2002-10-15 22:37:41

by John Levon

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Subject: [PATCH] [2/7] oprofile - dcookies


[2/7] dcookies

This implements the persistent path-to-dcookies mapping, and adds a
system call for the user-space profiler to look up the profile data,
so it can tag profiles to specific binaries.


diff -Naur -X dontdiff linux-linus/arch/i386/kernel/entry.S linux/arch/i386/kernel/entry.S
--- linux-linus/arch/i386/kernel/entry.S Sun Oct 13 19:51:03 2002
+++ linux/arch/i386/kernel/entry.S Tue Oct 15 21:45:51 2002
@@ -736,6 +736,7 @@
.long sys_alloc_hugepages /* 250 */
.long sys_free_hugepages
.long sys_exit_group
+ .long sys_lookup_dcookie

.rept NR_syscalls-(.-sys_call_table)/4
.long sys_ni_syscall
diff -Naur -X dontdiff linux-linus/fs/Makefile linux/fs/Makefile
--- linux-linus/fs/Makefile Tue Oct 15 21:47:20 2002
+++ linux/fs/Makefile Tue Oct 15 21:45:51 2002
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
#

export-objs := open.o dcache.o buffer.o bio.o inode.o dquot.o mpage.o aio.o \
- fcntl.o read_write.o
+ fcntl.o read_write.o dcookies.o

obj-y := open.o read_write.o devices.o file_table.o buffer.o \
bio.o super.o block_dev.o char_dev.o stat.o exec.o pipe.o \
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@
obj-y += driverfs/
obj-y += devpts/

