Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] Revert "perf session: Fix decompression of PERF_RECORD_COMPRESSED records"

[Alexei Budankov]

Eventually sending to the proper Alexey's address.

On 02.12.2020 0:04, Alexei Budankov wrote:
> 
> On 01.12.2020 22:09, Jiri Olsa wrote:
>> On Mon, Nov 30, 2020 at 12:40:20PM +0100, Petr Malat wrote:
>>> Hi Jiří,
>>> were you able to reproduce the issue? I may also upload perf-archive
>>> if that would help.
>>
>> oh yea ;-) seems like those 2 commits you reverted broke 32 bits
>> perf for data files > 32MB
>>
>> but the fix you did does not work for Alexey's test he mentioned
>> in the commit:
>>
>>       $ perf record -z -- some_long_running_workload
>>       $ perf report --stdio -vv
>>
>> it's failing for me with:
>>
>> 	# ./perf report
>> 	Couldn't allocate memory for decompression
>> 	0xfe6f3a [0x60]: failed to process type: 81 [Operation not permitted]
>> 	Error:
>> 	failed to process sample
>> 	# To display the perf.data header info, please use --header/--header-only options.
>> 	#
>>
>> I think that's why here's special handling for compressed
>> events, but I'll need to check on that in more detail,
>> I was hoping for Alexey to answer ;-)
> 
> Sorry for delay. Alexey Bayduraev could possibly help with that sooner.
> Alexey, could you please follow up.
> 
> Thanks,
> Alexei