When working in snapshot mode function perf_aux_output_begin()
does not set the handle->size because the size is expected to be
deduced by the placement of the "head" and "old" pointers in user
space. As such there is no point in trying to adjust the amount
of data to copy to the ring buffer.
Signed-off-by: Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@linaro.org>
Reviewed-by: Leo Yan <leo.yan@linaro.org>
Reviewed-by: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@arm.com>
Tested-by: Leo Yan <leo.yan@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
/*
* The TMC RAM buffer may be bigger than the space available in the
* perf ring buffer (handle->size). If so advance the RRP so that we
- * get the latest trace data.
+ * get the latest trace data. In snapshot mode none of that matters
+ * since we are expected to clobber stale data in favour of the latest
+ * traces.
*/
- if (to_read > handle->size) {
+ if (!buf->snapshot && to_read > handle->size) {
u32 mask = 0;
/*