+obj-$(CONFIG_PROFILING) += dcookies.o
+
# Do not add any filesystems before this line
obj-$(CONFIG_EXT3_FS) += ext3/ # Before ext2 so root fs can be ext3
obj-$(CONFIG_JBD) += jbd/
diff -Naur -X dontdiff linux-linus/fs/dcache.c linux/fs/dcache.c
--- linux-linus/fs/dcache.c Tue Oct 15 21:47:20 2002
+++ linux/fs/dcache.c Tue Oct 15 21:45:51 2002
@@ -637,6 +637,7 @@
dentry->d_op = NULL;
dentry->d_fsdata = NULL;
dentry->d_mounted = 0;
+ dentry->d_cookie = NULL;
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dentry->d_hash);
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dentry->d_lru);
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dentry->d_subdirs);
diff -Naur -X dontdiff linux-linus/fs/dcookies.c linux/fs/dcookies.c
--- linux-linus/fs/dcookies.c Thu Jan 1 01:00:00 1970
+++ linux/fs/dcookies.c Tue Oct 15 21:45:51 2002
@@ -0,0 +1,323 @@
+/*
+ * dcookies.c
+ *
+ * Copyright 2002 John Levon <[email protected]>
+ *
+ * Persistent cookie-path mappings. These are used by
+ * profilers to convert a per-task EIP value into something
+ * non-transitory that can be processed at a later date.
+ * This is done by locking the dentry/vfsmnt pair in the
+ * kernel until released by the tasks needing the persistent
+ * objects. The tag is simply an unsigned long that refers
+ * to the pair and can be looked up from userspace.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/config.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/list.h>
+#include <linux/mount.h>
+#include <linux/dcache.h>
+#include <linux/mm.h>
+#include <linux/errno.h>
+#include <linux/dcookies.h>
+#include <asm/uaccess.h>
+
+/* The dcookies are allocated from a kmem_cache and
+ * hashed onto a small number of lists. None of the
+ * code here is particularly performance critical
+ */
+struct dcookie_struct {
+ struct dentry * dentry;
+ struct vfsmount * vfsmnt;
+ struct list_head hash_list;
+};
+
+static LIST_HEAD(dcookie_users);
+static DECLARE_MUTEX(dcookie_sem);
+static kmem_cache_t * dcookie_cache;
+static struct list_head * dcookie_hashtable;
+static size_t hash_size;
+
+static inline int is_live(void)
+{
+ return !(list_empty(&dcookie_users));
+}
+
+
+/* The dentry is locked, its address will do for the cookie */
+static inline unsigned long dcookie_value(struct dcookie_struct * dcs)
+{
+ return (unsigned long)dcs->dentry;
+}
+
+
+static size_t dcookie_hash(unsigned long dcookie)
+{
+ return (dcookie >> 2) & (hash_size - 1);
+}
+
+
+static struct dcookie_struct * find_dcookie(unsigned long dcookie)
+{
+ struct dcookie_struct * found = 0;
+ struct dcookie_struct * dcs;
+ struct list_head * pos;
+ struct list_head * list;
+
+ list = dcookie_hashtable + dcookie_hash(dcookie);
+
+ list_for_each(pos, list) {
+ dcs = list_entry(pos, struct dcookie_struct, hash_list);
+ if (dcookie_value(dcs) == dcookie) {
+ found = dcs;
+ break;
+ }
+ }
+
+ return found;
+}
+
+
+static void hash_dcookie(struct dcookie_struct * dcs)
+{
+ struct list_head * list = dcookie_hashtable + dcookie_hash(dcookie_value(dcs));
+ list_add(&dcs->hash_list, list);
+}
+
+
+static struct dcookie_struct * alloc_dcookie(struct dentry * dentry,
+ struct vfsmount * vfsmnt)
+{
+ struct dcookie_struct * dcs = kmem_cache_alloc(dcookie_cache, GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!dcs)
+ return NULL;
+
+ atomic_inc(&dentry->d_count);
+ atomic_inc(&vfsmnt->mnt_count);
+ dentry->d_cookie = dcs;
+
+ dcs->dentry = dentry;
+ dcs->vfsmnt = vfsmnt;
+ hash_dcookie(dcs);
+
+ return dcs;
+}
+
+
+/* This is the main kernel-side routine that retrieves the cookie
+ * value for a dentry/vfsmnt pair.
+ */
+int get_dcookie(struct dentry * dentry, struct vfsmount * vfsmnt,
+ unsigned long * cookie)
+{
+ int err = 0;
+ struct dcookie_struct * dcs;
+
+ down(&dcookie_sem);
+
+ if (!is_live()) {
+ err = -EINVAL;
+ goto out;
+ }
+
+ dcs = dentry->d_cookie;
+
+ if (!dcs)
+ dcs = alloc_dcookie(dentry, vfsmnt);
+
+ if (!dcs) {
+ err = -ENOMEM;
+ goto out;
+ }
+
+ *cookie = dcookie_value(dcs);
+
+out:
+ up(&dcookie_sem);
+ return err;
+}
+
+
+/* And here is where the userspace process can look up the cookie value
+ * to retrieve the path.
+ */
+asmlinkage int sys_lookup_dcookie(unsigned long cookie, char * buf, size_t len)
+{
+ char * kbuf;
+ char * path;
+ int err = -EINVAL;
+ size_t pathlen;
+ struct dcookie_struct * dcs;
+
+ /* we could leak path information to users
+ * without dir read permission without this
+ */
+ if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+ return -EPERM;
+
+ down(&dcookie_sem);
+
+ if (!is_live()) {
+ err = -EINVAL;
+ goto out;
+ }
+
+ if (!(dcs = find_dcookie(cookie)))
+ goto out;
+
+ err = -ENOMEM;
+ kbuf = kmalloc(PAGE_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!kbuf)
+ goto out;
+ memset(kbuf, 0, PAGE_SIZE);
+
+ /* FIXME: (deleted) ? */
+ path = d_path(dcs->dentry, dcs->vfsmnt, kbuf, PAGE_SIZE);
+
+ err = 0;
+
+ pathlen = kbuf + PAGE_SIZE - path;
+ if (len > pathlen)
+ len = pathlen;
+
+ if (copy_to_user(buf, path, len))
+ err = -EFAULT;
+
+ kfree(kbuf);
+out:
+ up(&dcookie_sem);
+ return err;
+}
+
+
+static int dcookie_init(void)
+{
+ struct list_head * d;
+ unsigned int i, hash_bits;
+ int err = -ENOMEM;
+
+ dcookie_cache = kmem_cache_create("dcookie_cache",
+ sizeof(struct dcookie_struct),
+ 0, 0, NULL, NULL);
+
+ if (!dcookie_cache)
+ goto out;
+
+ dcookie_hashtable = kmalloc(PAGE_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!dcookie_hashtable)
+ goto out_kmem;
+
+ err = 0;
+
+ /*
+ * Find the power-of-two list-heads that can fit into the allocation..
+ * We don't guarantee that "sizeof(struct list_head)" is necessarily
+ * a power-of-two.
+ */
+ hash_size = PAGE_SIZE / sizeof(struct list_head);
+ hash_bits = 0;
+ do {
+ hash_bits++;
+ } while ((hash_size >> hash_bits) != 0);
+ hash_bits--;
+
+ /*
+ * Re-calculate the actual number of entries and the mask
+ * from the number of bits we can fit.
+ */
+ hash_size = 1UL << hash_bits;
+
+ /* And initialize the newly allocated array */
+ d = dcookie_hashtable;
+ i = hash_size;
+ do {
+ INIT_LIST_HEAD(d);
+ d++;
+ i--;
+ } while (i);
+
+out:
+ return err;
+out_kmem:
+ kmem_cache_destroy(dcookie_cache);
+ goto out;
+}
+
+
+static void free_dcookie(struct dcookie_struct * dcs)
+{
+ dcs->dentry->d_cookie = NULL;
+ dput(dcs->dentry);
+ mntput(dcs->vfsmnt);
+ kmem_cache_free(dcookie_cache, dcs);
+}
+
+
+static void dcookie_exit(void)
+{
+ struct list_head * list;
+ struct list_head * pos;
+ struct list_head * pos2;
+ struct dcookie_struct * dcs;
+ size_t i;
+
+ for (i = 0; i < hash_size; ++i) {
+ list = dcookie_hashtable + i;
+ list_for_each_safe(pos, pos2, list) {
+ dcs = list_entry(pos, struct dcookie_struct, hash_list);
+ list_del(&dcs->hash_list);
+ free_dcookie(dcs);
+ }
+ }
+
+ kfree(dcookie_hashtable);
+ kmem_cache_destroy(dcookie_cache);
+}
+
+
+struct dcookie_user {
+ struct list_head next;
+};
+
+struct dcookie_user * dcookie_register(void)
+{
+ struct dcookie_user * user;
+
+ down(&dcookie_sem);
+
+ user = kmalloc(sizeof(struct dcookie_user), GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!user)
+ goto out;
+
+ if (!is_live() && dcookie_init())
+ goto out_free;
+
+ list_add(&user->next, &dcookie_users);
+
+out:
+ up(&dcookie_sem);
+ return user;
+out_free:
+ kfree(user);
+ user = NULL;
+ goto out;
+}
+
+
+void dcookie_unregister(struct dcookie_user * user)
+{
+ down(&dcookie_sem);
+
+ list_del(&user->next);
+ kfree(user);
+
+ if (!is_live())
+ dcookie_exit();
+
+ up(&dcookie_sem);
+}
+
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dcookie_register);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dcookie_unregister);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(get_dcookie);
diff -Naur -X dontdiff linux-linus/include/asm-i386/unistd.h linux/include/asm-i386/unistd.h
--- linux-linus/include/asm-i386/unistd.h Sun Oct 13 19:51:03 2002
+++ linux/include/asm-i386/unistd.h Tue Oct 15 21:45:52 2002
@@ -257,6 +257,8 @@
#define __NR_alloc_hugepages 250
#define __NR_free_hugepages 251
#define __NR_exit_group 252
+#define __NR_lookup_dcookie 253
+

/* user-visible error numbers are in the range -1 - -124: see <asm-i386/errno.h> */

diff -Naur -X dontdiff linux-linus/include/linux/dcache.h linux/include/linux/dcache.h
--- linux-linus/include/linux/dcache.h Tue Oct 15 21:47:21 2002
+++ linux/include/linux/dcache.h Tue Oct 15 21:45:52 2002
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@

#define DNAME_INLINE_LEN 16

+struct dcookie_struct;
+
struct dentry {
atomic_t d_count;
unsigned int d_flags;
@@ -84,6 +86,7 @@
unsigned long d_vfs_flags;
void * d_fsdata; /* fs-specific data */
unsigned char d_iname[DNAME_INLINE_LEN]; /* small names */
+ struct dcookie_struct * d_cookie; /* cookie, if any */
};

struct dentry_operations {
diff -Naur -X dontdiff linux-linus/include/linux/dcookies.h linux/include/linux/dcookies.h
--- linux-linus/include/linux/dcookies.h Thu Jan 1 01:00:00 1970
+++ linux/include/linux/dcookies.h Tue Oct 15 21:45:52 2002
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+/*
+ * dcookies.h
+ *
+ * Persistent cookie-path mappings
+ *
+ * Copyright 2002 John Levon <[email protected]>
+ */
+
+#ifndef DCOOKIES_H
+#define DCOOKIES_H
+
+#include <linux/config.h>
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_PROFILING
+
+#include <linux/types.h>
+
+struct dcookie_user;
+
+/**
+ * dcookie_register - register a user of dcookies
+ *
+ * Register as a dcookie user. Returns %NULL on failure.
+ */
+struct dcookie_user * dcookie_register(void);
+
+/**
+ * dcookie_unregister - unregister a user of dcookies
+ *
+ * Unregister as a dcookie user. This may invalidate
+ * any dcookie values returned from get_dcookie().
+ */
+void dcookie_unregister(struct dcookie_user * user);
+
+/**
+ * get_dcookie - acquire a dcookie
+ *
+ * Convert the given dentry/vfsmount pair into
+ * a cookie value.
+ *
+ * Returns -EINVAL if no living task has registered as a
+ * dcookie user.
+ *
+ * Returns 0 on success, with *cookie filled in
+ */
+int get_dcookie(struct dentry * dentry, struct vfsmount * vfsmnt,
+ unsigned long * cookie);
+
+#else
+
+struct dcookie_user * dcookie_register(void)
+{
+ return 0;
+}
+
+void dcookie_unregister(struct dcookie_user * user)
+{
+ return;
+}
+
+static inline int get_dcookie(struct dentry * dentry,
+ struct vfsmount * vfsmnt, unsigned long * cookie)
+{
+ return -ENOSYS;
+}
+
+#endif /* CONFIG_PROFILING */
+
+#endif /* DCOOKIES_H */
diff -Naur -X dontdiff linux-linus/kernel/sys.c linux/kernel/sys.c
--- linux-linus/kernel/sys.c Sun Oct 13 19:51:03 2002
+++ linux/kernel/sys.c Tue Oct 15 21:45:52 2002
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
#include <linux/device.h>
#include <linux/times.h>
#include <linux/security.h>
+#include <linux/dcookies.h>

#include <asm/uaccess.h>
#include <asm/io.h>
@@ -202,6 +203,7 @@
cond_syscall(sys_nfsservctl)
cond_syscall(sys_quotactl)
cond_syscall(sys_acct)
+cond_syscall(sys_lookup_dcookie)

static int set_one_prio(struct task_struct *p, int niceval, int error)
{


2002-10-15 23:39:08

by David Miller

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] [2/7] oprofile - dcookies


Can you make the dcookie a fixed sized type such
as "u32" so we don't have headaches translating this
system call for 32-bit apps on 64-bit systems?

Much appreciated.

2002-10-15 23:42:00

by John Levon

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] [2/7] oprofile - dcookies

On Tue, Oct 15, 2002 at 04:37:49PM -0700, David S. Miller wrote:

> Can you make the dcookie a fixed sized type such
> as "u32" so we don't have headaches translating this
> system call for 32-bit apps on 64-bit systems?

Ah, yes. I'll submit a followup patch soon...

regards
john

--
"It's a cardboard universe ... and if you lean too hard against it, you fall
through."
- Philip K. Dick

2002-10-16 00:00:31

by John Levon

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] [8/7] oprofile - dcookies need to use u32

On Tue, Oct 15, 2002 at 04:37:49PM -0700, David S. Miller wrote:

> Can you make the dcookie a fixed sized type such

Look OK ? Applies after the previous 7 patches.

