Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] perf: add PERF_RECORD_NAMESPACES to include namespaces related info

[Peter Zijlstra]

On Thu, Nov 24, 2016 at 08:14:29PM +0530, Hari Bathini wrote:
> @@ -862,6 +875,19 @@ enum perf_event_type {
>  	 */
>  	PERF_RECORD_SWITCH_CPU_WIDE		= 15,
>  
> +	/*
> +	 * struct {
> +	 *	struct perf_event_header	header;
> +	 *

> +	 *	u32				pid, tid;
> +	 *	u64				time;

pid,tid and time are already present in sample_id. Many of the 'legacy'
record have redundant information since we added sample_id, but most of
the new ones haven't and rely on sample_all being set.

> +	 *	u64				dev_num;
> +	 *	u64				inode_num[NAMESPACES_MAX];
> +	 *	struct sample_id		sample_id;
> +	 * };
> +	 */
> +	PERF_RECORD_NAMESPACES			= 16,
> +
>  	PERF_RECORD_MAX,			/* non-ABI */
>  };