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-rw-r--r--tools/perf/util/event.c5
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/util/event.h1
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/util/session.c27
3 files changed, 28 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/event.c b/tools/perf/util/event.c
index 33fc2e9c0b0c..76b9c6bc8369 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/event.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/event.c
@@ -1288,11 +1288,12 @@ int perf_event__process_exit(struct perf_tool *tool __maybe_unused,
size_t perf_event__fprintf_aux(union perf_event *event, FILE *fp)
{
- return fprintf(fp, " offset: %#"PRIx64" size: %#"PRIx64" flags: %#"PRIx64" [%s%s]\n",
+ return fprintf(fp, " offset: %#"PRIx64" size: %#"PRIx64" flags: %#"PRIx64" [%s%s%s]\n",
event->aux.aux_offset, event->aux.aux_size,
event->aux.flags,
event->aux.flags & PERF_AUX_FLAG_TRUNCATED ? "T" : "",
- event->aux.flags & PERF_AUX_FLAG_OVERWRITE ? "O" : "");
+ event->aux.flags & PERF_AUX_FLAG_OVERWRITE ? "O" : "",
+ event->aux.flags & PERF_AUX_FLAG_PARTIAL ? "P" : "");
}
size_t perf_event__fprintf_itrace_start(union perf_event *event, FILE *fp)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/event.h b/tools/perf/util/event.h
index e1d8166ebbd5..eb7a7b200737 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/event.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/event.h
@@ -276,6 +276,7 @@ struct events_stats {
u64 total_lost;
u64 total_lost_samples;
u64 total_aux_lost;
+ u64 total_aux_partial;
u64 total_invalid_chains;
u32 nr_events[PERF_RECORD_HEADER_MAX];
u32 nr_non_filtered_samples;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/session.c b/tools/perf/util/session.c
index ae42e742d461..24259bc2c598 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/session.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/session.c
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
#include <linux/kernel.h>
#include <traceevent/event-parse.h>
+#include <api/fs/fs.h>
#include <byteswap.h>
#include <unistd.h>
@@ -1260,9 +1261,12 @@ static int machines__deliver_event(struct machines *machines,
case PERF_RECORD_UNTHROTTLE:
return tool->unthrottle(tool, event, sample, machine);
case PERF_RECORD_AUX:
- if (tool->aux == perf_event__process_aux &&
- (event->aux.flags & PERF_AUX_FLAG_TRUNCATED))
- evlist->stats.total_aux_lost += 1;
+ if (tool->aux == perf_event__process_aux) {
+ if (event->aux.flags & PERF_AUX_FLAG_TRUNCATED)
+ evlist->stats.total_aux_lost += 1;
+ if (event->aux.flags & PERF_AUX_FLAG_PARTIAL)
+ evlist->stats.total_aux_partial += 1;
+ }
return tool->aux(tool, event, sample, machine);
case PERF_RECORD_ITRACE_START:
return tool->itrace_start(tool, event, sample, machine);
@@ -1555,6 +1559,23 @@ static void perf_session__warn_about_errors(const struct perf_session *session)
stats->nr_events[PERF_RECORD_AUX]);
}
+ if (session->tool->aux == perf_event__process_aux &&
+ stats->total_aux_partial != 0) {
+ bool vmm_exclusive = false;
+
+ (void)sysfs__read_bool("module/kvm_intel/parameters/vmm_exclusive",
+ &vmm_exclusive);
+
+ ui__warning("AUX data had gaps in it %" PRIu64 " times out of %u!\n\n"
+ "Are you running a KVM guest in the background?%s\n\n",
+ stats->total_aux_partial,
+ stats->nr_events[PERF_RECORD_AUX],
+ vmm_exclusive ?
+ "\nReloading kvm_intel module with vmm_exclusive=0\n"
+ "will reduce the gaps to only guest's timeslices." :
+ "");
+ }
+
if (stats->nr_unknown_events != 0) {
ui__warning("Found %u unknown events!\n\n"
"Is this an older tool processing a perf.data "