Re: [PATCH] perf record: Synthesize cgroup events only if needed

[Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>]

Em Fri, Nov 27, 2020 at 04:45:57PM +0100, Jiri Olsa escreveu:
> On Fri, Nov 27, 2020 at 02:43:56PM +0900, Namhyung Kim wrote:
> > It didn't check the tool->cgroup_events bit which is set when
> > the --all-cgroups option is given.  Without it, samples will not have
> > cgroup info so no reason to synthesize.
> > 
> > We can check the PERF_RECORD_CGROUP records after running perf record
> > *WITHOUT* the --all-cgroups option:
> > 
> > Before:
> >   $ perf report -D | grep CGROUP
> >   0 0 0x8430 [0x38]: PERF_RECORD_CGROUP cgroup: 1 /
> >           CGROUP events:          1
> >           CGROUP events:          0
> >           CGROUP events:          0
> > 
> > After:
> >   $ perf report -D | grep CGROUP
> >           CGROUP events:          0
> >           CGROUP events:          0
> >           CGROUP events:          0
> > 
> > Fixes: 8fb4b67939e16 ("perf record: Add --all-cgroups option")
> > Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
> > ---
> >  tools/perf/util/synthetic-events.c | 3 +++
> >  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/tools/perf/util/synthetic-events.c b/tools/perf/util/synthetic-events.c
> > index 8a23391558cf..d9c624377da7 100644
> > --- a/tools/perf/util/synthetic-events.c
> > +++ b/tools/perf/util/synthetic-events.c
> > @@ -563,6 +563,9 @@ int perf_event__synthesize_cgroups(struct perf_tool *tool,
> >  	char cgrp_root[PATH_MAX];
> >  	size_t mount_len;  /* length of mount point in the path */
> >  
> > +	if (!tool || !tool->cgroup_events)
> > +		return 0;
> 
> can !tool actually happen here? or it's just being extra cautious
> 
> Acked-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>

Thanks, tested with/without --all-cgroups and applied.

- Arnaldo