Re: [PATCHv2] perf tools: Detect when pipe is passed as perf data

From: Stephane Eranian
Date: Mon Jan 11 2021 - 02:14:16 EST


On Wed, Jan 6, 2021 at 1:49 AM Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Jan 05, 2021 at 05:33:38PM -0800, Stephane Eranian wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Wed, Dec 30, 2020 at 3:09 AM Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > Currently we allow pipe input/output only through '-' string
> > > being passed to '-o' or '-i' options, like:
> > >
> > It seems to me it would be useful to auto-detect that the perf.data
> > file is in pipe vs. file mode format.
> > Your patch detects the type of the file which is something different
> > from the format of its content.
>
> hi,
> it goes together with the format, once the output file
> is pipe, the format is pipe as well
>
What I was saying is if I do:
$ perf record -o - -a sleep 10 > perf.data
$ perf report -i perf.data
it should autodetect it is a pipe mode file.
Does it do that today?

> jirka
>
> > Thanks.
> >
> > > # mkfifo perf.pipe
> > > # perf record --no-buffering -e 'sched:sched_switch' -o - > perf.pipe &
> > > [1] 354406
> > > # cat perf.pipe | ./perf --no-pager script -i - | head -3
> > > perf 354406 [000] 168190.164921: sched:sched_switch: perf:354406..
> > > migration/0 12 [000] 168190.164928: sched:sched_switch: migration/0:..
> > > perf 354406 [001] 168190.164981: sched:sched_switch: perf:354406..
> > > ...
> > >
> > > This patch detects if given path is pipe and set the perf data
> > > object accordingly, so it's possible now to do above with:
> > >
> > > # mkfifo perf.pipe
> > > # perf record --no-buffering -e 'sched:sched_switch' -o perf.pipe &
> > > [1] 360188
> > > # perf --no-pager script -i ./perf.pipe | head -3
> > > perf 354442 [000] 168275.464895: sched:sched_switch: perf:354442..
> > > migration/0 12 [000] 168275.464902: sched:sched_switch: migration/0:..
> > > perf 354442 [001] 168275.464953: sched:sched_switch: perf:354442..
> > >
> > > It's of course possible to combine any of above ways.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > > v2:
> > > - removed O_CREAT|O_TRUNC flags from pipe's write end
> > >
> > > tools/perf/util/data.c | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++------
> > > 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/tools/perf/util/data.c b/tools/perf/util/data.c
> > > index f29af4fc3d09..4dfa9e0f2fec 100644
> > > --- a/tools/perf/util/data.c
> > > +++ b/tools/perf/util/data.c
> > > @@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ int perf_data__update_dir(struct perf_data *data)
> > > return 0;
> > > }
> > >
> > > -static bool check_pipe(struct perf_data *data)
> > > +static int check_pipe(struct perf_data *data)
> > > {
> > > struct stat st;
> > > bool is_pipe = false;
> > > @@ -172,6 +172,15 @@ static bool check_pipe(struct perf_data *data)
> > > } else {
> > > if (!strcmp(data->path, "-"))
> > > is_pipe = true;
> > > + else if (!stat(data->path, &st) && S_ISFIFO(st.st_mode)) {
> > > + int flags = perf_data__is_read(data) ?
> > > + O_RDONLY : O_WRONLY;
> > > +
> > > + fd = open(data->path, flags);
> > > + if (fd < 0)
> > > + return -EINVAL;
> > > + is_pipe = true;
> > > + }
> > > }
> > >
> > > if (is_pipe) {
> > > @@ -190,7 +199,8 @@ static bool check_pipe(struct perf_data *data)
> > > }
> > > }
> > >
> > > - return data->is_pipe = is_pipe;
> > > + data->is_pipe = is_pipe;
> > > + return 0;
> > > }
> > >
> > > static int check_backup(struct perf_data *data)
> > > @@ -344,8 +354,11 @@ static int open_dir(struct perf_data *data)
> > >
> > > int perf_data__open(struct perf_data *data)
> > > {
> > > - if (check_pipe(data))
> > > - return 0;
> > > + int err;
> > > +
> > > + err = check_pipe(data);
> > > + if (err || data->is_pipe)
> > > + return err;
> > >
> > > /* currently it allows stdio for pipe only */
> > > data->use_stdio = false;
> > > @@ -410,8 +423,10 @@ int perf_data__switch(struct perf_data *data,
> > > {
> > > int ret;
> > >
> > > - if (check_pipe(data))
> > > - return -EINVAL;
> > > + ret = check_pipe(data);
> > > + if (ret || data->is_pipe)
> > > + return ret;
> > > +
> > > if (perf_data__is_read(data))
> > > return -EINVAL;
> > >
> > > --
> > > 2.26.2
> > >
> >
>