[PATCH 1/1] Perf: fix overwritten of free running PEBSv3 timestamp

From: Tong Zhang
Date: Wed Feb 10 2016 - 17:38:44 EST


commit a7b58d211ba18c9175b139e18b68c86a6bcc3c3f introduced feature of
timestamp on free running PEBSv3, however, the timestamp is later
overwritten, which makes the effort in vain.

This patch fixed this problem by detecting whether timestamp is provided.

Signed-off-by: Tong Zhang <ztong@xxxxxx>
---
include/linux/perf_event.h | 1 +
kernel/events/core.c | 45 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
kernel/events/ring_buffer.c | 4 +++-
3 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/perf_event.h b/include/linux/perf_event.h
index f9828a4..12d7b95 100644
--- a/include/linux/perf_event.h
+++ b/include/linux/perf_event.h
@@ -815,6 +815,7 @@ static inline void perf_sample_data_init(struct perf_sample_data *data,
data->weight = 0;
data->data_src.val = PERF_MEM_NA;
data->txn = 0;
+ data->time = 0;
}

extern void perf_output_sample(struct perf_output_handle *handle,
diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index 06ae52e..0e5a9fa 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -5113,9 +5113,10 @@ static void __perf_event_header__init_id(struct perf_event_header *header,
data->tid_entry.tid = perf_event_tid(event, current);
}

- if (sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_TIME)
- data->time = perf_event_clock(event);
-
+ if (sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_TIME) {
+ if (data->time == 0)
+ data->time = perf_event_clock(event);
+ }
if (sample_type & (PERF_SAMPLE_ID | PERF_SAMPLE_IDENTIFIER))
data->id = primary_event_id(event);

@@ -5567,7 +5568,9 @@ perf_event_read_event(struct perf_event *event,
struct task_struct *task)
{
struct perf_output_handle handle;
- struct perf_sample_data sample;
+ struct perf_sample_data sample = {
+ .time = 0,
+ };
struct perf_read_event read_event = {
.header = {
.type = PERF_RECORD_READ,
@@ -5691,7 +5694,9 @@ static void perf_event_task_output(struct perf_event *event,
{
struct perf_task_event *task_event = data;
struct perf_output_handle handle;
- struct perf_sample_data sample;
+ struct perf_sample_data sample = {
+ .time = 0,
+ };
struct task_struct *task = task_event->task;
int ret, size = task_event->event_id.header.size;

@@ -5787,7 +5792,9 @@ static void perf_event_comm_output(struct perf_event *event,
{
struct perf_comm_event *comm_event = data;
struct perf_output_handle handle;
- struct perf_sample_data sample;
+ struct perf_sample_data sample = {
+ .time = 0,
+ };
int size = comm_event->event_id.header.size;
int ret;

@@ -5900,7 +5907,9 @@ static void perf_event_mmap_output(struct perf_event *event,
{
struct perf_mmap_event *mmap_event = data;
struct perf_output_handle handle;
- struct perf_sample_data sample;
+ struct perf_sample_data sample = {
+ .time = 0,
+ };
int size = mmap_event->event_id.header.size;
int ret;

@@ -6105,7 +6114,9 @@ void perf_event_aux_event(struct perf_event *event, unsigned long head,
unsigned long size, u64 flags)
{
struct perf_output_handle handle;
- struct perf_sample_data sample;
+ struct perf_sample_data sample = {
+ .time = 0,
+ };
struct perf_aux_event {
struct perf_event_header header;
u64 offset;
@@ -6141,7 +6152,9 @@ void perf_event_aux_event(struct perf_event *event, unsigned long head,
void perf_log_lost_samples(struct perf_event *event, u64 lost)
{
struct perf_output_handle handle;
- struct perf_sample_data sample;
+ struct perf_sample_data sample = {
+ .time = 0,
+ };
int ret;

struct {
@@ -6192,7 +6205,9 @@ static void perf_event_switch_output(struct perf_event *event, void *data)
{
struct perf_switch_event *se = data;
struct perf_output_handle handle;
- struct perf_sample_data sample;
+ struct perf_sample_data sample = {
+ .time = 0,
+ };
int ret;

if (!perf_event_switch_match(event))
@@ -6260,7 +6275,9 @@ static void perf_event_switch(struct task_struct *task,
static void perf_log_throttle(struct perf_event *event, int enable)
{
struct perf_output_handle handle;
- struct perf_sample_data sample;
+ struct perf_sample_data sample = {
+ .time = 0,
+ };
int ret;

struct {
@@ -6297,7 +6314,9 @@ static void perf_log_throttle(struct perf_event *event, int enable)
static void perf_log_itrace_start(struct perf_event *event)
{
struct perf_output_handle handle;
- struct perf_sample_data sample;
+ struct perf_sample_data sample = {
+ .time = 0,
+ };
struct perf_aux_event {
struct perf_event_header header;
u32 pid;
@@ -6468,6 +6487,7 @@ static void perf_swevent_overflow(struct perf_event *event, u64 overflow,
return;

for (; overflow; overflow--) {
+ data->time = 0;
if (__perf_event_overflow(event, throttle,
data, regs)) {
/*
@@ -6608,6 +6628,7 @@ static void do_perf_sw_event(enum perf_type_id type, u32 event_id,
goto end;

hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(event, head, hlist_entry) {
+ data->time = 0;
if (perf_swevent_match(event, type, event_id, data, regs))
perf_swevent_event(event, nr, data, regs);
}
diff --git a/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c
index adfdc05..049379b 100644
--- a/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c
@@ -178,7 +178,9 @@ int perf_output_begin(struct perf_output_handle *handle,
handle->size = (1UL << page_shift) - offset;

if (unlikely(have_lost)) {
- struct perf_sample_data sample_data;
+ struct perf_sample_data sample_data = {
+ .time = 0,
+ };

lost_event.header.size = sizeof(lost_event);
lost_event.header.type = PERF_RECORD_LOST;
--
2.4.10