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Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2010 14:58:15 -0200
From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@ghostprotocols.net>
To: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: David Ahern <daahern@cisco.com>, linux-perf-users@vger.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] perf tools: Add reference timestamp to perf header
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Em Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 11:15:57AM -0200, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo escreveu:
> Em Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 09:16:16PM +0100, Frederic Weisbecker escreveu:
> > On Tue, Dec 07, 2010 at 06:54:44PM -0700, David Ahern wrote:
> > > +++ b/tools/perf/util/header.c
> > > @@ -191,6 +191,40 @@ static int write_padded(int fd, const void *bf, size_t count,
> > > +static int perf_header__read_ref_time(struct perf_header *header,
> > > +			int fd, u64 offset, u64 size)
> > > +{
> > > +	size_t sz_nsec = sizeof(header->nsec_ref);
> > > +	size_t sz_tv   = sizeof(header->tv_ref);
> > > +	int err = -1;
> > > +
> > > +	if (((size - offset) < (sz_nsec + sz_tv)) ||
> > > +	    (read(fd, &header->nsec_ref, sz_nsec) != (ssize_t) sz_nsec) ||
> > > +	    (read(fd, &header->tv_ref, sz_tv) != (ssize_t) sz_tv))
> > > +		goto out;
> > 
> > Hmm, could we have endianness related troubles if we write the timespec on
> > an arch and cross read from another, or other cross read issues?
> 
> Well spotted, it needs to use perf_header__getbuffer64 and make sure
> that nsec_ref, etc are u64 fields.

When implemented as a PERF_RECORD_REF_TIME or PERF_RECORD_WALL_CLOCK
this will be handled in perf_session__process_event, implementing a
event__ref_time_swap routine, etc.

- Arnaldo
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