Re: [PATCH V5 09/12] perf: make events stream always parsable

From: Adrian Hunter
Date: Fri Jul 12 2013 - 08:49:40 EST


On 12/07/13 12:56, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 04:12:18PM +0300, Adrian Hunter wrote:
>> The event stream is not always parsable because the format of a sample
>> is dependent on the sample_type of the selected event. When there
>> is more than one selected event and the sample_types are not the
>> same then parsing becomes problematic. A sample can be matched to its
>> selected event using the ID that is allocated when the event is opened.
>> Unfortunately, to get the ID from the sample means first parsing it.
>>
>> This patch adds a new sample format bit PERF_SAMPLE_IDENTIFER that puts
>> the ID at a fixed position so that the ID can be retrieved without
>> parsing the sample. For sample events, that is the first position
>> immediately after the header. For non-sample events, that is the last
>> position.
>
> There's events where this isn't a possible location; take PERF_RECORD_MMAP for
> instance; the tail is the complete filename.

PERF_RECORD_MMAP falls in the category I have called non-sample events.
Those events are appended with an ID sample. perf tools parses the ID
sample backwards from header.size. So the ID is at the last position
relative to header.size

>
> Why not always insert right after the header?

It is for sample events i.e. PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE

>
> Also; you forgot to update include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h:enum perf_event_type
> That's the format documentation.
>

OK

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