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Message-ID: <075074a4-344a-f623-3342-3f44f9197068@linux.intel.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2019 10:58:01 +0300
From: Alexey Budankov <alexey.budankov@...ux.intel.com>
To: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <arnaldo.melo@...il.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>, Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v10 02/12] perf record: implement --mmap-flush=<number>
option
On 29.03.2019 22:02, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> Em Mon, Mar 18, 2019 at 08:40:26PM +0300, Alexey Budankov escreveu:
>>
>> Implemented --mmap-flush option that specifies minimal number of bytes
>> that is extracted from mmaped kernel buffer to store into a trace. The
>> default option value is 1 byte what means every time trace writing
>> thread finds some new data in the mmaped buffer the data is extracted,
>> possibly compressed and written to a trace.
>>
>> $ tools/perf/perf record --mmap-flush 1024 -e cycles -- matrix.gcc
>> $ tools/perf/perf record --aio --mmap-flush 1K -e cycles -- matrix.gcc
>>
>> The option is independent from -z setting, doesn't vary with compression
>> level and can serve two purposes.
>>
>> The first purpose is to increase the compression ratio of a trace data.
>> Larger data chunks are compressed more effectively so the implemented
>> option allows specifying data chunk size to compress. Also at some cases
>> executing more write syscalls with smaller data size can take longer
>> than executing less write syscalls with bigger data size due to syscall
>> overhead so extracting bigger data chunks specified by the option value
>> could additionally decrease runtime overhead.
>>
>> The second purpose is to avoid self monitoring live-lock issue in system
>> wide (-a) profiling mode. Profiling in system wide mode with compression
>> (-a -z) can additionally induce data into the kernel buffers along with
>> the data from monitored processes. If performance data rate and volume
>> from the monitored processes is high then trace streaming and compression
>> activity in the tool is also high. High tool process activity can lead
>> to subtle live-lock effect when compression of single new byte from some
>> of mmaped kernel buffer leads to generation of the next single byte at
>> some mmaped buffer. So perf tool process ends up in endless self
>> monitoring.
>>
>> Implemented sync parameter is the mean to force data move independently
>> from the specified flush threshold value. Despite the provided flush
>> value the tool needs capability to unconditionally drain memory buffers,
>> at least in the end of the collection.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Alexey Budankov <alexey.budankov@...ux.intel.com>
>> ---
>> tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt | 12 +++++
>> tools/perf/builtin-record.c | 65 +++++++++++++++++++++---
>> tools/perf/perf.h | 1 +
>> tools/perf/util/evlist.c | 6 +--
>> tools/perf/util/evlist.h | 3 +-
>> tools/perf/util/mmap.c | 4 +-
>> tools/perf/util/mmap.h | 3 +-
>> 7 files changed, 82 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
>> index 8f0c2be34848..18fceb49434e 100644
>> --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
>> +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
>> @@ -459,6 +459,18 @@ Set affinity mask of trace reading thread according to the policy defined by 'mo
>> node - thread affinity mask is set to NUMA node cpu mask of the processed mmap buffer
>> cpu - thread affinity mask is set to cpu of the processed mmap buffer
>>
>> +--mmap-flush=number::
>> +Specify minimal number of bytes that is extracted from mmap data pages and stored
>> +into a trace. The number specification is possible using B/K/M/G suffixes. Maximal allowed
>> +value is a quarter of the size of mmaped data pages. The default option value is 1 byte
>
> I found this annoying, I tried first with the default value:
>
> perf trace -m 2048 --call-graph dwarf -e write -- perf record --mmap-flush
> <SNIP> the first writes for the synthesized data:
> 107.561 ( 0.005 ms): perf/25821 write(fd: 3</root/perf.data>, buf: 0x7f1befc02000, count: 336) = 336
> __libc_write (/usr/lib64/libpthread-2.28.so)
> ion (/home/acme/bin/perf)
> record__write (inlined)
> record__pushfn (/home/acme/bin/perf)
> perf_mmap__push (/home/acme/bin/perf)
> record__mmap_read_evlist (inlined)
> record__mmap_read_all (inlined)
> __cmd_record (inlined)
> cmd_record (/home/acme/bin/perf)
> 12919.953 ( 0.136 ms): perf/25821 write(fd: 3</root/perf.data>, buf: 0x7f1befc83150, count: 184984) = 184984
> <SNIP same backtrace as in the 107.561 timestamp>
> 12920.094 ( 0.155 ms): perf/25821 write(fd: 3</root/perf.data>, buf: 0x7f1befc02150, count: 261816) = 261816
> <SNIP same backtrace as in the 107.561 timestamp>
> 12920.253 ( 0.093 ms): perf/25821 write(fd: 3</root/perf.data>, buf: 0x7f1befb81120, count: 170832) = 170832
> <SNIP same backtrace as in the 107.561 timestamp>
>
>
> Then with --mmap-flush 16M, and then the writes to perf.data were always
> more than 132096, which is the limit that it silently set, I think we
> should warn this record__mmap_flush_parse, something like:
>
> "max flush is a quarter of the mmap size, if wanting to bump the mmap
> flush further, bump the mmap size as well using -m/--mmap-pages"
Makes sense.
