kernel/tools/perf/util/evsel.c, branch linux-4.3.y

perf evsel: Add own_cpus member

2015-09-15T13:41:13Z

perf_evlist__propagate_maps() cannot easily tell if an evsel has its own cpu map. To make that simpler, keep a copy of the PMU cpu map and adjust the propagation logic accordingly. Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter Acked-by: Jiri Olsa Cc: Kan Liang Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1441699142-18905-8-git-send-email-adrian.hunter@intel.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf record: Add ability to name registers to record

2015-08-31T21:01:33Z

This patch modifies the -I/--int-regs option to enablepassing the name of the registers to sample on interrupt. Registers can be specified by their symbolic names. For instance on x86, --intr-regs=ax,si. The motivation is to reduce the size of the perf.data file and the overhead of sampling by only collecting the registers useful to a specific analysis. For instance, for value profiling, sampling only the registers used to passed arguements to functions. With no parameter, the --intr-regs still records all possible registers based on the architecture. To name registers, it is necessary to use the long form of the option, i.e., --intr-regs: $ perf record --intr-regs=si,di,r8,r9 ..... To record any possible registers: $ perf record -I ..... $ perf report --intr-regs ... To display the register, one can use perf report -D To list the available registers: $ perf record --intr-regs=\? available registers: AX BX CX DX SI DI BP SP IP FLAGS CS SS R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 R13 R14 R15 Signed-off-by: Stephane Eranian Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Andi Kleen Cc: David Ahern Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Kan Liang Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Peter Zijlstra Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1441039273-16260-4-git-send-email-eranian@google.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf evsel: Add a backpointer to the evlist a evsel is in

2015-08-28T17:53:49Z

So that functions that deal primarily with an evsel to access information that concerns the whole evlist it is in. Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Andi Kleen Cc: Andy Lutomirski Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Kan Liang Cc: Mark Rutland Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Stephane Eranian Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1440677263-21954-5-git-send-email-kan.liang@intel.com Signed-off-by: Kan Liang Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf callchain: Allow disabling call graphs per event

2015-08-12T16:20:28Z

This patch introduce "call-graph=no" to disable per-event callgraph. Here is an example. perf record -e 'cpu/cpu-cycles,call-graph=fp/,cpu/instructions,call-graph=no/' sleep 1 perf report --stdio # To display the perf.data header info, please use --header/--header-only options. # # # Total Lost Samples: 0 # # Samples: 6 of event 'cpu/cpu-cycles,call-graph=fp/' # Event count (approx.): 774218 # # Children Self Command Shared Object Symbol # ........ ........ ....... ................ ........................................ # 61.94% 0.00% sleep [kernel.vmlinux] [k] entry_SYSCALL_64_fastpath | ---entry_SYSCALL_64_fastpath | |--97.30%-- __brk | --2.70%-- mmap64 _dl_check_map_versions _dl_check_all_versions 61.94% 0.00% sleep [kernel.vmlinux] [k] perf_event_mmap | ---perf_event_mmap | |--97.30%-- do_brk | sys_brk | entry_SYSCALL_64_fastpath | __brk | --2.70%-- mmap_region do_mmap_pgoff vm_mmap_pgoff sys_mmap_pgoff sys_mmap entry_SYSCALL_64_fastpath mmap64 _dl_check_map_versions _dl_check_all_versions ...... # Samples: 6 of event 'cpu/instructions,call-graph=no/' # Event count (approx.): 359692 # # Children Self Command Shared Object Symbol # ........ ........ ....... ................ ................................. # 89.03% 0.00% sleep [unknown] [.] 0xffff6598ffff6598 89.03% 0.00% sleep ld-2.17.so [.] _dl_resolve_conflicts 89.03% 0.00% sleep [kernel.vmlinux] [k] page_fault Signed-off-by: Kan Liang Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Cc: Andi Kleen Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Namhyung Kim Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1439289050-40510-2-git-send-email-kan.liang@intel.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf callchain: Per-event type selection support

2015-08-12T16:20:27Z

This patchkit adds the ability to set callgraph mode (fp, dwarf, lbr) per event. This in term can reduce sampling overhead and the size of the perf.data. Here is an example. perf record -e 'cpu/cpu-cycles,period=1000,call-graph=fp,time=1/,cpu/instructions,call-graph=lbr/' sleep 1 perf evlist -v cpu/cpu-cycles,period=1000,call-graph=fp,time=1/: type: 4, size: 112, config: 0x3c, { sample_period, sample_freq }: 1000, sample_type: IP|TID|TIME|CALLCHAIN|PERIOD|IDENTIFIER, read_format: ID, disabled: 1, inherit: 1, mmap: 1, comm: 1, enable_on_exec: 1, task: 1, sample_id_all: 1, exclude_guest: 1, mmap2: 1, comm_exec: 1 cpu/instructions,call-graph=lbr/: type: 4, size: 112, config: 0xc0, { sample_period, sample_freq }: 4000, sample_type: IP|TID|TIME|CALLCHAIN|PERIOD|BRANCH_STACK|IDENTIFIER, read_format: ID, disabled: 1, inherit: 1, freq: 1, enable_on_exec: 1, sample_id_all: 1, exclude_guest: 1 Signed-off-by: Kan Liang Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Cc: Andi Kleen Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Namhyung Kim Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1439289050-40510-1-git-send-email-kan.liang@intel.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf evlist: Be more specific on -F/--freq

2015-08-10T20:20:26Z

Currently perf evlist -F shows the number as if it's always sampling frequency. But we now support per-event freq/period settings. So it'd better to show more detailed info whether it's freq or period. $ perf record -e 'cpu/config=1/,cpu/config=2,period=300000/' sleep 1 [ perf record: Woken up 1 times to write data ] [ perf record: Captured and wrote 0.017 MB perf.data ] $ perf evlist -F cpu/config=1/: sample_freq=4000 cpu/config=2,period=300000/: sample_period=300000 Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim Acked-by: Jiri Olsa Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Cc: David Ahern Cc: Peter Zijlstra Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1439102724-14079-2-git-send-email-namhyung@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf record: Support per-event freq term

2015-08-10T20:20:26Z

Now perf can set per-event value of time and (sampling) period. But I guess most users like me just want to set frequency rather than period. So add the 'freq' term in the event parser. Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim Acked-by: Jiri Olsa Cc: David Ahern Cc: Kan Liang Cc: Peter Zijlstra Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1439102724-14079-1-git-send-email-namhyung@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf tools: Unset perf_event_attr::freq when period term is set

2015-08-10T14:58:05Z

We need to unset 'perf_event_attr::freq' bit (default 1) when 'period' term is specified within event definition like: -e 'cpu/cpu-cycles,call-graph=fp,time,period=100000' otherwise it will handle the period value as frequency (and fail if it crossed the maximum allowed frequency value). Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa Cc: Andi Kleen Cc: Kan Liang Cc: Namhyung Kim Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20150808171210.GC17040@krava.brq.redhat.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf tools: Refine parse/config callchain functions

2015-08-05T19:42:11Z

Pass global callchain_param into parse_callchain_record_opt and perf_evsel__config_callgraph as parameter. So we can reuse these functions to parse/config local param for callchain. Signed-off-by: Kan Liang Acked-by: Jiri Olsa Cc: Andi Kleen Cc: Namhyung Kim Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1438677022-34296-3-git-send-email-kan.liang@intel.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf tools: Per-event time support

2015-08-05T15:50:52Z

This patchkit adds the ability to turn off time stamps per event. One usaful case for partial time is to work with per-event callgraph to enable "PEBS threshold > 1" (https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/5/10/196), which can significantly reduce the sampling overhead. The event samples with time stamps off will not be ordered. Signed-off-by: Kan Liang Acked-by: Jiri Olsa Cc: Andi Kleen Cc: Namhyung Kim Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1438677022-34296-2-git-send-email-kan.liang@intel.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo