perf record: Fix use of sample_id_all userspace with !sample_id_all kernels

Check if parse_single_tracepoint_event has already asked for PERF_SAMPLE_TIME.

This is kludgy but short term fix for problems introduced by eac23d1c that
broke 'perf script' by having different sample_types when using multiple
tracepoint events when we use a perf binary that tries to use sample_id_all on
an older kernel.

We need to move counter creation to perf_session, support different
sample_types, etc.

Ongoing work on the perf test infrastructure needs this so that we can create
counters to monitor threads generating specific events, etc.

Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Cc: Tom Zanussi <tzanussi@gmail.com>
Cc: Torok Edwin <edwintorok@gmail.com>
Cc: Ian Munsie <imunsie@au1.ibm.com>
LKML-Reference: <new-submission>
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index 5149e3d..50efbd5 100644 (file)
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -243,6 +243,19 @@ static void create_counter(int counter, int cpu)
                u64 time_running;
                u64 id;
        } read_data;
+       /*
+        * Check if parse_single_tracepoint_event has already asked for
+        * PERF_SAMPLE_TIME.
+        *
+        * XXX this is kludgy but short term fix for problems introduced by
+        * eac23d1c that broke 'perf script' by having different sample_types
+        * when using multiple tracepoint events when we use a perf binary
+        * that tries to use sample_id_all on an older kernel.
+        *
+        * We need to move counter creation to perf_session, support
+        * different sample_types, etc.
+        */
+       bool time_needed = attr->sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_TIME;
 
        attr->read_format       = PERF_FORMAT_TOTAL_TIME_ENABLED |
                                  PERF_FORMAT_TOTAL_TIME_RUNNING |
@@ -285,7 +298,8 @@ static void create_counter(int counter, int cpu)
        if (system_wide)
                attr->sample_type       |= PERF_SAMPLE_CPU;
 
-       if (sample_time || system_wide || !no_inherit || cpu_list)
+       if (sample_id_all_avail &&
+           (sample_time || system_wide || !no_inherit || cpu_list))
                attr->sample_type       |= PERF_SAMPLE_TIME;
 
        if (raw_samples) {
@@ -294,9 +308,6 @@ static void create_counter(int counter, int cpu)
                attr->sample_type       |= PERF_SAMPLE_CPU;
        }
 
-       if (!sample_type)
-               sample_type = attr->sample_type;
-
        attr->mmap              = track;
        attr->comm              = track;
        attr->inherit           = !no_inherit;
@@ -327,7 +338,7 @@ try_again:
                                 * Old kernel, no attr->sample_id_type_all field
                                 */
                                sample_id_all_avail = false;
-                               if (!sample_time && !raw_samples)
+                               if (!sample_time && !raw_samples && !time_needed)
                                        attr->sample_type &= ~PERF_SAMPLE_TIME;
 
                                goto retry_sample_id;
@@ -428,6 +439,9 @@ try_again:
                        }
                }
        }
+
+       if (!sample_type)
+               sample_type = attr->sample_type;
 }
 
 static void open_counters(int cpu)