Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] perf: add PERF_RECORD_NAMESPACES to include namespaces related info

From: Peter Zijlstra
Date: Thu Nov 24 2016 - 10:10:44 EST


On Thu, Nov 24, 2016 at 08:14:29PM +0530, Hari Bathini wrote:
> @@ -862,6 +875,19 @@ enum perf_event_type {
> */
> PERF_RECORD_SWITCH_CPU_WIDE = 15,
>
> + /*
> + * struct {
> + * struct perf_event_header header;
> + *

> + * u32 pid, tid;
> + * u64 time;

pid,tid and time are already present in sample_id. Many of the 'legacy'
record have redundant information since we added sample_id, but most of
the new ones haven't and rely on sample_all being set.

> + * u64 dev_num;
> + * u64 inode_num[NAMESPACES_MAX];
> + * struct sample_id sample_id;
> + * };
> + */
> + PERF_RECORD_NAMESPACES = 16,
> +
> PERF_RECORD_MAX, /* non-ABI */
> };