perf record: Force ignore_missing_thread for uid option

Enable perf_evsel::ignore_missing_thread for -u option to ignore
complete failure if any of the user's processes die between its
enumeration and time we open the event.

Committer notes:

While doing a 'make -j4 allmodconfig' we sometimes get into the race:

Before:

  # perf record -u acme
  Error:
  The sys_perf_event_open() syscall returned with 3 (No such process) for event (cycles:ppp).
  /bin/dmesg may provide additional information.
  No CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS=y kernel support configured?
  #

After:

  [root@jouet ~]# perf record -u acme
  WARNING: Ignored open failure for pid 9888
  WARNING: Ignored open failure for pid 18059
  [root@jouet ~]#

Which is an improvement, with the races not preventing the remaining threads
for the specified user from being monitored, but the message probably needs
further clarification.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1481538943-21874-6-git-send-email-jolsa@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index fa26865364b64808e39407e5a3a6e5c9aa277d64..74d6a035133a96a7303287e130abe73af3fc4622 100644 (file)
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -1687,6 +1687,9 @@ int cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
                goto out;
        }
 
+       /* Enable ignoring missing threads when -u option is defined. */
+       rec->opts.ignore_missing_thread = rec->opts.target.uid != UINT_MAX;
+
        err = -ENOMEM;
        if (perf_evlist__create_maps(rec->evlist, &rec->opts.target) < 0)
                usage_with_options(record_usage, record_options);