[PATCH v10 10/10] perf tools: Add --tail-synthesize option

2016-06-22 Thread Wang Nan
When working with overwritable ring buffer there's a inconvenience problem: if perf dumps data after a long period after it starts, non-sample events may lost, which makes following 'perf report' unable to identify proc name and mmap layout. For example: # perf record -m 4 -e raw_syscalls:* -g

[PATCH v10 10/10] perf tools: Add --tail-synthesize option

2016-06-22 Thread Wang Nan
When working with overwritable ring buffer there's a inconvenience problem: if perf dumps data after a long period after it starts, non-sample events may lost, which makes following 'perf report' unable to identify proc name and mmap layout. For example: # perf record -m 4 -e raw_syscalls:* -g