Re: [PATCH 44/48] perf record: Add --threads option

[Namhyung Kim]

On Thu, Sep 13, 2018 at 02:54:46PM +0200, Jiri Olsa wrote:
> Allows to assign number to record::threads_cnt and thus
> to create multiple threads. At this point we don't allow
> to specify number of threads, instead we assign it number
> of evlist's mmaps to have a single thread for each.
> 
> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-ijl786fsk46q6g01is378a5t@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  tools/perf/builtin-record.c | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 36 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
> index fbca1d15b90d..ada6f795d492 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
> @@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ struct record {
>  	unsigned long long	samples;
>  	struct record_thread	*threads;
>  	int			threads_cnt;
> +	bool			threads_set;
>  	int			threads_signal_cnt;
>  	pthread_mutex_t		threads_signal_mutex;
>  	pthread_cond_t		threads_signal_cond;
> @@ -1133,11 +1134,38 @@ record__threads_create(struct record *rec)
>  	return threads ? 0 : -ENOMEM;
>  }
>  
> +static int record__threads_cnt(struct record *rec)
> +{
> +	struct perf_evlist *evlist = rec->evlist;
> +	int cnt;
> +
> +	if (rec->threads_set) {
> +		if (rec->threads_cnt) {
> +			pr_err("failed: Can't specify number of threads yet.\n");
> +			return -EINVAL;
> +		}
> +		if (evlist->overwrite_mmap) {
> +			pr_err("failed: Can't use multiple threads with overwrite mmaps yet.\n");
> +			return -EINVAL;

Ah, ok.  You made it incompatible with the overwrite mode..

Thanks,
Namhyung


> +		}
> +		cnt = evlist->nr_mmaps;
> +	} else {
> +		cnt = 1;
> +	}
> +
> +	rec->threads_cnt = cnt;
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +
>  static int
>  record__threads_config(struct record *rec)
>  {
>  	int ret;
>  
> +	ret = record__threads_cnt(rec);
> +	if (ret)
> +		goto out;
> +
>  	ret = record__threads_create(rec);
>  	if (ret)
>  		goto out;
> @@ -2119,6 +2147,8 @@ static struct option __record_options[] = {
>  		    "Parse options then exit"),
>  	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "index", &record.opts.index,
>  		    "make index for sample data to speed-up processing"),
> +	OPT_INTEGER_OPTARG_SET(0, "threads", &record.threads_cnt, &record.threads_set,
> +			       "count", "Enabled threads (count)", 0),
>  	OPT_END()
>  };
>  
> @@ -2267,6 +2297,12 @@ int cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv)
>  		goto out;
>  	}
>  
> +	/*
> +	 * Threads need index data file.
> +	 */
> +	if (record.threads_set)
> +		record.opts.index = true;
> +
>  	if (rec->opts.index) {
>  		if (!rec->opts.sample_time) {
>  			pr_err("Sample timestamp is required for indexing\n");
> -- 
> 2.17.1
>