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[v3,01/11] perf tools: Add API to pause/resume a evlist

Message ID 1463987628-163563-2-git-send-email-wangnan0@huawei.com
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Wang Nan May 23, 2016, 7:13 a.m. UTC 
perf_evlist__toggle_{pause,resume}() are introduced to pause/resume
events in an evlist. Utilize PERF_EVENT_IOC_PAUSE_OUTPUT ioctl.
Following commits use them to ensure overwrite ring buffer is paused
before reading.

Signed-off-by: Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com>

Signed-off-by: He Kuang <hekuang@huawei.com>

Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Zefan Li <lizefan@huawei.com>
Cc: pi3orama@163.com
---
 tools/perf/util/evlist.c | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 tools/perf/util/evlist.h |  2 ++
 2 files changed, 34 insertions(+)

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1.8.3.4
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diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
index 1a370db..9303525 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
@@ -679,6 +679,38 @@  static struct perf_evsel *perf_evlist__event2evsel(struct perf_evlist *evlist,
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+static int perf_evlist__set_paused(struct perf_evlist *evlist, bool pause)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < evlist->nr_mmaps; i++) {
+		int fd = evlist->mmap[i].fd;
+		int err;
+
+		if (fd < 0)
+			continue;
+		err = ioctl(fd, PERF_EVENT_IOC_PAUSE_OUTPUT,
+			    pause ? 1 : 0);
+		if (err) {
+			err = (errno == 0 ? -EINVAL : -errno);
+			pr_err("Unable to pause output on %d: %s\n",
+			       fd, strerror(-err));
+			return err;
+		}
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int perf_evlist__pause(struct perf_evlist *evlist)
+{
+	return perf_evlist__set_paused(evlist, true);
+}
+
+int perf_evlist__resume(struct perf_evlist *evlist)
+{
+	return perf_evlist__set_paused(evlist, false);
+}
+
 /* When check_messup is true, 'end' must points to a good entry */
 static union perf_event *
 perf_mmap__read(struct perf_mmap *md, bool check_messup, u64 start,
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.h b/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
index 0d165b1..97090b7 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
@@ -136,6 +136,8 @@  void perf_evlist__mmap_read_catchup(struct perf_evlist *evlist, int idx);
 
 void perf_evlist__mmap_consume(struct perf_evlist *evlist, int idx);
 
+int perf_evlist__pause(struct perf_evlist *evlist);
+int perf_evlist__resume(struct perf_evlist *evlist);
 int perf_evlist__open(struct perf_evlist *evlist);
 void perf_evlist__close(struct perf_evlist *evlist);