Re: [PATCH 08/16] perf tools: Increase debug level of SDT debug messages

From: Masami Hiramatsu
Date: Tue Sep 27 2016 - 13:42:26 EST


On Mon, 26 Sep 2016 10:27:41 +0300
Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 24/09/16 03:15, Masami Hiramatsu wrote:
> > On Fri, 23 Sep 2016 17:38:40 +0300
> > Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> Two SDT debug messages can occur for every DSO which is too noisy.
> >> Consequently, increase debug level of SDT messages.
> >
> > OK, but why "4" would you choose?
>
> 2 is used for displaying the event attributes, so it needs to be 3 or 4. I
> chose 4 because of the large number of messages and that the same messages
> appear every time.

Hmm, yes, but this message is also useful for checking user to
stack on retrieving SDT or not. I think it is a time to introduce
debug printk like feature to perf, because we need to control on/off
depending on which subcommand we are debugging.

Anyway, at this point it is OK for me.

Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>

>
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx>
> >> ---
> >> tools/perf/util/build-id.c | 4 ++--
> >> tools/perf/util/probe-file.c | 2 +-
> >> 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/build-id.c b/tools/perf/util/build-id.c
> >> index 5651f3c12f93..e528c40739cc 100644
> >> --- a/tools/perf/util/build-id.c
> >> +++ b/tools/perf/util/build-id.c
> >> @@ -620,7 +620,7 @@ static int build_id_cache__add_sdt_cache(const char *sbuild_id,
> >>
> >> ret = probe_cache__scan_sdt(cache, realname);
> >> if (ret >= 0) {
> >> - pr_debug("Found %d SDTs in %s\n", ret, realname);
> >> + pr_debug4("Found %d SDTs in %s\n", ret, realname);
> >> if (probe_cache__commit(cache) < 0)
> >> ret = -1;
> >> }
> >> @@ -691,7 +691,7 @@ int build_id_cache__add_s(const char *sbuild_id, const char *name,
> >>
> >> /* Update SDT cache : error is just warned */
> >> if (build_id_cache__add_sdt_cache(sbuild_id, realname) < 0)
> >> - pr_debug("Failed to update/scan SDT cache for %s\n", realname);
> >> + pr_debug4("Failed to update/scan SDT cache for %s\n", realname);
> >>
> >> out_free:
> >> if (!is_kallsyms)
> >> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/probe-file.c b/tools/perf/util/probe-file.c
> >> index 6f931e442f14..436b64731f65 100644
> >> --- a/tools/perf/util/probe-file.c
> >> +++ b/tools/perf/util/probe-file.c
> >> @@ -699,7 +699,7 @@ int probe_cache__scan_sdt(struct probe_cache *pcache, const char *pathname)
> >> INIT_LIST_HEAD(&sdtlist);
> >> ret = get_sdt_note_list(&sdtlist, pathname);
> >> if (ret < 0) {
> >> - pr_debug("Failed to get sdt note: %d\n", ret);
> >> + pr_debug4("Failed to get sdt note: %d\n", ret);
> >> return ret;
> >> }
> >> list_for_each_entry(note, &sdtlist, note_list) {
> >> --
> >> 1.9.1
> >>
> >
> >
>


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Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>