Re: [PATCH] perf tools: Detect when pipe is passed as perf data

[Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>]

On Sat, Dec 26, 2020 at 7:21 AM Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> Currently we allow pipe input/output only through '-' string
> being passed to '-o' or '-i' options, like:
>
>   # mkfifo perf.pipe
>   # perf record --no-buffering -e 'sched:sched_switch' -o - > perf.pipe &
>   [1] 354406
>   # cat perf.pipe | ./perf --no-pager script -i - | head -3
>             perf 354406 [000] 168190.164921: sched:sched_switch: perf:354406..
>      migration/0    12 [000] 168190.164928: sched:sched_switch: migration/0:..
>             perf 354406 [001] 168190.164981: sched:sched_switch: perf:354406..
>   ...
>
> This patch detects if given path is pipe and set the perf data
> object accordingly, so it's possible now to do above with:
>
>   # mkfifo perf.pipe
>   # perf record --no-buffering -e 'sched:sched_switch' -o perf.pipe &
>   [1] 360188
>   # perf --no-pager script -i ./perf.pipe | head -3
>             perf 354442 [000] 168275.464895: sched:sched_switch: perf:354442..
>      migration/0    12 [000] 168275.464902: sched:sched_switch: migration/0:..
>             perf 354442 [001] 168275.464953: sched:sched_switch: perf:354442..
>
> It's of course possible to combine any of above ways.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
> ---
>  tools/perf/util/data.c | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++------
>  1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/data.c b/tools/perf/util/data.c
> index f29af4fc3d09..767b6c903cf5 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/data.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/data.c
> @@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ int perf_data__update_dir(struct perf_data *data)
>         return 0;
>  }
>
> -static bool check_pipe(struct perf_data *data)
> +static int check_pipe(struct perf_data *data)
>  {
>         struct stat st;
>         bool is_pipe = false;
> @@ -172,6 +172,15 @@ static bool check_pipe(struct perf_data *data)
>         } else {
>                 if (!strcmp(data->path, "-"))
>                         is_pipe = true;
> +               else if (!stat(data->path, &st) && S_ISFIFO(st.st_mode)) {
> +                       int flags = perf_data__is_read(data) ?
> +                                   O_RDONLY : O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC;

I don't think we need O_CREAT here (maybe O_TRUNC as well).

Thanks,
Namhyung


> +
> +                       fd = open(data->path, flags);
> +                       if (fd < 0)
> +                               return -EINVAL;
> +                       is_pipe = true;
> +               }
>         }
>
>         if (is_pipe) {
> @@ -190,7 +199,8 @@ static bool check_pipe(struct perf_data *data)
>                 }
>         }
>
> -       return data->is_pipe = is_pipe;
> +       data->is_pipe = is_pipe;
> +       return 0;
>  }