kernel.git/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt, branch linux-4.7.y

perf tools: Fix usage of max_stack sysctl

2016-05-20T14:43:56Z

We cannot limit processing stacks from the current value of the sysctl, as we may be processing perf.data files, possibly from other machines. Instead use the old PERF_MAX_STACK_DEPTH, the sysctl default, that can be overriden using --max-stack or equivalent. Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Alexander Shishkin Cc: Alexei Starovoitov Cc: Brendan Gregg Cc: David Ahern Cc: Frederic Weisbecker Cc: He Kuang Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Masami Hiramatsu Cc: Milian Wolff Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Stephane Eranian Cc: Thomas Gleixner Cc: Vince Weaver Cc: Wang Nan Cc: Zefan Li Fixes: 4cb93446c587 ("perf tools: Set the maximum allowed stack from /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_max_stack") Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-eqeutsr7n7wy0c36z24ytvii@git.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf tools: Set the maximum allowed stack from /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_max_stack

2016-04-27T13:29:07Z

There is an upper limit to what tooling considers a valid callchain, and it was tied to the hardcoded value in the kernel, PERF_MAX_STACK_DEPTH (127), now that this can be tuned via a sysctl, make it read it and use that as the upper limit, falling back to PERF_MAX_STACK_DEPTH for kernels where this sysctl isn't present. Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Brendan Gregg Cc: David Ahern Cc: Frederic Weisbecker Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Milian Wolff Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Wang Nan Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-yjqsd30nnkogvj5oyx9ghir9@git.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf script: Add --max-stack knob

2016-04-14T22:46:57Z

Works just like with 'perf report'. In some cases we may want to have more than 127 entries, the default maximum. Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: David Ahern Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Wang Nan Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-mqkz2p5ok2978gztb0vsnocc@git.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf tools: Make -f/--force option documentation consistent across tools

2016-03-30T14:14:08Z

Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa Cc: Andi Kleen Cc: David Ahern Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Stephane Eranian Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1458823940-24583-6-git-send-email-jolsa@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf script: Enable printing of branch stack

2015-10-29T20:16:20Z

This patch improves perf script by enabling printing of the branch stack via the 'brstack' and 'brstacksym' arguments to the field selection option -F. The option is off by default and operates only if the perf.data file has branch stack content. The branches are printed in to/from pairs. The most recent branch is printed first. The number of branch entries vary based on the underlying hardware and filtering used. The brstack prints FROM/TO addresses in raw hexadecimal format. The brstacksym prints FROM/TO addresses in symbolic form wherever possible. $ perf script -F ip,brstack 5d3000 0x401aa0/0x5d2000/M/-/-/-/0 ... $ perf script -F ip,brstacksym 4011e0 noploop+0x0/noploop+0x0/P/-/-/0 The notation F/T/M/X/A/C describes the attributes of the branch. F=from, T=to, M/P=misprediction/prediction, X=TSX, A=TSX abort, C=cycles (SKL) Signed-off-by: Stephane Eranian Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Andi Kleen Cc: David Ahern Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Kan Liang Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Yuanfang Chen Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1441039273-16260-5-git-send-email-eranian@google.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf script: Allow time to be displayed in nanoseconds

2015-09-28T19:46:05Z

Add option --ns to display time to 9 decimal places. That is useful in some cases, for example when using Intel PT cycle accurate mode. Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter Cc: Jiri Olsa Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1443186956-18718-6-git-send-email-adrian.hunter@intel.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf script: Enable printing of interrupted machine state

2015-08-31T20:51:07Z

This patch adds the output of the interrupted machine state (iregs) to perf script. It presents them as NAME:VALUE so this is easy to parse during post processing. To capture the interrupted machine state: $ perf record -I .... to display iregs, use the -F option: $ perf script -F ip,iregs 40afc2 AX:0x6c5770 BX:0x1e CX:0x5f4d80a DX:0x101010101010101 SI:0x1 Signed-off-by: Stephane Eranian Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Andi Kleen Cc: David Ahern Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Kan Liang Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Peter Zijlstra Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1441039273-16260-2-git-send-email-eranian@google.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf script: Add --[no-]-demangle/--[no-]-demangle-kernel

2015-08-28T14:47:40Z

Sometimes when post-processing output from `perf script` one does not want to demangle C++ symbol names. Add an option to allow this. Also add --[no-]demangle-kernel to be consistent with top/report/probe. Signed-off-by: Mark Drayton Cc: Andi Kleen Cc: Jiri Olsa Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1440616695-32340-1-git-send-email-scientist@fb.com Signed-off-by: Yannick Brosseau Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf tools: Put itrace options into an asciidoc include

2015-08-21T14:40:44Z

perf script, report and inject all have the same itrace options. Put them into an asciidoc include file. Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter Cc: Jiri Olsa Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1437150840-31811-10-git-send-email-adrian.hunter@intel.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf tools: Support full source file paths for srcline

2015-08-10T14:58:05Z

For perf report/script srcline currently only the base file name of the source file is printed. This is a good default because it usually fits on the screen. But in some cases we want to know the full file name, for example to aggregate hits per file. In the later case we need more than the base file name to resolve file naming collisions: for example the kernel source has ~70 files named "core.c" It's also useful as input to post processing tools which want to point to the right file. Add a flag to allow full file name output. Add an option to perf report/script to enable this option. Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Namhyung Kim Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1438986245-15191-1-git-send-email-andi@firstfloor.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo