Re: [PATCH 0/3] perf: Allow running without stdin

From: Jiri Olsa
Date: Thu Oct 24 2019 - 04:24:16 EST


On Tue, Oct 22, 2019 at 09:54:50PM -0400, Igor Lubashev wrote:
> This series allows perf to run in batch mode with stdin closed.
> This is arguably a bug fix for code that runs with --stdio option and does not
> check for EOF return code from getc().
>
> This series makes the following work as expected:
>
> $ perf top --stdio < /dev/null
> $ perf kvm top --stdio < /dev/null
>
> Patches:
> 01: perf top: Allow running without stdin
> Make "perf top --stdio" handle EOF from stdin correctly.
> There is one getc() that does not handle EOF explicitly, since its return
> value is checked against a list of known characters, and the main loop in
> display_thread() will handle the EOF on the next iteration.
>
> 02: perf kvm: Allow running without stdin
> Make "perf kvm --stdio" handle EOF from stdin correctly.
>
> 03: perf kvm: Use evlist layer api when possible
> This is a simple fix for a needless layering violation.
>
> Igor Lubashev (3):
> perf top: Allow running without stdin
> perf kvm: Allow running without stdin
> perf kvm: Use evlist layer api when possible

Acked-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>

thanks,
jirka

>
> tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++--------------
> tools/perf/builtin-top.c | 10 ++++++++--
> 2 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
>
> --
> 2.7.4
>