[PATCH 18/25] perf cs-etm: Unify timeless buffer decoding
From: Leo Yan
Date: Tue Sep 15 2026 - 12:08:31 EST
Per-thread and per-CPU timeless decoding use separate loops for the same
buffer processing. Per-thread mode already collects packets in a single
trace ID queue, so both modes can share the queue iteration.
Use cs_etm__run_timeless_decoder() for both modes, keeping the thread
selection in the caller. Propagate packet processing and end-of-block
errors through the common decoding path.
Assisted-by: Codex:gpt-6
Signed-off-by: Leo Yan <leo.yan@xxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/util/cs-etm.c | 68 ++++++++++++------------------------------------
1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 52 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/cs-etm.c b/tools/perf/util/cs-etm.c
index baa962085dba5226d9729a0ee8039374d5fcb1a0..1a53431161e995ba6b3cfdc86e338ed26e675774 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/cs-etm.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/cs-etm.c
@@ -2681,47 +2681,9 @@ static void cs_etm__clear_all_traceid_queues(struct cs_etm_queue *etmq)
}
}
-static int cs_etm__run_per_thread_timeless_decoder(struct cs_etm_queue *etmq)
+static int cs_etm__run_timeless_decoder(struct cs_etm_queue *etmq)
{
- int err = 0;
- struct cs_etm_traceid_queue *tidq;
-
- tidq = cs_etm__etmq_get_traceid_queue(etmq, CS_ETM_PER_THREAD_TRACEID);
- if (!tidq)
- return -EINVAL;
-
- /* Go through each buffer in the queue and decode them one by one */
- while (1) {
- err = cs_etm__get_data_block(etmq);
- if (err <= 0)
- return err;
-
- /* Run trace decoder until buffer consumed or end of trace */
- do {
- err = cs_etm__decode_data_block(etmq);
- if (err)
- return err;
-
- /*
- * Process each packet in this chunk, nothing to do if
- * an error occurs other than hoping the next one will
- * be better.
- */
- err = cs_etm__process_traceid_queue(etmq, tidq);
-
- } while (etmq->buf_len);
-
- if (err == 0)
- /* Flush any remaining branch stack entries */
- err = cs_etm__end_block(etmq, tidq);
- }
-
- return err;
-}
-
-static int cs_etm__run_per_cpu_timeless_decoder(struct cs_etm_queue *etmq)
-{
- int idx, err = 0;
+ int idx, err;
struct cs_etm_traceid_queue *tidq;
struct int_node *inode;
@@ -2731,23 +2693,23 @@ static int cs_etm__run_per_cpu_timeless_decoder(struct cs_etm_queue *etmq)
if (err <= 0)
return err;
- /* Run trace decoder until buffer consumed or end of trace */
+ /* Run trace decoder until the input buffer is consumed. */
do {
err = cs_etm__decode_data_block(etmq);
if (err)
return err;
/*
- * cs_etm__run_per_thread_timeless_decoder() runs on a
- * single traceID queue because each TID has a separate
- * buffer. But here in per-cpu mode we need to iterate
- * over each channel instead.
+ * Per-thread decoding uses a single traceID queue;
+ * formatted per-CPU buffers can contain several.
*/
intlist__for_each_entry(inode,
etmq->traceid_queues_list) {
idx = (int)(intptr_t)inode->priv;
tidq = etmq->traceid_queues[idx];
- cs_etm__process_traceid_queue(etmq, tidq);
+ err = cs_etm__process_traceid_queue(etmq, tidq);
+ if (err)
+ return err;
}
} while (etmq->buf_len);
@@ -2760,8 +2722,6 @@ static int cs_etm__run_per_cpu_timeless_decoder(struct cs_etm_queue *etmq)
return err;
}
}
-
- return err;
}
static int cs_etm__process_timeless_queues(struct cs_etm_auxtrace *etm,
@@ -2774,6 +2734,7 @@ static int cs_etm__process_timeless_queues(struct cs_etm_auxtrace *etm,
struct auxtrace_queue *queue = &etm->queues.queue_array[i];
struct cs_etm_queue *etmq = queue->priv;
struct cs_etm_traceid_queue *tidq;
+ int err;
if (!etmq)
continue;
@@ -2785,10 +2746,13 @@ static int cs_etm__process_timeless_queues(struct cs_etm_auxtrace *etm,
if (!tidq)
continue;
- if (tid == -1 || thread__tid(tidq->frontend_thread) == tid)
- cs_etm__run_per_thread_timeless_decoder(etmq);
- } else
- cs_etm__run_per_cpu_timeless_decoder(etmq);
+ if (tid != -1 && thread__tid(tidq->frontend_thread) != tid)
+ continue;
+ }
+
+ err = cs_etm__run_timeless_decoder(etmq);
+ if (err)
+ return err;
}
return 0;
--
2.34.1