Re: [PATCH] perf record/arm-spe: Override attr->sample_period for non-libpfm4 events

From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
Date: Sat Jan 22 2022 - 15:17:07 EST


Em Tue, Jan 18, 2022 at 09:32:30AM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo escreveu:
> Em Mon, Jan 17, 2022 at 09:32:55PM +0000, German Gomez escreveu:
> > Hi Ian,
> >
> > On 17/01/2022 16:28, Ian Rogers wrote:
> > > [...]
> > > Thanks for fixing this, I can add an acked-by for the v2 patch. Could
> > > we add a test for this to avoid future regressions? There are similar
> > > tests for frequency like:
> > > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/acme/linux.git/tree/tools/perf/tests/attr/test-record-freq
> > > based on the attr.py test:
> > > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/acme/linux.git/tree/tools/perf/tests/attr.py
> > > The test specifies a base type of event attribute and then what is
> > > modified by the test. It takes a little to get your head around but
> > > having a test for this would be a welcome addition.
> >
> > I agree I should have included a test for this fix. I'll look into this for the v2.
>
> A test is always good to have, we need more, yeah.
>
> But since this is a fix and what is needed for v2 is just to improve the
> wording, please don't let the test to prevent you from sending the
> updated fix.
>
> Then you can go on and work on the test.
>
> I say this because the merge window may close before the test gets ready
> and its better for us to have fixes merged as soon as possible so that
> we have more time to figure out if it has unintended consequences as it
> gets in place for longer.

So, any news about this?

- ARnaldo

> > Other events such as "-p 10000 -e cycles//" worked fine. Only the ones with aux area tracing (arm_spe, cs_etm, intel_pt) were ignoring the global config flags.
> >
> > Thank you for the pointers, and the review,
> > German