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SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/4] perf: Allow suppressing AUX records
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On 09/11/17 19:05, Alexander Shishkin wrote:
> diff --git a/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c
> index f684d8e5fa2b..d3f147e99165 100644
> --- a/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c
> +++ b/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c
> @@ -425,6 +425,12 @@ static bool __always_inline rb_need_aux_wakeup(struct ring_buffer *rb)
> return false;
> }
>
> +/*
> + * These flags won't generate a PERF_RECORD_AUX on their own if
> + * attr::suppress_aux is set.
> + */
> +#define SUPPRESSABLE_FLAGS PERF_AUX_FLAG_OVERWRITE
> +
> /*
> * Commit the data written by hardware into the ring buffer by adjusting
> * aux_head and posting a PERF_RECORD_AUX into the perf buffer. It is the
> @@ -459,8 +465,10 @@ void perf_aux_output_end(struct perf_output_handle *handle, unsigned long size)
> * Only send RECORD_AUX if we have something useful to communicate
> */
>
> - perf_event_aux_event(handle->event, aux_head, size,
> - handle->aux_flags);
> + if (handle->event->attr.suppress_aux &&
> + handle->aux_flags & ~SUPPRESSABLE_FLAGS)

Is that right? I would have expected:

if (!handle->event->attr.suppress_aux ||
handle->aux_flags & ~SUPPRESSABLE_FLAGS)

Also aux_flags is u64 but ~SUPPRESSABLE_FLAGS is int by default I think.

> + perf_event_aux_event(handle->event, aux_head, size,
> + handle->aux_flags);
> }
>
> rb->user_page->aux_head = rb->aux_head;
>

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