Re: [PATCH v2 14/15] perf record: start threads in the beginning of trace streaming

[Alexei Budankov]

On 24.10.2020 18:44, Jiri Olsa wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 21, 2020 at 07:10:09PM +0300, Alexey Budankov wrote:
>>
>> Start threads in detached state because its management is possible
>> via messaging. Block signals prior the threads start so only main
>> tool thread would be notified on external async signals during data
>> collection. Streaming threads connect one-to-one to mapped data
>> buffers and write into per-CPU trace files located at data directory.
>> Data buffers and threads are affined to local NUMA nodes and monitored
>> CPUs according to system topology. --cpu option can be used to specify
>> CPUs to be monitored.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Alexey Budankov <alexey.budankov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  tools/perf/builtin-record.c | 128 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
>>  1 file changed, 120 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
>> index a15642656066..1d41e996a994 100644
>> --- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
>> +++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
>> @@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
>>  #include <poll.h>
>>  #include <pthread.h>
>>  #include <unistd.h>
>> +#include <sys/syscall.h>
>>  #include <sched.h>
>>  #include <signal.h>
>>  #ifdef HAVE_EVENTFD_SUPPORT
>> @@ -1377,6 +1378,62 @@ static void record__thread_munmap_filtered(struct fdarray *fda, int fd,
>>  		perf_mmap__put(map);
>>  }
>>  
>> +static void *record__thread(void *arg)
>> +{
>> +	enum thread_msg msg = THREAD_MSG__READY;
>> +	bool terminate = false;
>> +	struct fdarray *pollfd;
>> +	int err, ctlfd_pos;
>> +
>> +	thread = arg;
>> +	thread->tid = syscall(SYS_gettid);
>> +
>> +	err = write(thread->comm.ack[1], &msg, sizeof(msg));
>> +	if (err == -1)
>> +		pr_err("threads: %d failed to notify on start. Error %m", thread->tid);
>> +
>> +	pollfd = &(thread->pollfd);
> 
> I don't think braces are necessary in here

Corrected in v3.

Alexei