Briefly tested

thanks
john


diff -Naur -X dontdiff linux-linus2/drivers/oprofile/buffer_sync.c linux/drivers/oprofile/buffer_sync.c
--- linux-linus2/drivers/oprofile/buffer_sync.c Tue Oct 15 23:00:30 2002
+++ linux/drivers/oprofile/buffer_sync.c Wed Oct 16 00:49:43 2002
@@ -118,13 +118,13 @@
* because we cannot reach this code without at least one
* dcookie user still being registered (namely, the reader
* of the event buffer). */
-static inline unsigned long fast_get_dcookie(struct dentry * dentry,
+static inline u32 fast_get_dcookie(struct dentry * dentry,
struct vfsmount * vfsmnt)
{
- unsigned long cookie;
+ u32 cookie;

if (dentry->d_cookie)
- return (unsigned long)dentry;
+ return (u32)dentry;
get_dcookie(dentry, vfsmnt, &cookie);
return cookie;
}
@@ -135,9 +135,9 @@
* not strictly necessary but allows oprofile to associate
* shared-library samples with particular applications
*/
-static unsigned long get_exec_dcookie(struct mm_struct * mm)
+static u32 get_exec_dcookie(struct mm_struct * mm)
{
- unsigned long cookie = 0;
+ u32 cookie = 0;
struct vm_area_struct * vma;

if (!mm)
@@ -163,9 +163,9 @@
* sure to do this lookup before a mm->mmap modification happens so
* we don't lose track.
*/
-static unsigned long lookup_dcookie(struct mm_struct * mm, unsigned long addr, off_t * offset)
+static u32 lookup_dcookie(struct mm_struct * mm, unsigned long addr, off_t * offset)
{
- unsigned long cookie = 0;
+ u32 cookie = 0;
struct vm_area_struct * vma;

for (vma = find_vma(mm, addr); vma; vma = vma->vm_next) {
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@
}


-static unsigned long last_cookie = ~0UL;
+static u32 last_cookie = ~0UL;

static void add_cpu_switch(int i)
{
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@
}


-static void add_ctx_switch(pid_t pid, unsigned long cookie)
+static void add_ctx_switch(pid_t pid, u32 cookie)
{
add_event_entry(ESCAPE_CODE);
add_event_entry(CTX_SWITCH_CODE);
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@
}


-static void add_cookie_switch(unsigned long cookie)
+static void add_cookie_switch(u32 cookie)
{
add_event_entry(ESCAPE_CODE);
add_event_entry(COOKIE_SWITCH_CODE);
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@

static void add_us_sample(struct mm_struct * mm, struct op_sample * s)
{
- unsigned long cookie;
+ u32 cookie;
off_t offset;

cookie = lookup_dcookie(mm, s->eip, &offset);
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@
{
struct mm_struct * mm = 0;
struct task_struct * new;
- unsigned long cookie;
+ u32 cookie;
int i;

for (i=0; i < cpu_buf->pos; ++i) {
diff -Naur -X dontdiff linux-linus2/drivers/oprofile/oprof.c linux/drivers/oprofile/oprof.c
--- linux-linus2/drivers/oprofile/oprof.c Tue Oct 15 23:00:30 2002
+++ linux/drivers/oprofile/oprof.c Wed Oct 16 00:48:50 2002
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
#include <linux/mm.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/sched.h>
-#include <linux/dcookies.h>
#include <linux/notifier.h>
#include <linux/profile.h>
#include <linux/oprofile.h>
diff -Naur -X dontdiff linux-linus2/fs/dcookies.c linux/fs/dcookies.c
--- linux-linus2/fs/dcookies.c Tue Oct 15 22:23:29 2002
+++ linux/fs/dcookies.c Wed Oct 16 00:51:10 2002
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
* non-transitory that can be processed at a later date.
* This is done by locking the dentry/vfsmnt pair in the
* kernel until released by the tasks needing the persistent
- * objects. The tag is simply an unsigned long that refers
+ * objects. The tag is simply an u32 that refers
* to the pair and can be looked up from userspace.
*/

@@ -46,19 +46,19 @@


/* The dentry is locked, its address will do for the cookie */
-static inline unsigned long dcookie_value(struct dcookie_struct * dcs)
+static inline u32 dcookie_value(struct dcookie_struct * dcs)
{
- return (unsigned long)dcs->dentry;
+ return (u32)dcs->dentry;
}


-static size_t dcookie_hash(unsigned long dcookie)
+static size_t dcookie_hash(u32 dcookie)
{
return (dcookie >> 2) & (hash_size - 1);
}


-static struct dcookie_struct * find_dcookie(unsigned long dcookie)
+static struct dcookie_struct * find_dcookie(u32 dcookie)
{
struct dcookie_struct * found = 0;
struct dcookie_struct * dcs;
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
* value for a dentry/vfsmnt pair.
*/
int get_dcookie(struct dentry * dentry, struct vfsmount * vfsmnt,
- unsigned long * cookie)
+ u32 * cookie)
{
int err = 0;
struct dcookie_struct * dcs;
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@
/* And here is where the userspace process can look up the cookie value
* to retrieve the path.
*/
-asmlinkage int sys_lookup_dcookie(unsigned long cookie, char * buf, size_t len)
+asmlinkage int sys_lookup_dcookie(u32 cookie, char * buf, size_t len)
{
char * kbuf;
char * path;
diff -Naur -X dontdiff linux-linus2/include/linux/dcookies.h linux/include/linux/dcookies.h
--- linux-linus2/include/linux/dcookies.h Tue Oct 15 22:23:29 2002
+++ linux/include/linux/dcookies.h Wed Oct 16 00:48:25 2002
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
* Returns 0 on success, with *cookie filled in
*/
int get_dcookie(struct dentry * dentry, struct vfsmount * vfsmnt,
- unsigned long * cookie);
+ u32 * cookie);

#else

@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
}

static inline int get_dcookie(struct dentry * dentry,
- struct vfsmount * vfsmnt, unsigned long * cookie)
+ struct vfsmount * vfsmnt, u32 * cookie)
{
return -ENOSYS;
}

2002-10-16 00:02:42

by David Miller

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] [8/7] oprofile - dcookies need to use u32

From: John Levon <[email protected]>
Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2002 01:06:23 +0100

On Tue, Oct 15, 2002 at 04:37:49PM -0700, David S. Miller wrote:

> Can you make the dcookie a fixed sized type such

Look OK ?

Yes, thank you.


2002-10-16 01:25:38

by Linus Torvalds

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] [8/7] oprofile - dcookies need to use u32


On Wed, 16 Oct 2002, John Levon wrote:
>
> Look OK ? Applies after the previous 7 patches.

Ok, everything applied.

I only have one more comment - my Intel contacts tell me that the people
working on vtune are trying to make it play together somewhat with
oprofile, and that they are already talking to you.

Quite frankly, as long as the vtune user-level tools are all proprietary,
I don't really care all that much about vtune compatibility, but if it
turns out to be easy and convenient we might as well try to be polite
about it (and apparently they've sorted out all the issues with their
kernel-level code, and are happy to do that stuff all GPL'd, but since
it's pretty useless without the tools..).

Thanks,

Linus

2002-10-16 01:29:45

by John Levon

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] [8/7] oprofile - dcookies need to use u32

On Tue, Oct 15, 2002 at 06:33:51PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:

> Ok, everything applied.

Thanks !

> Quite frankly, as long as the vtune user-level tools are all proprietary,
> I don't really care all that much about vtune compatibility, but if it
> turns out to be easy and convenient we might as well try to be polite
> about it (and apparently they've sorted out all the issues with their
> kernel-level code, and are happy to do that stuff all GPL'd, but since
> it's pretty useless without the tools..).

>From my discussions with the vtune people, their kernel-level stuff has
almost exactly the same needs as oprofile. So I think they have
everything they need already (and I had to go to the effort of a total
rewrite, I think they should as well ...)

In fact I don't see a reason why they couldn't just use the oprofile
code directly anyway, and just have the propietary goop read from
/dev/oprofile/buffer. Especially if that encourages them to port the
PEBS support etc.

regards
john

--
"It's a cardboard universe ... and if you lean too hard against it, you fall
through."
- Philip K. Dick