linux-kernel - [PATCH v1 08/11] perf bench synthesize: Avoid use of global perf

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Message-ID: <20250527064153.149939-9-irogers@google.com>
Date: Mon, 26 May 2025 23:41:50 -0700
From: Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>
To: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, 
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>, Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>, 
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	Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>, Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>, 
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	linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH v1 08/11] perf bench synthesize: Avoid use of global perf_env

The benchmark doesn't use a data file and so the header perf_env isn't
used. Stack allocate a host perf_env for use to avoid the use of the
global perf_env.

Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>
---
 tools/perf/bench/synthesize.c | 30 +++++++++++++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/bench/synthesize.c b/tools/perf/bench/synthesize.c
index 9b333276cbdb..79d99ba50284 100644
--- a/tools/perf/bench/synthesize.c
+++ b/tools/perf/bench/synthesize.c
@@ -114,10 +114,13 @@ static int run_single_threaded(void)
 		.pid = "self",
 	};
 	struct perf_thread_map *threads;
+	struct perf_env host_env;
 	int err;
 
 	perf_set_singlethreaded();
-	session = perf_session__new(NULL, NULL);
+	perf_env__init(&host_env);
+	session = __perf_session__new(/*data=*/NULL, /*tool=*/NULL,
+				      /*trace_event_repipe=*/false, &host_env);
 	if (IS_ERR(session)) {
 		pr_err("Session creation failed.\n");
 		return PTR_ERR(session);
@@ -144,6 +147,7 @@ static int run_single_threaded(void)
 		perf_thread_map__put(threads);
 
 	perf_session__delete(session);
+	perf_env__exit(&host_env);
 	return err;
 }
 
@@ -154,17 +158,21 @@ static int do_run_multi_threaded(struct target *target,
 	u64 runtime_us;
 	unsigned int i;
 	double time_average, time_stddev, event_average, event_stddev;
-	int err;
+	int err = 0;
 	struct stats time_stats, event_stats;
 	struct perf_session *session;
+	struct perf_env host_env;
 
+	perf_env__init(&host_env);
 	init_stats(&time_stats);
 	init_stats(&event_stats);
 	for (i = 0; i < multi_iterations; i++) {
-		session = perf_session__new(NULL, NULL);
-		if (IS_ERR(session))
-			return PTR_ERR(session);
-
+		session = __perf_session__new(/*data=*/NULL, /*tool=*/NULL,
+					      /*trace_event_repipe=*/false, &host_env);
+		if (IS_ERR(session)) {
+			err = PTR_ERR(session);
+			goto err_out;
+		}
 		atomic_set(&event_count, 0);
 		gettimeofday(&start, NULL);
 		err = __machine__synthesize_threads(&session->machines.host,
@@ -173,10 +181,8 @@ static int do_run_multi_threaded(struct target *target,
 						process_synthesized_event,
 						true, false,
 						nr_threads_synthesize);
-		if (err) {
-			perf_session__delete(session);
-			return err;
-		}
+		if (err)
+			goto err_out;
 
 		gettimeofday(&end, NULL);
 		timersub(&end, &start, &diff);
@@ -198,7 +204,9 @@ static int do_run_multi_threaded(struct target *target,
 
 	printf("    Average time per event %.3f usec\n",
 		time_average / event_average);
-	return 0;
+err_out:
+	perf_env__exit(&host_env);
+	return err;
 }
 
 static int run_multi_threaded(void)
-- 
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