Re: [PATCH 1/5] perf script: Fix unnecessary machine_resolve()

From: Adrian Hunter
Date: Wed Aug 11 2021 - 06:18:22 EST


On 10/08/21 9:25 pm, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> Em Tue, Aug 10, 2021 at 02:48:09PM +0300, Adrian Hunter escreveu:
>> machine_resolve() may have already been called. Test for that to avoid
>> calling it again unnecessarily.
>
> By some dlfilter function, right...
>
> Perhaps it would be better for machine__resolve() itself to check that?
>
> Probably we'll need a 'force' arg, or have __machine__resolve() that
> does exactly what machine__resolve() does today and then tools wanting
> to force it to avoid using whatever is 'cached'?

Yes, or perhaps introduce machine__resolve_once() and thread__resolve_once() ?

>
> - Arnaldo
>
>> Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> tools/perf/builtin-script.c | 2 +-
>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
>> index e2e165b53499..f469354155f1 100644
>> --- a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
>> +++ b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
>> @@ -2212,7 +2212,7 @@ static int process_sample_event(struct perf_tool *tool,
>> if (filter_cpu(sample))
>> goto out_put;
>>
>> - if (machine__resolve(machine, &al, sample) < 0) {
>> + if (!al.thread && machine__resolve(machine, &al, sample) < 0) {
>> pr_err("problem processing %d event, skipping it.\n",
>> event->header.type);
>> ret = -1;
>> --
>> 2.17.1
>>
>