linux/kernel
Adrian Hunter ff3d527ceb perf: make events stream always parsable
The event stream is not always parsable because the format of a sample
is dependent on the sample_type of the selected event.  When there is
more than one selected event and the sample_types are not the same then
parsing becomes problematic.  A sample can be matched to its selected
event using the ID that is allocated when the event is opened.
Unfortunately, to get the ID from the sample means first parsing it.

This patch adds a new sample format bit PERF_SAMPLE_IDENTIFER that puts
the ID at a fixed position so that the ID can be retrieved without
parsing the sample.  For sample events, that is the first position
immediately after the header.  For non-sample events, that is the last
position.

In this respect parsing samples requires that the sample_type and ID
values are recorded.  For example, perf tools records struct
perf_event_attr and the IDs within the perf.data file.  Those must be
read first before it is possible to parse samples found later in the
perf.data file.

Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Tested-by: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@gmail.com>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1377591794-30553-6-git-send-email-adrian.hunter@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2013-08-29 15:40:03 -03:00
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cpu idle: Enable interrupts in the weak arch_cpu_idle() implementation 2013-06-14 23:01:05 +02:00
debug kgdb/sysrq: fix inconstistent help message of sysrq key 2013-04-30 17:04:10 -07:00
events perf: make events stream always parsable 2013-08-29 15:40:03 -03:00
gcov
irq Merge branch 'irq-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2013-07-13 15:37:30 -07:00
power PM / QoS: Fix workqueue deadlock when using pm_qos_update_request_timeout() 2013-08-14 00:42:05 +02:00
printk printk: Fix return of braille_register_console() 2013-08-06 13:18:12 -07:00
sched Merge branch 'linus' into perf/core 2013-08-29 12:02:08 +02:00
time timer_list: correct the iterator for timer_list 2013-08-28 19:26:38 -07:00
trace tracing: Fix reset of time stamps during trace_clock changes 2013-08-02 22:40:09 -04:00
.gitignore kernel/hz.bc: ignore. 2013-04-22 07:09:06 -07:00
acct.c fs: Fix hang with BSD accounting on frozen filesystem 2013-05-04 14:57:58 -04:00
async.c
audit_tree.c kernel/audit_tree.c:audit_add_tree_rule(): protect `rule' from kill_rules() 2013-06-12 16:29:46 -07:00
audit_watch.c
audit.c audit: wait_for_auditd() should use TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE 2013-06-12 16:29:45 -07:00
audit.h audit: fix mq_open and mq_unlink to add the MQ root as a hidden parent audit_names record 2013-07-09 10:33:19 -07:00
auditfilter.c audit: Fix decimal constant description 2013-07-09 10:33:19 -07:00
auditsc.c audit: fix mq_open and mq_unlink to add the MQ root as a hidden parent audit_names record 2013-07-09 10:33:19 -07:00
backtracetest.c
bounds.c
capability.c Add file_ns_capable() helper function for open-time capability checking 2013-04-14 10:06:31 -07:00
cgroup_freezer.c
cgroup.c Merge branch 'for-3.11-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/cgroup 2013-08-06 13:59:28 -07:00
compat.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/signal 2013-05-01 07:21:43 -07:00
