Re: [PATCH v4 10/11] perf env: Set flag for kernel is 64-bit mode
From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>
Date: 2021-07-14 14:00:49
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Em Wed, Jul 14, 2021 at 10:59:49AM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo escreveu:
Em Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 05:31:03PM +0000, Hunter, Adrian escreveu:quoted
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On Mon, Jul 12, 2021 at 03:14:35PM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:quoted
Em Sun, Jul 11, 2021 at 06:41:04PM +0800, Leo Yan escreveu:quoted
+++ b/tools/perf/util/env.c@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ #include <stdlib.h> #include <string.h>quoted
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+int kernel_is_64_bit; struct perf_env perf_env;quoted
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Why can't this be in 'struct perf_env'?quoted
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Good question. I considered to add it in struct perf_env but finally I used this way; the reason is this variable "kernel_is_64_bit" is only used during recording phase for AUX ring buffer, and don't use it for report. So seems to me it's over complexity to add a new field and just wander if it's necessary to save this field as new feature in the perf header.quoted
I think we store the arch, so if the "kernel_is_64_bit" calculation depends only on arch then I guess we don't need a new feature at the moment.So, I wasn't suggesting to add this info to the perf.data file header, just to the in-memory 'struct perf_env'. And also we should avoid unconditionally initializing things that we may never need, please structure it as:
Oops, forgot these:
static void perf_env__init_kernel_mode(struct perf_env *env)
{
const char *arch = perf_env__raw_arch(env);
if (!strncmp(arch, "x86_64", 6) || !strncmp(arch, "aarch64", 7) ||
!strncmp(arch, "arm64", 5) || !strncmp(arch, "mips64", 6) ||
!strncmp(arch, "parisc64", 8) || !strncmp(arch, "riscv64", 7) ||
!strncmp(arch, "s390x", 5) || !strncmp(arch, "sparc64", 7))
kernel_is_64_bit = 1;env->kernel_is_64_bit = 1;
else
kernel_is_64_bit = 0;env->kernel_is_64_bit = 0;
} void perf_env__init(struct perf_env *env) { ... env->kernel_is_64_bit = -1; ... } bool perf_env__kernel_is_64_bit(struct perf_env *env) { if (env->kernel_is_64_bit == -1) perf_env__init_kernel_mode(env); return env->kernel_is_64_bit; } One thing in my TODO is to crack down on the tons of initializations perf does unconditionally, last time I looked there are lots :-\ - Arnaldoquoted
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Combining the comment from Adrian in another email, I think it's good to add a new field "compat_mode" in the struct perf_env, and this field will be initialized in build-record.c. Currently we don't need to save this value into the perf file, if later we need to use this value for decoding phase, then we can add a new feature item to save "compat_mode" into the perf file's header.quoted
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If you have any different idea, please let me know. Thanks!
-- - Arnaldo