Detect avalibility of write_backward and save the result into record_opts. With write_backward the start pointer of a ring buffer mapped read only can be found reliably.
Signed-off-by: Wang Nan <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: He Kuang <[email protected]> Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <[email protected]> Cc: Jiri Olsa <[email protected]> Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <[email protected]> Cc: Namhyung Kim <[email protected]> Cc: Zefan Li <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] --- tools/perf/perf.h | 1 + tools/perf/util/record.c | 11 +++++++++++ 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/tools/perf/perf.h b/tools/perf/perf.h index 5381a01..198345e 100644 --- a/tools/perf/perf.h +++ b/tools/perf/perf.h @@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ struct record_opts { bool sample_transaction; unsigned initial_delay; bool use_clockid; + bool has_write_backward; clockid_t clockid; unsigned int proc_map_timeout; }; diff --git a/tools/perf/util/record.c b/tools/perf/util/record.c index 0467367..d01f155 100644 --- a/tools/perf/util/record.c +++ b/tools/perf/util/record.c @@ -85,6 +85,11 @@ static void perf_probe_comm_exec(struct perf_evsel *evsel) evsel->attr.comm_exec = 1; } +static void perf_probe_write_backward(struct perf_evsel *evsel) +{ + evsel->attr.write_backward = 1; +} + static void perf_probe_context_switch(struct perf_evsel *evsel) { evsel->attr.context_switch = 1; @@ -105,6 +110,11 @@ bool perf_can_record_switch_events(void) return perf_probe_api(perf_probe_context_switch); } +static bool perf_can_write_backward(void) +{ + return perf_probe_api(perf_probe_write_backward); +} + bool perf_can_record_cpu_wide(void) { struct perf_event_attr attr = { @@ -235,6 +245,7 @@ static int record_opts__config_freq(struct record_opts *opts) int record_opts__config(struct record_opts *opts) { + opts->has_write_backward = perf_can_write_backward(); return record_opts__config_freq(opts); } -- 1.8.3.4
