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>
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