perf mmap: Fix perf backward recording
'perf record' backward recording doesn't work as we expected: it never overwrites when ring buffer gets full. Test: Run a busy python printing task background like this: while True: print 123 send SIGUSR2 to perf to capture snapshot, then: # ./perf record --overwrite -e raw_syscalls:sys_enter -e raw_syscalls:sys_exit --exclude-perf -a --switch-output [ perf record: dump data: Woken up 1 times ] [ perf record: Dump perf.data.2017110101520743 ] [ perf record: dump data: Woken up 1 times ] [ perf record: Dump perf.data.2017110101521251 ] [ perf record: dump data: Woken up 1 times ] [ perf record: Dump perf.data.2017110101521692 ] ^C[ perf record: Woken up 1 times to write data ] [ perf record: Dump perf.data.2017110101521936 ] [ perf record: Captured and wrote 0.826 MB perf.data.<timestamp> ] # ./perf script -i ./perf.data.2017110101520743 | head -n3 perf 2717 [000] 12449.310785: raw_syscalls:sys_enter: NR 16 (5, 2400, 0, 59, 100, 0) perf 2717 [000] 12449.310790: raw_syscalls:sys_enter: NR 7 (4112340, 2, ffffffff, 3df, 100, 0) python 2545 [000] 12449.310800: raw_syscalls:sys_exit: NR 1 = 4 # ./perf script -i ./perf.data.2017110101521251 | head -n3 perf 2717 [000] 12449.310785: raw_syscalls:sys_enter: NR 16 (5, 2400, 0, 59, 100, 0) perf 2717 [000] 12449.310790: raw_syscalls:sys_enter: NR 7 (4112340, 2, ffffffff, 3df, 100, 0) python 2545 [000] 12449.310800: raw_syscalls:sys_exit: NR 1 = 4 # ./perf script -i ./perf.data.2017110101521692 | head -n3 perf 2717 [000] 12449.310785: raw_syscalls:sys_enter: NR 16 (5, 2400, 0, 59, 100, 0) perf 2717 [000] 12449.310790: raw_syscalls:sys_enter: NR 7 (4112340, 2, ffffffff, 3df, 100, 0) python 2545 [000] 12449.310800: raw_syscalls:sys_exit: NR 1 = 4 Timestamps never change, but my background task is a dead loop, can easily overwhelm the ring buffer. This patch fixes it by forcing unsetting PROT_WRITE for a backward ring buffer, so all backward ring buffers become overwrite ring buffers. Test result: # ./perf record --overwrite -e raw_syscalls:sys_enter -e raw_syscalls:sys_exit --exclude-perf -a --switch-output [ perf record: dump data: Woken up 1 times ] [ perf record: Dump perf.data.2017110101285323 ] [ perf record: dump data: Woken up 1 times ] [ perf record: Dump perf.data.2017110101290053 ] [ perf record: dump data: Woken up 1 times ] [ perf record: Dump perf.data.2017110101290446 ] ^C[ perf record: Woken up 1 times to write data ] [ perf record: Dump perf.data.2017110101290837 ] [ perf record: Captured and wrote 0.826 MB perf.data.<timestamp> ] # ./perf script -i ./perf.data.2017110101285323 | head -n3 python 2545 [000] 11064.268083: raw_syscalls:sys_exit: NR 1 = 4 python 2545 [000] 11064.268084: raw_syscalls:sys_enter: NR 1 (1, 12cc330, 4, 7fc237280370, 7fc2373d0700, 2c7b0) python 2545 [000] 11064.268086: raw_syscalls:sys_exit: NR 1 = 4 # ./perf script -i ./perf.data.2017110101290 | head -n3 failed to open ./perf.data.2017110101290: No such file or directory # ./perf script -i ./perf.data.2017110101290053 | head -n3 python 2545 [000] 11071.564062: raw_syscalls:sys_enter: NR 1 (1, 12cc330, 4, 7fc237280370, 7fc2373d0700, 2c7b0) python 2545 [000] 11071.564064: raw_syscalls:sys_exit: NR 1 = 4 python 2545 [000] 11071.564066: raw_syscalls:sys_enter: NR 1 (1, 12cc330, 4, 7fc237280370, 7fc2373d0700, 2c7b0) # ./perf script -i ./perf.data.2017110101290 | head -n3 perf.data.2017110101290053 perf.data.2017110101290446 perf.data.2017110101290837 # ./perf script -i ./perf.data.2017110101290446 | head -n3 sshd 1321 [000] 11075.499473: raw_syscalls:sys_exit: NR 14 = 0 sshd 1321 [000] 11075.499474: raw_syscalls:sys_enter: NR 14 (2, 7ffe98899490, 0, 8, 0, 3000) sshd 1321 [000] 11075.499474: raw_syscalls:sys_exit: NR 14 = 0 # ./perf script -i ./perf.data.2017110101290837 | head -n3 python 2545 [000] 11079.280844: raw_syscalls:sys_exit: NR 1 = 4 python 2545 [000] 11079.280847: raw_syscalls:sys_enter: NR 1 (1, 12cc330, 4, 7fc237280370, 7fc2373d0700, 2c7b0) python 2545 [000] 11079.280850: raw_syscalls:sys_exit: NR 1 = 4 Signed-off-by: Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com> Acked-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com> Cc: Kan Liang <kan.liang@intel.com> Cc: Mengting Zhang <zhangmengting@huawei.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20171204165107.95327-2-wangnan0@huawei.comSigned-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
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