perf tools: Enable reading of perf.data files from different ABI rev

This patch allows perf to process perf.data files generated
using an ABI that has a different perf_event_attr struct size,
i.e., a different ABI version.

The perf_event_attr can be extended, yet perf needs to cope with
older perf.data files. Similarly, perf must be able to cope with
a perf.data file which is using a newer version of the ABI than
what it knows about.

This patch adds read_attr(), a routine that reads a
perf_event_attr struct from a file incrementally based on its
advertised size. If the on-file struct is smaller than what perf
knows, then the extra fields are zeroed. If the on-file struct
is bigger, then perf only uses what it knows about, the rest is
skipped.

Signed-off-by: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Cc: peterz@infradead.org
Cc: acme@redhat.com
Cc: robert.richter@amd.com
Cc: ming.m.lin@intel.com
Cc: andi@firstfloor.org
Cc: asharma@fb.com
Cc: ravitillo@lbl.gov
Cc: vweaver1@eecs.utk.edu
Cc: khandual@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Cc: dsahern@gmail.com
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1328826068-11713-17-git-send-email-eranian@google.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/header.c b/tools/perf/util/header.c
index 9f867d9..666f189 100644 (file)
--- a/tools/perf/util/header.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/header.c
@@ -1973,6 +1973,51 @@ static int perf_header__read_pipe(struct perf_session *session, int fd)
        return 0;
 }
 
+static int read_attr(int fd, struct perf_header *ph,
+                    struct perf_file_attr *f_attr)
+{
+       struct perf_event_attr *attr = &f_attr->attr;
+       size_t sz, left;
+       size_t our_sz = sizeof(f_attr->attr);
+       int ret;
+
+       memset(f_attr, 0, sizeof(*f_attr));
+
+       /* read minimal guaranteed structure */
+       ret = readn(fd, attr, PERF_ATTR_SIZE_VER0);
+       if (ret <= 0) {
+               pr_debug("cannot read %d bytes of header attr\n",
+                        PERF_ATTR_SIZE_VER0);
+               return -1;
+       }
+
+       /* on file perf_event_attr size */
+       sz = attr->size;
+       if (ph->needs_swap)
+               sz = bswap_32(sz);
+
+       if (sz == 0) {
+               /* assume ABI0 */
+               sz =  PERF_ATTR_SIZE_VER0;
+       } else if (sz > our_sz) {
+               pr_debug("file uses a more recent and unsupported ABI"
+                        " (%zu bytes extra)\n", sz - our_sz);
+               return -1;
+       }
+       /* what we have not yet read and that we know about */
+       left = sz - PERF_ATTR_SIZE_VER0;
+       if (left) {
+               void *ptr = attr;
+               ptr += PERF_ATTR_SIZE_VER0;
+
+               ret = readn(fd, ptr, left);
+       }
+       /* read perf_file_section, ids are read in caller */
+       ret = readn(fd, &f_attr->ids, sizeof(f_attr->ids));
+
+       return ret <= 0 ? -1 : 0;
+}
+
 int perf_session__read_header(struct perf_session *session, int fd)
 {
        struct perf_header *header = &session->header;
@@ -1988,19 +2033,17 @@ int perf_session__read_header(struct perf_session *session, int fd)
        if (session->fd_pipe)
                return perf_header__read_pipe(session, fd);
 
-       if (perf_file_header__read(&f_header, header, fd) < 0) {
-               pr_debug("incompatible file format\n");
+       if (perf_file_header__read(&f_header, header, fd) < 0)
                return -EINVAL;
-       }
 
-       nr_attrs = f_header.attrs.size / sizeof(f_attr);
+       nr_attrs = f_header.attrs.size / f_header.attr_size;
        lseek(fd, f_header.attrs.offset, SEEK_SET);
 
        for (i = 0; i < nr_attrs; i++) {
                struct perf_evsel *evsel;
                off_t tmp;
 
-               if (readn(fd, &f_attr, sizeof(f_attr)) <= 0)
+               if (read_attr(fd, header, &f_attr) < 0)
                        goto out_errno;
 
                if (header->needs_swap)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/session.c b/tools/perf/util/session.c
index bec8a32..e650de8 100644 (file)
--- a/tools/perf/util/session.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/session.c
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ static int perf_session__open(struct perf_session *self, bool force)
                self->fd = STDIN_FILENO;
 
                if (perf_session__read_header(self, self->fd) < 0)
-                       pr_err("incompatible file format");
+                       pr_err("incompatible file format (rerun with -v to learn more)");
 
                return 0;
        }
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ static int perf_session__open(struct perf_session *self, bool force)
        }
 
        if (perf_session__read_header(self, self->fd) < 0) {
-               pr_err("incompatible file format");
+               pr_err("incompatible file format (rerun with -v to learn more)");
                goto out_close;
        }