From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752380Ab1DLTBz (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Apr 2011 15:01:55 -0400 Received: from mail.skyhub.de ([78.46.96.112]:40738 "EHLO mail.skyhub.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751699Ab1DLTBy (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Apr 2011 15:01:54 -0400 Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2011 21:01:50 +0200 From: Borislav Petkov To: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Cc: Frederic Weisbecker , David Ahern , Ingo Molnar , Peter Zijlstra , Steven Rostedt , LKML Subject: Re: adding trace-cmd's plugins to perf Message-ID: <20110412190150.GC9891@liondog.tnic> Mail-Followup-To: Borislav Petkov , Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo , Frederic Weisbecker , David Ahern , Ingo Molnar , Peter Zijlstra , Steven Rostedt , LKML References: <4DA12905.2020806@gmail.com> <20110412162245.GB2240@nowhere> <20110412183536.GA20452@ghostprotocols.net> <20110412185104.GA9891@liondog.tnic> <20110412185652.GB20452@ghostprotocols.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20110412185652.GB20452@ghostprotocols.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 03:56:52PM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote: > Em Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 08:51:04PM +0200, Borislav Petkov escreveu: > > On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 03:35:36PM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote: > > > Em Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 06:22:47PM +0200, Frederic Weisbecker escreveu: > > > > On Sat, Apr 09, 2011 at 09:50:29PM -0600, David Ahern wrote: > > > > > Right now perf script cannot process kvm tracepoints: > > > > > > > > > > perf record -e kvm:* -p 6446 -- sleep 5 > > > > > > > > > > perf script > > > > > Warning: Error: expected type 4 but read 7 > > > > > > > > are about merging common code between the two commands. Also, trace-cmd and perf > > > > > are in separate repositories so a shared lib is going to inconvenience > > > > > one of the two. > > > > > > > > So, we copied the tools/perf/util/trace-event-* files from trace-cmd to perf > > > > a while go. Then both files took their own path, both pulling fixes/enhancement > > > > from each others (probably more in the trace-cmd -> perf direction). > > > > > > > > And perf is indeed a bit backward wrt parsing, because it lacks those plugins > > > > for example. So now it would be nice to unify that in a common lib so that it > > > > works well in both. > > > > > > > > Steve proposed a shared tools/trace.so, that perf and trace-cmd could plug > > > > into, I really would like to see that happening too. > > > > > > > > I think Ingo had some reserves about this, due to potential versioning > > > > and compatibility that such a dynamic lib would involve. > > > > > > So we don't commit to an ABI for a while, just linking with it, changing > > > users when changing the ABI. > > > > > > I encourage David to go and add the bits of trace-cmd he needs for > > > support the plugins he wants used in perf on tools/lib/ and make perf > > > use it. > > > > > > That way we again reduce the differences between the codebases, or at least > > > reduce the feature gap. > > > > Also, just FYI, I have this RAS daemon patchset which splits perf functionality > > into different sub-libs, which are more or less topic based: > > > > tools/lib/trace/ - all the trace-event* stuff from Steven > > tools/lib/lk/ - generic enough stuff (git headers, etc) which several tools could use > > tools/lib/perf/ - functionality related to perf events > > > > Here's the last submission http://marc.info/?l=linux-edac&m=129562244211501&w=2 > > and I'm currently finishing a new rebase against tip/perf/core. > > > > If you're fine with that split I'd suggest I load off my stuff first so > > that David can continue from there and I can finally stop rebasing like > > crazy each time perf moves forward. > > > > Opinions? Suggestions? > > Yeah, David, can you try Borislav's patchset and tell us what you think > wrt servicing your needs? Yeah, but first let me post the latest version - I'll try to do so in the next couple of days. Thanks. -- Regards/Gruss, Boris.