kernel.git/tools/perf/util/evsel.c, branch linux-3.12.y

perf: Disable PERF_RECORD_MMAP2 support

2013-10-17T19:27:14Z

For now, we disable the extended MMAP record support (MMAP2). We have identified cases where it would not report the correct mapping information, clone(VM_CLONE) but with separate pids. We will revisit the support once we find a solution for this case. The patch changes the kernel to return EINVAL if attr->mmap2 is set. The patch also modifies the perf tool to use regular PERF_RECORD_MMAP for synthetic events and it also prevents the tool from requesting attr->mmap2 mode because the kernel would reject it. The support will be revisited once the kenrel interface is updated. In V2, we reduce the patch to the strict minimum. In V3, we avoid calling perf_event_open() with mmap2 set because we know it will fail and require fallback retry. Signed-off-by: Stephane Eranian Cc: Andi Kleen Cc: David Ahern Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Peter Zijlstra Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20131017173215.GA8820@quad Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf tools: Add attr->mmap2 support

2013-09-11T13:09:32Z

This patch adds support for the new PERF_RECORD_MMAP2 record type exposed by the kernel. This is an extended PERF_RECORD_MMAP record. It adds for each file-backed mapping the device major, minor number and the inode number and generation. This triplet uniquely identifies the source of a file-backed mapping. It can be used to detect identical virtual mappings between processes, for instance. The patch will prefer MMAP2 over MMAP. Signed-off-by: Stephane Eranian Cc: Andi Kleen Cc: David Ahern Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Peter Zijlstra Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1377079825-19057-3-git-send-email-eranian@google.com [ Cope with 314add6 "Change machine__findnew_thread() to set thread pid", fix 'perf test' regression test entry affected, use perf_missing_features.mmap2 to fallback to not using .mmap2 in older kernels, so that new tools can work with kernels where this feature is not present ] Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf tools: Add support for PERF_COUNT_SW_DUMMY

2013-09-02T17:58:20Z

Add support for the new dummy software event PERF_COUNT_SW_DUMMY. Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter Acked-by: Jiri Olsa Tested-by: Jiri Olsa Cc: David Ahern Cc: Frederic Weisbecker Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Mike Galbraith Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Paul Mackerras Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Stephane Eranian Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1377975053-3811-3-git-send-email-adrian.hunter@intel.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf tools: Add a function to calculate sample event size

2013-08-29T19:44:26Z

Add perf_event__sample_event_size() which can be used when synthesizing sample events to determine how big the resulting event will be, and therefore how much memory to allocate. Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter Cc: David Ahern Cc: Frederic Weisbecker Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Mike Galbraith Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Paul Mackerras Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Stephane Eranian Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1377591794-30553-11-git-send-email-adrian.hunter@intel.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf tools: Expand perf_event__synthesize_sample()

2013-08-29T19:14:20Z

Expand perf_event__synthesize_sample() to handle all sample format bits. Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter Cc: David Ahern Cc: Frederic Weisbecker Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Mike Galbraith Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Paul Mackerras Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Stephane Eranian Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1377591794-30553-10-git-send-email-adrian.hunter@intel.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf tools: Add missing 'abi' member to 'struct regs_dump'

2013-08-29T19:10:58Z

And store the parsed value there. Note that the 'abi' is 0 (no registers), 1 (32-bit registers) or 2 (64-bit registers), but the registers are anyway copied one-by-one as 64-bit values onto the event i.e. see 'perf_output_sample_regs()' Acked-by: Jiri Olsa Cc: David Ahern Cc: Frederic Weisbecker Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Mike Galbraith Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Paul Mackerras Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Stephane Eranian Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1377591794-30553-9-git-send-email-adrian.hunter@intel.com Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf tools: Add support for PERF_SAMPLE_IDENTIFIER

2013-08-29T19:09:31Z

Enable parsing of samples with sample format bit PERF_SAMPLE_IDENTIFIER. In addition, if the kernel supports it, prefer it to selecting PERF_SAMPLE_ID thereby allowing non-matching sample types. Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter Cc: David Ahern Cc: Frederic Weisbecker Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Mike Galbraith Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Paul Mackerras Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Stephane Eranian Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1377591794-30553-8-git-send-email-adrian.hunter@intel.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf tools: Remove references to struct ip_event

2013-08-29T18:29:28Z

The ip_event struct assumes fixed positions for ip, pid and tid. That is no longer true with the addition of PERF_SAMPLE_IDENTIFIER. The information is anyway in struct sample, so use that instead. Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter Acked-by: Namhyung Kim Cc: David Ahern Cc: Frederic Weisbecker Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Mike Galbraith Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Paul Mackerras Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Stephane Eranian Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1377591794-30553-5-git-send-email-adrian.hunter@intel.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf evsel: Tidy up sample parsing overflow checking

2013-08-29T18:10:02Z

The size of data retrieved from a sample event must be validated to ensure it does not go past the end of the event. That was being done sporadically and without considering integer overflows. Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter Acked-by: Jiri Olsa Cc: David Ahern Cc: Frederic Weisbecker Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Mike Galbraith Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Paul Mackerras Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Stephane Eranian Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1377591794-30553-3-git-send-email-adrian.hunter@intel.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf tools: Add debug prints

2013-08-16T20:17:58Z

It is useful to see the arguments to perf_event_open and whether the perf events ring buffer was mmapped per-cpu or per-thread. That information will now be displayed when verbose is 2 i.e option -vv. Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter Acked-by: Namhyung Kim Cc: David Ahern Cc: Frederic Weisbecker Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Mike Galbraith Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Paul Mackerras Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Stephane Eranian Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1376484517-5339-3-git-send-email-adrian.hunter@intel.com [ fixup trivial conflict with fcb14f7 ] Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo