kernel.git/tools/perf/builtin-list.c, branch linux-4.12.y

perf tools: Remove unused 'prefix' from builtin functions

2017-03-27T14:58:09Z

We got it from the git sources but never used it for anything, with the place where this would be somehow used remaining: static int run_builtin(struct cmd_struct *p, int argc, const char **argv) { prefix = NULL; if (p->option & RUN_SETUP) prefix = NULL; /* setup_perf_directory(); */ Ditch it. Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: David Ahern Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Wang Nan Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-uw5swz05vol0qpr32c5lpvus@git.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf list: Move extra details printing to new option

2017-03-23T14:42:31Z

Move the printing of perf expressions and internal events to a new clearer --details flag, instead of lumping it together with other debug options in --debug. This makes it clearer to use. Before perf list --debug ... unc_m_power_critical_throttle_cycles [Cycles all ranks are in critical thermal throttle. Unit: uncore_imc] uncore_imc_2/event=0x86/ MetricName: power_critical_throttle_cycles % MetricExpr: (unc_m_power_critical_throttle_cycles / unc_m_clockticks) * 100. after perf list --details ... unc_m_power_critical_throttle_cycles [Cycles all ranks are in critical thermal throttle. Unit: uncore_imc] uncore_imc_2/event=0x86/ MetricName: power_critical_throttle_cycles % MetricExpr: (unc_m_power_critical_throttle_cycles / unc_m_clockticks) * 100. Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen Acked-by: Jiri Olsa Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170320201711.14142-14-andi@firstfloor.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf list: Add debug support for outputing alias string

2017-02-08T11:55:04Z

For debugging and testing it is useful to see the converted alias string. Add support to perf stat/record and perf list to print the alias conversion. The text string is saved in the alias structure. For perf stat/record it is folded into the normal -v. For perf list -v was taken, so we use --debug. Before: % perf list ... cache: l1d.replacement [L1D data line replacements] l1d_pend_miss.fb_full [Cycles a demand request was blocked due to Fill Buffers inavailability] After % perf list --debug ... cache: l1d.replacement [L1D data line replacements] cpu/umask=0x1,period=2000003,event=0x51/ l1d_pend_miss.fb_full [Cycles a demand request was blocked due to Fill Buffers inavailability] cpu/umask=0x2,period=2000003,cmask=1,event=0x48/ Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Cc: Jiri Olsa Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170128020345.19007-6-andi@firstfloor.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf list: Support long jevents descriptions

2016-10-04T00:35:47Z

Previously we were dropping the useful longer descriptions that some events have in the event list completely. This patch makes them appear with perf list. Old perf list: baclears: baclears.all [Counts the number of baclears] vs new: perf list -v: ... baclears: baclears.all [The BACLEARS event counts the number of times the front end is resteered, mainly when the Branch Prediction Unit cannot provide a correct prediction and this is corrected by the Branch Address Calculator at the front end. The BACLEARS.ANY event counts the number of baclears for any type of branch] Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen Signed-off-by: Sukadev Bhattiprolu Acked-by: Ingo Molnar Acked-by: Jiri Olsa Cc: Madhavan Srinivasan Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1473978296-20712-13-git-send-email-sukadev@linux.vnet.ibm.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf list: Add a --no-desc flag

2016-10-04T00:35:45Z

Add a --no-desc flag to 'perf list' to not print the event descriptions that were earlier added for JSON events. This may be useful to get a less crowded listing. It's still default to print descriptions as that is the more useful default for most users. Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen Signed-off-by: Sukadev Bhattiprolu Acked-by: Ingo Molnar Acked-by: Jiri Olsa Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org Cc: Madhavan Srinivasan Cc: Peter Zijlstra Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1473978296-20712-9-git-send-email-sukadev@linux.vnet.ibm.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf list: Show SDT and pre-cached events

