kernel/tools/perf/util/perf_event_attr_fprintf.c, branch linux-6.17.y

perf tools: Improve handling of hybrid PMUs in perf_event_attr__fprintf

2025-03-12T02:00:50Z

Support the PMU name from the legacy hardware and hw_cache PMU extended types. Remove some macros and make variables more intention revealing, rather than just being called "value". Before: ``` $ perf stat -vv -e instructions true ... ------------------------------------------------------------ perf_event_attr: type 0 (PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE) size 136 config 0xa00000001 sample_type IDENTIFIER read_format TOTAL_TIME_ENABLED|TOTAL_TIME_RUNNING disabled 1 inherit 1 enable_on_exec 1 exclude_guest 1 ------------------------------------------------------------ sys_perf_event_open: pid 181636 cpu -1 group_fd -1 flags 0x8 = 5 ------------------------------------------------------------ perf_event_attr: type 0 (PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE) size 136 config 0x400000001 sample_type IDENTIFIER read_format TOTAL_TIME_ENABLED|TOTAL_TIME_RUNNING disabled 1 inherit 1 enable_on_exec 1 exclude_guest 1 ------------------------------------------------------------ sys_perf_event_open: pid 181636 cpu -1 group_fd -1 flags 0x8 = 6 ... ``` After: ``` $ perf stat -vv -e instructions true ... ------------------------------------------------------------ perf_event_attr: type 0 (PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE) size 136 config 0xa00000001 (cpu_atom/PERF_COUNT_HW_INSTRUCTIONS/) sample_type IDENTIFIER read_format TOTAL_TIME_ENABLED|TOTAL_TIME_RUNNING disabled 1 inherit 1 enable_on_exec 1 ------------------------------------------------------------ sys_perf_event_open: pid 181724 cpu -1 group_fd -1 flags 0x8 = 5 ------------------------------------------------------------ perf_event_attr: type 0 (PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE) size 136 config 0x400000001 (cpu_core/PERF_COUNT_HW_INSTRUCTIONS/) sample_type IDENTIFIER read_format TOTAL_TIME_ENABLED|TOTAL_TIME_RUNNING disabled 1 inherit 1 enable_on_exec 1 ------------------------------------------------------------ sys_perf_event_open: pid 181724 cpu -1 group_fd -1 flags 0x8 = 6 ... ``` Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers Reviewed-by: James Clark Tested-by: Thomas Falcon Tested-by: James Clark Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250307023906.1135613-1-irogers@google.com Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim

perf tools: Add aux_start_paused, aux_pause and aux_resume

2024-12-18T19:24:32Z

Add 'struct perf_event_attr' members to support pause and resume of AUX area tracing. Reviewed-by: Andi Kleen Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter Acked-by: Ian Rogers Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Kan Liang Cc: Leo Yan Cc: Namhyung Kim Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241216070244.14450-2-adrian.hunter@intel.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf trace-event: Always build trace-event-info.c

2024-12-09T20:52:42Z

trace-event-info.c has no libtraceevent dependencies, always build it and use it in builtin-record and perf_event_attr printing. 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/20241118225345.889810-5-irogers@google.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf tools: Add/use PMU reverse lookup from config to name

2024-03-21T16:53:45Z

Add perf_pmu__name_from_config that does a reverse lookup from a config number to an alias name. The lookup is expensive as the config is computed for every alias by filling in a perf_event_attr, but this is only done when verbose output is enabled. The lookup also only considers config, and not config1, config2 or config3. An example of the output: $ perf stat -vv -e data_read true ... perf_event_attr: type 24 (uncore_imc_free_running_0) size 136 config 0x20ff (data_read) sample_type IDENTIFIER read_format TOTAL_TIME_ENABLED|TOTAL_TIME_RUNNING disabled 1 inherit 1 exclude_guest 1 ... Committer notes: Fix the python binding build by adding dummies for not strictly needed perf_pmu__name_from_config() and perf_pmus__find_by_type(). Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Tested-by: Kan Liang Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Alexander Shishkin Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: James Clark Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Mark Rutland Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Ravi Bangoria Cc: Yang Jihong Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240308001915.4060155-7-irogers@google.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf tools: Use pmus to describe type from attribute

