Em Wed, Oct 14, 2020 at 03:21:46PM +0200, Jiri Olsa escreveu:
> On Wed, Oct 14, 2020 at 08:59:08AM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> > Em Tue, Oct 13, 2020 at 09:24:39PM +0200, Jiri Olsa escreveu:
> > > We do not store size with build ids in perf data,
> > > but there's enough space to do it. Adding misc bit
> > > PERF_RECORD_MISC_BUILD_ID_SIZE to mark build id event
> > > with size.
> > >
> > > With this fix the dso with md5 build id will have correct
> > > build id data and will be usable for debuginfod processing
> > > if needed (coming in following patches).
> > >
> > > Acked-by: Ian Rogers <[email protected]>
> > > Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <[email protected]>
> > > ---
> > > tools/lib/perf/include/perf/event.h | 12 +++++++++++-
> > > tools/perf/util/build-id.c | 8 +++++---
> > > tools/perf/util/header.c | 10 +++++++---
> > > 3 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/tools/lib/perf/include/perf/event.h
> > > b/tools/lib/perf/include/perf/event.h
> > > index a6dbba6b9073..988c539bedb6 100644
> > > --- a/tools/lib/perf/include/perf/event.h
> > > +++ b/tools/lib/perf/include/perf/event.h
> > > @@ -201,10 +201,20 @@ struct perf_record_header_tracing_data {
> > > __u32 size;
> > > };
> > >
> > > +#define PERF_RECORD_MISC_BUILD_ID_SIZE (1 << 15)
> > > +
> > > struct perf_record_header_build_id {
> > > struct perf_event_header header;
> > > pid_t pid;
> > > - __u8 build_id[24];
> > > + union {
> > > + __u8 build_id[24];
> > > + struct {
> > > + __u8 data[20];
> > > + __u8 size;
> > > + __u8 reserved1__;
> > > + __u16 reserved2__;
> > > + };
> > > + };
> > > char filename[];
> > > };
> > Hey, shouldn't we just append the extra info at the end, i.e. keep it
> > like:
> > struct perf_record_header_build_id {
> > struct perf_event_header header;
> > pid_t pid;
> > __u8 build_id[24];
> > char filename[];
> > __u8 size;
> > };
> > No need for PERF_RECORD_MISC_BUILD_ID_SIZE, older tools will continue
> > working with new perf data files.
> hum, then how would we tell if the last byte (size) is present or not?
IT would be different than '\0' ;-)
- Arnaldo
> >
> > OTOH BUILD_ID_SIZE is 20 and the space on this header is 24, so the last
> > 4 bytes were not being used, so older tools don't look into it, they
> > should continue working, have you tested this case? I.e. getting the
> > perf binary in, say, fedora and check that it works with this new
> > perf_record_header_build_id layout?
>
> yes, that still works (tested), because we copied only 20 bytes
> of the build_id[24] and did not care about the rest
Great that you actually tested it.
- Arnaldo
