On Wed, Feb 1, 2023 at 11:57 AM Jiri Olsa <olsajiri@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Feb 01, 2023 at 11:00:09AM +0200, Jon Doron wrote:
> > From: Jon Doron <jond@xxxxxx>
> >
> > Add option to set when the perf buffer should wake up, by default the
> > perf buffer becomes signaled for every event that is being pushed to it.
> >
> > In case of a high throughput of events it will be more efficient to wake
> > up only once you have X events ready to be read.
> >
> > So your application can wakeup once and drain the entire perf buffer.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Jon Doron <jond@xxxxxx>
> > ---
> > tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c | 4 ++--
> > tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h | 1 +
> > 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
> > index eed5cec6f510..6b30ff13922b 100644
> > --- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
> > +++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c
> > @@ -11719,8 +11719,8 @@ struct perf_buffer *perf_buffer__new(int map_fd, size_t page_cnt,
> > attr.config = PERF_COUNT_SW_BPF_OUTPUT;
> > attr.type = PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE;
> > attr.sample_type = PERF_SAMPLE_RAW;
> > - attr.sample_period = 1;
> > - attr.wakeup_events = 1;
> > + attr.sample_period = OPTS_GET(opts, wakeup_events, 1);
>
> hm, but I think we still want every event.. setting sample_period to X
> would store only every X-th bpf-output event, no?
seems like benchs/bench_ringbufs.c sets both sample_period and
wakeup_events, but it would be nice to make sure we do not lose events
with such configuration.
Let's add a selftest for this feature.
>
> jirka
>
> > + attr.wakeup_events = OPTS_GET(opts, wakeup_events, 1);
> >
> > p.attr = &attr;
> > p.sample_cb = sample_cb;
> > diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h
> > index 8777ff21ea1d..2e4bdfc58c82 100644
> > --- a/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h
> > +++ b/tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h
> > @@ -1246,6 +1246,7 @@ typedef void (*perf_buffer_lost_fn)(void *ctx, int cpu, __u64 cnt);
> > /* common use perf buffer options */
> > struct perf_buffer_opts {
> > size_t sz;
> > + __u32 wakeup_events;
> > };
> > #define perf_buffer_opts__last_field sz
you need to update perf_buffer_opts__last_field to wakeup_events as well
> >
> > --
> > 2.39.1
> >