2024-03-21T13:41:29Z

When dumping a perf_event_attr, use pmus to find the PMU and its name by the type number. This allows dynamically added PMUs to be described. Before: $ perf stat -vv -e data_read true ... perf_event_attr: type 24 size 136 config 0x20ff sample_type IDENTIFIER read_format TOTAL_TIME_ENABLED|TOTAL_TIME_RUNNING disabled 1 inherit 1 exclude_guest 1 ... After: $ perf stat -vv -e data_read true ... perf_event_attr: type 24 (uncore_imc_free_running_0) size 136 config 0x20ff sample_type IDENTIFIER read_format TOTAL_TIME_ENABLED|TOTAL_TIME_RUNNING disabled 1 inherit 1 exclude_guest 1 ... However, it also means that when we have a PMU name we prefer it to a hard coded name: Before: $ perf stat -vv -e faults true ... perf_event_attr: type 1 (PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE) size 136 config 0x2 (PERF_COUNT_SW_PAGE_FAULTS) sample_type IDENTIFIER read_format TOTAL_TIME_ENABLED|TOTAL_TIME_RUNNING disabled 1 inherit 1 enable_on_exec 1 exclude_guest 1 ... After: $ perf stat -vv -e faults true ... perf_event_attr: type 1 (software) size 136 config 0x2 (PERF_COUNT_SW_PAGE_FAULTS) sample_type IDENTIFIER read_format TOTAL_TIME_ENABLED|TOTAL_TIME_RUNNING disabled 1 inherit 1 enable_on_exec 1 exclude_guest 1 ... It feels more consistent to do this, rather than only prefer a PMU name when a hard coded name isn't available. Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Tested-by: Kan Liang Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Alexander Shishkin Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: James Clark Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Mark Rutland Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Ravi Bangoria Cc: Yang Jihong Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240308001915.4060155-6-irogers@google.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf tools: Add branch counter knob

2023-11-09T16:47:50Z

Add a new branch filter, "counter", for the branch counter option. It is used to mark the events which should be logged in the branch. If it is applied with the -j option, the counters of all the events should be logged in the branch. If the legacy kernel doesn't support the new branch sample type, switching off the branch counter filter. The stored counter values in each branch are displayed right after the regular branch stack information via perf report -D. Usage examples: # perf record -e "{branch-instructions,branch-misses}:S" -j any,counter Only the first event, branch-instructions, collect the LBR. Both branch-instructions and branch-misses are marked as logged events. The occurrences information of them can be found in the branch stack extension space of each branch. # perf record -e "{cpu/branch-instructions,branch_type=any/,cpu/branch-misses,branch_type=counter/}" Only the first event, branch-instructions, collect the LBR. Only the branch-misses event is marked as a logged event. Committer notes: I noticed 'perf test "Sample parsing"' failing, reported to the list and Kan provided a patch that checks if the evsel has a leader and that evsel->evlist is set, the comment in the source code further explains it. Reviewed-by: Ian Rogers Signed-off-by: Kan Liang Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Alexander Shishkin Cc: Alexey Bayduraev Cc: Andi Kleen Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Mark Rutland Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Stephane Eranian Cc: Tinghao Zhang Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231025201626.3000228-8-kan.liang@linux.intel.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf tools: Add printing perf_event_attr config symbol in perf_event_attr__fprintf()

