Re: [PATCH 01/17] perf cs-etm: Print error for new PERF_RECORD_AUX_OUTPUT_HW_ID versions

[Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@arm.com>]

On 5/7/24 15:36, James Clark wrote:
> 
> 
> On 07/05/2024 04:47, Anshuman Khandual wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 4/29/24 20:51, James Clark wrote:
>>> The likely fix for this is to update Perf so print a helpful message.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: James Clark <james.clark@arm.com>
>>> ---
>>>  tools/perf/util/cs-etm.c | 5 ++++-
>>>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/cs-etm.c b/tools/perf/util/cs-etm.c
>>> index d65d7485886c..32818bd7cd17 100644
>>> --- a/tools/perf/util/cs-etm.c
>>> +++ b/tools/perf/util/cs-etm.c
>>> @@ -335,8 +335,11 @@ static int cs_etm__process_aux_output_hw_id(struct perf_session *session,
>>>  	trace_chan_id = FIELD_GET(CS_AUX_HW_ID_TRACE_ID_MASK, hw_id);
>>>  
>>>  	/* check that we can handle this version */
>>> -	if (version > CS_AUX_HW_ID_CURR_VERSION)
>>> +	if (version > CS_AUX_HW_ID_CURR_VERSION) {
>>> +		pr_err("CS ETM Trace: PERF_RECORD_AUX_OUTPUT_HW_ID version %d not supported. Please update Perf.\n",
>>
>> Is not this bit misleading ? PERF_RECORD_AUX_OUTPUT_HW_ID is just the perf record
>> format identifier. The record version here, is derived from the platform specific
>> hardware ID information embedded in this perf record.
> 
> Not sure I follow what you mean here. 'version' is something that's
> output by the kernel. It's saved into a perf.data file, and if Perf
> can't handle version 2 for example, you need to update Perf.

Got it.

> 
>>
>> Should not this be just s/PERF_RECORD_AUX_OUTPUT_HW_ID/hardware ID/ instead ?
>>
> 
> It's just a way to go from the error message to the part of the code or
> docs that you need to look at. "hardware ID" wouldn't lead you anywhere
> so I don't think it would be useful.

Sure, fair enough.

> 
>>> +		       version);
>>>  		return -EINVAL;
>>> +	}
>>>  
>>>  	/* get access to the etm metadata */
>>>  	etm = container_of(session->auxtrace, struct cs_etm_auxtrace, auxtrace);
>>
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