[PATCH v2 0/4] perf arm-spe: Track pid/tid for Arm SPE samples

Leo Yan leo.yan at linaro.org
Wed Nov 10 23:27:14 PST 2021


Hi Arnaldo,

On Tue, Nov 09, 2021 at 11:50:16AM +0000, German Gomez wrote:
> The following patchset is an iteration on RFC [1] where pid/tid info is
> assigned to the Arm SPE synthesized samples. Two methods of tracking
> pids are considered: hardware-based (using Arm SPE CONTEXT packets), and
> context-switch events (from perf) as fallback.
> 
>   - Patch #1 enables pid tracking using RECORD_SWITCH* events from perf.
>   - Patch #2 updates perf-record documentation and arm-spe recording so
>     that they are consistent.
>   - Patch #3 saves the value of SPE CONTEXT packet to the arm_spe_record
>     struct.
>   - Patch #4 enables hardware-based pid tracking using SPE CONTEXT
>     packets.

I have tested this patch set, it works well on Hisilicon D06 board,
please consider to pick up.  Thanks!

Leo



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