kernel.git/tools/perf/util/session.h, branch linux-3.1.y

perf tool: Fix endianness handling of u32 data in samples

2011-09-23T17:37:27Z

Currently, analyzing PPC data files on x86 the cpu field is always 0 and the tid and pid are backwards. For example, analyzing a PPC file on PPC the pid/tid fields show: rsyslogd 1210/1212 and analyzing the same PPC file using an x86 perf binary shows: rsyslogd 1212/1210 The problem is that the swap_op method for samples is perf_event__all64_swap which assumes all elements in the sample_data struct are u64s. cpu, tid and pid are u32s and need to be handled individually. Given that the swap is done before the sample is parsed, the simplest solution is to undo the 64-bit swap of those elements when the sample is parsed and do the proper swap. The RAW data field is generic and perf cannot have programmatic knowledge of how to treat that data. Instead a warning is given to the user. Thanks to Anton Blanchard for providing a data file for a mult-CPU PPC system so I could verify the fix for the CPU fields. v3 -> v4: - fixed use of WARN_ONCE v2 -> v3: - used WARN_ONCE for message regarding raw data - removed struct wrapper around union - fixed whitespace issues v1 -> v2: - added a union for undoing the byte-swap on u64 and redoing swap on u32's to address compiler errors (see git commit 65014ab3) Cc: Anton Blanchard Cc: Frederic Weisbecker Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Paul Mackerras Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Thomas Gleixner Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1315321946-16993-1-git-send-email-dsahern@gmail.com Signed-off-by: David Ahern Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf tools: Fix endian conversion reading event attr from file header

2011-07-21T07:57:36Z

The perf_event_attr struct has two __u32's at the top and they need to be swapped individually. With this change I was able to analyze a perf.data collected in a 32-bit PPC VM on an x86 system. I tested both 32-bit and 64-bit binaries for the Intel analysis side; both read the PPC perf.data file correctly. -v2: - changed the existing perf_event__attr_swap() to swap only elements of perf_event_attr and exported it for use in swapping the attributes in the file header - updated swap_ops used for processing events Signed-off-by: David Ahern Acked-by: Frederic Weisbecker Cc: acme@ghostprotocols.net Cc: peterz@infradead.org Cc: paulus@samba.org Cc: Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1310754849-12474-1-git-send-email-dsahern@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

perf report/annotate/script: Add option to specify a CPU range

2011-07-05T08:44:44Z

Add an option to perf report/annotate/script to specify which CPUs to operate on. This enables us to take a single system wide profile and analyse each CPU (or group of CPUs) in isolation. This was useful when profiling a multiprocess workload where the bottleneck was on one CPU but this was hidden in the overall profile. Per process and per thread breakdowns didn't help because multiple processes were running on each CPU and no single process consumed an entire CPU. The patch converts the list of CPUs returned by cpu_map__new into a bitmap for fast lookup. I wanted to use -C to be consistent with perf top/record/stat, but unfortunately perf report already uses -C . v2: Incorporate suggestions from David Ahern: - Added -c to perf script - Check that SAMPLE_CPU is set when -c is used - Update documentation v3: Create perf_session__cpu_bitmap() Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard Acked-by: David Ahern Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Paul Mackerras Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20110704215750.11647eb9@kryten Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

perf script: Make printing of dso a separate field option

2011-06-02T16:29:14Z

The 'sym' option displays both the function name and the DSO it comes from. Split the display of the dso into a separate option. This allows display of the ip address and symbol without the dso, thus shortening line lengths - and decluttering the output a bit. Cc: Frederic Weisbecker Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Paul Mackerras Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Thomas Gleixner Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1306528124-25861-3-git-send-email-dsahern@gmail.com Signed-off-by: David Ahern Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf script: "sym" field really means show IP data

2011-06-02T16:28:34Z

Currently the "sym" output field is used to dump instruction pointers and callchain stack. Sample addresses can also be converted to symbols, so the meaning of "sym" needs to be fixed. This patch adds an "ip" option and if it is selected the user can also opt to dump symbols for them. If the user opts to dump IP without syms only the address is shown. Cc: Frederic Weisbecker Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Paul Mackerras Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Thomas Gleixner Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1306528124-25861-2-git-send-email-dsahern@gmail.com Signed-off-by: David Ahern Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf tools: Pre-check sample size before parsing

