kernel/tools/perf/tests/sample-parsing.c, branch linux-rolling-stable

perf test: Move PERF_SAMPLE_WEIGHT_STRUCT parsing to common test

2025-07-25T17:37:58Z

test__x86_sample_parsing is identical to test__sample_parsing except it explicitly tested PERF_SAMPLE_WEIGHT_STRUCT. Now the parsing code is common move the PERF_SAMPLE_WEIGHT_STRUCT to the common sample parsing test and remove the x86 version. Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250724163302.596743-22-irogers@google.com Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim

perf sample: Make user_regs and intr_regs optional

2025-02-13T04:06:11Z

The struct dump_regs contains 512 bytes of cache_regs, meaning the two values in perf_sample contribute 1088 bytes of its total 1384 bytes size. Initializing this much memory has a cost reported by Tavian Barnes as about 2.5% when running `perf script --itrace=i0`: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/d841b97b3ad2ca8bcab07e4293375fb7c32dfce7.1736618095.git.tavianator@tavianator.com/ Adrian Hunter replied that the zero initialization was necessary and couldn't simply be removed. This patch aims to strike a middle ground of still zeroing the perf_sample, but removing 79% of its size by make user_regs and intr_regs optional pointers to zalloc-ed memory. To support the allocation accessors are created for user_regs and intr_regs. To support correct cleanup perf_sample__init and perf_sample__exit functions are created and added throughout the code base. Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250113194345.1537821-1-irogers@google.com Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim

perf script: Show branch speculation info

2023-02-02T20:18:31Z

Show the branch speculation info if provided by the branch recording hardware feature. This can be useful for optimizing code further. The speculation info is appended to the end of the list of fields so any existing tools that use "/" as a delimiter for access fields via an index remain unaffected. Also show "-" instead of "N/A" when speculation info is unavailable because "/" is used as the field separator. E.g. $ perf record -j any,u,save_type ./test_branch $ perf script --fields brstacksym Before: [...] check_match+0x60/strcmp+0x0/P/-/-/0/CALL do_lookup_x+0x3c5/check_match+0x0/P/-/-/0/CALL [...] After: [...] check_match+0x60/strcmp+0x0/P/-/-/0/CALL/NON_SPEC_CORRECT_PATH do_lookup_x+0x3c5/check_match+0x0/P/-/-/0/CALL/NON_SPEC_CORRECT_PATH [...] The bitfield swapping scheme used duing sample parsing has changed because of the addition of new branch flags, namely "spec", "new_type" and "priv". Earlier, these were all part of the "reserved" field but now, each of these fields get swapped separately. Change the expected flag values accordingly for the test to pass. E.g. $ perf test -v 27 Before: 27: Sample parsing : --- start --- test child forked, pid 61979 parsing failed for sample_type 0x800 test child finished with -1 ---- end ---- Sample parsing: FAILED! After: 27: Sample parsing : --- start --- test child forked, pid 63293 test child finished with 0 ---- end ---- Sample parsing: Ok Signed-off-by: Sandipan Das Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Cc: Alexander Shishkin Cc: Ananth Narayan Cc: Borislav Petkov Cc: Dave Hansen Cc: Ian Rogers Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: James Clark Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Kajol Jain Cc: Madhavan Srinivasan Cc: Mark Rutland Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Ravi Bangoria Cc: Santosh Shukla Cc: Stephane Eranian Cc: Thomas Gleixner Cc: Thomas Richter Cc: x86@kernel.org Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/56e272583552526e999ba0b536ac009ae3613966.1675333809.git.sandipan.das@amd.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf util: Add host_is_bigendian to util.h

2022-12-14T14:16:12Z

Avoid libtraceevent dependency for tep_is_bigendian or trace-event.h dependency for bigendian. Add a new host_is_bigendian to util.h, using the compiler defined __BYTE_ORDER__ when available. Committer notes: Added: #else /* !__BYTE_ORDER__ */ On that nested #ifdef block, as per Namhyung's suggestion. Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers Acked-by: Namhyung Kim Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Alexander Shishkin Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Kan Liang Cc: Leo Yan Cc: Mark Rutland Cc: Masami Hiramatsu Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Stephane Eranian Cc: Steven Rostedt (VMware) Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221130062935.2219247-3-irogers@google.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf tools: Support reading PERF_FORMAT_LOST

