[RFC PATCH v2 2/3] perf tools: Enable overwrite settings

From: Wang Nan
Date: Mon Dec 07 2015 - 08:30:14 EST


This patch allows following config terms and option:

# perf record --overwrite ...

Globally set following events to overwrite;

# perf record --event cycles/overwrite/ ...
# perf record --event cycles/no-overwrite/ ...

Set specific events to be overwrite or no-overwrite.

Signed-off-by: Wang Nan <wangnan0@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/builtin-record.c | 3 +++
tools/perf/perf.h | 2 ++
tools/perf/util/evsel.c | 4 ++++
tools/perf/util/evsel.h | 3 +++
tools/perf/util/parse-events.c | 14 ++++++++++++++
tools/perf/util/parse-events.h | 4 +++-
tools/perf/util/parse-events.l | 2 ++
7 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index 2230b85..ec4135c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -1061,6 +1061,9 @@ struct option __record_options[] = {
OPT_BOOLEAN_SET('i', "no-inherit", &record.opts.no_inherit,
&record.opts.no_inherit_set,
"child tasks do not inherit counters"),
+ OPT_BOOLEAN_SET(0, "overwrite", &record.opts.overwrite,
+ &record.opts.overwrite_set,
+ "use overwrite mode"),
OPT_UINTEGER('F', "freq", &record.opts.user_freq, "profile at this frequency"),
OPT_CALLBACK('m', "mmap-pages", &record.opts, "pages[,pages]",
"number of mmap data pages and AUX area tracing mmap pages",
diff --git a/tools/perf/perf.h b/tools/perf/perf.h
index 90129ac..43d79fb 100644
--- a/tools/perf/perf.h
+++ b/tools/perf/perf.h
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ struct record_opts {
bool full_auxtrace;
bool auxtrace_snapshot_mode;
bool record_switch_events;
+ bool overwrite;
+ bool overwrite_set;
unsigned int freq;
unsigned int mmap_pages;
unsigned int auxtrace_mmap_pages;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index 4dee8e3..3386437 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -668,6 +668,9 @@ static void apply_config_terms(struct perf_evsel *evsel,
*/
attr->inherit = term->val.inherit ? 1 : 0;
break;
+ case PERF_EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_OVERWRITE:
+ evsel->overwrite = term->val.overwrite ? 1 : 0;
+ break;
default:
break;
}
@@ -743,6 +746,7 @@ void perf_evsel__config(struct perf_evsel *evsel, struct record_opts *opts)

attr->sample_id_all = perf_missing_features.sample_id_all ? 0 : 1;
attr->inherit = !opts->no_inherit;
+ evsel->overwrite = opts->overwrite;

perf_evsel__set_sample_bit(evsel, IP);
perf_evsel__set_sample_bit(evsel, TID);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
index 51bab0f..c3b49e0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ enum {
PERF_EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_CALLGRAPH,
PERF_EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_STACK_USER,
PERF_EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_INHERIT,
+ PERF_EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_OVERWRITE,
PERF_EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_MAX,
};

@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ struct perf_evsel_config_term {
char *callgraph;
u64 stack_user;
bool inherit;
+ bool overwrite;
} val;
};

@@ -115,6 +117,7 @@ struct perf_evsel {
bool tracking;
bool per_pkg;
bool precise_max;
+ bool overwrite;
/* parse modifier helper */
int exclude_GH;
int nr_members;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
index c485b32..f20cc81 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
@@ -855,6 +855,12 @@ do { \
case PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_NOINHERIT:
CHECK_TYPE_VAL(NUM);
break;
+ case PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_OVERWRITE:
+ CHECK_TYPE_VAL(NUM);
+ break;
+ case PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_NOOVERWRITE:
+ CHECK_TYPE_VAL(NUM);
+ break;
case PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_NAME:
CHECK_TYPE_VAL(STR);
break;
@@ -892,6 +898,8 @@ static int config_term_tracepoint(struct perf_event_attr *attr,
case PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_STACKSIZE:
case PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_INHERIT:
case PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_NOINHERIT:
+ case PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_OVERWRITE:
+ case PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_NOOVERWRITE:
return config_term_common(attr, term, err);
default:
if (err) {
@@ -961,6 +969,12 @@ do { \
case PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_NOINHERIT:
ADD_CONFIG_TERM(INHERIT, inherit, term->val.num ? 0 : 1);
break;
+ case PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_OVERWRITE:
+ ADD_CONFIG_TERM(OVERWRITE, overwrite, term->val.num ? 1 : 0);
+ break;
+ case PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_NOOVERWRITE:
+ ADD_CONFIG_TERM(OVERWRITE, overwrite, term->val.num ? 0 : 1);
+ break;
default:
break;
}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h
index c34615f..29cc804 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h
@@ -68,7 +68,9 @@ enum {
PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_CALLGRAPH,
PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_STACKSIZE,
PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_NOINHERIT,
- PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_INHERIT
+ PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_INHERIT,
+ PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_NOOVERWRITE,
+ PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_OVERWRITE,
};

struct parse_events_array {
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.l b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.l
index 27d567f..2ef6f96 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.l
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.l
@@ -202,6 +202,8 @@ call-graph { return term(yyscanner, PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_CALLGRAPH); }
stack-size { return term(yyscanner, PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_STACKSIZE); }
inherit { return term(yyscanner, PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_INHERIT); }
no-inherit { return term(yyscanner, PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_NOINHERIT); }
+overwrite { return term(yyscanner, PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_OVERWRITE); }
+no-overwrite { return term(yyscanner, PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_NOOVERWRITE); }
, { return ','; }
"/" { BEGIN(INITIAL); return '/'; }
{name_minus} { return str(yyscanner, PE_NAME); }
--
1.8.3.4

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