On Tue, Sep 17, 2019 at 06:30:52AM -0700, Daniel Xu wrote: SNIP > + PERF_FORMAT_MAX = 1U << 5, /* non-ABI */ > }; > > #define PERF_ATTR_SIZE_VER0 64 /* sizeof first published struct */ > diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c > index 0463c1151bae..ee08d3ed6299 100644 > --- a/kernel/events/core.c > +++ b/kernel/events/core.c > @@ -1715,6 +1715,9 @@ static void __perf_event_read_size(struct perf_event *event, int nr_siblings) > if (event->attr.read_format & PERF_FORMAT_ID) > entry += sizeof(u64); > > + if (event->attr.read_format & PERF_FORMAT_LOST) > + entry += sizeof(u64); > + > if (event->attr.read_format & PERF_FORMAT_GROUP) { > nr += nr_siblings; > size += sizeof(u64); > @@ -4734,6 +4737,24 @@ u64 perf_event_read_value(struct perf_event *event, u64 *enabled, u64 *running) > } > EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(perf_event_read_value); > > +static struct pmu perf_kprobe; > +static u64 perf_event_lost(struct perf_event *event) > +{ > + struct ring_buffer *rb; > + u64 lost = 0; > + > + rcu_read_lock(); > + rb = rcu_dereference(event->rb); > + if (likely(!!rb)) > + lost += local_read(&rb->lost); > + rcu_read_unlock(); > + > + if (event->attr.type == perf_kprobe.type) > + lost += perf_kprobe_missed(event); not sure what was the peterz's suggestion, but here you are mixing ring buffer's lost count with kprobes missed count, seems wrong maybe we could add PERF_FORMAT_KPROBE_MISSED jirka