kernel/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-kvm.txt, branch linux-4.17.y

perf tools: Configurable per thread proc map processing time out

2015-06-19T21:27:13Z

The time out to limit the individual proc map processing was hard code to 500ms. This patch introduce a new option --proc-map-timeout to make the time limit configurable. Signed-off-by: Kan Liang Cc: Andi Kleen Cc: David Ahern Cc: Ying Huang Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1434549071-25611-2-git-send-email-kan.liang@intel.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf Documentation: Fix typos in perf/Documentation

2014-10-15T20:39:02Z

This patch fix spelling typos found in tool/perf/Documentation. Signed-off-by: Masanari Iida Acked-by: Randy Dunlap Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Paul Mackerras Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Randy Dunlap Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1410275930-17207-1-git-send-email-standby24x7@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf kvm: Add stat support on s390

2014-07-16T20:57:33Z

On s390, the vmexit event has a tree-like structure: between exit_event_begin and exit_event_end several other events may happen and with each of them refining the previous ones. This patch adds a decoder for such events to the generic code and also the files and kvm-stat.c for s390. Commands 'perf kvm stat record', 'report' and 'live' are supported. Reviewed-by: David Ahern Signed-off-by: Alexander Yarygin Acked-by: Christian Borntraeger Cc: Christian Borntraeger Cc: Cornelia Huck Cc: David Ahern Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Paul Mackerras Cc: Peter Zijlstra Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1404397747-20939-5-git-send-email-yarygin@linux.vnet.ibm.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf kvm: Introduce option -v for perf kvm command.

2013-12-09T18:19:11Z

As there is no -v option for perf kvm, the all debug message for perf kvm will nerver be printed out to user. Example: # perf kvm --guestmount /tmp/guestmount/ record -a Not enough memory for reading perf file header It is confusing message for newbies such as me. With this patch applied, we can use -v option to get the detail. Example: # perf kvm --guestmount /tmp/guestmount/ record -a -v Can't access file /tmp/guestmount//15069/proc/kallsyms Not enough memory for reading perf file header Signed-off-by: Dongsheng Yang Cc: David Ahern Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1386609311-23889-1-git-send-email-yangds.fnst@cn.fujitsu.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf kvm: Update the 'record' man page entry for new --guest/--host behavior

2013-12-04T18:06:08Z

As we have changed the default behavior of 'perf kvm' to --guest enabled, the parts of the man page that covers the 'record' subcommand are outdated. This patch updates it to show the correct output with --host/--guest/neither/both of them. Signed-off-by: Dongsheng Yang Cc: David Ahern Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Paul Mackerras Cc: Peter Zijlstra Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/3a3a9c1e05acb5a274d1d8369db5a4c6467d6276.1386197481.git.yangds.fnst@cn.fujitsu.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf kvm: Fix spurious '=' use in man page

2013-12-04T18:04:44Z

As option --host and --guest request no input for it, there should not be a '=' after them in the man page sources. And --output expects a filename as the input, so there should be a '=' after it. This patch removes the needless '=' after --guest and --host, and adds a '=' after --output in perf-kvm.txt. Signed-off-by: Dongsheng Yang Cc: David Ahern Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Paul Mackerras Cc: Peter Zijlstra Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/6124d9eb10a3f1f6b399d1db660110bc7a60fd6b.1386197481.git.yangds.fnst@cn.fujitsu.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf kvm: Add more detail about buildid-list in man page

2013-12-04T18:02:47Z

As the buildid is read from /sys/kernel/notes, then if we use perf kvm buildid-list with a perf data file captured by perf kvm record with --guestkallsyms and --guestmodules, there is no result in output. This patch add a explanation about it and add a limit of using perf kvm buildid-list. Signed-off-by: Dongsheng Yang Cc: David Ahern Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Paul Mackerras Cc: Peter Zijlstra Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/d605a805486340b53bc261aa64d7632ad0a8cf53.1386197481.git.yangds.fnst@cn.fujitsu.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf tools: Add possibility to specify mmap size

2013-10-09T14:24:20Z

Adding possibility to specify mmap size via -m/--mmap-pages by appending unit size character (B/K/M/G) to the number, like: $ perf record -m 8K ls $ perf record -m 2M ls The size is rounded up appropriately to follow perf mmap restrictions. If no unit is specified the number provides pages as of now, like: $ perf record -m 8 ls Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa Cc: Andi Kleen Cc: Corey Ashford Cc: David Ahern Cc: Frederic Weisbecker Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Paul Mackerras Cc: Peter Zijlstra Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1378031796-17892-3-git-send-email-jolsa@redhat.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf kvm: Update documentation with live command

2013-08-12T13:31:05Z

Update perf-kvm documentation with new live subcommand. Add -p/--pid option for perf-kvm-stat-report as well. Signed-off-by: David Ahern Requested-by: Xiao Guangrong Cc: Frederic Weisbecker Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Runzhen Wang Cc: Xiao Guangrong Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1375926999-75129-2-git-send-email-dsahern@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf kvm: Events analysis tool

2012-09-21T15:51:22Z

Add 'perf kvm stat' support to analyze kvm vmexit/mmio/ioport smartly Usage: - kvm stat run a command and gather performance counter statistics, it is the alias of perf stat - trace kvm events: perf kvm stat record, or, if other tracepoints are interesting as well, we can append the events like this: perf kvm stat record -e timer:* -a If many guests are running, we can track the specified guest by using -p or --pid, -a is used to track events generated by all guests. - show the result: perf kvm stat report The output example is following: 13005 13059 total 2 guests are running on the host Then, track the guest whose pid is 13059: ^C[ perf record: Woken up 1 times to write data ] [ perf record: Captured and wrote 0.253 MB perf.data.guest (~11065 samples) ] See the vmexit events: Analyze events for all VCPUs: VM-EXIT Samples Samples% Time% Avg time APIC_ACCESS 460 70.55% 0.01% 22.44us ( +- 1.75% ) HLT 93 14.26% 99.98% 832077.26us ( +- 10.42% ) EXTERNAL_INTERRUPT 64 9.82% 0.00% 35.35us ( +- 14.21% ) PENDING_INTERRUPT 24 3.68% 0.00% 9.29us ( +- 31.39% ) CR_ACCESS 7 1.07% 0.00% 8.12us ( +- 5.76% ) IO_INSTRUCTION 3 0.46% 0.00% 18.00us ( +- 11.79% ) EXCEPTION_NMI 1 0.15% 0.00% 5.83us ( +- -nan% ) Total Samples:652, Total events handled time:77396109.80us. See the mmio events: Analyze events for all VCPUs: MMIO Access Samples Samples% Time% Avg time 0xfee00380:W 387 84.31% 79.28% 8.29us ( +- 3.32% ) 0xfee00300:W 24 5.23% 9.96% 16.79us ( +- 1.97% ) 0xfee00300:R 24 5.23% 7.83% 13.20us ( +- 3.00% ) 0xfee00310:W 24 5.23% 2.93% 4.94us ( +- 3.84% ) Total Samples:459, Total events handled time:4044.59us. See the ioport event: Analyze events for all VCPUs: IO Port Access Samples Samples% Time% Avg time 0xc050:POUT 3 100.00% 100.00% 13.75us ( +- 10.83% ) Total Samples:3, Total events handled time:41.26us. And, --vcpu is used to track the specified vcpu and --key is used to sort the result: Analyze events for VCPU 0: VM-EXIT Samples Samples% Time% Avg time HLT 27 13.85% 99.97% 405790.24us ( +- 12.70% ) EXTERNAL_INTERRUPT 13 6.67% 0.00% 27.94us ( +- 22.26% ) APIC_ACCESS 146 74.87% 0.03% 21.69us ( +- 2.91% ) IO_INSTRUCTION 2 1.03% 0.00% 17.77us ( +- 20.56% ) CR_ACCESS 2 1.03% 0.00% 8.55us ( +- 6.47% ) PENDING_INTERRUPT 5 2.56% 0.00% 6.27us ( +- 3.94% ) Total Samples:195, Total events handled time:10959950.90us. Signed-off-by: Dong Hao Signed-off-by: Runzhen Wang [ Dong Hao Runzhen Wang : - rebase it on current acme's tree - fix the compiling-error on i386 ] Signed-off-by: Xiao Guangrong Acked-by: David Ahern Cc: Avi Kivity Cc: David Ahern Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Marcelo Tosatti Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org Cc: Runzhen Wang Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1347870675-31495-4-git-send-email-haodong@linux.vnet.ibm.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo