From: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx> [ Upstream commit 49c0ae80eb32426fa133246200628e529067c595 ] Stephane reported that we don't set properly PERIOD sample type for events with period term defined. Before: $ perf record -e cpu/cpu-cycles,period=1000/u ls $ perf evlist -v cpu/cpu-cycles,period=1000/u: ... sample_type: IP|TID|TIME|PERIOD, ... After: $ perf record -e cpu/cpu-cycles,period=1000/u ls $ perf evlist -v cpu/cpu-cycles,period=1000/u: ... sample_type: IP|TID|TIME, ... Setting PERIOD sample type based on period term setup. Committer note: When we use -c or a period=N term in the event definition, then we don't need to ask the kernel, for this event, via perf_event_attr.sample_type |= PERF_SAMPLE_PERIOD, to put the event period in each sample for this event, as we know it already, it is in perf_event_attr.sample_period. Reported-by: Stephane Eranian <eranian@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx> Tested-by: Stephane Eranian <eranian@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180201083812.11359-2-jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <alexander.levin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- tools/perf/util/evsel.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c index 7c335d84becf..81d032e56ea5 100644 --- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c +++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c @@ -736,12 +736,14 @@ static void apply_config_terms(struct perf_evsel *evsel, if (!(term->weak && opts->user_interval != ULLONG_MAX)) { attr->sample_period = term->val.period; attr->freq = 0; + perf_evsel__reset_sample_bit(evsel, PERIOD); } break; case PERF_EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_FREQ: if (!(term->weak && opts->user_freq != UINT_MAX)) { attr->sample_freq = term->val.freq; attr->freq = 1; + perf_evsel__set_sample_bit(evsel, PERIOD); } break; case PERF_EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_TIME: -- 2.15.1