Re: [PATCH/RFC] perf core: Allow setting up max frame stack depth via sysctl

[David Ahern]

On 4/20/16 4:47 PM, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> The new file is:
>
>    # cat /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_max_stack
>    127
>
> Chaging it:
>
>    # echo 256 > /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_max_stack
>    # cat /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_max_stack
>    256
>
> But as soon as there is some event using callchains we get:
>
>    # echo 512 > /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_max_stack
>    -bash: echo: write error: Device or resource busy
>    #
>
> Because we only allocate the callchain percpu data structures when there
> is a user, which allows for changing the max easily, its just a matter
> of having no callchain users at that point.
>
> Reported-by: Brendan Gregg <brendan.d.gregg@xxxxxxxxx>
> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-cgls6uuncwjtq969tys1j6b0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>

I would love to see something like this go in. Right now I have to 
recompile the kernel because I want a lower max count.

In the past we talked about about making this part of the attribute with 
separate controls for both kernel stack and userspace stack. Have you 
given up on that option?