Commit b90dc17a5d "perf evsel: Add overwrite attribute and check
write_backward" misunderstood the 'order' should be obeyed in
__perf_evsel__open.
But the way this was done for attr.write_backwards was buggy, as we need
to check features in the inverse order of their introduction to the
kernel, so that a newer tool checks first the newest perf_event_attr
fields, detecting that the older kernel doesn't have support for them.
Also, we can avoid calling sys_perf_event_open() if we have already
detected the missing of write_backward.
Cc: He Kuang <hekuang@huawei.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Zefan Li <lizefan@huawei.com>
Cc: pi3orama@163.com
Fixes: b90dc17a5d ("perf evsel: Add overwrite attribute and check write_backward")
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1466419645-75551-2-git-send-email-wangnan0@huawei.com
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20160616214724.GI13337@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
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