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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2 1/2]: perf util: map data buffer for preserving collected data
On Mon, Aug 27, 2018 at 12:02:35PM +0300, Alexey Budankov wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 27.08.2018 11:33, Jiri Olsa wrote:
> > On Thu, Aug 23, 2018 at 07:42:09PM +0300, Alexey Budankov wrote:
> >
> > SNIP
> >
> >> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/mmap.c b/tools/perf/util/mmap.c
> >> index fc832676a798..e71d46cb01cc 100644
> >> --- a/tools/perf/util/mmap.c
> >> +++ b/tools/perf/util/mmap.c
> >> @@ -155,6 +155,10 @@ void __weak auxtrace_mmap_params__set_idx(struct auxtrace_mmap_params *mp __mayb
> >>
> >> void perf_mmap__munmap(struct perf_mmap *map)
> >> {
> >> + if (map->data != NULL) {
> >> + munmap(map->data, perf_mmap__mmap_len(map));
> >> + map->data = NULL;
> >> + }
> >> if (map->base != NULL) {
> >> munmap(map->base, perf_mmap__mmap_len(map));
> >> map->base = NULL;
> >> @@ -190,6 +194,14 @@ int perf_mmap__mmap(struct perf_mmap *map, struct mmap_params *mp, int fd)
> >> map->base = NULL;
> >> return -1;
> >> }
> >> + map->data = mmap(NULL, perf_mmap__mmap_len(map), PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
> >> + MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0);
> >
> > hum, why does map->data need to be mmap-ed?
>
> The same way as for kernel buffers. If you see better alternatives it could be applied.

I meant why not just allocate them with mmaloc?

jirka

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