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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 08:32:37 +0200
commit8f5b7e3f415c208962b3fe4308486c4484d37b9f (patch)
treeb917c90838e3fafb98566c746635efbc1315fe53 /tools
parentb4ddd78fb95ea9da6ca317806681481fae2c6dfc (diff)
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 b02af064f0f9..c53f78767568 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/intel-pt.c
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/intel-pt.c
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ 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;
@@ -653,6 +653,7 @@ 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
@@ -698,6 +699,9 @@ 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);