Re: [PATCH v3] perf/sched: fix for getting task's execution time

From: Xiao Guangrong
Date: Wed Dec 09 2009 - 04:56:32 EST


Sorry, miss Reported-by, please ignore this mail, i'll resend it

Xiao Guangrong wrote:
> In current code, task's execute time is got by reading
> '/proc/<pid>/sched' file, it's wrong if the task is created
> by pthread_create(), because every thread task has same pid.
>
> This way also has two demerits:
>
> 1: 'perf sched replay' can't work if the kernel not compile
> with 'CONFIG_SCHED_DEBUG' option
> 2: perf tool should depend on proc file system
>
> So, this patch use PERF_COUNT_SW_TASK_CLOCK to get task's
> execution time instead of reading /proc file
>
> Changelog v2 -> v3:
> use PERF_COUNT_SW_TASK_CLOCK instead of rusage() as Ingo's suggestion
>
> Signed-off-by: Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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