[PATCH 1/2] perf: Enable wakeup_events logic for all events

From: Jiri Olsa
Date: Thu May 30 2013 - 05:54:03 EST


Currently the perf_events_attr::wakeup_events logic is
checked only for regular samples.

If we have an event that produce only auxiliary events
(MMAP|COMM|EXIT|FORK), the poll call does not follow
the perf_events_attr wakeup_events setup and reports
no data.

Fixing this by moving the perf_events_attr::wakeup_events
checking logic into the function and calling it from
perf_output_end. This way any output event is checked
properly.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Corey Ashford <cjashfor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/events/core.c | 14 --------------
kernel/events/ring_buffer.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index a0780b3..516eb25 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -4281,20 +4281,6 @@ void perf_output_sample(struct perf_output_handle *handle,
}
}

- if (!event->attr.watermark) {
- int wakeup_events = event->attr.wakeup_events;
-
- if (wakeup_events) {
- struct ring_buffer *rb = handle->rb;
- int events = local_inc_return(&rb->events);
-
- if (events >= wakeup_events) {
- local_sub(wakeup_events, &rb->events);
- local_inc(&rb->wakeup);
- }
- }
- }
-
if (sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_STACK) {
if (data->br_stack) {
size_t size;
diff --git a/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c
index cd55144..1385fb1 100644
--- a/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c
@@ -54,6 +54,25 @@ static void perf_output_wakeup(struct perf_output_handle *handle)
irq_work_queue(&handle->event->pending);
}

+static void perf_output_check_wakeup(struct perf_output_handle *handle)
+{
+ struct perf_event *event = handle->event;
+
+ if (!event->attr.watermark) {
+ int wakeup_events = event->attr.wakeup_events;
+
+ if (wakeup_events) {
+ struct ring_buffer *rb = handle->rb;
+ int events = local_inc_return(&rb->events);
+
+ if (events >= wakeup_events) {
+ local_sub(wakeup_events, &rb->events);
+ local_inc(&rb->wakeup);
+ }
+ }
+ }
+}
+
/*
* We need to ensure a later event_id doesn't publish a head when a former
* event isn't done writing. However since we need to deal with NMIs we
@@ -208,6 +227,7 @@ unsigned int perf_output_skip(struct perf_output_handle *handle,

void perf_output_end(struct perf_output_handle *handle)
{
+ perf_output_check_wakeup(handle);
perf_output_put_handle(handle);
rcu_read_unlock();
}
--
1.7.11.7

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