Re: [PATCH 0/7] perf: cs-etm: Fixes around timestamped and timeless decoding

From: Yang Shi
Date: Wed Apr 26 2023 - 12:06:40 EST


On Mon, Apr 24, 2023 at 6:48 AM James Clark <james.clark@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> The first commit contains a fix for a recently introduced regression,
> but was always a shortcoming in the Coresight code anyway.
>
> The following commits are a tidyup in preparation for the last commit,
> which is a fairly major change to the decode logic that's also
> indirectly related to the regression so I thought it would be good time
> to fix that now.
>
> Applies to perf/core (9be6ab181b7b)

Thanks for working on this. I tested with perf/core branch on acme
tree, it does solve the "no samples" problem.

Please feel free to add: Tested-by: Yang Shi <shy828301@xxxxxxxxx>

>
> James Clark (7):
> perf: cs-etm: Fix timeless decode mode detection
> perf tools: Add util function for overriding user set config values
> perf: cs-etm: Don't test full_auxtrace because it's always set
> perf: cs-etm: Validate options after applying them
> perf: cs-etm: Allow user to override timestamp and contextid settings
> perf: cs-etm: Use bool type for boolean values
> perf: cs-etm: Add separate decode paths for timeless and per-thread
> modes
>
> tools/perf/arch/arm/util/cs-etm.c | 223 +++++++++---------
> tools/perf/arch/arm/util/pmu.c | 2 +
> tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/arm-spe.c | 26 +-
> tools/perf/arch/x86/util/intel-pt.c | 22 +-
> tools/perf/tests/shell/test_arm_coresight.sh | 24 ++
> .../perf/util/cs-etm-decoder/cs-etm-decoder.h | 8 +-
> tools/perf/util/cs-etm.c | 200 +++++++++++-----
> tools/perf/util/cs-etm.h | 6 +-
> tools/perf/util/evsel.c | 29 +++
> tools/perf/util/evsel.h | 3 +
> 10 files changed, 325 insertions(+), 218 deletions(-)
>
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> 2.34.1
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