[PATCH 2/6] perf hists: Don't free decayed entries if in the annotation browser

From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
Date: Thu Oct 13 2011 - 11:09:34 EST


From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>

Just let it there till the user exits the annotation browser.

Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@xxxxxx>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-nmaxuzreqhm5k10t2co5sk9a@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/util/hist.c | 10 ++++++++--
tools/perf/util/sort.h | 1 +
tools/perf/util/ui/browsers/hists.c | 6 +++++-
3 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/hist.c b/tools/perf/util/hist.c
index 50c8fec..9b9d12b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/hist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/hist.c
@@ -100,6 +100,8 @@ static void hist_entry__decay(struct hist_entry *he)

static bool hists__decay_entry(struct hists *hists, struct hist_entry *he)
{
+ if (he->period == 0)
+ return true;
hists->stats.total_period -= he->period;
hist_entry__decay(he);
hists->stats.total_period += he->period;
@@ -114,8 +116,12 @@ void hists__decay_entries(struct hists *hists)
while (next) {
n = rb_entry(next, struct hist_entry, rb_node);
next = rb_next(&n->rb_node);
-
- if (hists__decay_entry(hists, n)) {
+ /*
+ * We may be annotating this, for instance, so keep it here in
+ * case some it gets new samples, we'll eventually free it when
+ * the user stops browsing and it agains gets fully decayed.
+ */
+ if (hists__decay_entry(hists, n) && !n->used) {
rb_erase(&n->rb_node, &hists->entries);

if (sort__need_collapse)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/sort.h b/tools/perf/util/sort.h
index 03851e3..3f67ae3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/sort.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/sort.h
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ struct hist_entry {

bool init_have_children;
char level;
+ bool used;
u8 filtered;
struct symbol *parent;
union {
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/ui/browsers/hists.c b/tools/perf/util/ui/browsers/hists.c
index 9ece843..fdc3c90 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/ui/browsers/hists.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/ui/browsers/hists.c
@@ -976,9 +976,13 @@ do_annotate:
he = hist_browser__selected_entry(browser);
if (he == NULL)
continue;
-
+ /*
+ * Don't let this be freed, say, by hists__decay_entry.
+ */
+ he->used = true;
hist_entry__tui_annotate(he, evsel->idx, nr_events,
timer, arg, delay_secs);
+ he->used = false;
ui_browser__update_nr_entries(&browser->b, browser->hists->nr_entries);
} else if (choice == browse_map)
map__browse(browser->selection->map);
--
1.6.2.5

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