linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/6] perf tools: Don't report zero period samples for slave events

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Date:   Wed, 20 Feb 2019 13:27:55 +0100
From:   Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>
To:     Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>
Cc:     lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
        Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/6] perf tools: Don't report zero period samples for slave events

There's no reason to deliver sample for zero period.
It means there was no value for slave event since its
last group leader sample.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-d5he0papol5dhwvfq33ess1p@git.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>
---
 tools/perf/util/session.c | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/session.c b/tools/perf/util/session.c
index 18fb9c8cbf9c..c764bbc91009 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/session.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/session.c
@@ -1202,6 +1202,13 @@ static int deliver_sample_value(struct perf_evlist *evlist,
 		return 0;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * There's no reason to deliver sample
+	 * for zero period, bail out.
+	 */
+	if (!sample->period)
+		return 0;
+
 	return tool->sample(tool, event, sample, sid->evsel, machine);
 }
 
-- 
2.17.2