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SubjectRe: [RFC PATCH v1 0/2] perf: Support for SDT markers
On 02/26/2014 03:12 PM, Masami Hiramatsu wrote:
> (2014/02/26 18:03), Hemant Kumar wrote:
>> On 02/26/2014 01:48 PM, Namhyung Kim wrote:
>>> Hi Masami and Hemant,
>>>
>>> On Tue, 25 Feb 2014 21:27:07 +0530, Hemant Kumar wrote:
>>>> On 02/25/2014 05:14 PM, Masami Hiramatsu wrote:
>>>>> (2014/02/24 18:14), Hemant Kumar wrote:
>>>>>> First, scan the binaries using :
>>>>>> # perf list sdt --scan
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Creating a cache of SDT markers...
>>>>>> perf sdt cache created!
>>>>>> Use : "perf list sdt"
>>>>>> to see the SDT markers
>>>>> Hmm, in that case, I think you'd better introduce perf-sdt for scanning.
>>>>> e.g.
>>>>>
>>>>> # perf sdt --scan app
>>>> Hmm, this seems a better idea :)
>>>>
>>>>> then you can add app to sdt cache, without app,
>>>>>
>>>>> # perf sdt --scan
>>>>>
>>>>> will just scans all binaries on the PATH and the libraries which listed
>>>>> by `ldconfig --print-caceh`
>>> What should be done with the new perf sdt command? If it's only
>>> intended to list the markers, I'd just suggest to add "perf list sdt" as
>>> this patch did.
> No, here what I said is, the "perf sdt" is only for managing SDT cache
> as like as "perf buildid-cache". Thus, "perf sdt-cache" might be better.

Ah! ok.

> BTW, the SDT markers can be changed if the application is updated.
> To ensure the correctness of SDT markers, we should store buildid in the
> cache file and check it when listing and using them.

Yeah! That's why perf list sdt --scan is storing the buildid too in the
cache file.

>> If we display the SDT markers along with the other events in perf list,
>> then I think we can go with
>> perf list sdt. I am not too sure though! :)
>>
>> For me, the main issue was that the markers are not events. They become
>> events after
>> we place them in the uprobe_events file just like functions. But we use
>> `perf list` to
>> display all the "events" available on a system. Isn't it?
> As I said, if perf accepts -e "%app:sdt" option, showing SDT events as
> fixed events does not matter, since it is transparent to users. :)
>
> Thank you,
>

Alright. Got it! :)

--
Thanks
Hemant Kumar



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