[PATCH 13/40] perf trace: Introduce filter_loop_pids()

From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
Date: Wed Jul 26 2017 - 10:19:14 EST


From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>

No change in functionality, just to make clearer that what we want when
filtering the tracer pid in a system wide tracing session is to avoid a
feedback loop.

This also paves the way for a more interesting loop avoidance algorithm,
one that tries to figure out if we are in a ssh session, xterm, etc.

Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Wang Nan <wangnan0@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-5fcttc5kdjkcyp9404ezkuy9@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/builtin-trace.c | 12 +++++++++++-
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
index 9e74e675d7cb..0ba36f08efd8 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
@@ -2239,6 +2239,16 @@ static int trace__set_ev_qualifier_filter(struct trace *trace)
goto out;
}

+static int trace__set_filter_loop_pids(struct trace *trace)
+{
+ int nr = 1;
+ pid_t pids[32] = {
+ getpid(),
+ };
+
+ return perf_evlist__set_filter_pids(trace->evlist, nr, pids);
+}
+
static int trace__run(struct trace *trace, int argc, const char **argv)
{
struct perf_evlist *evlist = trace->evlist;
@@ -2362,7 +2372,7 @@ static int trace__run(struct trace *trace, int argc, const char **argv)
if (trace->filter_pids.nr > 0)
err = perf_evlist__set_filter_pids(evlist, trace->filter_pids.nr, trace->filter_pids.entries);
else if (thread_map__pid(evlist->threads, 0) == -1)
- err = perf_evlist__set_filter_pid(evlist, getpid());
+ err = trace__set_filter_loop_pids(trace);

if (err < 0)
goto out_error_mem;
--
2.9.4