configs.c proc: Supply PDE attribute setting accessor functions 2013-05-01 17:29:18 -04:00
context_tracking.c Merge branch 'sched-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2013-06-20 08:18:35 -10:00
cpu_pm.c
cpu.c kernel: delete __cpuinit usage from all core kernel files 2013-07-14 19:36:59 -04:00
cpuset.c cpuset: fix a regression in validating config change 2013-08-21 08:40:27 -04:00
crash_dump.c
cred.c
delayacct.c
dma.c
elfcore.c
exec_domain.c
exit.c ptrace: revert "Prepare to fix racy accesses on task breakpoints" 2013-07-09 10:33:26 -07:00
extable.c extable: Flip the sorting message 2013-04-15 13:25:16 +02:00
fork.c microblaze: fix clone syscall 2013-08-13 17:57:48 -07:00
freezer.c freezer: set PF_SUSPEND_TASK flag on tasks that call freeze_processes 2013-07-30 14:05:06 +02:00
futex_compat.c
futex.c futex: Use freezable blocking call 2013-06-25 23:11:19 +02:00
groups.c
hrtimer.c kernel: delete __cpuinit usage from all core kernel files 2013-07-14 19:36:59 -04:00
hung_task.c
irq_work.c
itimer.c
jump_label.c
kallsyms.c kernel: kallsyms: memory override issue, need check destination buffer length 2013-04-15 15:17:26 +09:30
kcmp.c
Kconfig.freezer
Kconfig.hz
Kconfig.locks locking: Fix copy/paste errors of "ARCH_INLINE_*_UNLOCK_BH" 2013-05-28 08:50:00 +02:00
Kconfig.preempt
kexec.c kexec: Use min() and min_t() to simplify logic 2013-04-30 17:04:07 -07:00
kmod.c usermodehelper: kill the sub_info->path[0] check 2013-07-03 16:08:02 -07:00
kprobes.c kprobes/x86: Call out into INT3 handler directly instead of using notifier 2013-07-23 10:12:57 +02:00
ksysfs.c
kthread.c kthread: implement probe_kthread_data() 2013-04-30 17:04:02 -07:00
latencytop.c
lglock.c
lockdep_internals.h
lockdep_proc.c
lockdep_states.h
lockdep.c lockdep: remove task argument from debug_check_no_locks_held 2013-05-12 14:16:21 +02:00
Makefile printk: move to separate directory for easier modification 2013-07-31 14:41:03 -07:00
modsign_certificate.S
modsign_pubkey.c
module_signing.c
module-internal.h
module.c Nothing interesting. Except the most embarrassing bugfix ever. But let's 2013-07-10 14:51:41 -07:00
mutex-debug.c
mutex-debug.h
mutex.c mutex: Fix w/w mutex deadlock injection 2013-07-30 22:16:40 +02:00
mutex.h
notifier.c
nsproxy.c proc: Split the namespace stuff out into linux/proc_ns.h 2013-05-01 17:29:39 -04:00
padata.c
panic.c The majority of the changes here are cleanups for the large changes that 2013-07-11 09:02:09 -07:00
params.c There is no /sys/parameters 2013-07-02 15:38:19 +09:30
pid_namespace.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2013-05-01 17:51:54 -07:00
pid.c kernel/pid.c: move statement 2013-07-03 16:08:05 -07:00
posix-cpu-timers.c posix_timers: fix racy timer delta caching on task exit 2013-07-03 16:54:42 +02:00
posix-timers.c posix-timers: Remove unused variable 2013-04-18 12:51:19 +02:00
profile.c kernel: delete __cpuinit usage from all core kernel files 2013-07-14 19:36:59 -04:00
ptrace.c Revert "ptrace: PTRACE_DETACH should do flush_ptrace_hw_breakpoint(child)" 2013-08-06 13:16:32 -07:00
range.c range: Do not add new blank slot with add_range_with_merge 2013-06-18 11:32:10 -05:00
rcu.h
rcupdate.c Merge branches 'cbnum.2013.06.10a', 'doc.2013.06.10a', 'fixes.2013.06.10a', 'srcu.2013.06.10a' and 'tiny.2013.06.10a' into HEAD 2013-06-10 13:46:44 -07:00
