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SubjectRe: [RFC PATCH 1/2] tools/perf: Don't set attr->disabled when doing grouping


On 10/24/2011 04:56 AM, Deng-Cheng Zhu wrote:
> Events will be created at the state PERF_EVENT_STATE_OFF if attr->disabled
> is set. When these events go to arch level validate_group(), the function
> won't do anything real because they are filtered out by the state check.

Seems like a bug with the group checks. You should be able to enable and
disable events - including creating them disabled.

David


>
> Signed-off-by: Deng-Cheng Zhu <dczhu@mips.com>
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
> Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@ghostprotocols.net>
> ---
> tools/perf/builtin-record.c | 6 +++---
> tools/perf/builtin-stat.c | 3 ++-
> 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
> index f4c3fbe..67e8e4c 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
> @@ -161,7 +161,6 @@ static void config_attr(struct perf_evsel *evsel, struct perf_evlist *evlist)
> struct perf_event_attr *attr = &evsel->attr;
> int track = !evsel->idx; /* only the first counter needs these */
>
> - attr->disabled = 1;
> attr->inherit = !no_inherit;
> attr->read_format = PERF_FORMAT_TOTAL_TIME_ENABLED |
> PERF_FORMAT_TOTAL_TIME_RUNNING |
> @@ -222,10 +221,11 @@ static void config_attr(struct perf_evsel *evsel, struct perf_evlist *evlist)
> attr->mmap = track;
> attr->comm = track;
>
> - if (target_pid == -1 && target_tid == -1 && !system_wide) {
> + if (!group)
> attr->disabled = 1;
> +
> + if (target_pid == -1 && target_tid == -1 && !system_wide)
> attr->enable_on_exec = 1;
> - }
> }
>
> static bool perf_evlist__equal(struct perf_evlist *evlist,
> diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
> index 5deb17d..ca95475 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
> @@ -284,7 +284,8 @@ static int create_perf_stat_counter(struct perf_evsel *evsel)
> return perf_evsel__open_per_cpu(evsel, evsel_list->cpus, group);
>
> if (target_pid == -1 && target_tid == -1) {
> - attr->disabled = 1;
> + if (!group)
> + attr->disabled = 1;
> attr->enable_on_exec = 1;
> }
>


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