linux-kernel - [PATCH v1] perf lock: Provide a host

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Message-ID: <20250913000129.1306162-1-irogers@google.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2025 17:01:29 -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>, 
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>, 
	Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>, Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>, 
	Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>, Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>, 
	Kan Liang <kan.liang@...ux.intel.com>, linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v1] perf lock: Provide a host_env for session new

When "perf lock con" is run in a live mode, with no data file, a host
environment must be provided. Testing missed this as a failing assert
was creating the 1 line of expected stderr output.

Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>
---
Please consider this patch for v6.17 fixes.
---
 tools/perf/builtin-lock.c | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-lock.c b/tools/perf/builtin-lock.c
index fd49703021fd..078634461df2 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-lock.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-lock.c
@@ -2009,6 +2009,7 @@ static int __cmd_contention(int argc, const char **argv)
 		.owner = show_lock_owner,
 		.cgroups = RB_ROOT,
 	};
+	struct perf_env host_env;
 
 	lockhash_table = calloc(LOCKHASH_SIZE, sizeof(*lockhash_table));
 	if (!lockhash_table)
@@ -2024,7 +2025,10 @@ static int __cmd_contention(int argc, const char **argv)
 	eops.mmap		 = perf_event__process_mmap;
 	eops.tracing_data	 = perf_event__process_tracing_data;
 
-	session = perf_session__new(use_bpf ? NULL : &data, &eops);
+	perf_env__init(&host_env);
+	session = __perf_session__new(use_bpf ? NULL : &data, &eops,
+				/*trace_event_repipe=*/false, &host_env);
+
 	if (IS_ERR(session)) {
 		pr_err("Initializing perf session failed\n");
 		err = PTR_ERR(session);
@@ -2142,6 +2146,7 @@ static int __cmd_contention(int argc, const char **argv)
 	evlist__delete(con.evlist);
 	lock_contention_finish(&con);
 	perf_session__delete(session);
+	perf_env__exit(&host_env);
 	zfree(&lockhash_table);
 	return err;
 }
-- 
2.51.0.384.g4c02a37b29-goog