2023-06-24T05:30:42Z

When printing perf_event_attr, always display perf_event_attr config and its symbol to improve the readability of debugging information. Before: # perf --debug verbose=2 record -e cycles,cpu-clock,sched:sched_switch,branch-load-misses,r101,mem:0x0 -C 0 true ------------------------------------------------------------ perf_event_attr: size 136 { sample_period, sample_freq } 4000 sample_type IP|TID|TIME|CPU|PERIOD|IDENTIFIER read_format ID disabled 1 inherit 1 freq 1 sample_id_all 1 exclude_guest 1 ------------------------------------------------------------ sys_perf_event_open: pid -1 cpu 0 group_fd -1 flags 0x8 = 5 ------------------------------------------------------------ perf_event_attr: type 1 size 136 { sample_period, sample_freq } 4000 sample_type IP|TID|TIME|CPU|PERIOD|IDENTIFIER read_format ID disabled 1 inherit 1 freq 1 sample_id_all 1 exclude_guest 1 ------------------------------------------------------------ sys_perf_event_open: pid -1 cpu 0 group_fd -1 flags 0x8 = 6 ------------------------------------------------------------ perf_event_attr: type 2 size 136 config 0x143 { sample_period, sample_freq } 1 sample_type IP|TID|TIME|CPU|PERIOD|RAW|IDENTIFIER read_format ID disabled 1 inherit 1 sample_id_all 1 exclude_guest 1 ------------------------------------------------------------ sys_perf_event_open: pid -1 cpu 0 group_fd -1 flags 0x8 = 7 ------------------------------------------------------------ perf_event_attr: type 3 size 136 config 0x10005 { sample_period, sample_freq } 4000 sample_type IP|TID|TIME|CPU|PERIOD|IDENTIFIER read_format ID disabled 1 inherit 1 freq 1 sample_id_all 1 exclude_guest 1 ------------------------------------------------------------ sys_perf_event_open: pid -1 cpu 0 group_fd -1 flags 0x8 = 9 ------------------------------------------------------------ perf_event_attr: type 4 size 136 config 0x101 { sample_period, sample_freq } 4000 sample_type IP|TID|TIME|CPU|PERIOD|IDENTIFIER read_format ID disabled 1 inherit 1 freq 1 sample_id_all 1 exclude_guest 1 ------------------------------------------------------------ sys_perf_event_open: pid -1 cpu 0 group_fd -1 flags 0x8 = 10 ------------------------------------------------------------ perf_event_attr: type 5 size 136 { sample_period, sample_freq } 1 sample_type IP|TID|TIME|CPU|IDENTIFIER read_format ID disabled 1 inherit 1 sample_id_all 1 exclude_guest 1 bp_type 3 { bp_len, config2 } 0x4 ------------------------------------------------------------ sys_perf_event_open: pid -1 cpu 0 group_fd -1 flags 0x8 = 11 After: # perf --debug verbose=2 record -e cycles,cpu-clock,sched:sched_switch,branch-load-misses,r101,mem:0x0 -C 0 true ------------------------------------------------------------ perf_event_attr: type 0 (PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE) size 136 config 0 (PERF_COUNT_HW_CPU_CYCLES) { sample_period, sample_freq } 4000 sample_type IP|TID|TIME|CPU|PERIOD|IDENTIFIER read_format ID disabled 1 inherit 1 freq 1 sample_id_all 1 exclude_guest 1 ------------------------------------------------------------ sys_perf_event_open: pid -1 cpu 0 group_fd -1 flags 0x8 = 5 ------------------------------------------------------------ perf_event_attr: type 1 (PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE) size 136 config 0 (PERF_COUNT_SW_CPU_CLOCK) { sample_period, sample_freq } 4000 sample_type IP|TID|TIME|CPU|PERIOD|IDENTIFIER read_format ID disabled 1 inherit 1 freq 1 sample_id_all 1 exclude_guest 1 ------------------------------------------------------------ sys_perf_event_open: pid -1 cpu 0 group_fd -1 flags 0x8 = 6 ------------------------------------------------------------ perf_event_attr: type 2 (PERF_TYPE_TRACEPOINT) size 136 config 0x143 (sched:sched_switch) { sample_period, sample_freq } 1 sample_type IP|TID|TIME|CPU|PERIOD|RAW|IDENTIFIER read_format ID disabled 1 inherit 1 sample_id_all 1 exclude_guest 1 ------------------------------------------------------------ sys_perf_event_open: pid -1 cpu 0 group_fd -1 flags 0x8 = 7 ------------------------------------------------------------ perf_event_attr: type 3 (PERF_TYPE_HW_CACHE) size 136 config 0x10005 (PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_RESULT_MISS | PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_OP_READ | PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_BPU) { sample_period, sample_freq } 4000 sample_type IP|TID|TIME|CPU|PERIOD|IDENTIFIER read_format ID disabled 1 inherit 1 freq 1 sample_id_all 1 exclude_guest 1 ------------------------------------------------------------ sys_perf_event_open: pid -1 cpu 0 group_fd -1 flags 0x8 = 9 ------------------------------------------------------------ perf_event_attr: type 4 (PERF_TYPE_RAW) size 136 config 0x101 { sample_period, sample_freq } 4000 sample_type IP|TID|TIME|CPU|PERIOD|IDENTIFIER read_format ID disabled 1 inherit 1 freq 1 sample_id_all 1 exclude_guest 1 ------------------------------------------------------------ sys_perf_event_open: pid -1 cpu 0 group_fd -1 flags 0x8 = 10 ------------------------------------------------------------ perf_event_attr: type 5 (PERF_TYPE_BREAKPOINT) size 136 config 0 { sample_period, sample_freq } 1 sample_type IP|TID|TIME|CPU|IDENTIFIER read_format ID disabled 1 inherit 1 sample_id_all 1 exclude_guest 1 bp_type 3 { bp_len, config2 } 0x4 ------------------------------------------------------------ sys_perf_event_open: pid -1 cpu 0 group_fd -1 flags 0x8 = 11 ------------------------------------------------------------ perf_event_attr: type 1 (PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE) size 136 config 0x9 (PERF_COUNT_SW_DUMMY) { sample_period, sample_freq } 4000 sample_type IP|TID|TIME|CPU|PERIOD|IDENTIFIER read_format ID inherit 1 mmap 1 comm 1 freq 1 task 1 sample_id_all 1 mmap2 1 comm_exec 1 ksymbol 1 bpf_event 1 ------------------------------------------------------------ sys_perf_event_open: pid -1 cpu 0 group_fd -1 flags 0x8 = 12 Signed-off-by: Yang Jihong Acked-by: Adrian Hunter Cc: anshuman.khandual@arm.com Cc: mark.rutland@arm.com Cc: irogers@google.com Cc: jesussanp@google.com Cc: peterz@infradead.org Cc: acme@kernel.org Cc: jolsa@kernel.org Cc: alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com Cc: mingo@redhat.com Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230623054416.160858-5-yangjihong1@huawei.com [ fix perf import test by adding a dummy tracepoint_id__to_name() ] Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim

