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authorAdrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>2016-08-15 10:23:04 +0300
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2016-09-07 08:34:44 +0200
commitaf8ff84d43d6308fa6861b33e0315a18f61a538e (patch)
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perf intel-pt: Fix occasional decoding errors when tracing system-wide
commit 3d918fb13abdbeca7947578f5d7e426eafad7f5e upstream. In order to successfully decode Intel PT traces, context switch events are needed from the moment the trace starts. Currently that is ensured by using the 'immediate' flag which enables the switch event when it is opened. However, since commit 86c2786994bd ("perf intel-pt: Add support for PERF_RECORD_SWITCH") that might not always happen. When tracing system-wide the context switch event is added to the tracking event which was not set as 'immediate'. Change that so it is. Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com> Fixes: 86c2786994bd ("perf intel-pt: Add support for PERF_RECORD_SWITCH") Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1471245784-22580-1-git-send-email-adrian.hunter@intel.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'tools')
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/arch/x86/util/intel-pt.c6
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/intel-pt.c b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/intel-pt.c
index a07b9605e93b..853b26d85a76 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/intel-pt.c
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/intel-pt.c
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ static int intel_pt_recording_options(struct auxtrace_record *itr,
struct intel_pt_recording *ptr =
container_of(itr, struct intel_pt_recording, itr);
struct perf_pmu *intel_pt_pmu = ptr->intel_pt_pmu;
- bool have_timing_info;
+ bool have_timing_info, need_immediate = false;
struct perf_evsel *evsel, *intel_pt_evsel = NULL;
const struct cpu_map *cpus = evlist->cpus;
bool privileged = geteuid() == 0 || perf_event_paranoid() < 0;
@@ -655,6 +655,7 @@ static int intel_pt_recording_options(struct auxtrace_record *itr,
ptr->have_sched_switch = 3;
} else {
opts->record_switch_events = true;
+ need_immediate = true;
if (cpu_wide)
ptr->have_sched_switch = 3;
else
@@ -700,6 +701,9 @@ static int intel_pt_recording_options(struct auxtrace_record *itr,
tracking_evsel->attr.freq = 0;
tracking_evsel->attr.sample_period = 1;
+ if (need_immediate)
+ tracking_evsel->immediate = true;
+
/* In per-cpu case, always need the time of mmap events etc */
if (!cpu_map__empty(cpus)) {
perf_evsel__set_sample_bit(tracking_evsel, TIME);