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From: Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
To: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
Cc: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, KVM <kvm@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] KVM: trace mmio read event properly
Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 10:36:37 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4F14DEB5.6020902@linux.vnet.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4F13F967.5000007@redhat.com>

On 01/16/2012 06:18 PM, Avi Kivity wrote:

> On 01/16/2012 11:31 AM, Xiao Guangrong wrote:
>> In current code, we use KVM_TRACE_MMIO_READ to trace mmio read event which
>> only can be completed immediately, instead of it, we trace the time when
>> read event occur, then cooperate with then later patch, we can know the time
>> of mmio read emulation
>>
>> @@ -3744,6 +3740,8 @@ mmio:
>>  	/*
>>  	 * Is this MMIO handled locally?
>>  	 */
>> +	trace_kvm_mmio(write ? KVM_TRACE_MMIO_WRITE : KVM_TRACE_MMIO_READ,
> 
> It's better to push the conditional to the trace event itself, so it's
> only evaluated if tracing is enabled.
> 


Yes.

>> +			bytes, gpa, *(u64 *)val);
> 
> We get the wrong value for reads here, no?
> 


Yes, the value is meaningless in this point.

> Can't we leave the code as is, and infer the start of the event from the
> last kvm_exit trace?


Yes, we can do it, but the same problems is we need trace vcpu id to get its
vmexit, i will do it in the next version if you like this way :)


  reply	other threads:[~2012-01-17  2:36 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-01-16  9:30 [RFC][PATCH] KVM: perf: a smart tool to analyse kvm events Xiao Guangrong
2012-01-16  9:31 ` [PATCH 1/3] KVM: trace mmio read event properly Xiao Guangrong
2012-01-16 10:18   ` Avi Kivity
2012-01-17  2:36     ` Xiao Guangrong [this message]
2012-01-16  9:32 ` [PATCH 2/3] KVM: improve trace events of vmexit/mmio/ioport Xiao Guangrong
2012-01-16  9:38   ` Avi Kivity
2012-01-17  2:28     ` Xiao Guangrong
2012-01-17 11:55       ` Marcelo Tosatti
2012-01-17 17:31         ` David Ahern
2012-01-18  2:32           ` Xiao Guangrong
2012-01-18  5:34             ` David Ahern
2012-01-24 12:44       ` Avi Kivity
2012-01-16  9:32 ` [PATCH 3/3] KVM: perf: kvm events analysis tool Xiao Guangrong
2012-01-16 10:04   ` Avi Kivity
2012-01-17  2:30     ` Xiao Guangrong
2012-01-24 12:49       ` Avi Kivity
2012-01-16 10:08   ` Stefan Hajnoczi
2012-01-17  2:37     ` Xiao Guangrong
2012-01-17 11:59     ` Marcelo Tosatti
2012-01-24 12:51       ` Avi Kivity
2012-01-16 10:11 ` [RFC][PATCH] KVM: perf: a smart tool to analyse kvm events Avi Kivity
2012-01-17  2:30   ` Xiao Guangrong
2012-01-16 22:53 ` David Ahern
2012-01-17  2:41   ` Xiao Guangrong
2012-01-17  4:49     ` David Ahern

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