Re: [PATCH v3 perf,bpf 08/11] perf, bpf: save btf information as headers to perf.data
From: Jiri Olsa
Date: Sun Feb 17 2019 - 18:06:37 EST
On Fri, Feb 15, 2019 at 01:53:51PM -0800, Song Liu wrote:
> This patch enables perf-record to save btf information as headers to
> perf.data A new header type HEADER_BTF is introduced for this data.
>
> Signed-off-by: Song Liu <songliubraving@xxxxxx>
> ---
> tools/perf/util/header.c | 99 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> tools/perf/util/header.h | 1 +
> 2 files changed, 99 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/header.c b/tools/perf/util/header.c
> index 0889ad797940..2de4f4e9b590 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/header.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/header.c
> @@ -1127,6 +1127,45 @@ static int write_bpf_prog_info(struct feat_fd *ff,
> return ret;
> }
>
> +static int write_btf(struct feat_fd *ff,
> + struct perf_evlist *evlist __maybe_unused)
> +{
> + struct perf_env *env = &ff->ph->env;
> + struct rb_root *root;
> + struct rb_node *next;
> + u32 count = 0;
> + int ret;
> +
> + down_read(&env->bpf_progs.bpf_info_lock);
> +
> + root = &env->bpf_progs.btfs;
> + next = rb_first(root);
> + while (next) {
> + ++count;
> + next = rb_next(next);
> + }
> +
> + ret = do_write(ff, &count, sizeof(count));
> +
> + if (ret < 0)
> + goto out;
> +
> + next = rb_first(root);
> + while (next) {
> + struct btf_node *node;
> +
> + node = rb_entry(next, struct btf_node, rb_node);
> + next = rb_next(&node->rb_node);
> + ret = do_write(ff, node,
> + sizeof(struct btf_node) + node->data_size);
hm, you write the whole struct btf_node with struct rb_node? why?
thanks,
jirka