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Message-ID: <20200428121601.GB2245@kernel.org>
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2020 09:16:01 -0300
From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <arnaldo.melo@...il.com>
To: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>, Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
Clark Williams <williams@...hat.com>,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org,
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>,
Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>,
Song Liu <songliubraving@...com>,
Wang Nan <wangnan0@...wei.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/7] perf record: Introduce --switch-output-event
Em Tue, Apr 28, 2020 at 11:48:39AM +0200, Jiri Olsa escreveu:
> On Mon, Apr 27, 2020 at 06:19:35PM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
>
> SNIP
>
> > ---
> > tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt | 13 ++++++++
> > tools/perf/builtin-record.c | 40 +++++++++++++++++++++---
> > 2 files changed, 49 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
> > index 6e8b4649307c..561ef55743e2 100644
> > --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
> > +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
> > @@ -556,6 +556,19 @@ overhead. You can still switch them on with:
> >
> > --switch-output --no-no-buildid --no-no-buildid-cache
> >
> > +--switch-output-event::
> > +Events that will cause the switch of the perf.data file, auto-selecting
> > +--switch-output=signal, the results are similar as internally the side band
> > +thread will also send a SIGUSR2 to the main one.
> > +
> > +Uses the same syntax as --event, it will just not be recorded, serving only to
> > +switch the perf.data file as soon as the --switch-output event is processed by
> > +a separate sideband thread.
> > +
> > +This sideband thread is also used to other purposes, like processing the
> > +PERF_RECORD_BPF_EVENT records as they happen, asking the kernel for extra BPF
> > +information, etc.
>
> first I thought we should follow the --switch-output 'xxx' way,
> but then you need to specify an event, so I guess --switch-output-event
> is better
Yeah, otherwise we'd have to play a bit more tricky games with
--switch-output parsing, to support something like:
--switch-output=event(event_desc_str)
and pass that event_desc_str to parse_events_option_new_evlist(), do you
think that sounds better?
> > +
> > --switch-max-files=N::
> >
> > When rotating perf.data with --switch-output, only keep N files.
> > diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
> > index ed2244847400..8ff5eaec26e9 100644
> > --- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
> > +++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
> > @@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ struct record {
> > struct evlist *evlist;
> > struct perf_session *session;
> > struct evlist *sb_evlist;
> > + pthread_t thread_id;
> > int realtime_prio;
> > bool no_buildid;
> > bool no_buildid_set;
> > @@ -1436,6 +1437,13 @@ static int record__synthesize(struct record *rec, bool tail)
> > return err;
> > }
> >
> > +static int record__process_signal_event(union perf_event *event __maybe_unused, void *data)
> > +{
> > + struct record *rec = data;
> > + pthread_kill(rec->thread_id, SIGUSR2);
> > + return 0;
> > +}
> > +
> > static int __cmd_record(struct record *rec, int argc, const char **argv)
> > {
> > int err;
> > @@ -1580,12 +1588,24 @@ static int __cmd_record(struct record *rec, int argc, const char **argv)
> > goto out_child;
> > }
> >
> > - if (!opts->no_bpf_event) {
> > - rec->sb_evlist = evlist__new();
> > + if (rec->sb_evlist != NULL) {
> > + /*
> > + * We get here if --switch-output-event populated the
> > + * sb_evlist, so associate a callback that will send a SIGUSR2
> > + * to the main thread.
> > + */
> > + evlist__set_cb(rec->sb_evlist, record__process_signal_event, rec);
> > + rec->thread_id = pthread_self();
> > + }
> >
> > + if (!opts->no_bpf_event) {
> > if (rec->sb_evlist == NULL) {
> > - pr_err("Couldn't create side band evlist.\n.");
> > - goto out_child;
> > + rec->sb_evlist = evlist__new();
> > +
> > + if (rec->sb_evlist == NULL) {
> > + pr_err("Couldn't create side band evlist.\n.");
> > + goto out_child;
> > + }
> > }
> >
> > if (evlist__add_bpf_sb_event(rec->sb_evlist, &session->header.env)) {
>
> it's getting bigger, I wonder we should put all the sb_* setup in
> separated functions like sb_start/sb_stop
Well, the rec->thread_id = pthread_self(); part is just for reusing a
'perf record' specific mechanism, what to do when the event appears in
the side band thread ring buffer, the evlist__set_cb() also is related
to that, moving thread_id to evlist seems too much at this time.
> > @@ -2179,10 +2199,19 @@ static int switch_output_setup(struct record *rec)
> > };
> > unsigned long val;
> >
> > + /*
> > + * If we're using --switch-output-events, then we imply its
> > + * --switch-output=signal, as we'll send a SIGUSR2 from the side band
> > + * thread to its parent.
> > + */
> > + if (rec->sb_evlist != NULL)
> > + goto do_signal;
> > +
> > if (!s->set)
> > return 0;
> hum, it looks like this jump is not necessay and can be avoided
> by some bool checks.. could we add some bool when --switch-output-event
> is used, so we don't depend on wether rec->sb_evlist was allocated for
> whatever reason?
If rec->sb_evlist is NULL, then there was no --switch-output-event
passed... The only advantage in adding the complexity below would be if
we had rec->switch_output_event_set which would clarify that sb_evlist
is not used only for --switch-output-event, to make things clearer.
And this still leaves us with the jump, otherwise we would have to test
it twice, right?
I think I'll separate the patch adding OPT_CALLBACK_SET(), then fold the
switch_output_event_set addition to builtin-record, ok?
- Arnaldo
diff --git a/tools/lib/subcmd/parse-options.h b/tools/lib/subcmd/parse-options.h
index af9def589863..d2414144eb8c 100644
--- a/tools/lib/subcmd/parse-options.h
+++ b/tools/lib/subcmd/parse-options.h
@@ -151,6 +151,8 @@ struct option {
{ .type = OPTION_CALLBACK, .short_name = (s), .long_name = (l), .value = (v), .argh = "time", .help = (h), .callback = parse_opt_approxidate_cb }
#define OPT_CALLBACK(s, l, v, a, h, f) \
{ .type = OPTION_CALLBACK, .short_name = (s), .long_name = (l), .value = (v), .argh = (a), .help = (h), .callback = (f) }
+#define OPT_CALLBACK_SET(s, l, v, os, a, h, f) \
+ { .type = OPTION_CALLBACK, .short_name = (s), .long_name = (l), .value = (v), .argh = (a), .help = (h), .callback = (f), .set = check_vtype(os, bool *)}
#define OPT_CALLBACK_NOOPT(s, l, v, a, h, f) \
{ .type = OPTION_CALLBACK, .short_name = (s), .long_name = (l), .value = (v), .argh = (a), .help = (h), .callback = (f), .flags = PARSE_OPT_NOARG }
#define OPT_CALLBACK_DEFAULT(s, l, v, a, h, f, d) \
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index 8ff5eaec26e9..7a6a89972691 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ struct record {
struct evlist *sb_evlist;
pthread_t thread_id;
int realtime_prio;
+ bool switch_output_event_set;
bool no_buildid;
bool no_buildid_set;
bool no_buildid_cache;
@@ -2204,7 +2205,7 @@ static int switch_output_setup(struct record *rec)
* --switch-output=signal, as we'll send a SIGUSR2 from the side band
* thread to its parent.
*/
- if (rec->sb_evlist != NULL)
+ if (rec->switch_output_event_set)
goto do_signal;
if (!s->set)
@@ -2469,9 +2470,9 @@ static struct option __record_options[] = {
&record.switch_output.set, "signal or size[BKMG] or time[smhd]",
"Switch output when receiving SIGUSR2 (signal) or cross a size or time threshold",
"signal"),
- OPT_CALLBACK(0, "switch-output-event", &record.sb_evlist, "switch output event",
- "switch output event selector. use 'perf list' to list available events",
- parse_events_option_new_evlist),
+ OPT_CALLBACK_SET(0, "switch-output-event", &record.sb_evlist, &record.switch_output_event_set, "switch output event",
+ "switch output event selector. use 'perf list' to list available events",
+ parse_events_option_new_evlist),
OPT_INTEGER(0, "switch-max-files", &record.switch_output.num_files,
"Limit number of switch output generated files"),
OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "dry-run", &dry_run,
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