>
> Found this using -v, which shows the mmap size twice, one line after the
> next one:
>
> mmap flush: 132096
> mmap size 528384B
> mmap size 528384B
>
> I reflowed a bit the man page and added committer notes testing it, end
> result is at the bottom of this message, I also had to rename 'sync' to
> 'synch' to get it to build with other glibcs:
>
> CC /tmp/build/perf/builtin-kmem.o
> cc1: warnings being treated as errors
> builtin-record.c: In function 'record__mmap_read_evlist':
> builtin-record.c:775: warning: declaration of 'sync' shadows a global declaration
> /usr/include/unistd.h:933: warning: shadowed declaration is here
> builtin-record.c: In function 'record__mmap_read_all':
> builtin-record.c:856: warning: declaration of 'sync' shadows a global declaration
> /usr/include/unistd.h:933: warning: shadowed declaration is here
> mv: cannot stat `/tmp/build/perf/.builtin-record.o.tmp': No such file or directory
Thanks for applied corrections.
~Alexey
>
>
> commit 221771de64b6bd0422f451e2c808d75eb3721814
> Author: Alexey Budankov <alexey.budankov@...ux.intel.com>
> Date: Mon Mar 18 20:40:26 2019 +0300
>
> perf record: Implement --mmap-flush=<number> option
>
> Implement a --mmap-flush option that specifies minimal number of bytes
> that is extracted from mmaped kernel buffer to store into a trace. The
> default option value is 1 byte what means every time trace writing
> thread finds some new data in the mmaped buffer the data is extracted,
> possibly compressed and written to a trace.
>
> $ tools/perf/perf record --mmap-flush 1024 -e cycles -- matrix.gcc
> $ tools/perf/perf record --aio --mmap-flush 1K -e cycles -- matrix.gcc
>
> The option is independent from -z setting, doesn't vary with compression
> level and can serve two purposes.
>
> The first purpose is to increase the compression ratio of a trace data.
> Larger data chunks are compressed more effectively so the implemented
> option allows specifying data chunk size to compress. Also at some cases
> executing more write syscalls with smaller data size can take longer
> than executing less write syscalls with bigger data size due to syscall
> overhead so extracting bigger data chunks specified by the option value
> could additionally decrease runtime overhead.
>
> The second purpose is to avoid self monitoring live-lock issue in system
> wide (-a) profiling mode. Profiling in system wide mode with compression
> (-a -z) can additionally induce data into the kernel buffers along with
> the data from monitored processes. If performance data rate and volume
> from the monitored processes is high then trace streaming and
> compression activity in the tool is also high. High tool process
> activity can lead to subtle live-lock effect when compression of single
> new byte from some of mmaped kernel buffer leads to generation of the
> next single byte at some mmaped buffer. So perf tool process ends up in
> endless self monitoring.
>
> Implemented synch parameter is the mean to force data move independently
> from the specified flush threshold value. Despite the provided flush
> value the tool needs capability to unconditionally drain memory buffers,
> at least in the end of the collection.
>
> Committer testing:
>
> Running with the default value, i.e. as soon as there is something to
> read go on consuming, we first write the synthesized events, small
> chunks of about 128 bytes:
>
> # perf trace -m 2048 --call-graph dwarf -e write -- perf record
> <SNIP>
> 101.142 ( 0.004 ms): perf/25821 write(fd: 3</root/perf.data>, buf: 0x210db60, count: 120) = 120
> __libc_write (/usr/lib64/libpthread-2.28.so)
> ion (/home/acme/bin/perf)
> record__write (inlined)
> process_synthesized_event (/home/acme/bin/perf)
> perf_tool__process_synth_event (inlined)
> perf_event__synthesize_mmap_events (/home/acme/bin/perf)
>
> Then we move to reading the mmap buffers consuming the events put there
> by the kernel perf infrastructure:
>
> 107.561 ( 0.005 ms): perf/25821 write(fd: 3</root/perf.data>, buf: 0x7f1befc02000, count: 336) = 336
> __libc_write (/usr/lib64/libpthread-2.28.so)
> ion (/home/acme/bin/perf)
> record__write (inlined)
> record__pushfn (/home/acme/bin/perf)
> perf_mmap__push (/home/acme/bin/perf)
> record__mmap_read_evlist (inlined)
> record__mmap_read_all (inlined)
> __cmd_record (inlined)
> cmd_record (/home/acme/bin/perf)
> 12919.953 ( 0.136 ms): perf/25821 write(fd: 3</root/perf.data>, buf: 0x7f1befc83150, count: 184984) = 184984
> <SNIP same backtrace as in the 107.561 timestamp>
> 12920.094 ( 0.155 ms): perf/25821 write(fd: 3</root/perf.data>, buf: 0x7f1befc02150, count: 261816) = 261816
> <SNIP same backtrace as in the 107.561 timestamp>
> 12920.253 ( 0.093 ms): perf/25821 write(fd: 3</root/perf.data>, buf: 0x7f1befb81120, count: 170832) = 170832
> <SNIP same backtrace as in the 107.561 timestamp>
>
> If we limit it to write only when more than 16MB are available for
> reading, it throttles that to a quarter of the --mmap-pages set for
> 'perf record', which by default get to 528384 bytes, found out using
> 'record -v':
>
> mmap flush: 132096
> mmap size 528384B
>
> With that in place all the writes coming from
> record__mmap_read_evlist(), i.e. from the mmap buffers setup by the
> kernel perf infrastructure were at least 132096 bytes long.
>
> Trying with a bigger mmap size:
>
> perf trace -e write perf record -v -m 2048 --mmap-flush 16M
> 74982.928 ( 2.471 ms): perf/26500 write(fd: 3</root/perf.data>, buf: 0x7ff94a6cc000, count: 3580888) = 3580888
> 74985.406 ( 2.353 ms): perf/26500 write(fd: 3</root/perf.data>, buf: 0x7ff949ecb000, count: 3453256) = 3453256
> 74987.764 ( 2.629 ms): perf/26500 write(fd: 3</root/perf.data>, buf: 0x7ff9496ca000, count: 3859232) = 3859232
> 74990.399 ( 2.341 ms): perf/26500 write(fd: 3</root/perf.data>, buf: 0x7ff948ec9000, count: 3769032) = 3769032
> 74992.744 ( 2.064 ms): perf/26500 write(fd: 3</root/perf.data>, buf: 0x7ff9486c8000, count: 3310520) = 3310520
> 74994.814 ( 2.619 ms): perf/26500 write(fd: 3</root/perf.data>, buf: 0x7ff947ec7000, count: 4194688) = 4194688
> 74997.439 ( 2.787 ms): perf/26500 write(fd: 3</root/perf.data>, buf: 0x7ff9476c6000, count: 4029760) = 4029760
>
> Was again limited to a quarter of the mmap size:
>
> mmap flush: 2098176
> mmap size 8392704B
>
> A warning about that would be good to have but can be added later,
> something like:
>
> "max flush is a quarter of the mmap size, if wanting to bump the mmap
> flush further, bump the mmap size as well using -m/--mmap-pages"
>
> Signed-off-by: Alexey Budankov <alexey.budankov@...ux.intel.com>
> Reviewed-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>
> Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
> Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>
> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/f6600d72-ecfa-2eb7-7e51-f6954547d500@linux.intel.com
> Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
>
> diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
> index 8fe4dffcadd0..58986f4cc190 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
> +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
> @@ -459,6 +459,25 @@ Set affinity mask of trace reading thread according to the policy defined by 'mo
> node - thread affinity mask is set to NUMA node cpu mask of the processed mmap buffer
> cpu - thread affinity mask is set to cpu of the processed mmap buffer
>
> +--mmap-flush=number::
> +
> +Specify minimal number of bytes that is extracted from mmap data pages and
> +processed for output. One can specify the number using B/K/M/G suffixes.
> +
> +The maximal allowed value is a quarter of the size of mmaped data pages.
> +
> +The default option value is 1 byte which means that every time that the output
> +writing thread finds some new data in the mmaped buffer the data is extracted,
> +possibly compressed (-z) and written to the output, perf.data or pipe.
> +
> +Larger data chunks are compressed more effectively in comparison to smaller
> +chunks so extraction of larger chunks from the mmap data pages is preferable
> +from the perspective of output size reduction.
> +
> +Also at some cases executing less output write syscalls with bigger data size
> +can take less time than executing more output write syscalls with smaller data
> +size thus lowering runtime profiling overhead.
> +
> --all-kernel::
> Configure all used events to run in kernel space.
>
> diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
> index 4e2d953d4bc5..e344232c2ac6 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
> @@ -337,6 +337,41 @@ static int record__aio_enabled(struct record *rec)
> return rec->opts.nr_cblocks > 0;
> }
>
> +#define MMAP_FLUSH_DEFAULT 1
> +static int record__mmap_flush_parse(const struct option *opt,
> + const char *str,
> + int unset)
> +{
> + int flush_max;
> + struct record_opts *opts = (struct record_opts *)opt->value;
> + static struct parse_tag tags[] = {
> + { .tag = 'B', .mult = 1 },
> + { .tag = 'K', .mult = 1 << 10 },
> + { .tag = 'M', .mult = 1 << 20 },
> + { .tag = 'G', .mult = 1 << 30 },
> + { .tag = 0 },
> + };
> +
> + if (unset)
> + return 0;
> +
> + if (str) {
> + opts->mmap_flush = parse_tag_value(str, tags);
> + if (opts->mmap_flush == (int)-1)
> + opts->mmap_flush = strtol(str, NULL, 0);
> + }
> +
> + if (!opts->mmap_flush)
> + opts->mmap_flush = MMAP_FLUSH_DEFAULT;
> +
> + flush_max = perf_evlist__mmap_size(opts->mmap_pages);
> + flush_max /= 4;
> + if (opts->mmap_flush > flush_max)
> + opts->mmap_flush = flush_max;
> +
> + return 0;
> +}
> +
> static int process_synthesized_event(struct perf_tool *tool,
> union perf_event *event,
> struct perf_sample *sample __maybe_unused,
> @@ -546,7 +581,8 @@ static int record__mmap_evlist(struct record *rec,
> if (perf_evlist__mmap_ex(evlist, opts->mmap_pages,
> opts->auxtrace_mmap_pages,
> opts->auxtrace_snapshot_mode,
> - opts->nr_cblocks, opts->affinity) < 0) {
> + opts->nr_cblocks, opts->affinity,
> + opts->mmap_flush) < 0) {
> if (errno == EPERM) {
> pr_err("Permission error mapping pages.\n"
> "Consider increasing "
> @@ -736,7 +772,7 @@ static void record__adjust_affinity(struct record *rec, struct perf_mmap *map)
> }
>
> static int record__mmap_read_evlist(struct record *rec, struct perf_evlist *evlist,
> - bool overwrite)
> + bool overwrite, bool synch)
> {
> u64 bytes_written = rec->bytes_written;
> int i;
> @@ -759,12 +795,19 @@ static int record__mmap_read_evlist(struct record *rec, struct perf_evlist *evli
> off = record__aio_get_pos(trace_fd);
>
> for (i = 0; i < evlist->nr_mmaps; i++) {
> + u64 flush = 0;
> struct perf_mmap *map = &maps[i];
>
> if (map->base) {
> record__adjust_affinity(rec, map);
> + if (synch) {
> + flush = map->flush;
> + map->flush = 1;
> + }
> if (!record__aio_enabled(rec)) {
> if (perf_mmap__push(map, rec, record__pushfn) != 0) {
> + if (synch)
> + map->flush = flush;
> rc = -1;
> goto out;
> }
> @@ -777,10 +820,14 @@ static int record__mmap_read_evlist(struct record *rec, struct perf_evlist *evli
> idx = record__aio_sync(map, false);
> if (perf_mmap__aio_push(map, rec, idx, record__aio_pushfn, &off) != 0) {
> record__aio_set_pos(trace_fd, off);
> + if (synch)
> + map->flush = flush;
> rc = -1;
> goto out;
> }
> }
> + if (synch)
> + map->flush = flush;
> }
>
> if (map->auxtrace_mmap.base && !rec->opts.auxtrace_snapshot_mode &&
> @@ -806,15 +853,15 @@ static int record__mmap_read_evlist(struct record *rec, struct perf_evlist *evli
> return rc;
> }
>
> -static int record__mmap_read_all(struct record *rec)
> +static int record__mmap_read_all(struct record *rec, bool synch)
> {
> int err;
>
> - err = record__mmap_read_evlist(rec, rec->evlist, false);
> + err = record__mmap_read_evlist(rec, rec->evlist, false, synch);
> if (err)
> return err;
>
> - return record__mmap_read_evlist(rec, rec->evlist, true);
> + return record__mmap_read_evlist(rec, rec->evlist, true, synch);
> }
>
> static void record__init_features(struct record *rec)
> @@ -1340,7 +1387,7 @@ static int __cmd_record(struct record *rec, int argc, const char **argv)
> if (trigger_is_hit(&switch_output_trigger) || done || draining)
> perf_evlist__toggle_bkw_mmap(rec->evlist, BKW_MMAP_DATA_PENDING);
>
> - if (record__mmap_read_all(rec) < 0) {
> + if (record__mmap_read_all(rec, false) < 0) {
> trigger_error(&auxtrace_snapshot_trigger);
> trigger_error(&switch_output_trigger);
> err = -1;
> @@ -1441,6 +1488,7 @@ static int __cmd_record(struct record *rec, int argc, const char **argv)
> record__synthesize_workload(rec, true);
>
> out_child:
> + record__mmap_read_all(rec, true);
> record__aio_mmap_read_sync(rec);
>
> if (forks) {
> @@ -1846,6 +1894,7 @@ static struct record record = {
> .uses_mmap = true,
> .default_per_cpu = true,
> },
> + .mmap_flush = MMAP_FLUSH_DEFAULT,
> },
> .tool = {
> .sample = process_sample_event,
> @@ -1912,6 +1961,9 @@ static struct option __record_options[] = {
> OPT_CALLBACK('m', "mmap-pages", &record.opts, "pages[,pages]",
> "number of mmap data pages and AUX area tracing mmap pages",
> record__parse_mmap_pages),
> + OPT_CALLBACK(0, "mmap-flush", &record.opts, "number",
> + "Minimal number of bytes that is extracted from mmap data pages (default: 1)",
> + record__mmap_flush_parse),
> OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "group", &record.opts.group,
> "put the counters into a counter group"),
> OPT_CALLBACK_NOOPT('g', NULL, &callchain_param,
> @@ -2224,6 +2276,7 @@ int cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv)
> pr_info("nr_cblocks: %d\n", rec->opts.nr_cblocks);
>
> pr_debug("affinity: %s\n", affinity_tags[rec->opts.affinity]);
> + pr_debug("mmap flush: %d\n", rec->opts.mmap_flush);
>
> err = __cmd_record(&record, argc, argv);
> out:
> diff --git a/tools/perf/perf.h b/tools/perf/perf.h
> index c59743def8d3..369eae61068d 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/perf.h
> +++ b/tools/perf/perf.h
> @@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ struct record_opts {
> u64 clockid_res_ns;
> int nr_cblocks;
> int affinity;
> + int mmap_flush;
> };
>
> enum perf_affinity {
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
> index ec78e93085de..54ef0b596134 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
> @@ -1038,7 +1038,7 @@ int perf_evlist__parse_mmap_pages(const struct option *opt, const char *str,
> */
> int perf_evlist__mmap_ex(struct perf_evlist *evlist, unsigned int pages,
> unsigned int auxtrace_pages,
> - bool auxtrace_overwrite, int nr_cblocks, int affinity)
> + bool auxtrace_overwrite, int nr_cblocks, int affinity, int flush)
> {
> struct perf_evsel *evsel;
> const struct cpu_map *cpus = evlist->cpus;
> @@ -1048,7 +1048,7 @@ int perf_evlist__mmap_ex(struct perf_evlist *evlist, unsigned int pages,
> * Its value is decided by evsel's write_backward.
