Re: [PATCH 0/6] perf core: Read from overwrite ring buffer

[Namhyung Kim]

Hi,

On Tue, Jan 19, 2016 at 11:16:44AM +0000, Wang Nan wrote:
> This patchset introduces two methods to support reading from overwrite.
> 
>  1) Tailsize: write the size of an event at the end of it
>  2) Backward writing: write the ring buffer from the end of it to the
>     beginning.

So both of two methods should be used together?

Thanks,
Namhyung


> 
> Patch 1/6 introduces a new ioctl operation to pause and resume ring
> buffer since reading from a overwrite ring buffer is not reliable.
> 
> To reduce overhead as much as possible, force setting overflow_handler
> and create specific function for backward writing and onward writing.
> 
> Cc: He Kuang <hekuang@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Brendan Gregg <brendan.d.gregg@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Zefan Li <lizefan@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: pi3orama@xxxxxxx
> 
> Wang Nan (6):
>   perf core: Introduce new ioctl options to pause and resume ring buffer
>   perf core: Set event's default overflow_handler
>   perf core: Prepare writing into ring buffer from end
>   perf core: Add backwork attribute to perf event
>   perf core: Reduce perf event output overhead by setting overwrite
>     handler
>   perf/core: Put size of a sample at the end of it by
>     PERF_SAMPLE_TAILSIZE
> 
>  include/linux/perf_event.h      |  39 +++++++---
>  include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h |   7 +-
>  kernel/events/core.c            | 155 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
>  kernel/events/internal.h        |  11 +++
>  kernel/events/ring_buffer.c     |  65 ++++++++++++++---
>  5 files changed, 223 insertions(+), 54 deletions(-)
> 
> -- 
> 1.8.3.4
>