2011-05-22T01:38:36Z

Check that the total size of the sample fields having a fixed size do not exceed the one of the whole event. This robustifies the sample parsing. Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Cc: Stephane Eranian

perf script: improve validation of sample attributes for output fields

2011-04-20T10:27:52Z

Check for required sample attributes using evsel rather than sample_type in the session header. If the attribute for a default field is not present for the event type (e.g., new command operating on file from older kernel) the field is removed from the output list. Expected event types must exist. For example, if a user specifies -f trace:time,trace -f sw:time,cpu,sym the perf.data file must contain both tracepoints and software events (ie., it is an error if either does not exist in the file). Attribute checking is done once at the beginning of perf-script rather than for each sample. v1 -> v2: - addressed comments from acme Cc: Frederic Weisbecker Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Peter Zijlstra Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1302148460-570-1-git-send-email-daahern@cisco.com Signed-off-by: David Ahern Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf session: Pass evsel in event_ops->sample()

2011-03-23T22:28:58Z

Resolving the sample->id to an evsel since the most advanced tools, report and annotate, and the others will too when they evolve to properly support multi-event perf.data files. Good also because it does an extra validation, checking that the ID is valid when present. When that is not the case, the overhead is just a branch + function call (perf_evlist__id2evsel). Cc: Frederic Weisbecker Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Mike Galbraith Cc: Paul Mackerras Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Stephane Eranian Cc: Tom Zanussi LKML-Reference: Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf script: Add support for dumping symbols

2011-03-14T20:06:50Z

Add option to dump symbols found in events. e.g., perf script -f comm,pid,tid,time,trace,sym swapper 0/0 537.037184: prev_comm=swapper prev_pid=0 prev_prio=120... ffffffff81030350 perf_trace_sched_switch ([kernel.kallsyms]) ffffffff81382ac5 schedule ([kernel.kallsyms]) ffffffff8100134a cpu_idle ([kernel.kallsyms]) ffffffff81370b39 rest_init ([kernel.kallsyms]) ffffffff81696c23 start_kernel ([kernel.kallsyms].init.text) ffffffff816962af x86_64_start_reservations ([kernel.kallsyms].init.text) ffffffff816963b9 x86_64_start_kernel ([kernel.kallsyms].init.text) sshd 1675/1675 537.037309: prev_comm=sshd prev_pid=1675 prev_prio=120... ffffffff81030350 perf_trace_sched_switch ([kernel.kallsyms]) ffffffff81382ac5 schedule ([kernel.kallsyms]) ffffffff813837aa schedule_hrtimeout_range_clock ([kernel.kallsyms]) ffffffff81383886 schedule_hrtimeout_range ([kernel.kallsyms]) ffffffff8110c4f9 poll_schedule_timeout ([kernel.kallsyms]) ffffffff8110cd20 do_select ([kernel.kallsyms]) ffffffff8110ced8 core_sys_select ([kernel.kallsyms]) ffffffff8110d00d sys_select ([kernel.kallsyms]) ffffffff81002bc2 system_call ([kernel.kallsyms]) 7f1647e56e93 __GI_select (/lib64/libc-2.12.90.so) netstat 1692/1692 537.038664: prev_comm=netstat prev_pid=1692 prev_prio=... ffffffff81030350 perf_trace_sched_switch ([kernel.kallsyms]) ffffffff81382ac5 schedule ([kernel.kallsyms]) ffffffff81002c3a sysret_careful ([kernel.kallsyms]) 7f7a6cd1b210 __GI___libc_read (/lib64/libc-2.12.90.so) Acked-by: Frederic Weisbecker Cc: Frederic Weisbecker Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Paul Mackerras Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Thomas Gleixner LKML-Reference: <1299734608-5223-6-git-send-email-daahern@cisco.com> Signed-off-by: David Ahern Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf session: Use evlist/evsel for managing perf.data attributes

2011-03-10T14:15:54Z

So that we can reuse things like the id to attr lookup routine (perf_evlist__id2evsel) that uses a hash table instead of the linear lookup done in the older perf_header_attr routines, etc. Also to make evsels/evlist more pervasive an API, simplyfing using the emerging perf lib. cc: Arun Sharma Cc: Frederic Weisbecker Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Mike Galbraith Cc: Paul Mackerras Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Stephane Eranian Cc: Tom Zanussi LKML-Reference: Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo