Re: [PATCH V2 0/6] perf intel-pt: Support itrace option flag d+e to log on error

From: Namhyung Kim
Date: Tue Sep 06 2022 - 13:30:51 EST


HI Arnaldo,

On Tue, Sep 6, 2022 at 6:05 AM Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Em Mon, Sep 05, 2022 at 10:34:18AM +0300, Adrian Hunter escreveu:
> > Hi
> >
> > Here are a few patches to add the ability to output the decoding debug log
> > only when there are decoding errors.
> >
> > This is motivated by the fact that a full log can be very large, so just
> > getting interesting bits is useful for analyzing errors.
> >
> > If necessary, the size of output on error is configurable via perf config,
> > and perf_config_scan() was added in the 1st patch to make that simpler.
> >
> > The 2nd patch adds the new option flag to auxtrace.
> >
> > There are a couple of very minor and essentially unrelated changes in
> > patches 3 and 4.
> >
> > The main Intel PT change is in patch 5 and there is a small example in the
> > commit message.
> >
> >
> > Changes in V2:
> >
> > perf intel-pt: Support itrace option flag d+e to log on error
> > Ensure log_buf is defined before use
> >
> > perf intel-pt: Remove first line of log dumped on error
> > Remove first line only if the buffer has wrapped
>
> Applied locally, Namhyung: I think your review comment was addressed,
> right? If so can I add your Reviewed-by to all the patches in this
> series?

Sure,

Reviewed-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks,
Namhyung

>
> - Arnaldo
>
> >
> > Adrian Hunter (6):
> > perf tools: Add perf_config_scan()
> > perf auxtrace: Add itrace option flag d+e to log on error
> > perf intel-pt: Improve man page layout slightly
> > perf intel-pt: Improve object code read error message
> > perf intel-pt: Support itrace option flag d+e to log on error
> > perf intel-pt: Remove first line of log dumped on error
> >
> > tools/perf/Documentation/itrace.txt | 1 +
> > tools/perf/Documentation/perf-config.txt | 7 ++
> > tools/perf/Documentation/perf-intel-pt.txt | 13 ++-
> > tools/perf/util/auxtrace.c | 13 +++
> > tools/perf/util/auxtrace.h | 3 +
> > tools/perf/util/config.c | 31 +++++++
> > tools/perf/util/config.h | 1 +
> > tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-log.c | 117 +++++++++++++++++++++++-
> > tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-log.h | 3 +-
> > tools/perf/util/intel-pt.c | 23 ++++-
> > 10 files changed, 206 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> >
> >
> > Regards
> > Adrian
>
> --
>
> - Arnaldo