Session sets a number parameters that rely on evlist. These parameters are not used in pipe-mode and should not be set, since evlist is unavailable. Fix that.
Signed-off-by: David Carrillo-Cisneros <davi...@google.com> --- tools/perf/util/session.c | 16 +++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/tools/perf/util/session.c b/tools/perf/util/session.c index a25302bc55a8..db554b7461b8 100644 --- a/tools/perf/util/session.c +++ b/tools/perf/util/session.c @@ -140,8 +140,14 @@ struct perf_session *perf_session__new(struct perf_data_file *file, if (perf_session__open(session) < 0) goto out_close; - perf_session__set_id_hdr_size(session); - perf_session__set_comm_exec(session); + /* + * set session attributes that are present in perf.data + * but not in pipe-mode. + */ + if (!file->is_pipe) { + perf_session__set_id_hdr_size(session); + perf_session__set_comm_exec(session); + } } } else { session->machines.host.env = &perf_env; @@ -156,7 +162,11 @@ struct perf_session *perf_session__new(struct perf_data_file *file, pr_warning("Cannot read kernel map\n"); } - if (tool && tool->ordering_requires_timestamps && + /* + * In pipe-mode, evlist is empty until PERF_RECORD_HEADER_ATTR is + * processed, so perf_evlist__sample_id_all is not meaningful here. + */ + if (!file->is_pipe && tool && tool->ordering_requires_timestamps && tool->ordered_events && !perf_evlist__sample_id_all(session->evlist)) { dump_printf("WARNING: No sample_id_all support, falling back to unordered processing\n"); tool->ordered_events = false; -- 2.12.2.715.g7642488e1d-goog