rcutiny_plugin.h rcu: Shrink TINY_RCU by reworking CPU-stall ifdefs 2013-06-10 13:45:53 -07:00
rcutiny.c rcu: Shrink TINY_RCU by reworking CPU-stall ifdefs 2013-06-10 13:45:53 -07:00
rcutorture.c rcu: delete __cpuinit usage from all rcu files 2013-07-14 19:36:58 -04:00
rcutree_plugin.h rcu: delete __cpuinit usage from all rcu files 2013-07-14 19:36:58 -04:00
rcutree_trace.c rcutrace: single_open() leaks 2013-05-05 00:16:35 -04:00
rcutree.c rcu: delete __cpuinit usage from all rcu files 2013-07-14 19:36:58 -04:00
rcutree.h rcu: delete __cpuinit usage from all rcu files 2013-07-14 19:36:58 -04:00
reboot.c reboot: move arch/x86 reboot= handling to generic kernel 2013-07-09 10:33:29 -07:00
relay.c kernel: delete __cpuinit usage from all core kernel files 2013-07-14 19:36:59 -04:00
res_counter.c
resource.c kernel/resource.c: remove the unneeded assignment in function __find_resource 2013-07-03 16:08:06 -07:00
rtmutex_common.h
rtmutex-debug.c
rtmutex-debug.h
rtmutex-tester.c locking/rtmutex/tester: Set correct permissions on sysfs files 2013-04-10 14:48:37 +02:00
rtmutex.c rtmutex: Document rt_mutex_adjust_prio_chain() 2013-05-28 09:23:52 +02:00
rtmutex.h
rwsem.c Revert "rw_semaphore: remove up/down_read_non_owner" 2013-03-23 15:53:52 -07:00
seccomp.c seccomp: allow BPF_XOR based ALU instructions. 2013-03-26 11:07:19 +11:00
semaphore.c semaphore: use `bool' type for semaphore_waiter's up 2013-04-30 17:04:08 -07:00
signal.c sigtimedwait: use freezable blocking call 2013-05-12 14:16:23 +02:00
smp.c kernel: delete __cpuinit usage from all core kernel files 2013-07-14 19:36:59 -04:00
smpboot.c kernel: delete __cpuinit usage from all core kernel files 2013-07-14 19:36:59 -04:00
smpboot.h
softirq.c kernel: delete __cpuinit usage from all core kernel files 2013-07-14 19:36:59 -04:00
spinlock.c
srcu.c
stacktrace.c
stop_machine.c
sys_ni.c unify compat fanotify_mark(2), switch to COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE 2013-05-09 13:46:38 -04:00
sys.c reboot: move shutdown/reboot related functions to kernel/reboot.c 2013-07-09 10:33:29 -07:00
sysctl_binary.c kernel: remove unnecessary head file 2013-06-26 18:01:46 +09:00
sysctl.c sysctl: range checking in do_proc_dointvec_ms_jiffies_conv 2013-07-26 14:22:10 -07:00
task_work.c
taskstats.c
test_kprobes.c kernel/: rename random32() to prandom_u32() 2013-04-29 18:28:42 -07:00
time.c sched: Rename sched.c as sched/core.c in comments and Documentation 2013-06-19 12:58:42 +02:00
timeconst.bc
timer.c kernel: delete __cpuinit usage from all core kernel files 2013-07-14 19:36:59 -04:00
tracepoint.c Tracing updates for Linux 3.10 2013-04-29 13:55:38 -07:00
tsacct.c
uid16.c
up.c
user_namespace.c userns: limit the maximum depth of user_namespace->parent chain 2013-08-08 13:11:39 -07:00
user-return-notifier.c
user.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2013-05-01 17:51:54 -07:00
utsname_sysctl.c
utsname.c proc: Split the namespace stuff out into linux/proc_ns.h 2013-05-01 17:29:39 -04:00
wait.c kernel: fix new kernel-doc warning in wait.c 2013-08-19 09:08:54 -07:00
watchdog.c watchdog: Make it work under full dynticks 2013-07-30 22:29:15 +02:00
workqueue_internal.h sched: Rename sched.c as sched/core.c in comments and Documentation 2013-06-19 12:58:42 +02:00
workqueue.c Merge branch 'for-3.11-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/wq 2013-08-06 13:58:34 -07:00