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Subject: [PATCH v4 10/10] perf record: introduce --ctl-fd[-ack] options
From:   Alexey Budankov <alexey.budankov@linux.intel.com>
To:     Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>
Cc:     Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>, Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
        Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
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Date:   Mon, 25 May 2020 17:23:42 +0300
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Introduce --ctl-fd[-ack] options to pass open file descriptors numbers
from command line. Extend perf-record.txt file with --ctl-fd[-ack]
options description. Document possible usage model introduced by
--ctl-fd[-ack] options by providing example bash shell script.

Signed-off-by: Alexey Budankov <alexey.budankov@linux.intel.com>
---
 tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 tools/perf/builtin-record.c              | 10 ++++++
 tools/perf/util/record.h                 |  2 ++
 3 files changed, 51 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
index c2c4ce7ccee2..5c012cfe68a4 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
@@ -614,6 +614,45 @@ appended unit character - B/K/M/G
 	The number of threads to run when synthesizing events for existing processes.
 	By default, the number of threads equals 1.
 
+--ctl-fd::
+--ctl-fd-ack::
+Listen on ctl-fd descriptor for command to control measurement ('enable': enable events,
+'disable': disable events. Optionally send control command completion ('ack') to fd-ack
+descriptor to synchronize with the controlling process. Example of bash shell script
+to enable and disable events during measurements:
+
+#!/bin/bash
+
+ctl_dir=/tmp/
+
+ctl_fifo=${ctl_dir}perf_ctl.fifo
+test -p ${ctl_fifo} && unlink ${ctl_fifo}
+mkfifo ${ctl_fifo}
+exec {ctl_fd}<>${ctl_fifo}
+
+ctl_ack_fifo=${ctl_dir}perf_ctl_ack.fifo
+test -p ${ctl_ack_fifo} && unlink ${ctl_ack_fifo}
+mkfifo ${ctl_ack_fifo}
+exec {ctl_fd_ack}<>${ctl_ack_fifo}
+
+perf record -D -1 -e cpu-cycles -a                        \
+            --ctl-fd ${ctl_fd} --ctl-fd-ack ${ctl_fd_ack} \
+            -- sleep 30 &
+perf_pid=$!
+
+sleep 5  && echo 'enable' >&${ctl_fd} && read -u ${ctl_fd_ack} e1 && echo "enabled(${e1})"
+sleep 10 && echo 'disable' >&${ctl_fd} && read -u ${ctl_fd_ack} d1 && echo "disabled(${d1})"
+
+exec {ctl_fd_ack}>&-
+unlink ${ctl_ack_fifo}
+
+exec {ctl_fd}>&-
+unlink ${ctl_fifo}
+
+wait -n ${perf_pid}
+exit $?
+
+
 SEE ALSO
 --------
 linkperf:perf-stat[1], linkperf:perf-list[1], linkperf:perf-intel-pt[1]
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index 1ff3b7a77283..e057a2be42b7 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -1761,6 +1761,9 @@ static int __cmd_record(struct record *rec, int argc, const char **argv)
 		perf_evlist__start_workload(rec->evlist);
 	}
 
+	if (evlist__initialize_ctlfd(rec->evlist, opts->ctl_fd, opts->ctl_fd_ack))
+		goto out_child;
+
 	if (opts->initial_delay) {
 		pr_info(EVLIST_DISABLED_MSG);
 		if (opts->initial_delay > 0) {
@@ -1907,6 +1910,7 @@ static int __cmd_record(struct record *rec, int argc, const char **argv)
 		record__synthesize_workload(rec, true);
 
 out_child:
+	evlist__finalize_ctlfd(rec->evlist);
 	record__mmap_read_all(rec, true);
 	record__aio_mmap_read_sync(rec);
 
@@ -2392,6 +2396,8 @@ static struct record record = {
 		},
 		.mmap_flush          = MMAP_FLUSH_DEFAULT,
 		.nr_threads_synthesize = 1,
+		.ctl_fd              = -1,
+		.ctl_fd_ack          = -1,
 	},
 	.tool = {
 		.sample		= process_sample_event,
@@ -2587,6 +2593,10 @@ static struct option __record_options[] = {
 	OPT_UINTEGER(0, "num-thread-synthesize",
 		     &record.opts.nr_threads_synthesize,
 		     "number of threads to run for event synthesis"),
+	OPT_INTEGER(0, "ctl-fd", &record.opts.ctl_fd,
+		    "Listen on fd descriptor for command to control measurement ('enable': enable events, 'disable': disable events)"),
+	OPT_INTEGER(0, "ctl-fd-ack", &record.opts.ctl_fd_ack,
+		    "Send control command completion ('ack') to fd ack descriptor"),
 	OPT_END()
 };
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/record.h b/tools/perf/util/record.h
index 96a73bbd8cd4..da18aeca3623 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/record.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/record.h
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ struct record_opts {
 	int	      mmap_flush;
 	unsigned int  comp_level;
 	unsigned int  nr_threads_synthesize;
+	int	      ctl_fd;
+	int	      ctl_fd_ack;
 };
 
 extern const char * const *record_usage;
-- 
2.24.1