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authorLinus Torvalds2014-12-10 06:18:06 +0100
committerLinus Torvalds2014-12-10 06:18:06 +0100
commitbee2782f30f66898be3f74ad02e4d1f87a969694 (patch)
treecd175099b587ad14d2e6d5208b9a5781d696dc7c
parentMerge branch 'perf-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kern... (diff)
parentMerge tag 'perf-urgent-for-mingo' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kerne... (diff)
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Merge branch 'perf-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull leftover perf fixes from Ingo Molnar: "Two perf fixes left over from the previous cycle" * 'perf-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: perf session: Do not fail on processing out of order event x86/asm/traps: Disable tracing and kprobes in fixup_bad_iret and sync_regs
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/traps.c5
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/util/event.h1
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/util/session.c11
3 files changed, 9 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c b/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
index de801f22128a..07ab8e9733c5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(do_int3);
* for scheduling or signal handling. The actual stack switch is done in
* entry.S
*/
-asmlinkage __visible struct pt_regs *sync_regs(struct pt_regs *eregs)
+asmlinkage __visible notrace struct pt_regs *sync_regs(struct pt_regs *eregs)
{
struct pt_regs *regs = eregs;
/* Did already sync */
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ struct bad_iret_stack {
struct pt_regs regs;
};
-asmlinkage __visible
+asmlinkage __visible notrace
struct bad_iret_stack *fixup_bad_iret(struct bad_iret_stack *s)
{
/*
@@ -436,6 +436,7 @@ struct bad_iret_stack *fixup_bad_iret(struct bad_iret_stack *s)
BUG_ON(!user_mode_vm(&new_stack->regs));
return new_stack;
}
+NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(fixup_bad_iret);
#endif
/*
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/event.h b/tools/perf/util/event.h
index 09b9e8d3fcf7..c4ffe2bd0738 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/event.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/event.h
@@ -242,6 +242,7 @@ struct events_stats {
u32 nr_invalid_chains;
u32 nr_unknown_id;
u32 nr_unprocessable_samples;
+ u32 nr_unordered_events;
};
struct attr_event {
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/session.c b/tools/perf/util/session.c
index 6ac62ae6b8fa..5f0e05a76c05 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/session.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/session.c
@@ -533,15 +533,11 @@ int perf_session_queue_event(struct perf_session *s, union perf_event *event,
return -ETIME;
if (timestamp < oe->last_flush) {
- WARN_ONCE(1, "Timestamp below last timeslice flush\n");
-
- pr_oe_time(timestamp, "out of order event");
+ pr_oe_time(timestamp, "out of order event\n");
pr_oe_time(oe->last_flush, "last flush, last_flush_type %d\n",
oe->last_flush_type);
- /* We could get out of order messages after forced flush. */
- if (oe->last_flush_type != OE_FLUSH__HALF)
- return -EINVAL;
+ s->stats.nr_unordered_events++;
}
new = ordered_events__new(oe, timestamp, event);
@@ -1118,6 +1114,9 @@ static void perf_session__warn_about_errors(const struct perf_session *session,
"Do you have a KVM guest running and not using 'perf kvm'?\n",
session->stats.nr_unprocessable_samples);
}
+
+ if (session->stats.nr_unordered_events != 0)
+ ui__warning("%u out of order events recorded.\n", session->stats.nr_unordered_events);
}
volatile int session_done;