Re: [PATCH] perf report: Output non-zero offset for decompressed records

From: Bayduraev, Alexey V
Date: Mon Oct 04 2021 - 03:01:31 EST



On 04.10.2021 9:42, Jiri Olsa wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 29, 2021 at 12:14:45PM +0300, Alexey Bayduraev wrote:
>> Print offset of PERF_RECORD_COMPRESSED record instead of zero for
>> decompressed records in raw trace dump (-D option of perf-report):
>>
>> 0x17cf08 [0x28]: event: 9
>>
>> instead of:
>>
>> 0 [0x28]: event: 9
>>
>> The fix is not critical, because currently file_pos for compressed
>> events is used in perf_session__process_event only to show offsets
>> in the raw dump.
>
> hi,
> I don't mind the change just curious, because I see also:
>
> perf_session__process_event
> perf_session__process_user_event
> lseek(fd, file_offset, ...
>
> which is not raw dump as the comment suggests

Hi,

Yes, but this "lseek" only works for user events, whereas the
PERF_RECORD_COMPRESSED record shouln't contain such events.
Currently, the PERF_RECORD_COMPRESSED container can only pack
kernel events.

Regards,
Alexey

>
> thanks,
> jirka
>
>>
>> This patch was separated from patchset:
>> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/cover.1629186429.git.alexey.v.bayduraev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
>> and was already rewieved.
>>
>> Acked-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Acked-by: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Reviewed-by: Riccardo Mancini <rickyman7@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Tested-by: Riccardo Mancini <rickyman7@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Signed-off-by: Alexey Bayduraev <alexey.v.bayduraev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> tools/perf/util/session.c | 4 ++--
>> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/session.c b/tools/perf/util/session.c
>> index 069c2cfdd3be..352f16076e01 100644
>> --- a/tools/perf/util/session.c
>> +++ b/tools/perf/util/session.c
>> @@ -2116,7 +2116,7 @@ fetch_decomp_event(u64 head, size_t mmap_size, char *buf, bool needs_swap)
>> static int __perf_session__process_decomp_events(struct perf_session *session)
>> {
>> s64 skip;
>> - u64 size, file_pos = 0;
>> + u64 size;
>> struct decomp *decomp = session->decomp_last;
>>
>> if (!decomp)
>> @@ -2132,7 +2132,7 @@ static int __perf_session__process_decomp_events(struct perf_session *session)
>> size = event->header.size;
>>
>> if (size < sizeof(struct perf_event_header) ||
>> - (skip = perf_session__process_event(session, event, file_pos)) < 0) {
>> + (skip = perf_session__process_event(session, event, decomp->file_pos)) < 0) {
>> pr_err("%#" PRIx64 " [%#x]: failed to process type: %d\n",
>> decomp->file_pos + decomp->head, event->header.size, event->header.type);
>> return -EINVAL;
>> --
>> 2.19.0
>>
>