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[3/5] perf tool: arm-spe: Don't allocate buffer or tracking event in discard mode

Message ID 20241217115610.371755-4-james.clark@linaro.org (mailing list archive)
State Superseded
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Series perf: arm_spe: Add format option for discard mode | expand

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James Clark Dec. 17, 2024, 11:56 a.m. UTC 
The buffer will never be written to so don't bother allocating it. The
tracking event is also not required.

Signed-off-by: James Clark <james.clark@linaro.org>
---
 tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/arm-spe.c | 11 +++++++++--
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/arm-spe.c b/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/arm-spe.c
index 1b543855f206..4301181b8e45 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/arm-spe.c
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/arm-spe.c
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@  static int arm_spe_recording_options(struct auxtrace_record *itr,
 			container_of(itr, struct arm_spe_recording, itr);
 	struct evsel *evsel, *tmp;
 	struct perf_cpu_map *cpus = evlist->core.user_requested_cpus;
-
+	bool discard = false;
 	int err;
 
 	sper->evlist = evlist;
@@ -396,10 +396,17 @@  static int arm_spe_recording_options(struct auxtrace_record *itr,
 		return 0;
 
 	evlist__for_each_entry_safe(evlist, tmp, evsel) {
-		if (evsel__is_aux_event(evsel))
+		if (evsel__is_aux_event(evsel)) {
 			arm_spe_setup_evsel(evsel, cpus);
+			if (evsel->core.attr.config &
+			    perf_pmu__format_bits(evsel->pmu, "discard"))
+				discard = true;
+		}
 	}
 
+	if (discard)
+		return 0;
+
 	err = arm_spe_setup_aux_buffer(opts);
 	if (err)
 		return err;