perf probe: Add --cache option to cache the probe definitions
Add --cache option to cache the probe definitions. This just saves the
result of the dwarf analysis to probe cache.
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com>
Cc: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Brendan Gregg <brendan.d.gregg@gmail.com>
Cc: Hemant Kumar <hemant@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20160615032840.31330.44412.stgit@devbox
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
index cbc8a8b..084756c1 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
@@ -2514,6 +2514,7 @@
{
int i, fd, ret;
struct probe_trace_event *tev = NULL;
+ struct probe_cache *cache = NULL;
struct strlist *namelist;
fd = probe_file__open(PF_FL_RW | (pev->uprobes ? PF_FL_UPROBE : 0));
@@ -2555,6 +2556,14 @@
}
if (ret == -EINVAL && pev->uprobes)
warn_uprobe_event_compat(tev);
+ if (ret == 0 && probe_conf.cache) {
+ cache = probe_cache__new(pev->target);
+ if (!cache ||
+ probe_cache__add_entry(cache, pev, tevs, ntevs) < 0 ||
+ probe_cache__commit(cache) < 0)
+ pr_warning("Failed to add event to probe cache\n");
+ probe_cache__delete(cache);
+ }
strlist__delete(namelist);
close_out: