Re: [RFC PATCH v2 0/7] libperf: Add interface for overflow check of sampling events

[Jiri Olsa]

On Fri, Mar 25, 2022 at 01:38:22PM +0900, Shunsuke Nakamura wrote:
> This patch series adds interface for overflow check of sampling events
> to libperf.
> 
> First patch fixes a typo in the error message that I noticed.
> 
> Second patch move 'open_flags' from tools/perf to evsel::open_flags.
> 
> Third patch adds a interface to perform IOC_REFRESH and IOC_PERIOD.
> 
> Fourth patch introduce perf_{evsel, evlist}__open_opt() with extensible
> structure opts.
> 
> Fifth patch adds a interface to check overflowed events.
> 
> Sixth and seventh patch adds tests.
> 
> ---
> Previous version at:
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-perf-users/20220225103114.144239-1-nakamura.shun@xxxxxxxxxxx/
> 
> Changes in v2:
>  - Delete perf_evsel__set_close_on_exec() function
>  - Introduce perf_{evsel, evlist}__open_opt() with extensible structure
>    opts
>  - Fix perf_evsel__set_signal() to a internal function
>  - Add bool type argument to perf_evsel__check_{fd, fd_cpu}() to indicate
>    overflow results

looks good.. it got more clear to me, sending some comments


> 
> 
> Shunsuke Nakamura (7):
>   libperf tests: Fix typo in the error message
>   libperf: Move 'open_flags' from tools/perf to evsel::open_flags
>   libperf: Add perf_evsel__{refresh, period}() functions
>   libperf: Introduce perf_{evsel, evlist}__open_opt with extensible
>     struct opts
>   libperf: Add perf_evsel__check_overflow() functions
>   libperf test: Add test_stat_overflow()
>   libperf test: Add test_stat_overflow_event()

I'm getting:

[root@krava perf]# make tests
running static:
- running tests/test-cpumap.c...OK
- running tests/test-threadmap.c...OK
- running tests/test-evlist.c...OK
- running tests/test-evsel.c...FAILED tests/test-evsel.c:286 failed to overflow count
FAILED tests/test-evsel.c:286 failed to overflow count
  FAILED (2)
FAILED tests/main.c:13 test evsel
make: *** [Makefile:162: tests] Error 255

thanks,
jirka

> 
>  tools/lib/perf/Documentation/libperf.txt |  22 +++
>  tools/lib/perf/evlist.c                  |  20 +++
>  tools/lib/perf/evsel.c                   | 210 ++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  tools/lib/perf/include/internal/evsel.h  |   2 +
>  tools/lib/perf/include/perf/evlist.h     |   3 +
>  tools/lib/perf/include/perf/evsel.h      |  35 ++++
>  tools/lib/perf/internal.h                |  44 +++++
>  tools/lib/perf/libperf.map               |   8 +
>  tools/lib/perf/tests/test-evlist.c       | 135 ++++++++++++++-
>  tools/lib/perf/tests/test-evsel.c        | 111 ++++++++++++
>  tools/perf/util/evsel.c                  |  16 +-
>  tools/perf/util/evsel.h                  |   1 -
>  12 files changed, 588 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
> 
> -- 
> 2.25.1
>