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    perf: Differentiate exec() and non-exec() comm events · 82b89778
    Adrian Hunter 提交于
    perf tools like 'perf report' can aggregate samples by comm strings,
    which generally works.  However, there are other potential use-cases.
    For example, to pair up 'calls' with 'returns' accurately (from branch
    events like Intel BTS) it is necessary to identify whether the process
    has exec'd.  Although a comm event is generated when an 'exec' happens
    it is also generated whenever the comm string is changed on a whim
    (e.g. by prctl PR_SET_NAME).  This patch adds a flag to the comm event
    to differentiate one case from the other.
    
    In order to determine whether the kernel supports the new flag, a
    selection bit named 'exec' is added to struct perf_event_attr.  The
    bit does nothing but will cause perf_event_open() to fail if the bit
    is set on kernels that do not have it defined.
    Signed-off-by: NAdrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
    Signed-off-by: NPeter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
    Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/537D9EBE.7030806@intel.com
    Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
    Cc: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>
    Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>
    Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
    Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
    Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
    Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
    Cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
    Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
    Signed-off-by: NIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
    82b89778
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