Re: [PATCH v7 0/6] perf record: Track sideband events for all CPUs when tracing selected CPUs

[Adrian Hunter]

On 29/08/23 15:24, Ravi Bangoria wrote:
>>> Number of actual samples are same ~38K. However, the perf.data file is 5x
>>> bigger because of additional sideband data.
>>
>> Yes, if record system wide sideband data, the amount of sideband events will increase proportionally, which is expected.
>>
>>>
>>> I'm pretty sure we don't need most of those additional data. So, thinking
>>> loud, should we post-process perf.data file and filter out unnecessary data?
>>>
>>
>> I wonder if we can add a new function in perf inject.
> 
> Ok. perf inject is one option. But shall we do it bydefault in perf-record?
> It's needed only when profiling target is set of cpus, not for systemwide or
> per-process mode.
> 
>> By reading perf.data and comparing tid of SAMPLE events and sideband events, we can filter out the sideband data of unmatched tasks.
> 
> Yup. But AFAIK, perf-record keeps writing to perf.data and never does post-
> processing on it. So adding support for this will take a bit of effort. Not
> sure if we should do it as part of this series.

I agree there could be more work, but probably better for a separate patch set.