Re: [PATCH 08/12] perf: Carve out mmap helpers for general use

From: Borislav Petkov
Date: Mon Jan 24 2011 - 04:01:29 EST


On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 12:29:37PM -0500, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> Em Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 04:09:31PM +0100, Borislav Petkov escreveu:
> > From: Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@xxxxxxx>
> >
> > Export the mmap_read* helpers into tools/lib/perf/mmap.[ch]
>
> Borislav, can you take a look at:
>
> http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/acme/linux-2.6.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/perf/core
>
> More specifically take a look at the function test__basic_mmap in:
>
> http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/acme/linux-2.6.git;a=blob;f=tools/perf/builtin-test.c;h=f03798a298b00b328a11f06ce20cc352d123ec28;hb=refs/heads/perf/core
>
> 434 /*
> 435 * This test will generate random numbers of calls to some getpid syscalls,
> 436 * then establish an mmap for a group of events that are created to monitor
> 437 * the syscalls.
> 438 *
> 439 * It will receive the events, using mmap, use its PERF_SAMPLE_ID generated
> 440 * sample.id field to map back to its respective perf_evsel instance.
> 441 *
> 442 * Then it checks if the number of syscalls reported as perf events by
> 443 * the kernel corresponds to the number of syscalls made.
> 444 */

Ok, I see at least one problem with my patch - you've reworked the
mmaping functionality in evlist.c/evsel.c and I should use it too, I
guess. For that, I think you'd want me to apply my stuff ontop of your
perf/core branch, right?

Am I missing something else?

Thanks.

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