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SubjectRe: [PATCHv2 00/25] perf tool: Add support for multiple data file storage
On Mon, Sep 09, 2013 at 01:36:41PM +0200, Jiri Olsa wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 09, 2013 at 01:17:49PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > On Sun, Sep 01, 2013 at 12:36:11PM +0200, Jiri Olsa wrote:
> This patchset is actually doing 3 essential things:
> 1) adds new perf data format version (v3)
> 2) adds class/object to handle perf data file
> 3) adds record '-M size' option

So the -M thing is where the multiple files stuff comes from, right?
What's the purpose of this? Why would I care how big these files get,
surely filesystems handle 4g+ files these days.

> > The only reason I wanted this is so that each thread can write its own
> > data. The current one file thing is an immense bottle-neck for big
> > machines.
> >
>
> I haven't considered the thread based storage yet, but I
> think having the simplified format and centralized file
> handling will only help.

Please do consider it now, it'd suck to have to change the file format
thing yet again.

With both per-thread and size limited your filename generation needs
some extra bits I suppose.


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