Re: [PATCH 5/5] perf record: Put a copy of kcore into the perf.data directory

[Jiri Olsa]

On Fri, Oct 04, 2019 at 11:31:21AM +0300, Adrian Hunter wrote:

SNIP

> +}
> +
>  static int record__mmap_evlist(struct record *rec,
>  			       struct evlist *evlist)
>  {
> @@ -1383,6 +1417,12 @@ static int __cmd_record(struct record *rec, int argc, const char **argv)
>  	session->header.env.comp_type  = PERF_COMP_ZSTD;
>  	session->header.env.comp_level = rec->opts.comp_level;
>  
> +	if (rec->opts.kcore &&
> +	    !record__kcore_readable(&session->machines.host)) {
> +		pr_err("ERROR: kcore is not readable.\n");
> +		return -1;
> +	}
> +

is there any reason why this change is not merged with the change below?


>  	record__init_features(rec);
>  
>  	if (rec->opts.use_clockid && rec->opts.clockid_res_ns)
> @@ -1414,6 +1454,14 @@ static int __cmd_record(struct record *rec, int argc, const char **argv)
>  	}
>  	session->header.env.comp_mmap_len = session->evlist->core.mmap_len;
>  
> +	if (rec->opts.kcore) {
> +		err = record__kcore_copy(&session->machines.host, data);
> +		if (err) {
> +			pr_err("ERROR: Failed to copy kcore\n");
> +			goto out_child;
> +		}
> +	}
> +

thanks,
jirka