Re: [PATCH v0 3/5] perf: Introduce instruction trace filtering

From: Alexander Shishkin
Date: Fri Dec 11 2015 - 11:06:53 EST


Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 03:36:36PM +0200, Alexander Shishkin wrote:
>> +static int __perf_event_itrace_filters_setup(void *info)
>> +{
>> + struct perf_event *event = info;
>> + int ret;
>> +
>> + if (READ_ONCE(event->state) != PERF_EVENT_STATE_ACTIVE)
>> + return -EAGAIN;
>> +
>> + /* matches smp_wmb() in event_sched_in() */
>> + smp_rmb();
>> +
>> + /*
>> + * There is a window with interrupts enabled before we get here,
>> + * so we need to check again lest we try to stop another cpu's event.
>> + */
>> + if (READ_ONCE(event->oncpu) != smp_processor_id())
>> + return -EAGAIN;
>> +
>> + event->pmu->stop(event, PERF_EF_UPDATE);
>> + rcu_read_lock();
>> + ret = event->pmu->itrace_filter_setup(event);
>> + rcu_read_unlock();
>> + event->pmu->start(event, PERF_EF_RELOAD);
>
> Would it not be more sensible to let the ::itrace_filter_setup() method
> do the stop/start-ing if and when needed?

Ok, so keeping in mind the other mails, if I add "int flags" to the
signature and have it do the stop/start when called like

event->pmu->itrace_filter_setup(event, PERF_EF_RELOAD);

and not otherwise?

Regards,
--
Alex
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