Re: [PATCH 3/8] perf/core: Add perf_sample_save_raw_data() helper

[Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>]

Hi Song,

On Fri, Jan 13, 2023 at 1:01 PM Song Liu <song@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Jan 12, 2023 at 1:40 PM Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> wrote:
> >
> > When it saves the raw_data to the perf sample data, it needs to update
> > the sample flags and the dynamic size.  To make sure this, add the
> > perf_sample_save_raw_data() helper and convert all call sites.
> >
> > Cc: linux-s390@vger.kernel.org
> > Cc: x86@kernel.org
> > Cc: bpf@vger.kernel.org
> > Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
> > Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
> > ---

[SNIP]
> > diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
> > index 0fba98b9cd65..133894ae5e30 100644
> > --- a/kernel/events/core.c
> > +++ b/kernel/events/core.c
> > @@ -7588,30 +7588,10 @@ void perf_prepare_sample(struct perf_event_header *header,
> >         if (filtered_sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_CALLCHAIN)
> >                 perf_sample_save_callchain(data, event, regs);
> >
> > -       if (sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_RAW) {
> > -               struct perf_raw_record *raw = data->raw;
> > -               int size;
> > -
> > -               if (raw && (data->sample_flags & PERF_SAMPLE_RAW)) {
> > -                       struct perf_raw_frag *frag = &raw->frag;
> > -                       u32 sum = 0;
> > -
> > -                       do {
> > -                               sum += frag->size;
> > -                               if (perf_raw_frag_last(frag))
> > -                                       break;
> > -                               frag = frag->next;
> > -                       } while (1);
> > -
> > -                       size = round_up(sum + sizeof(u32), sizeof(u64));
> > -                       raw->size = size - sizeof(u32);
> > -                       frag->pad = raw->size - sum;
> > -               } else {
> > -                       size = sizeof(u64);
> > -                       data->raw = NULL;
> > -               }
> > -
> > -               data->dyn_size += size;
> > +       if (filtered_sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_RAW) {
> > +               data->raw = NULL;
> > +               data->dyn_size += sizeof(u64);
> > +               data->sample_flags |= PERF_SAMPLE_RAW;
> >         }
>
> I don't quite follow this change, and the commit log doesn't seem
> to cover this part.

It's for when the user requested RAW but no actual data.
It assumes PMU drivers call perf_sample_save_raw_data()
before perf_prepare_sample() if there's RAW data.
So we can only handle the 'else' part in the original code.

Thanks,
Namhyung