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Diffstat (limited to 'tools/perf')
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/builtin-top.c | 36 |
1 files changed, 36 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c index 17783798924a..ee4bba1e282c 100644 --- a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c +++ b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c @@ -943,6 +943,27 @@ static int perf_top__overwrite_check(struct perf_top *top) return 0; } +static int perf_top_overwrite_fallback(struct perf_top *top, + struct perf_evsel *evsel) +{ + struct record_opts *opts = &top->record_opts; + struct perf_evlist *evlist = top->evlist; + struct perf_evsel *counter; + + if (!opts->overwrite) + return 0; + + /* only fall back when first event fails */ + if (evsel != perf_evlist__first(evlist)) + return 0; + + evlist__for_each_entry(evlist, counter) + counter->attr.write_backward = false; + opts->overwrite = false; + ui__warning("fall back to non-overwrite mode\n"); + return 1; +} + static int perf_top__start_counters(struct perf_top *top) { char msg[BUFSIZ]; @@ -967,6 +988,21 @@ static int perf_top__start_counters(struct perf_top *top) try_again: if (perf_evsel__open(counter, top->evlist->cpus, top->evlist->threads) < 0) { + + /* + * Specially handle overwrite fall back. + * Because perf top is the only tool which has + * overwrite mode by default, support + * both overwrite and non-overwrite mode, and + * require consistent mode for all events. + * + * May move it to generic code with more tools + * have similar attribute. + */ + if (perf_missing_features.write_backward && + perf_top_overwrite_fallback(top, counter)) + goto try_again; + if (perf_evsel__fallback(counter, errno, msg, sizeof(msg))) { if (verbose > 0) ui__warning("%s\n", msg); |
