Re: [PATCH v2] perf/core: Add a new read format to get a number of lost samples

[Namhyung Kim]

Hi Peter,

On Fri, Sep 10, 2021 at 3:40 PM Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Sep 10, 2021 at 2:42 PM Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, Sep 08, 2021 at 10:24:20AM -0700, Namhyung Kim wrote:
> > > Sometimes we want to know an accurate number of samples even if it's
> > > lost.  Currenlty PERF_RECORD_LOST is generated for a ring-buffer which
> > > might be shared with other events.  So it's hard to know per-event
> > > lost count.
> > >
> > > Add event->lost_samples field and PERF_FORMAT_LOST to retrieve it from
> > > userspace.
> >
> > hi,
> > looks good.. will there be some tools/perf change using this?
>
> Sure, I'll work on the userspace part after this is merged.
> I'm thinking about adding LOST_SAMPLES records at the end
> of the data section as if they came from the kernel.

Can I get your feedback?

Thanks,
Namhyung