kernel/tools/perf/builtin-record.c, branch linux-5.1.y

perf tools: Save bpf_prog_info and BTF of new BPF programs

2019-03-21T14:27:04Z

To fully annotate BPF programs with source code mapping, 4 different information are needed: 1) PERF_RECORD_KSYMBOL 2) PERF_RECORD_BPF_EVENT 3) bpf_prog_info 4) btf This patch handles 3) and 4) for BPF programs loaded after 'perf record|top'. For timely process of these information, a dedicated event is added to the side band evlist. When PERF_RECORD_BPF_EVENT is received via the side band event, the polling thread gathers 3) and 4) vis sys_bpf and store them in perf_env. This information is saved to perf.data at the end of 'perf record'. Committer testing: The 'wakeup_watermark' member in 'struct perf_event_attr' is inside a unnamed union, so can't be used in a struct designated initialization with older gccs, get it out of that, isolating as 'attr.wakeup_watermark = 1;' to work with all gcc versions. We also need to add '--no-bpf-event' to the 'perf record' perf_event_attr tests in 'perf test', as the way that that test goes is to intercept the events being setup and looking if they match the fields described in the control files, since now it finds first the side band event used to catch the PERF_RECORD_BPF_EVENT, they all fail. With these issues fixed: Same scenario as for testing BPF programs loaded before 'perf record' or 'perf top' starts, only start the BPF programs after 'perf record|top', so that its information get collected by the sideband threads, the rest works as for the programs loaded before start monitoring. Add missing 'inline' to the bpf_event__add_sb_event() when HAVE_LIBBPF_SUPPORT is not defined, fixing the build in systems without binutils devel files installed. Signed-off-by: Song Liu Reviewed-by: Jiri Olsa Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Cc: Alexei Starovoitov Cc: Daniel Borkmann Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Stanislav Fomichev Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190312053051.2690567-16-songliubraving@fb.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf evlist: Introduce side band thread

2019-03-21T14:27:03Z

This patch introduces side band thread that captures extended information for events like PERF_RECORD_BPF_EVENT. This new thread uses its own evlist that uses ring buffer with very low watermark for lower latency. To use side band thread, we need to: 1. add side band event(s) by calling perf_evlist__add_sb_event(); 2. calls perf_evlist__start_sb_thread(); 3. at the end of perf run, perf_evlist__stop_sb_thread(). In the next patch, we use this thread to handle PERF_RECORD_BPF_EVENT. Committer notes: Add fix by Jiri Olsa for when te sb_tread can't get started and then at the end the stop_sb_thread() segfaults when joining the (non-existing) thread. That can happen when running 'perf top' or 'perf record' as a normal user, for instance. Further checks need to be done on top of this to more graciously handle these possible failure scenarios. Signed-off-by: Song Liu Reviewed-by: Jiri Olsa Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Cc: Alexei Starovoitov Cc: Daniel Borkmann Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Stanislav Fomichev Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190312053051.2690567-15-songliubraving@fb.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf bpf: Make synthesize_bpf_events() receive perf_session pointer instead of perf_tool

2019-03-19T19:52:06Z

This patch changes the arguments of perf_event__synthesize_bpf_events() to include perf_session* instead of perf_tool*. perf_session will be used in the next patch. Signed-off-by: Song Liu Reviewed-by: Jiri Olsa Cc: Alexei Starovoitov Cc: Daniel Borkmann Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Stanislav Fomichev Cc: kernel-team@fb.com Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190312053051.2690567-6-songliubraving@fb.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf record: Replace option --bpf-event with --no-bpf-event

2019-03-19T19:52:06Z

Currently, monitoring of BPF programs through bpf_event is off by default for 'perf record'. To turn it on, the user need to use option "--bpf-event". As BPF gets wider adoption in different subsystems, this option becomes inconvenient. This patch makes bpf_event on by default, and adds option "--no-bpf-event" to turn it off. Since option --bpf-event is not released yet, it is safe to remove it. Signed-off-by: Song Liu Reviewed-by: Jiri Olsa Cc: Alexei Starovoitov Cc: Daniel Borkmann Cc: kernel-team@fb.com Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Stanislav Fomichev Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190312053051.2690567-2-songliubraving@fb.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf record: Clarify help for --switch-output

2019-03-19T19:15:42Z

The help description for --switch-output looks like there are multiple comma separated fields. But it's actually a choice of different options. Make it clear and less confusing. Before: % perf record -h ... --switch-output[=] Switch output when receive SIGUSR2 or cross size,time threshold After: % perf record -h ... --switch-output[=] Switch output when receiving SIGUSR2 (signal) or cross a size or time threshold Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen Acked-by: Jiri Olsa LPU-Reference: 20190314225002.30108-4-andi@firstfloor.org Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-9yecyuha04nyg8toyd1b2pgi@git.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf record: Allow to limit number of reported perf.data files

2019-03-19T14:56:20Z

When doing long term recording and waiting for some event to snapshot on, we often only care about the last minute or so. The --switch-output command line option supports rotating the perf.data file when the size exceeds a threshold. But the disk would still be filled with unnecessary old files. Add a new option to only keep a number of rotated files, so that the disk space usage can be limited. Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen Acked-by: Jiri Olsa LPU-Reference: 20190314225002.30108-3-andi@firstfloor.org Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-y5u2lik0ragt4vlktz6qc9ks@git.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf header: Add DIR_FORMAT feature to describe directory data

2019-03-11T14:56:03Z

The data files layout is described by HEADER_DIR_FORMAT feature. Currently it holds only version number (1): uint64_t version; The current version holds only version value (1) means that data files: - Follow the 'data.*' name format. - Contain raw events data in standard perf format as read from kernel (and need to be sorted) Future versions are expected to describe different data files layout according to special needs. Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Alexander Shishkin Cc: Alexey Budankov Cc: Andi Kleen Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Stephane Eranian Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190308134745.5057-6-jolsa@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf data: Don't store auxtrace index for directory data file

2019-03-11T14:56:03Z

We can't store the auxtrace index when we store into multiple files, because we keep only offset for it, not the file. The auxtrace data will be processed correctly in the 'pipe' mode. Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Alexander Shishkin Cc: Alexey Budankov Cc: Andi Kleen Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Stephane Eranian Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190308134745.5057-3-jolsa@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf data: Add global path holder

2019-02-22T19:52:07Z

Add a 'path' member to 'struct perf_data'. It will keep the configured path for the data (const char *). The path in struct perf_data_file is now dynamically allocated (duped) from it. This scheme is useful/used in following patches where struct perf_data::path holds the 'configure' directory path and struct perf_data_file::path holds the allocated path for specific files. Also it actually makes the code little simpler. Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Alexander Shishkin Cc: Alexey Budankov Cc: Andi Kleen Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Stephane Eranian Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190221094145.9151-3-jolsa@kernel.org [ Fixup data-convert-bt.c missing conversion ] Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf data: Move size to struct perf_data_file

2019-02-22T19:52:07Z

We are about to add support for multiple files, so we need each file to keep its size. Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Alexander Shishkin Cc: Alexey Budankov Cc: Andi Kleen Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Stephane Eranian Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190221094145.9151-2-jolsa@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo