[tip:perf/core] perf stat: Add 'identifier' flag to 'struct perf_stat_config'

From: tip-bot for Jiri Olsa
Date: Thu Sep 06 2018 - 09:23:49 EST


Commit-ID: 7d9ad16afe2bfc73b8967cc2aa2dc30f0170a8e2
Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/7d9ad16afe2bfc73b8967cc2aa2dc30f0170a8e2
Author: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Thu, 30 Aug 2018 08:32:14 +0200
Committer: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Thu, 30 Aug 2018 15:52:21 -0300

perf stat: Add 'identifier' flag to 'struct perf_stat_config'

Add 'identifier' flag to 'struct perf_stat_config' to carry the info
whether to use PERF_SAMPLE_IDENTIFIER for events.

This makes create_perf_stat_counter() independent.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180830063252.23729-6-jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/builtin-stat.c | 22 ++++++++++++----------
tools/perf/util/stat.h | 1 +
2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
index 47789558899a..48c88f568fe1 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
@@ -261,16 +261,7 @@ static int create_perf_stat_counter(struct perf_evsel *evsel,
*/
attr->sample_period = 0;

- /*
- * But set sample_type to PERF_SAMPLE_IDENTIFIER, which should be harmless
- * while avoiding that older tools show confusing messages.
- *
- * However for pipe sessions we need to keep it zero,
- * because script's perf_evsel__check_attr is triggered
- * by attr->sample_type != 0, and we can't run it on
- * stat sessions.
- */
- if (!(STAT_RECORD && perf_stat.data.is_pipe))
+ if (config->identifier)
attr->sample_type = PERF_SAMPLE_IDENTIFIER;

/*
@@ -3064,6 +3055,17 @@ int cmd_stat(int argc, const char **argv)
if (perf_stat_init_aggr_mode())
goto out;

+ /*
+ * Set sample_type to PERF_SAMPLE_IDENTIFIER, which should be harmless
+ * while avoiding that older tools show confusing messages.
+ *
+ * However for pipe sessions we need to keep it zero,
+ * because script's perf_evsel__check_attr is triggered
+ * by attr->sample_type != 0, and we can't run it on
+ * stat sessions.
+ */
+ stat_config.identifier = !(STAT_RECORD && perf_stat.data.is_pipe);
+
/*
* We dont want to block the signals - that would cause
* child tasks to inherit that and Ctrl-C would not work.
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/stat.h b/tools/perf/util/stat.h
index 53b2415ba3f3..918cde064cdc 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/stat.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/stat.h
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ struct perf_stat_config {
enum aggr_mode aggr_mode;
bool scale;
bool no_inherit;
+ bool identifier;
FILE *output;
unsigned int interval;
unsigned int timeout;