2022-08-19T18:56:56Z

The recent kernel added lost count can be read from either read(2) or ring buffer data with PERF_SAMPLE_READ. As it's a variable length data we need to access it according to the format info. But for perf tools use cases, PERF_FORMAT_ID is always set. So we can only check PERF_FORMAT_LOST bit to determine the data format. Add sample_read_value_size() and next_sample_read_value() helpers to make it a bit easier to access. Use them in all places where it reads the struct sample_read_value. Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim Acked-by: Jiri Olsa Cc: Ian Rogers Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Peter Zijlstra Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220819003644.508916-5-namhyung@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf test sample-parsing: Fix branch_stack entry endianness check

2021-11-18T13:08:07Z

Commit 10269a2ca2b08cbd ("perf test sample-parsing: Add endian test for struct branch_flags") broke the test case 27 (Sample parsing) on s390 on linux-next tree: # perf test -Fv 27 27: Sample parsing --- start --- parsing failed for sample_type 0x800 ---- end ---- Sample parsing: FAILED! # The cause of the failure is a wrong #define BS_EXPECTED_BE statement in above commit. Correct this define and the test case runs fine. Output After: # perf test -Fv 27 27: Sample parsing : --- start --- ---- end ---- Sample parsing: Ok # Fixes: 10269a2ca2b08c ("perf test sample-parsing: Add endian test for struct branch_flags") Signed-off-by: Thomas Richter Tested-by: Madhavan Srinivasan Acked-by: Madhavan Srinivasan CC: Sven Schnelle Cc: Heiko Carstens Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Sumanth Korikkar Cc: Vasily Gorbik Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/54077e81-503e-3405-6cb0-6541eb5532cc@linux.ibm.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf test: Rename struct test to test_suite

2021-11-13T13:32:22Z

This is to align with kunit's terminology. Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers Tested-by: Sohaib Mohamed Acked-by: Jiri Olsa Cc: Alexander Shishkin Cc: Brendan Higgins Cc: Daniel Latypov Cc: David Gow Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Jin Yao Cc: John Garry Cc: Mark Rutland Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Paul Clarke Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Stephane Eranian Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211104064208.3156807-6-irogers@google.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf test: Move each test suite struct to its test

2021-11-13T13:30:58Z

Rather than export test functions, export the test struct. Rename with a suite__ prefix to avoid name collisions. Committer notes: Its '&suite__vectors_page', not '&suite__vectors_pages', noticed when cross building to arm (32-bit). Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers Tested-by: Sohaib Mohamed Acked-by: Jiri Olsa Cc: Alexander Shishkin Cc: Brendan Higgins Cc: Daniel Latypov Cc: David Gow Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Jin Yao Cc: John Garry Cc: Mark Rutland Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Paul Clarke Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Stephane Eranian Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211104064208.3156807-5-irogers@google.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf test sample-parsing: Add endian test for struct branch_flags

2021-10-28T12:34:01Z

Extend the sample-parsing test to include a branch_flag bitfield-endian swap test. This patch adds a include for "util/trace-event.h" in the sample-parsing test for importing tep_is_bigendian() and extends samples_same() to include "needs_swap" to detect/enable check for bitfield-endian swap. Signed-off-by: Madhavan Srinivasan Acked-by: Jiri Olsa Cc: Athira Jajeev Cc: Kajol Jain Cc: Mark Rutland Cc: Michael Ellerman Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Stephane Eranian Link: http://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20211028113714.600549-2-maddy@linux.ibm.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf test: Fix sample-parsing failure on non-x86 platforms

2021-03-06T19:54:31Z

Executing 'perf test 27' fails on s390: [root@t35lp46 perf]# ./perf test -Fv 27 27: Sample parsing --- start --- ---- end ---- Sample parsing: FAILED! [root@t35lp46 perf]# The commit fbefe9c2f87fd392 ("perf tools: Support arch specific PERF_SAMPLE_WEIGHT_STRUCT processing") changes the ins_lat to a model-specific variable only for X86, but perf test still verify the variable in the generic test. Remove the ins_lat check in the generic test. The following patch will add it in the X86 specific test. Fixes: fbefe9c2f87fd392 ("perf tools: Support arch specific PERF_SAMPLE_WEIGHT_STRUCT processing") Reported-by: Thomas Richter Signed-off-by: Kan Liang Tested-by: Thomas Richter Cc: Athira Jajeev Cc: Heiko Carstens Cc: Sumanth Korikkar Cc: Sven Schnelle Cc: Vasily Gorbik Link: http://lore.kernel.org/lkml/1614787285-104151-1-git-send-email-kan.liang@linux.intel.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo