linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/12] perf top: Rework processing code

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Date:   Tue, 20 Nov 2018 11:29:43 +0900
From:   Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
To:     Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>
Cc:     Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
        lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, kernel-team@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/12] perf top: Rework processing code

Hi Jirka,

On Mon, Nov 19, 2018 at 01:20:04PM +0100, Jiri Olsa wrote:
> hi,
> David reported issues with perf top loosing side band events
> so we moved mmap reading and hists processing into separated
> threads.
> 
> This patchset also adds dropping sample logic when the processing
> falls behind the reader thread. This way we get incomplete but
> current data in perf top.
> 
> Also available in:
>   git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jolsa/perf.git
>   perf/fixes

Beside the simple comment in 05/12 (and the related fix), it looks
good to me.  And I think we can do similar for hists->lock as well.

Acked-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>

Thanks,
Namhyung