> On Mar 4, 2019, at 5:52 AM, Jiri Olsa <jo...@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Feb 27, 2019 at 05:52:52PM +0000, Song Liu wrote:
>>
>>
>>> On Feb 27, 2019, at 5:21 AM, Jiri Olsa <jo...@redhat.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Mon, Feb 25, 2019 at 04:20:18PM -0800, Song Liu wrote:
>>>
>>> SNIP
>>>
>>>> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
>>>> index 8c902276d4b4..61b87c8111e6 100644
>>>> --- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
>>>> +++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
>>>> @@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
>>>> #include "debug.h"
>>>> #include "units.h"
>>>> #include "asm/bug.h"
>>>> +#include "bpf-event.h"
>>>> #include <signal.h>
>>>> #include <unistd.h>
>>>>
>>>> @@ -1841,3 +1842,102 @@ struct perf_evsel
>>>> *perf_evlist__reset_weak_group(struct perf_evlist *evsel_list,
>>>> }
>>>> return leader;
>>>> }
>>>> +
>>>> +static struct perf_evlist *sb_evlist;
>>>> +pthread_t poll_thread;
>>>
>>> so some of the things are static and some like poll_args
>>> you alloced on the stack.. I dont like this interface,
>>> could we come up with something generic? perhaps
>>> encapsulated in perf_evlist, like:
>>
>> I picked global sb_evlist and poll_thread because there
>> should be only one sb_evlist and one thread polling it.
>> There might be multiple evsel on the sb_evlist.
>>
>> I am not sure I understand your suggestion..
>>
>>> struct perf_evlist {
>>> ...
>>> struct {
>>> pthread_t th;
>>> int state;
>>> } thread;
>>
>> This will not be used by the main perf_evlist, right?
>
> no, just by the thread interface
What is "state" here?
>
>>
>>> };
>>>
>>> typedef int (perf_evlist__thread_cb_t)(perf_evlist, union perf_event
>>> *event,....)
>>
>> How do we use this callback? We need a way to specify which
>> events to poll (mmap, bpf_event, ksymbol, etc). How do we do
>> that with the callback function?
>
> you provide your own callback
I guess I get your point now. I can try that.
Thanks,
Song
> jirka
