kernel.git/tools/perf/util/header.h, branch linux-2.6.33.y

perf tools: Introduce perf_session class

2009-12-12T06:42:12Z

That does all the initialization boilerplate, opening the file, reading the header, checking if it is valid, etc. And that will as well have the threads list, kmap (now) global variable, etc, so that we can handle two (or more) perf.data files describing sessions to compare. Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Cc: Frédéric Weisbecker Cc: Mike Galbraith Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Paul Mackerras LKML-Reference: <1260573842-19720-1-git-send-email-acme@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

perf tools: Eliminate some more die() uses in library functions

2009-11-19T17:47:17Z

This time in perf_header__adds_write, propagating the do_write error returns. Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Cc: Frédéric Weisbecker Cc: Mike Galbraith Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Paul Mackerras LKML-Reference: <1258649757-17554-2-git-send-email-acme@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

perf tools: perf_header__read() shouldn't die()

2009-11-19T17:47:17Z

And also don't call the constructor in it, this way it adheres to the model the other methods follow. Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Cc: Frédéric Weisbecker Cc: Mike Galbraith Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Paul Mackerras LKML-Reference: <1258649757-17554-1-git-send-email-acme@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

perf tools: Don't die() in perf_header_attr__add_id()

2009-11-17T06:19:55Z

Propagate the errors instead, the users are the ones to decide what to do if a library call fails. Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Cc: Frederic Weisbecker Cc: Mike Galbraith Cc: Paul Mackerras Cc: Peter Zijlstra LKML-Reference: <1258427892-16312-2-git-send-email-acme@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

perf tools: Don't die() in perf_header__add_attr()

2009-11-17T06:19:54Z

Propagate the errors instead, the users are the ones to decide what to do if a library call fails. Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Cc: Frederic Weisbecker Cc: Mike Galbraith Cc: Paul Mackerras Cc: Peter Zijlstra LKML-Reference: <1258427892-16312-1-git-send-email-acme@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

perf tools: Don't die in perf_header_attr__new()

2009-11-17T06:19:52Z

We really should propagate such kinds of errors so that users of these library functions decide what to do in such cases instead of exiting in random places like now. Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Cc: Frederic Weisbecker Cc: Mike Galbraith Cc: Paul Mackerras Cc: Peter Zijlstra LKML-Reference: <1258407027-384-1-git-send-email-acme@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

perf tools: Generalize perf_header__adds_read()

2009-11-16T21:05:50Z

Renaming it to perf_header__process_sections() and passing a callback to handle each feature. The next changesets will introduce 'perf buildid-list' that will handle just the HEADER_BUILD_ID table, ignoring all the other features. Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Acked-by: Frederic Weisbecker Cc: Mike Galbraith Cc: Paul Mackerras Cc: Peter Zijlstra LKML-Reference: <1258396365-29217-3-git-send-email-acme@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

perf tools: Use perf_header__set/has_feat whenever possible

2009-11-11T06:30:19Z

And drop the alternate checks/sets using set_bit or other kind of helpers. Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Cc: Mike Galbraith Cc: Paul Mackerras Cc: Hitoshi Mitake LKML-Reference: <1257911467-28276-5-git-send-email-fweisbec@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

perf tools: Move the build-id storage operations to headers

2009-11-11T06:30:17Z

So that it makes easier to control it. Especially because we plan to give it a feature section. Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Cc: Mike Galbraith Cc: Paul Mackerras Cc: Hitoshi Mitake LKML-Reference: <1257911467-28276-2-git-send-email-fweisbec@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

perf symbols: Use the buildids if present

2009-11-08T09:44:36Z

With this change 'perf record' will intercept PERF_RECORD_MMAP calls, creating a linked list of DSOs, then when the session finishes, it will traverse this list and read the buildids, stashing them at the end of the file and will set up a new feature bit in the header bitmask. 'perf report' will then notice this feature and populate the 'dsos' list and set the build ids. When reading the symtabs it will refuse to load from a file that doesn't have the same build id. This improves the reliability of the profiler output, as symbols and profiling data is more guaranteed to match. Example: [root@doppio ~]# perf report | head /home/acme/bin/perf with build id b1ea544ac3746e7538972548a09aadecc5753868 not found, continuing without symbols # Samples: 2621434559 # # Overhead Command Shared Object Symbol # ........ ............... ............................. ...... # 7.91% init [kernel] [k] read_hpet 7.64% init [kernel] [k] mwait_idle_with_hints 7.60% swapper [kernel] [k] read_hpet 7.60% swapper [kernel] [k] mwait_idle_with_hints 3.65% init [kernel] [k] 0xffffffffa02339d9 [root@doppio ~]# In this case the 'perf' binary was an older one, vanished, so its symbols probably wouldn't match or would cause subtly different (and misleading) output. Next patches will support the kernel as well, reading the build id notes for it and the modules from /sys. Another patch should also introduce a new plumbing command: 'perf list-buildids' that will then be used in porcelain that is distro specific to fetch -debuginfo packages where such buildids are present. This will in turn allow for one to run 'perf record' in one machine and 'perf report' in another. Future work on having the buildid sent directly from the kernel in the PERF_RECORD_MMAP event is needed to close races, as the DSO can be changed during a 'perf record' session, but this patch at least helps with non-corner cases and current/older kernels. Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Cc: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli Cc: Christoph Hellwig Cc: Frank Ch. Eigler Cc: Frederic Weisbecker Cc: Jason Baron Cc: Jim Keniston Cc: K. Prasad Cc: Masami Hiramatsu Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Roland McGrath Cc: Srikar Dronamraju Cc: Steven Rostedt LKML-Reference: <1257367843-26224-1-git-send-email-acme@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar