kernel/tools/perf/util/data-convert-json.c, branch master

perf json: Pipe mode --to-json support

2026-02-12T20:45:22Z

In pipe mode the environment may not be fully initialized so be robust to fields being NULL. Add default handling of feature and attr events. Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Alexander Shishkin Cc: Derek Foreman Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: James Clark Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Peter Zijlstra Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf data: Fix coding style

2026-01-06T22:34:07Z

Adjust some oddly indented fprintf() calls. Signed-off-by: Derek Foreman Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Alexander Shishkin Cc: Ian Rogers Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: James Clark Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Mark Rutland Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Peter Zijlstra Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf data: Allow filtering conversion by time range

2026-01-06T22:20:02Z

This adds a feature to allow restricting the range of converted samples with a range string like perf-script and perf-report --time. Committer testing: Put a probe on the ICMP receive path handling broadcast packets: # perf probe icmp_rcv:64 Added new event: probe:icmp_rcv_L64 (on icmp_rcv:64) You can now use it in all perf tools, such as: perf record -e probe:icmp_rcv_L64 -aR sleep 1 # perf record -e probe:icmp_rcv_L64 ping -c 10 -b 127.255.255.255 WARNING: pinging broadcast address PING 127.255.255.255 (127.255.255.255) 56(84) bytes of data. ^C --- 127.255.255.255 ping statistics --- 10 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 9217ms [ perf record: Woken up 1 times to write data ] [ perf record: Captured and wrote 0.034 MB perf.data (10 samples) ] # perf script ping 52785 [009] 5847.300394: probe:icmp_rcv_L64: (ffffffffaadb337e) ping 52785 [009] 5848.325018: probe:icmp_rcv_L64: (ffffffffaadb337e) ping 52785 [009] 5849.349007: probe:icmp_rcv_L64: (ffffffffaadb337e) ping 52785 [009] 5850.372979: probe:icmp_rcv_L64: (ffffffffaadb337e) ping 52785 [009] 5851.396988: probe:icmp_rcv_L64: (ffffffffaadb337e) ping 52785 [009] 5852.420954: probe:icmp_rcv_L64: (ffffffffaadb337e) ping 52785 [009] 5853.444934: probe:icmp_rcv_L64: (ffffffffaadb337e) ping 52785 [009] 5854.468926: probe:icmp_rcv_L64: (ffffffffaadb337e) ping 52785 [009] 5855.492914: probe:icmp_rcv_L64: (ffffffffaadb337e) ping 52785 [009] 5856.516883: probe:icmp_rcv_L64: (ffffffffaadb337e) # Now get some slices using perf script: # perf script --time 40% ping 52785 [009] 5847.300394: probe:icmp_rcv_L64: (ffffffffaadb337e) ping 52785 [009] 5848.325018: probe:icmp_rcv_L64: (ffffffffaadb337e) ping 52785 [009] 5849.349007: probe:icmp_rcv_L64: (ffffffffaadb337e) ping 52785 [009] 5850.372979: probe:icmp_rcv_L64: (ffffffffaadb337e) # perf script --time 40%-60% ping 52785 [009] 5851.396988: probe:icmp_rcv_L64: (ffffffffaadb337e) ping 52785 [009] 5852.420954: probe:icmp_rcv_L64: (ffffffffaadb337e) # And finally use this new feature: # perf data convert --to-json out.json --time 0%-10% [ perf data convert: Converted 'perf.data' into JSON data 'out.json' ] [ perf data convert: Converted and wrote 0.001 MB (1 samples) ] [ perf data convert: Skipped 9 samples ] # cat out.json { "linux-perf-json-version": 1, "headers": { "header-version": 1, "captured-on": "2026-01-06T22:26:40Z", "data-offset": 520, "data-size": 34648, "feat-offset": 35168, "hostname": "number", "os-release": "6.17.12-300.fc43.x86_64", "arch": "x86_64", "cpu-desc": "AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D 16-Core Processor", "cpuid": "AuthenticAMD,26,68,0", "nrcpus-online": 32, "nrcpus-avail": 32, "perf-version": "6.19.rc4.gf4c270685d3d", "cmdline": [ "/home/acme/bin/perf" ] }, "samples": [ { "timestamp": 5847300394661, "pid": 52785, "tid": 52785, "cpu": 9, "comm": "ping", "callchain": [ { "ip": "0xffffffffaadb337f", "symbol": "icmp_rcv", "dso": "[kernel.kallsyms]" } ], "__probe_ip": "ffffffffaadb337e" } ] } # Signed-off-by: Derek Foreman Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Alexander Shishkin Cc: Ian Rogers Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: James Clark Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Mark Rutland Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Peter Zijlstra Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf session: Add accessor for session->header.env

2025-07-25T17:37:56Z

The perf_env from the header in the session is frequently accessed, add an accessor function rather than access directly. Cache the value to avoid repeated calls. No behavioral change. Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250724163302.596743-10-irogers@google.com Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim

perf evsel: Add/use accessor for tp_format

2024-12-09T20:52:42Z

Add an accessor function for tp_format. Rather than search+replace uses try to use a variable and reuse it. Add additional NULL checks when accessing/using the value. Make sure the PTR_ERR is nulled out on error path in evsel__newtp_idx. Reviewed-by: Namhyung Kim Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Alexander Shishkin Cc: Andi Kleen Cc: Athira Rajeev Cc: Ben Gainey Cc: Colin Ian King Cc: Dominique Martinet Cc: Ilkka Koskinen Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: James Clark Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Kan Liang Cc: Mark Rutland Cc: Oliver Upton Cc: Paran Lee Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Steinar H. Gunderson Cc: Steven Rostedt (VMware) Cc: Thomas Falcon Cc: Weilin Wang Cc: Yang Jihong Cc: Yang Li Cc: Ze Gao Cc: Zixian Cai Cc: zhaimingbing Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241118225345.889810-6-irogers@google.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf build: Include libtraceevent headers directly indicated by pkg-config

2024-11-09T06:42:57Z

Currently the libtraceevent's found by pkg-config, which give the include path as: [root@localhost tmp]# pkg-config --cflags libtraceevent -I/usr/local/include/traceevent So we should include the libtraceevent headers directly without "traceevent/" prefix. Update all the users. Fixes: 0f0e1f445690 ("perf build: Use pkg-config for feature check for libtrace{event,fs}") Suggested-by: Namhyung Kim Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-perf-users/ZyF5_Hf1iL01kldE@google.com/ Signed-off-by: Yicong Yang Cc: leo.yan@arm.com Cc: amadio@gentoo.org Cc: linuxarm@huawei.com Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241105105649.45399-1-yangyicong@huawei.com Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim

perf data convert json: Use perf_tool__init()

2024-08-12T21:12:44Z

Use perf_tool__init() so that more uses of 'struct perf_tool' can be const and not relying on perf_tool__fill_defaults(). Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Alexander Shishkin Cc: Anshuman Khandual Cc: Athira Rajeev Cc: Huacai Chen Cc: Ilkka Koskinen Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: James Clark Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: John Garry Cc: Jonathan Cameron Cc: Kan Liang Cc: Leo Yan Cc: Mark Rutland Cc: Mike Leach Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Nick Desaulniers Cc: Nick Terrell Cc: Oliver Upton Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Song Liu Cc: Sun Haiyong Cc: Suzuki Poulouse Cc: Will Deacon Cc: Yanteng Si Cc: Yicong Yang Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240812204720.631678-23-irogers@google.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf tool: Constify tool pointers

2024-08-12T21:05:14Z

The tool pointer (to a struct largely of function pointers) is passed around but is unchanged except at initialization. Change parameter and variable types to be const to lower the possibilities of what could happen with a tool. Reviewed-by: Adrian Hunter Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers Tested-by: Adrian Hunter Tested-by: Leo Yan Cc: Alexander Shishkin Cc: Anshuman Khandual Cc: Athira Rajeev Cc: Huacai Chen Cc: Ilkka Koskinen Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: James Clark Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: John Garry Cc: Jonathan Cameron Cc: Kan Liang Cc: Leo Yan Cc: Mark Rutland Cc: Mike Leach Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Nick Desaulniers Cc: Nick Terrell Cc: Oliver Upton Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Song Liu Cc: Sun Haiyong Cc: Suzuki Poulouse Cc: Will Deacon Cc: Yanteng Si Cc: Yicong Yang Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240812204720.631678-4-irogers@google.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf dso: Add reference count checking and accessor functions

2024-05-06T18:28:49Z

Add reference count checking to struct dso, this can help with implementing correct reference counting discipline. To avoid RC_CHK_ACCESS everywhere, add accessor functions for the variables in struct dso. The majority of the change is mechanical in nature and not easy to split up. Committer testing: 'perf test' up to this patch shows no regressions. But: util/symbol.c: In function ‘dso__load_bfd_symbols’: util/symbol.c:1683:9: error: too few arguments to function ‘dso__set_adjust_symbols’ 1683 | dso__set_adjust_symbols(dso); | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In file included from util/symbol.c:21: util/dso.h:268:20: note: declared here 268 | static inline void dso__set_adjust_symbols(struct dso *dso, bool val) | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ make[6]: *** [/home/acme/git/perf-tools-next/tools/build/Makefile.build:106: /tmp/tmp.ZWHbQftdN6/util/symbol.o] Error 1 MKDIR /tmp/tmp.ZWHbQftdN6/tests/workloads/ make[6]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs.... This was updated: - symbols__fixup_end(&dso->symbols, false); - symbols__fixup_duplicate(&dso->symbols); - dso->adjust_symbols = 1; + symbols__fixup_end(dso__symbols(dso), false); + symbols__fixup_duplicate(dso__symbols(dso)); + dso__set_adjust_symbols(dso); But not build tested with BUILD_NONDISTRO and libbfd devel files installed (binutils-devel on fedora). Add the missing argument: symbols__fixup_end(dso__symbols(dso), false); symbols__fixup_duplicate(dso__symbols(dso)); - dso__set_adjust_symbols(dso); + dso__set_adjust_symbols(dso, true); Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Ahelenia Ziemiańska Cc: Alexander Shishkin Cc: Andi Kleen Cc: Athira Rajeev Cc: Ben Gainey Cc: Changbin Du Cc: Chengen Du Cc: Colin Ian King Cc: Dima Kogan Cc: Ilkka Koskinen Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: James Clark Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: K Prateek Nayak Cc: Kan Liang Cc: Leo Yan Cc: Li Dong Cc: Mark Rutland Cc: Masami Hiramatsu Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Paran Lee Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Song Liu Cc: Sun Haiyong Cc: Thomas Richter Cc: Tiezhu Yang Cc: Yanteng Si Cc: zhaimingbing Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240504213803.218974-6-irogers@google.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf data convert: Fix segfault when converting to json when cpu_desc isn't set

2024-02-26T16:30:17Z

Arm64 doesn't have Model in /proc/cpuinfo and, thus, cpu_desc doesn't get assigned. Running $ perf data convert --to-json perf.data.json ends up calling output_json_string() with NULL pointer, which causes a segmentation fault. Signed-off-by: Ilkka Koskinen Acked-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Cc: James Clark Cc: Evgeny Pistun Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240223220458.15282-1-ilkka@os.amperecomputing.com