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Date:   Wed, 11 May 2022 10:02:13 +0300
From:   Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>
To:     Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>
Cc:     Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
        Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>,
        Alexey Bayduraev <alexey.v.bayduraev@...ux.intel.com>,
        Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
        Leo Yan <leo.yan@...aro.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2 10/23] perf auxtrace: Add mmap_needed to
 auxtrace_mmap_params

On 6/05/22 23:16, Ian Rogers wrote:
> On Fri, May 6, 2022 at 5:26 AM Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com> wrote:
>>
>> Add mmap_needed to auxtrace_mmap_params.
>>
>> Currently an auxtrace mmap is always attempted even if the event is not an
>> auxtrace event. That works because, when AUX area tracing, there is always
>> an auxtrace event first for every mmap. Prepare for that not being the
>> case, which it won't be when sideband tracking events are allowed on
>> all CPUs even when auxtrace is limited to selected CPUs.
> 
> Should there be a later patch to remove this option and just not do
> the auxtrace mmap when it's not necessary?

The same code path is used for non-auxtrace mmap as auxtrace mmap.
I have amended the comment to explain.

> 
>> Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>
>> ---
>>  tools/perf/util/auxtrace.c | 10 ++++++++--
>>  tools/perf/util/auxtrace.h |  8 ++++++--
>>  tools/perf/util/evlist.c   |  5 +++--
>>  tools/perf/util/mmap.c     |  1 +
>>  4 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.c b/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.c
>> index b11549ae39df..b446cfa66469 100644
>> --- a/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.c
>> +++ b/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.c
>> @@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ int auxtrace_mmap__mmap(struct auxtrace_mmap *mm,
>>         mm->tid = mp->tid;
>>         mm->cpu = mp->cpu.cpu;
>>
>> -       if (!mp->len) {
>> +       if (!mp->len || !mp->mmap_needed) {
>>                 mm->base = NULL;
>>                 return 0;
>>         }
>> @@ -168,9 +168,15 @@ void auxtrace_mmap_params__init(struct auxtrace_mmap_params *mp,
>>  }
>>
>>  void auxtrace_mmap_params__set_idx(struct auxtrace_mmap_params *mp,
>> -                                  struct evlist *evlist, int idx,
>> +                                  struct evlist *evlist,
>> +                                  struct evsel *evsel, int idx,
>>                                    bool per_cpu)
>>  {
>> +       mp->mmap_needed = evsel->needs_auxtrace_mmap;
>> +
>> +       if (!mp->mmap_needed)
>> +               return;
>> +
>>         mp->idx = idx;
>>
>>         if (per_cpu) {
>> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.h b/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.h
>> index dc38b6f57232..37feae003904 100644
>> --- a/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.h
>> +++ b/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.h
>> @@ -344,6 +344,7 @@ struct auxtrace_mmap {
>>   * @idx: index of this mmap
>>   * @tid: tid for a per-thread mmap (also set if there is only 1 tid on a per-cpu
>>   *       mmap) otherwise %0
>> + * @mmap_needed: set to %false for non-auxtrace events
> 
> Could you add something like:
> (ie. we don't want the mmap but we do want the side effects of ...
> 
> Thanks,
> Ian
> 
>>   * @cpu: cpu number for a per-cpu mmap otherwise %-1
>>   */
>>  struct auxtrace_mmap_params {
>> @@ -353,6 +354,7 @@ struct auxtrace_mmap_params {
>>         int             prot;
>>         int             idx;
>>         pid_t           tid;
>> +       bool            mmap_needed;
>>         struct perf_cpu cpu;
>>  };
>>
>> @@ -490,7 +492,8 @@ void auxtrace_mmap_params__init(struct auxtrace_mmap_params *mp,
>>                                 unsigned int auxtrace_pages,
>>                                 bool auxtrace_overwrite);
>>  void auxtrace_mmap_params__set_idx(struct auxtrace_mmap_params *mp,
>> -                                  struct evlist *evlist, int idx,
>> +                                  struct evlist *evlist,
>> +                                  struct evsel *evsel, int idx,
>>                                    bool per_cpu);
>>
>>  typedef int (*process_auxtrace_t)(struct perf_tool *tool,
>> @@ -863,7 +866,8 @@ void auxtrace_mmap_params__init(struct auxtrace_mmap_params *mp,
>>                                 unsigned int auxtrace_pages,
>>                                 bool auxtrace_overwrite);
>>  void auxtrace_mmap_params__set_idx(struct auxtrace_mmap_params *mp,
>> -                                  struct evlist *evlist, int idx,
>> +                                  struct evlist *evlist,
>> +                                  struct evsel *evsel, int idx,
>>                                    bool per_cpu);
>>
>>  #define ITRACE_HELP ""
>> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
>> index 7ae56b062f44..996bdc203616 100644
>> --- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
>> +++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
>> @@ -747,15 +747,16 @@ static struct mmap *evlist__alloc_mmap(struct evlist *evlist,
>>
>>  static void
>>  perf_evlist__mmap_cb_idx(struct perf_evlist *_evlist,
>> -                        struct perf_evsel *_evsel __maybe_unused,
>> +                        struct perf_evsel *_evsel,
>>                          struct perf_mmap_param *_mp,
>>                          int idx)
>>  {
>>         struct evlist *evlist = container_of(_evlist, struct evlist, core);
>>         struct mmap_params *mp = container_of(_mp, struct mmap_params, core);
>>         bool per_cpu = !perf_cpu_map__empty(_evlist->user_requested_cpus);
>> +       struct evsel *evsel = container_of(_evsel, struct evsel, core);
>>
>> -       auxtrace_mmap_params__set_idx(&mp->auxtrace_mp, evlist, idx, per_cpu);
>> +       auxtrace_mmap_params__set_idx(&mp->auxtrace_mp, evlist, evsel, idx, per_cpu);
>>  }
>>
>>  static struct perf_mmap*
>> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/mmap.c b/tools/perf/util/mmap.c
>> index 50502b4a7ca4..de59c4da852b 100644
>> --- a/tools/perf/util/mmap.c
>> +++ b/tools/perf/util/mmap.c
>> @@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ void __weak auxtrace_mmap_params__init(struct auxtrace_mmap_params *mp __maybe_u
>>
>>  void __weak auxtrace_mmap_params__set_idx(struct auxtrace_mmap_params *mp __maybe_unused,
>>                                           struct evlist *evlist __maybe_unused,
>> +                                         struct evsel *evsel __maybe_unused,
>>                                           int idx __maybe_unused,
>>                                           bool per_cpu __maybe_unused)
>>  {
>> --
>> 2.25.1
>>

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