perf record: No need to check for overwrites
As we open the mmap with (PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE), signalling the kernel
with perf_mmap__write_tail() when consuming data, so the kernel will not
overwrite.
Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Cc: Tom Zanussi <tzanussi@gmail.com>
LKML-Reference: <new-submission>
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index d788630..caf9279 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -115,27 +115,11 @@
unsigned char *data = md->base + page_size;
unsigned long size;
void *buf;
- int diff;
- /*
- * If we're further behind than half the buffer, there's a chance
- * the writer will bite our tail and mess up the samples under us.
- *
- * If we somehow ended up ahead of the head, we got messed up.
- *
- * In either case, truncate and restart at head.
- */
- diff = head - old;
- if (diff < 0) {
- fprintf(stderr, "WARNING: failed to keep up with mmap data\n");
- /*
- * head points to a known good entry, start there.
- */
- old = head;
- }
+ if (old == head)
+ return;
- if (old != head)
- samples++;
+ samples++;
size = head - old;