Hi, On 27.08.2018 11:33, Jiri Olsa wrote: > On Thu, Aug 23, 2018 at 07:42:09PM +0300, Alexey Budankov wrote: > > SNIP > >> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/mmap.c b/tools/perf/util/mmap.c >> index fc832676a798..e71d46cb01cc 100644 >> --- a/tools/perf/util/mmap.c >> +++ b/tools/perf/util/mmap.c >> @@ -155,6 +155,10 @@ void __weak auxtrace_mmap_params__set_idx(struct >> auxtrace_mmap_params *mp __mayb >> >> void perf_mmap__munmap(struct perf_mmap *map) >> { >> + if (map->data != NULL) { >> + munmap(map->data, perf_mmap__mmap_len(map)); >> + map->data = NULL; >> + } >> if (map->base != NULL) { >> munmap(map->base, perf_mmap__mmap_len(map)); >> map->base = NULL; >> @@ -190,6 +194,14 @@ int perf_mmap__mmap(struct perf_mmap *map, struct >> mmap_params *mp, int fd) >> map->base = NULL; >> return -1; >> } >> + map->data = mmap(NULL, perf_mmap__mmap_len(map), PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, >> + MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0); > > hum, why does map->data need to be mmap-ed?
The same way as for kernel buffers. If you see better alternatives it could be applied. > > jirka >