-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20181001195927.14211-2-andi@firstfloor.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
---
 tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt | 1 -
 tools/perf/builtin-record.c            | 7 ++++++-
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt
index 236b9b97dfdb..667c14e56031 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ counted. The following modifiers exist:
  S - read sample value (PERF_SAMPLE_READ)
  D - pin the event to the PMU
  W - group is weak and will fallback to non-group if not schedulable,
-     only supported in 'perf stat' for now.
 
 The 'p' modifier can be used for specifying how precise the instruction
 address should be. The 'p' modifier can be specified multiple times:
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index 10cf889c6d75..488779bc4c8d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -391,7 +391,12 @@ try_again:
 					ui__warning("%s\n", msg);
 				goto try_again;
 			}
-
+			if ((errno == EINVAL || errno == EBADF) &&
+			    pos->leader != pos &&
+			    pos->weak_group) {
+			        pos = perf_evlist__reset_weak_group(evlist, pos);
+				goto try_again;
+			}
 			rc = -errno;
 			perf_evsel__open_strerror(pos, &opts->target,
 						  errno, msg, sizeof(msg));