Re: [PATCH v1 1/6] perf record: Record the first sample time and last sample time to perf file header

From: Jin, Yao
Date: Thu Sep 21 2017 - 21:00:27 EST




On 9/21/2017 11:21 PM, Jiri Olsa wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 21, 2017 at 05:18:42PM +0200, Jiri Olsa wrote:
>> On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 11:12:32PM +0800, Jin Yao wrote:
>>
>> SNIP
>>
>>> @@ -2647,11 +2681,22 @@ int perf_file_header__read(struct perf_file_header *header,
>>>
>>> if (header->size != sizeof(*header)) {
>>> /* Support the previous format */
>>> - if (header->size == offsetof(typeof(*header), adds_features))
>>> + if (header->size == offsetof(typeof(*header), adds_features)) {
>>> bitmap_zero(header->adds_features, HEADER_FEAT_BITS);
>>> - else
>>> + header->first_sample_time = 0;
>>> + header->last_sample_time = 0;
>>> + format_feature = false;
>>> + format_time = false;
>>> + } else if (header->size == offsetof(typeof(*header),
>>> + first_sample_time)) {
>>> + header->first_sample_time = 0;
>>> + header->last_sample_time = 0;
>>> + format_time = false;
>>> + } else
>>
>> ok, disregard my previou comment.. I should have read the full patch first ;-)
>
> still using the feature looks better to me.. I think we could
> add some generic TLV data feature for cases like this
>
> jirka
>

Thanks for the comments!

I will check how to add generic TLV data feature to record the first sample time and last sample time.

Thanks
Jin Yao