Re: [PATCH v2 0/4] perf arm-spe: Track pid/tid for Arm SPE samples

From: Leo Yan
Date: Thu Nov 11 2021 - 08:27:29 EST


On Thu, Nov 11, 2021 at 03:27:14PM +0800, Leo Yan wrote:
> Hi Arnaldo,
>
> On Tue, Nov 09, 2021 at 11:50:16AM +0000, German Gomez wrote:
> > The following patchset is an iteration on RFC [1] where pid/tid info is
> > assigned to the Arm SPE synthesized samples. Two methods of tracking
> > pids are considered: hardware-based (using Arm SPE CONTEXT packets), and
> > context-switch events (from perf) as fallback.
> >
> > - Patch #1 enables pid tracking using RECORD_SWITCH* events from perf.
> > - Patch #2 updates perf-record documentation and arm-spe recording so
> > that they are consistent.
> > - Patch #3 saves the value of SPE CONTEXT packet to the arm_spe_record
> > struct.
> > - Patch #4 enables hardware-based pid tracking using SPE CONTEXT
> > packets.
>
> I have tested this patch set, it works well on Hisilicon D06 board,
> please consider to pick up. Thanks!

Hi Arnaldo,

Please hold on this version and German will respin a new patch set for
a found issue.

Thanks,
Leo