Re: [PATCH 1/2] perf data: Show error message when ctf setup failed

["Jérémie Galarneau" <jeremie.galarneau@efficios.com>]

Should be fixed as of this commit.

commit 29664b2a3a15c7233d916887d2f58fc42e18521e
Author: Philippe Proulx <eeppeliteloop@gmail.com>
Date:   Mon Apr 13 18:14:59 2015 -0400

    Fix: ir: make sure "stream_id" attr is always right

    Make sure the "stream_id" attribute of all the event
    classes of a given stream class is updated at the following
    places:

      * user sets the stream class ID manually: calling
        bt_ctf_stream_class_set_id()
      * stream class ID is automatically set: in
        bt_ctf_trace_add_stream_class()
      * an event class is added to an existing stream
        class: in bt_ctf_stream_class_add_event_class()

    Signed-off-by: Philippe Proulx <eeppeliteloop@gmail.com>
    Signed-off-by: Jérémie Galarneau <jeremie.galarneau@efficios.com>

Jérémie

On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 4:30 PM, Jérémie Galarneau
<jeremie.galarneau@efficios.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 10, 2015 at 8:37 AM, Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, Apr 10, 2015 at 02:05:45PM +0200, Jiri Olsa wrote:
>>
>> SNIP
>>
>>> > >>I tested by using babeltrace binary and it works.
>>> > >>
>>> > >>After receiving your reply, I test on the latest tracecompass. A
>>> > >>folder named 'ctf' is showed instead of the expected file
>>> > >>'ctf-data', this folder only contains the raw metadata and
>>> > >>perf-stream files but not analysed.
>>> > >CC-ing Alexandre from tracecompass devel ^^^
>>> >
>>> > Hi,
>>> >
>>> > I just came back from vacation, sorry for not replying earlier!
>>> >
>>> > I managed to compile perf with CTF support, but by using Babeltrace's commit
>>> > 5584a48. It fails to compile against current master, because of private
>>> > headers getting exposed. I reported that to the BT maintainers.
>>>
>>> there's fix in babeltrace tree already
>>>
>>> >
>>> > Then it seems there's another bug with Trace Compass's current master, trace
>>> > validation cannot fail, and any file will get imported with no errors. We
>>> > will look into this.
>>> > But the root of the problem was that the converted CTF trace was not being
>>> > recognized as valid. This is because some events define "stream_id = 0;",
>>> > and others don't specify a stream_id at all. It seems quite random, see the
>>> > full metadata here: http://pastebin.com/pACgV5JU
>>> >
>>> > Is there a reason why some events specify a stream_id and some don't?
>>>
>>> hum, that seems like a bug.. I'll check
>>>
>>
>> ok, found the problem.. the "stream_id" event_class's attribute is created
>> only when the instance of the event (not event_class) is created
>>
>> so you'll see the stream_id attribute only for events, that
>> we actually got data for.. the rest is without, because
>> their instance was never created
>>
>> seems to me like libbabeltrace bug, unless the application should
>> take care about stream_id attribute.. but it's not the case for
>> the rest of the 'internal' attributes.. Jeremie?
>
> According to the spec, the stream_id attribute can be left unspecified
> if only one stream is defined. However, is seems Babeltrace's CTF-Writer
> will leave the stream_id out of the event's declaration even when
> multiple streams are defined.
>
> I'll submit a fix.
>
> Thanks.
> Jérémie
>
>>
>> anyway, I made a attached workaround and it all works nicely again,
>> tracecompass is happy and shows the data properly
>>
>> I put all the pending ctf changes (plus the workaround) into:
>>   git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jolsa/perf.git
>>   perf/ctf branch
>>
>> jirka
>>
>>
>> ---
>> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/data-convert-bt.c b/tools/perf/util/data-convert-bt.c
>> index 977cc3f98d8f..d7f03dcb1700 100644
>> --- a/tools/perf/util/data-convert-bt.c
>> +++ b/tools/perf/util/data-convert-bt.c
>> @@ -803,6 +803,7 @@ static int add_generic_types(struct ctf_writer *cw, struct perf_evsel *evsel,
>>  static int add_event(struct ctf_writer *cw, struct perf_evsel *evsel)
>>  {
>>         struct bt_ctf_event_class *event_class;
>> +       struct bt_ctf_event *event;
>>         struct evsel_priv *priv;
>>         const char *name = perf_evsel__name(evsel);
>>         int ret;
>> @@ -833,6 +834,14 @@ static int add_event(struct ctf_writer *cw, struct perf_evsel *evsel)
>>         if (!priv)
>>                 goto err;
>>
>> +       event = bt_ctf_event_create(event_class);
>> +       if (!event) {
>> +               pr_err("Failed to create an CTF event\n");
>> +               goto err;
>> +       }
>> +
>> +       bt_ctf_event_put(event);
>> +
>>         priv->event_class = event_class;
>>         evsel->priv       = priv;
>>         return 0;
>
>
>
> --
> Jérémie Galarneau
> EfficiOS Inc.
> http://www.efficios.com



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