From 119a784c81270eb88e573174ed2209225d646656 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Namhyung Kim Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2022 11:06:23 -0700 Subject: perf/core: Add a new read format to get a number of lost samples Sometimes we want to know an accurate number of samples even if it's lost. Currenlty PERF_RECORD_LOST is generated for a ring-buffer which might be shared with other events. So it's hard to know per-event lost count. Add event->lost_samples field and PERF_FORMAT_LOST to retrieve it from userspace. Original-patch-by: Jiri Olsa Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220616180623.1358843-1-namhyung@kernel.org --- kernel/events/ring_buffer.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'kernel/events/ring_buffer.c') diff --git a/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c index fb35b926024c..726132039c38 100644 --- a/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c +++ b/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c @@ -172,8 +172,10 @@ __perf_output_begin(struct perf_output_handle *handle, goto out; if (unlikely(rb->paused)) { - if (rb->nr_pages) + if (rb->nr_pages) { local_inc(&rb->lost); + atomic64_inc(&event->lost_samples); + } goto out; } @@ -254,6 +256,7 @@ __perf_output_begin(struct perf_output_handle *handle, fail: local_inc(&rb->lost); + atomic64_inc(&event->lost_samples); perf_output_put_handle(handle); out: rcu_read_unlock(); -- cgit v1.2.3