2016-07-14T02:09:07Z

Show SDT and pre-cached events by perf-list with "sdt". This also shows the binary and build-id where the events are placed only when there are same name events on different binaries. e.g.: # perf list sdt List of pre-defined events (to be used in -e): sdt_libc:lll_futex_wake [SDT event] sdt_libc:lll_lock_wait_private [SDT event] sdt_libc:longjmp [SDT event] sdt_libc:longjmp_target [SDT event] ... sdt_libstdcxx:rethrow@/usr/bin/gcc(0cc207fc4b27) [SDT event] sdt_libstdcxx:rethrow@/usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.6.0.20(91c7a88fdf49) sdt_libstdcxx:throw@/usr/bin/gcc(0cc207fc4b27) [SDT event] sdt_libstdcxx:throw@/usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.6.0.20(91c7a88fdf49) The binary path and build-id are shown in below format; :@() Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Cc: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli Cc: Brendan Gregg Cc: Hemant Kumar Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Peter Zijlstra Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20160624090646.25421.44225.stgit@devbox Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf subcmd: Create subcmd library

2015-12-17T17:27:14Z

Move the subcommand-related files from perf to a new library named libsubcmd.a. Since we're moving files anyway, go ahead and rename 'exec_cmd.*' to 'exec-cmd.*' to be consistent with the naming of all the other files. Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Peter Zijlstra Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/c0a838d4c878ab17fee50998811612b2281355c1.1450193761.git.jpoimboe@redhat.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf list: Do event name substring search as last resort when no events found

2015-10-01T15:12:22Z

Before: # perf list _alloc_ | head -10 # After: # perf list _alloc_ | head -10 ext4:ext4_alloc_da_blocks [Tracepoint event] ext4:ext4_get_implied_cluster_alloc_exit [Tracepoint event] kmem:kmem_cache_alloc_node [Tracepoint event] kmem:mm_page_alloc_extfrag [Tracepoint event] kmem:mm_page_alloc_zone_locked [Tracepoint event] xen:xen_mmu_alloc_ptpage [Tracepoint event] # And it works for all types of events: # perf list br List of pre-defined events (to be used in -e): branch-instructions OR branches [Hardware event] branch-misses [Hardware event] branch-load-misses [Hardware cache event] branch-loads [Hardware cache event] branch-instructions OR cpu/branch-instructions/ [Kernel PMU event] branch-misses OR cpu/branch-misses/ [Kernel PMU event] filelock:break_lease_block [Tracepoint event] filelock:break_lease_noblock [Tracepoint event] filelock:break_lease_unblock [Tracepoint event] syscalls:sys_enter_brk [Tracepoint event] syscalls:sys_exit_brk [Tracepoint event] # Suggested-by: Ingo Molnar Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Borislav Petkov Cc: David Ahern Cc: Frederic Weisbecker Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Stephane Eranian Cc: Wang Nan Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-qieivl18jdemoaghgndj36e6@git.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf list: Remove blank lines, headers when piping output

2015-09-30T21:34:38Z

So that one can, for instance, use it with wc -l: # perf list *:*write* | wc -l 60 Or to look for the "bio" tracepoints, without 'perf list' headers: # perf list *:*bio* | head block:block_bio_backmerge [Tracepoint event] block:block_bio_bounce [Tracepoint event] block:block_bio_complete [Tracepoint event] block:block_bio_frontmerge [Tracepoint event] block:block_bio_queue [Tracepoint event] block:block_bio_remap [Tracepoint event] # Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Borislav Petkov Cc: David Ahern Cc: Frederic Weisbecker Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Stephane Eranian Cc: Wang Nan Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-ts7sc0x8u4io4cifzkup4j44@git.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf list: Extend raw-dump to certain kind of events

2015-02-27T18:52:24Z

Extend 'perf list --raw-dump' to 'perf list --raw-dump [hw|sw|cache |tracepoint|pmu|event_glob]' in order to show the raw-dump of a certain kind of events rather than all of the events. Example: Before this patch: $ perf list --raw-dump hw branch-instructions branch-misses bus-cycles cache-misses cache-references cpu-cycles instructions stalled-cycles-backend stalled-cycles-frontend alignment-faults context-switches cpu-clock cpu-migrations emulation-faults major-faults minor-faults page-faults task-clock ... ... writeback:writeback_thread_start writeback:writeback_thread_stop writeback:writeback_wait_iff_congested writeback:writeback_wake_background writeback:writeback_wake_thread As shown above, all of the events are printed. After this patch: $ perf list --raw-dump hw branch-instructions branch-misses bus-cycles cache-misses cache-references cpu-cycles instructions stalled-cycles-backend stalled-cycles-frontend As shown above, only the hw events are printed. Signed-off-by: Yunlong Song Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Cc: Paul Mackerras Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Wang Nan Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1425032491-20224-5-git-send-email-yunlong.song@huawei.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo