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

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Message-Id: <20181119.172607.44276204049639390.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Mon, 19 Nov 2018 17:26:07 -0800 (PST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     jolsa@...nel.org
Cc:     acme@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mingo@...nel.org,
        namhyung@...nel.org, alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com,
        a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/12] perf top: Rework processing code

From: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>
Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2018 13:20:04 +0100

> 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

For series:

Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>

With this plus my mmap by-hand parsing and mmap parsing timeout
removal changes, we've made serious progress.

Thanks!