> * So &mp should not be passed through const pointer.
> */
> - struct mmap_params mp = { .nr_cblocks = nr_cblocks, .affinity = affinity };
> + struct mmap_params mp = { .nr_cblocks = nr_cblocks, .affinity = affinity, .flush = flush };
>
> if (!evlist->mmap)
> evlist->mmap = perf_evlist__alloc_mmap(evlist, false);
> @@ -1080,7 +1080,7 @@ int perf_evlist__mmap_ex(struct perf_evlist *evlist, unsigned int pages,
>
> int perf_evlist__mmap(struct perf_evlist *evlist, unsigned int pages)
> {
> - return perf_evlist__mmap_ex(evlist, pages, 0, false, 0, PERF_AFFINITY_SYS);
> + return perf_evlist__mmap_ex(evlist, pages, 0, false, 0, PERF_AFFINITY_SYS, 1);
> }
>
> int perf_evlist__create_maps(struct perf_evlist *evlist, struct target *target)
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.h b/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
> index dcb68f34d2cd..ad705bb1d3d1 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
> @@ -177,7 +177,8 @@ unsigned long perf_event_mlock_kb_in_pages(void);
>
> int perf_evlist__mmap_ex(struct perf_evlist *evlist, unsigned int pages,
> unsigned int auxtrace_pages,
> - bool auxtrace_overwrite, int nr_cblocks, int affinity);
> + bool auxtrace_overwrite, int nr_cblocks,
> + int affinity, int flush);
> int perf_evlist__mmap(struct perf_evlist *evlist, unsigned int pages);
> void perf_evlist__munmap(struct perf_evlist *evlist);
>
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/mmap.c b/tools/perf/util/mmap.c
> index cdc7740fc181..ef3d79b2c90b 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/mmap.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/mmap.c
> @@ -440,6 +440,8 @@ int perf_mmap__mmap(struct perf_mmap *map, struct mmap_params *mp, int fd, int c
>
> perf_mmap__setup_affinity_mask(map, mp);
>
> + map->flush = mp->flush;
> +
> if (auxtrace_mmap__mmap(&map->auxtrace_mmap,
> &mp->auxtrace_mp, map->base, fd))
> return -1;
> @@ -492,7 +494,7 @@ static int __perf_mmap__read_init(struct perf_mmap *md)
> md->start = md->overwrite ? head : old;
> md->end = md->overwrite ? old : head;
>
> - if (md->start == md->end)
> + if ((md->end - md->start) < md->flush)
> return -EAGAIN;
>
> size = md->end - md->start;
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/mmap.h b/tools/perf/util/mmap.h
> index e566c19b242b..b82f8c2d55c4 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/mmap.h
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/mmap.h
> @@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ struct perf_mmap {
> } aio;
> #endif
> cpu_set_t affinity_mask;
> + u64 flush;
> };
>
> /*
> @@ -70,7 +71,7 @@ enum bkw_mmap_state {
> };
>
> struct mmap_params {
> - int prot, mask, nr_cblocks, affinity;
> + int prot, mask, nr_cblocks, affinity, flush;
> struct auxtrace_mmap_params auxtrace_mp;
> };
>
>
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