perf tools: Add printing perf_event_attr type symbol in perf_event_attr__fprintf()

2023-06-24T05:30:30Z

When printing perf_event_attr, always display perf_event_attr type and its symbol to improve the readability of debugging information. Before: # perf --debug verbose=2 record -e cycles,cpu-clock,sched:sched_switch,branch-load-misses,r101,mem:0x0 -C 0 true ------------------------------------------------------------ perf_event_attr: size 136 { sample_period, sample_freq } 4000 sample_type IP|TID|TIME|CPU|PERIOD|IDENTIFIER read_format ID disabled 1 inherit 1 freq 1 sample_id_all 1 exclude_guest 1 ------------------------------------------------------------ sys_perf_event_open: pid -1 cpu 0 group_fd -1 flags 0x8 = 5 ------------------------------------------------------------ perf_event_attr: type 1 size 136 { sample_period, sample_freq } 4000 sample_type IP|TID|TIME|CPU|PERIOD|IDENTIFIER read_format ID disabled 1 inherit 1 freq 1 sample_id_all 1 exclude_guest 1 ------------------------------------------------------------ sys_perf_event_open: pid -1 cpu 0 group_fd -1 flags 0x8 = 6 ------------------------------------------------------------ perf_event_attr: type 2 size 136 config 0x143 { sample_period, sample_freq } 1 sample_type IP|TID|TIME|CPU|PERIOD|RAW|IDENTIFIER read_format ID disabled 1 inherit 1 sample_id_all 1 exclude_guest 1 ------------------------------------------------------------ sys_perf_event_open: pid -1 cpu 0 group_fd -1 flags 0x8 = 7 ------------------------------------------------------------ perf_event_attr: type 3 size 136 config 0x10005 { sample_period, sample_freq } 4000 sample_type IP|TID|TIME|CPU|PERIOD|IDENTIFIER read_format ID disabled 1 inherit 1 freq 1 sample_id_all 1 exclude_guest 1 ------------------------------------------------------------ sys_perf_event_open: pid -1 cpu 0 group_fd -1 flags 0x8 = 9 ------------------------------------------------------------ perf_event_attr: type 4 size 136 config 0x101 { sample_period, sample_freq } 4000 sample_type IP|TID|TIME|CPU|PERIOD|IDENTIFIER read_format ID disabled 1 inherit 1 freq 1 sample_id_all 1 exclude_guest 1 ------------------------------------------------------------ sys_perf_event_open: pid -1 cpu 0 group_fd -1 flags 0x8 = 10 ------------------------------------------------------------ perf_event_attr: type 5 size 136 { sample_period, sample_freq } 1 sample_type IP|TID|TIME|CPU|IDENTIFIER read_format ID disabled 1 inherit 1 sample_id_all 1 exclude_guest 1 bp_type 3 { bp_len, config2 } 0x4 ------------------------------------------------------------ After: # perf --debug verbose=2 record -e cycles,cpu-clock,sched:sched_switch,branch-load-misses,r101,mem:0x0 -C 0 true ------------------------------------------------------------ perf_event_attr: type 0 (PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE) size 136 { sample_period, sample_freq } 4000 sample_type IP|TID|TIME|CPU|PERIOD|IDENTIFIER read_format ID disabled 1 inherit 1 freq 1 sample_id_all 1 exclude_guest 1 ------------------------------------------------------------ sys_perf_event_open: pid -1 cpu 0 group_fd -1 flags 0x8 = 5 ------------------------------------------------------------ perf_event_attr: type 1 (PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE) size 136 { sample_period, sample_freq } 4000 sample_type IP|TID|TIME|CPU|PERIOD|IDENTIFIER read_format ID disabled 1 inherit 1 freq 1 sample_id_all 1 exclude_guest 1 ------------------------------------------------------------ sys_perf_event_open: pid -1 cpu 0 group_fd -1 flags 0x8 = 6 ------------------------------------------------------------ perf_event_attr: type 2 (PERF_TYPE_TRACEPOINT) size 136 config 0x143 { sample_period, sample_freq } 1 sample_type IP|TID|TIME|CPU|PERIOD|RAW|IDENTIFIER read_format ID disabled 1 inherit 1 sample_id_all 1 exclude_guest 1 ------------------------------------------------------------ sys_perf_event_open: pid -1 cpu 0 group_fd -1 flags 0x8 = 7 ------------------------------------------------------------ perf_event_attr: type 3 (PERF_TYPE_HW_CACHE) size 136 config 0x10005 { sample_period, sample_freq } 4000 sample_type IP|TID|TIME|CPU|PERIOD|IDENTIFIER read_format ID disabled 1 inherit 1 freq 1 sample_id_all 1 exclude_guest 1 ------------------------------------------------------------ sys_perf_event_open: pid -1 cpu 0 group_fd -1 flags 0x8 = 9 ------------------------------------------------------------ perf_event_attr: type 4 (PERF_TYPE_RAW) size 136 config 0x101 { sample_period, sample_freq } 4000 sample_type IP|TID|TIME|CPU|PERIOD|IDENTIFIER read_format ID disabled 1 inherit 1 freq 1 sample_id_all 1 exclude_guest 1 ------------------------------------------------------------ sys_perf_event_open: pid -1 cpu 0 group_fd -1 flags 0x8 = 10 ------------------------------------------------------------ perf_event_attr: type 5 (PERF_TYPE_BREAKPOINT) size 136 { sample_period, sample_freq } 1 sample_type IP|TID|TIME|CPU|IDENTIFIER read_format ID disabled 1 inherit 1 sample_id_all 1 exclude_guest 1 bp_type 3 { bp_len, config2 } 0x4 ------------------------------------------------------------ Signed-off-by: Yang Jihong Acked-by: Adrian Hunter Cc: anshuman.khandual@arm.com Cc: mark.rutland@arm.com Cc: irogers@google.com Cc: jesussanp@google.com Cc: peterz@infradead.org Cc: acme@kernel.org Cc: jolsa@kernel.org Cc: alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com Cc: mingo@redhat.com Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230623054416.160858-4-yangjihong1@huawei.com Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim

perf tools: Extend PRINT_ATTRf to support printing of members with a value of 0

2023-06-24T05:30:23Z

When printing attr, members whose value is 0 will not be printed, we want to print the case where attr->type is 0(PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE), add `_a` param to PRINT_ATTRf macro to always print member when it is true No functional change. Signed-off-by: Yang Jihong Acked-by: Adrian Hunter Cc: anshuman.khandual@arm.com Cc: mark.rutland@arm.com Cc: irogers@google.com Cc: jesussanp@google.com Cc: peterz@infradead.org Cc: acme@kernel.org Cc: jolsa@kernel.org Cc: alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com Cc: mingo@redhat.com Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230623054416.160858-3-yangjihong1@huawei.com Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim

perf tools: Print LOST read format in the verbose mode

2022-10-04T11:55:20Z

So that we can see it with: $ perf record -vv pwd ... perf_event_attr: size 128 { sample_period, sample_freq } 4000 sample_type IP|TID|TIME|PERIOD read_format ID|LOST disabled 1 inherit 1 exclude_kernel 1 freq 1 enable_on_exec 1 precise_ip 3 sample_id_all 1 exclude_guest 1 Reviewed-by: Adrian Hunter Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim Cc: Ian Rogers Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Peter Zijlstra Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220901195739.668604-2-namhyung@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo