perf tools: Retry mapping buffers readonly on EACCES Persistent event buffers may only be mmapped readonly. Thus, retry mapping it readonly if mmap returns EACCES after trying to mmap writable. [ namhyung: Don't write to readonly mmap'ed buffers. ] Signed-off-by: Robert Richter <robert.richter@linaro.org> Signed-off-by: Robert Richter <rric@kernel.org>
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c index a41ac415..f3f7483 100644 --- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c +++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -152,8 +152,8 @@ } md->prev = old; - perf_mmap__write_tail(md, old); - + if (!rec->opts.mmap_ro) + perf_mmap__write_tail(md, old); out: return rc; } @@ -226,7 +226,12 @@ goto out; } - if (perf_evlist__mmap(evlist, opts->mmap_pages, false) < 0) { +try_again2: + if (perf_evlist__mmap(evlist, opts->mmap_pages, opts->mmap_ro) < 0) { + if (!opts->mmap_ro && errno == EACCES) { + opts->mmap_ro = true; + goto try_again2; + } if (errno == EPERM) { pr_err("Permission error mapping pages.\n" "Consider increasing "
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c index e37521f..bef7b1d 100644 --- a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c +++ b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
@@ -894,8 +894,12 @@ goto out_err; } } - - if (perf_evlist__mmap(evlist, opts->mmap_pages, false) < 0) { +try_again2: + if (perf_evlist__mmap(evlist, opts->mmap_pages, opts->mmap_ro) < 0) { + if (!opts->mmap_ro && errno == EACCES) { + opts->mmap_ro = true; + goto try_again2; + } ui__error("Failed to mmap with %d (%s)\n", errno, strerror(errno)); goto out_err;
diff --git a/tools/perf/perf.h b/tools/perf/perf.h index cf20187..dca43c72 100644 --- a/tools/perf/perf.h +++ b/tools/perf/perf.h
@@ -224,6 +224,7 @@ bool sample_weight; bool sample_time; bool period; + bool mmap_ro; unsigned int freq; unsigned int mmap_pages; unsigned int user_freq;