perf_evlist__toggle_paused() is introduced to pause/resume events
in an evlist. Utilize PERF_EVENT_IOC_PAUSE_OUTPUT ioctl. Following
commits use perf_evlist__toggle_paused() to ensure overwrite
ring buffer is paused before reading.

Signed-off-by: Wang Nan <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: He Kuang <[email protected]>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <[email protected]>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <[email protected]>
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <[email protected]>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <[email protected]>
Cc: Zefan Li <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
---
 tools/perf/util/evlist.c | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 tools/perf/util/evlist.h |  1 +
 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
index 1a370db..f4bb8be 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
@@ -679,6 +679,28 @@ static struct perf_evsel *perf_evlist__event2evsel(struct 
perf_evlist *evlist,
        return NULL;
 }
 
+int perf_evlist__toggle_paused(struct perf_evlist *evlist, bool pause)
+{
+       int i;
+
+       for (i = 0; i < evlist->nr_mmaps; i++) {
+               int fd = evlist->mmap[i].fd;
+               int err;
+
+               if (fd < 0)
+                       continue;
+               err = ioctl(fd, PERF_EVENT_IOC_PAUSE_OUTPUT,
+                           pause ? 1 : 0);
+               if (err) {
+                       err = (errno == 0 ? -EINVAL : -errno);
+                       pr_err("Unable to pause output on %d: %s\n",
+                              fd, strerror(-err));
+                       return err;
+               }
+       }
+       return 0;
+}
+
 /* When check_messup is true, 'end' must points to a good entry */
 static union perf_event *
 perf_mmap__read(struct perf_mmap *md, bool check_messup, u64 start,
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.h b/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
index 0d165b1..13234dc 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ void perf_evlist__mmap_read_catchup(struct perf_evlist 
*evlist, int idx);
 
 void perf_evlist__mmap_consume(struct perf_evlist *evlist, int idx);
 
+int perf_evlist__toggle_paused(struct perf_evlist *evlist, bool pause);
 int perf_evlist__open(struct perf_evlist *evlist);
 void perf_evlist__close(struct perf_evlist *evlist);
 
-- 
1.8.3.4

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