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

perf tools: Rename perf_session_env to perf_env

2015-08-28T17:53:55Z

As it is not necessarily tied to a perf.data file and needs using in places where a perf_session is not required. Suggested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Signed-off-by: Kan Liang Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Andi Kleen Cc: Andy Lutomirski Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Mark Rutland Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Stephane Eranian Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1440755289-30939-4-git-send-email-kan.liang@intel.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf annotate: Reset the dso find_symbol cache when removing symbols

2015-08-24T16:33:14Z

The 'annotate' tool does some filtering in the entries in a DSO but forgot to reset the cache done in dso__find_symbol(), cauxing a SEGV: [root@zoo ~]# perf annotate netlink_poll perf: Segmentation fault -------- backtrace -------- perf[0x526ceb] /lib64/libc.so.6(+0x34960)[0x7faedfbe0960] perf(rb_erase+0x223)[0x499d63] perf[0x4213e9] perf[0x4bc123] perf[0x4bc621] perf[0x4bf26b] perf[0x4bc855] perf(perf_session__process_events+0x340)[0x4bddc0] perf(cmd_annotate+0x6bb)[0x421b5b] perf[0x479063] perf(main+0x60a)[0x42098a] /lib64/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xf0)[0x7faedfbcbfe0] perf[0x420aa9] [0x0] [root@zoo ~]# Fix it by reseting the find cache when removing symbols. Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Borislav Petkov Cc: David Ahern Cc: Frederic Weisbecker Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Stephane Eranian Fixes: b685ac22b436 ("perf symbols: Add front end cache for DSO symbol lookup") Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-b2y9x46y0t8yem1ive41zqyp@git.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf tools: /proc/kcore requires CAP_SYS_RAWIO message too noisy

2015-08-21T13:29:23Z

The "/proc/kcore requires CAP_SYS_RAWIO" message comes up all the time for 'perf script' if vmlinux is not found and the user isn't root, even when the kernel is not being traced and even though the message is only really relevant for annotation. Change it to pr_debug and instead put a note in the message displayed if annotation is not possible. Also, the file being accessed might not be /proc/kcore. Tools can be directed to a different location using the --kallsyms option in which case kcore is expected to be in the same directory. Adjust the message so it is not misleading in that case. Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Li Zhang Cc: Sukadev Bhattiprolu Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1440065260-8802-1-git-send-email-adrian.hunter@intel.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf symbols: Add front end cache for DSO symbol lookup

2015-07-23T14:28:35Z

Acked-by: David Ahern Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Borislav Petkov Cc: Frederic Weisbecker Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Stephane Eranian Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-voo94tow8wpkcc76mlkny6sc@git.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

Merge tag 'perf-core-for-mingo' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/acme/linux into perf/core

2015-07-21T05:58:06Z

Pull perf/core improvements and fixes from Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo: New features: - Allow filtering out of perf's PID via 'perf record --exclude-perf'. (Wang Nan) - 'perf trace' now supports syscall groups, like strace, i.e: $ trace -e file touch file Will expand 'file' into multiple, file related, syscalls. More work needed to add extra groups for other syscall groups, and also to complement what was added for the 'file' group, included as a proof of concept. (Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo) - Add lock_pi stresser to 'perf bench futex', to test the kernel code related to FUTEX_(UN)LOCK_PI. (Davidlohr Bueso) User visible fixes: - Apply --filter to all events in a glob matching, not just the last one. (Wang Nan) Documentation changes: - Document setting '-e pmu/period=N/' in the 'perf record' man page. (Kan Liang) Infrastructure changes: - 'perf probe' code simplifications and movements to separate files. (Masami Hiramatsu) - Fix makefile generation under 'dash'. (Sergei Trofimovich) Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

perf strlist: Make dupstr be the default and part of an extensible config parm

2015-07-20T15:13:34Z

So that we can pass more info to strlist__new() without having to change its function signature, just adding entries to the strlist_config struct with sensible defaults for when those fields are not specified. Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Borislav Petkov Cc: David Ahern Cc: Frederic Weisbecker Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Stephane Eranian Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-5uaaler4931i0s9sedxjquhq@git.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf symbols: Store if there is a filter in place

2015-07-13T11:21:57Z

When setting yup the symbols library we setup several filter lists, for dsos, comms, symbols, etc, and there is code that, if there are filters, do certain operations, like recalculate the number of non filtered histogram entries in the top/report TUI. But they were considering just the "Zoom" filters, when they need to take into account as well the above mentioned filters (perf top --comms, --dsos, etc). So store in symbol_conf.has_filter true if any of those filters is in place. Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Borislav Petkov Cc: David Ahern Cc: Frederic Weisbecker Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Stephane Eranian Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-f5edfmhq69vfvs1kmikq1wep@git.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf symbols: Check access permission when reading symbol files

2015-06-26T15:11:53Z

There 2 problems when reading symbols files: * It doesn't report any errors even if when users specify symbol files which don't exist with --kallsyms or --vmlinux. The result just shows the address without symbols, which is not what is expected. So it's better to report errors and exit the program. * When using command perf report --kallsyms=/proc/kallsyms with a non-root user, symbols are resolved. Then select one symbol and annotate it, it reports the error as the following: Can't annotate __clear_user: No vmlinux file with build id xxx was found. The problem is caused by reading /proc/kcore without access permission. /proc/kcore requires CAP_SYS_RAWIO capability to access, so it needs to change access permission to allow a specific user to read /proc/kcore or use root to execute the perf command. This patch is to report errors when symbol files specified by users don't exist. And check access permission of /proc/kcore when reading it. Signed-off-by: Li Zhang Cc: Sukadev Bhattiprolu Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1434704253-2632-1-git-send-email-zhlcindy@linux.vnet.ibm.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf tools: Reference count struct dso

2015-06-08T13:31:40Z

This has a different model than the 'thread' and 'map' struct lifetimes: there is not a definitive "don't use this DSO anymore" event, i.e. we may get many 'struct map' holding references to the '/usr/lib64/libc-2.20.so' DSO but then at some point some DSO may have no references but we still don't want to straight away release its resources, because "soon" we may get a new 'struct map' that needs it and we want to reuse its symtab or other resources. So we need some way to garbage collect it when crossing some memory usage threshold, which is left for anoter patch, for now it is sufficient to release it when calling dsos__exit(), i.e. when deleting the whole list as part of deleting the 'struct machine' containing it, which will leave only referenced objects being used. Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: David Ahern Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Namhyung Kim Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-majzgz07cm90t2tejrjy4clf@git.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf machine: Fix up some more method names

2015-06-08T13:31:34Z

Calling the function 'machine__new_module' implies a new 'module' will be allocated, when in fact what is returned is a 'struct map' instance, that not necessarily will be instantiated, as if one already exists with the given module name, it will be returned instead. So be consistent with other "find and if not there, create" like functions, like machine__findnew_thread, machine__findnew_dso, etc, and rename it to machine__findnew_module_map(), that in turn will call machine__findnew_module_dso(). Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: David Ahern Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Namhyung Kim Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-acv830vd3hwww2ih5vjtbmu3@git.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo