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From: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
To: Alexey Budankov <alexey.budankov@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>,
	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>,
	Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>, Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 3/9] perf stat: factor out event handling loop into a function
Date: Thu, 21 May 2020 13:48:59 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200521114859.GU157452@krava> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <a03c1c18-6e87-692f-87a5-bd4124d56bc9@linux.intel.com>

On Wed, May 20, 2020 at 06:17:40PM +0300, Alexey Budankov wrote:

SNIP

> >> @@ -675,16 +708,9 @@ static int __run_perf_stat(int argc, const char **argv, int run_idx)
> >>  		perf_evlist__start_workload(evsel_list);
> >>  		enable_counters();
> >>  
> >> -		if (interval || timeout) {
> >> -			while (!waitpid(child_pid, &status, WNOHANG)) {
> >> -				nanosleep(&ts, NULL);
> >> -				if (timeout)
> >> -					break;
> >> -				process_interval();
> >> -				if (interval_count && !(--times))
> >> -					break;
> >> -			}
> >> -		}
> >> +		if (interval || timeout)
> >> +			handle_events(child_pid, &stat_config);
> >> +
> >>  		if (child_pid != -1) {
> >>  			if (timeout)
> >>  				kill(child_pid, SIGTERM);
> >> @@ -701,18 +727,7 @@ static int __run_perf_stat(int argc, const char **argv, int run_idx)
> >>  			psignal(WTERMSIG(status), argv[0]);
> >>  	} else {
> >>  		enable_counters();
> >> -		while (!done) {
> >> -			nanosleep(&ts, NULL);
> >> -			if (!is_target_alive(&target, evsel_list->core.threads))
> >> -				break;
> >> -			if (timeout)
> >> -				break;
> >> -			if (interval) {
> >> -				process_interval();
> >> -				if (interval_count && !(--times))
> >> -					break;
> >> -			}
> >> -		}
> >> +		handle_events(-1, &stat_config);
> > 
> > this makes me worried.. I'm not sure if it's good idea
> > to squash these 2 looops into one, because they are already
> > complex as they are.. and one of you following patches is
> > making it even more complex
> 
> Loops bodies are mostly identical. The only difference is in events
> they wait for and API used for that. Adding of more events will
> complicate further. The code is duplicated, thus needs refactoring.
> If the following patch complicates lets organize the patch it into
> several smaller functions.

yea, that might help

jirka

> 
> > 
> > wouldn't it be better if you just add single call into
> > each of them.. that would poll on your fd and process the
> > commands if needed?
> 
> That's of course possible, but doesn't manage existing complexity
> at the first place - __run_perf_stat().
> 
> Let's still have handle_events() as a general dispatcher and implement
> handlers for different events as separate functions?
> 
> ~Alexey
> 


  reply	other threads:[~2020-05-21 11:49 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-05-13  7:53 [PATCH v3 0/9] perf: support enable and disable commands in stat and record modes Alexey Budankov
2020-05-13  7:59 ` [PATCH v3 1/9] perf evlist: introduce control file descriptors Alexey Budankov
2020-05-20 12:38   ` Jiri Olsa
2020-05-20 14:46     ` Alexey Budankov
2020-05-13  8:00 ` [PATCH v3 2/9] perf evlist: implement control command handling functions Alexey Budankov
2020-05-20 12:38   ` Jiri Olsa
2020-05-20 14:56     ` Alexey Budankov
2020-05-13  8:00 ` [PATCH v3 3/9] perf stat: factor out event handling loop into a function Alexey Budankov
2020-05-20 12:38   ` Jiri Olsa
2020-05-20 15:17     ` Alexey Budankov
2020-05-21 11:48       ` Jiri Olsa [this message]
2020-05-13  8:01 ` [PATCH v3 4/9] perf stat: extend -D,--delay option with -1 value Alexey Budankov
2020-05-13  8:02 ` [PATCH v3 5/9] perf stat: implement control commands handling Alexey Budankov
2020-05-13  8:03 ` [PATCH v3 6/9] perf stat: introduce --ctl-fd[-ack] options Alexey Budankov
2020-05-20 12:38   ` Jiri Olsa
2020-05-20 15:05     ` Alexey Budankov
2020-05-13  8:03 ` [PATCH v3 7/9] perf record: extend -D,--delay option with -1 value Alexey Budankov
2020-05-13  8:04 ` [PATCH v3 8/9] perf record: implement control commands handling Alexey Budankov
2020-05-20 12:38   ` Jiri Olsa
2020-05-20 18:06     ` Alexey Budankov
2020-05-13  8:05 ` [PATCH v3 9/9] perf record: introduce --ctl-fd[-ack] options Alexey Budankov
2020-05-20 12:38   ` Jiri Olsa
2020-05-20 15:21     ` Alexey Budankov
2020-05-18  8:08 ` [PATCH v3 0/9] perf: support enable and disable commands in stat and record modes Alexey Budankov
2020-05-20 10:55   ` Jiri Olsa
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2020-05-08 10:43 Alexey Budankov
2020-05-08 10:48 ` [PATCH v3 3/9] perf stat: factor out event handling loop into a function Alexey Budankov

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