Re: [PATCH v2 0/6] perf tools: Use SIGUSR2 control data dumpping

From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
Date: Thu Apr 14 2016 - 20:19:53 EST


Em Thu, Apr 14, 2016 at 02:21:59PM +0000, Wang Nan escreveu:
> This patch set is based on perf/core.
>
> v1 -> v2: Fix a bug which triggers output switching without
> '--switch-output' provided.
>
> Patch 5/10 in v1 has a bug: with following cmdline:
> # perf record -e intel_bts// --per-thread --snapshot -p 13588

Ok, I moved the trigger stuff to a new file, util/trigger.h and added
missing man page entries, pushed to acme/perf/core, please take a look
if all is well before I push this to Ingo, tomorrow.

Adrian/others, if you can, please take a look.

- Arnaldo

> Sending 'SIGUSR2' to perf triggers output switching, which us
> undesirable. The reason is in signal handler perf doesn't consider if
> user provided --switch-output explicitly.
>
> With this patchset applied:
>
> # /perf record --switch-output -e intel_bts// --per-thread --snapshot -p 13588 &
> [1] 15116
> # kill -s SIGUSR2 15116
> # [ perf record: dump data: Woken up 5 times ]
> [ perf record: Dump perf.data.2016041506170000 ]
>
> # kill -s SIGUSR2 15116
> # [ perf record: dump data: Woken up 3 times ]
> [ perf record: Dump perf.data.2016041506170447 ]
>
> # fg
> /perf record --switch-output -e intel_bts// --per-thread --snapshot -p 13588
> ^C[ perf record: Woken up 3 times to write data ]
> [ perf record: Dump perf.data.2016041506170785 ]
> [ perf record: Captured and wrote 0.012 MB perf.data.<timestamp> ]
>
> # ls -l ./perf.data*
> -rw------- 1 root root 4212888 Apr 15 06:17 ./perf.data.2016041506170000
> -rw------- 1 root root 4212704 Apr 15 06:17 ./perf.data.2016041506170447
> -rw------- 1 root root 18368 Apr 15 06:17 ./perf.data.2016041506170785
>
> The first 2 perf.data works fine. The final one has no samples.
>
> And:
> # rm ./perf.data*
> # /perf record -e intel_bts// --per-thread --snapshot -p 13588 &
> [1] 15396
> # kill -s SIGUSR2 15396
> # kill -s SIGUSR2 15396
> # fg
> /perf record -e intel_bts// --per-thread --snapshot -p 13588
> ^C[ perf record: Woken up 9 times to write data ]
> [ perf record: Captured and wrote 8.012 MB perf.data ]
>
> # ls -l ./perf.data*
> -rw------- 1 root root 8417552 Apr 15 06:20 ./perf.data
>
> (In v1, the second test trigger output switching incorrectly)
>
> Patch 1-2/6 in this patchset makes switch output trigger similar to
> auxtrace snapshot trigger. Patch 1/6 introduces a 'trigger' class for
> them. It would be better to merge patch 1/6 with commit c0bdc1c ("perf
> record: Turns auxtrace_snapshot_enable into 3 states"). However, Ingo
> has collected that commit, so make it a separated patch.
>
> Signed-off-by: Wang Nan <wangnan0@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Zefan Li <lizefan@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: pi3orama@xxxxxxx
> Cc: He Kuang <hekuang@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Wang Nan (6):
> perf tools: Extrace trigger class from auxtrace_snapshot
> perf record: Split output into multiple files via '--switch-output'
> perf record: Force enable --timestamp-filename when --switch-output is
> provided
> perf record: Disable buildid cache options by default in switch output
> mode
> perf record: Re-synthesize tracking events after output switching
> perf record: Generate tracking events for process forked by perf
>
> tools/perf/builtin-record.c | 147 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
> tools/perf/util/util.h | 60 ++++++++++++++++++
> 2 files changed, 163 insertions(+), 44 deletions(-)
>
> --
> 1.8.3.4