Re: [PATCH v7 1/2]: perf util: map data buffer for preserving collected data

[Alexey Budankov <alexey.budankov@linux.intel.com>]

On 06.09.2018 14:04, Jiri Olsa wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 05, 2018 at 10:19:56AM +0300, Alexey Budankov wrote:
> 
> SNIP
> 
>> @@ -166,6 +174,7 @@ void perf_mmap__munmap(struct perf_mmap *map)
>>  
>>  int perf_mmap__mmap(struct perf_mmap *map, struct mmap_params *mp, int fd)
>>  {
>> +	int i;
>>  	/*
>>  	 * The last one will be done at perf_mmap__consume(), so that we
>>  	 * make sure we don't prevent tools from consuming every last event in
>> @@ -190,6 +199,50 @@ int perf_mmap__mmap(struct perf_mmap *map, struct mmap_params *mp, int fd)
>>  		map->base = NULL;
>>  		return -1;
>>  	}
>> +	map->nr_cblocks = mp->nr_cblocks;
>> +	map->cblocks = calloc(map->nr_cblocks, sizeof(struct aiocb*));
>> +	if (!map->cblocks) {
>> +		pr_debug2("failed to allocate perf event data buffers, error %d\n",
>> +				errno);
>> +		return -1;
>> +	}
>> +	map->data = calloc(map->nr_cblocks, sizeof(void*));
>> +	if (map->data) {
>> +		int delta_max = sysconf(_SC_AIO_PRIO_DELTA_MAX);
>> +		for (i = 0; i < map->nr_cblocks; ++i) {
>> +			map->data[i] = malloc(perf_mmap__mmap_len(map));
>> +			if (map->data[i]) {
>> +				int prio;
>> +				unsigned char *data = map->data[i];
>> +				map->cblocks[i] = (struct aiocb *)&data[map->mask + 1];
> 
> the 'struct aiocb' is allocated at the last page of the buffer?
> is that enough space? could we please make this more transparent
> and allocate that space separately?

Would the array of pointers followed by the array of referenced objects fit?

> 
> thanks,
> jirka
>