linux-stable.git/tools/perf/perf.c, branch v3.7

perf tools: Convert to LIBAUDIT_SUPPORT

2012-10-02T21:36:21+00:00

For building perf without libaudit, we can set NO_LIBAUDIT=1 as a
argument of make.  It then defines NO_LIBAUDIT_SUPPORT macro for C code
to do the proper handling.  However it usually used in a negative
semantics - e.g. #ifndef - so we saw double negations which can be
misleading.  Convert it to a positive form to make it more readable.

Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim 
Cc: Ingo Molnar 
Cc: Paul Mackerras 
Cc: Peter Zijlstra 
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1348824728-14025-6-git-send-email-namhyung@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf tools: Convert to LIBELF_SUPPORT

2012-09-29T00:07:36+00:00

For building perf without libelf, we can set NO_LIBELF=1 as a argument
of make.  It then defines NO_LIBELF_SUPPORT macro for C code to do the
proper handling.  However it usually used in a negative semantics -
e.g. #ifndef - so we saw double negations which can be misleading.
Convert it to a positive form to make it more readable.

Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim 
Cc: Ingo Molnar 
Cc: Paul Mackerras 
Cc: Peter Zijlstra 
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1348824728-14025-4-git-send-email-namhyung@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf tools: Check libaudit availability for perf-trace builtin

2012-09-27T13:56:40+00:00

The newly added trace command requires an external audit library.

However it can cause a build error because it's not checked whether the
libaudit is installed on system:

    CC builtin-trace.o
  builtin-trace.c:7:22: fatal error: libaudit.h: No such file or directory
  compilation terminated.
  make: *** [builtin-trace.o] Error 1

Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim 
Cc: David Ahern 
Cc: Ingo Molnar 
Cc: Paul Mackerras 
Cc: Peter Zijlstra 
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1348745018-21744-1-git-send-email-namhyung@kernel.org
[ committer note: Added ", disables 'trace tool' to the feature warning msg ]
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf trace: New tool

2012-09-26T23:42:23+00:00

Initially should look loosely like the venerable 'strace' tool, but
using the infrastructure in the perf tools to allow tracing extra
targets:

  [acme@sandy linux]$ perf trace --hell
  Error: unknown option `hell'

   usage: perf trace 

      -p, --pid        trace events on existing process id
          --tid        trace events on existing thread id
          --all-cpus        system-wide collection from all CPUs
          --cpu        list of cpus to monitor
          --no-inherit      child tasks do not inherit counters
          --mmap-pages   number of mmap data pages
          --uid       user to profile

  [acme@sandy linux]$

Those should have the same semantics as when using with 'perf record'.

It gets stuck sometimes, but hey, it works sometimes too!

In time it should support perf.data based workloads, i.e. it should have
a:
	-o filename

Command line option that will produce a perf.data file that can then be
used with 'perf trace' or any of the other perf tools (script, report,
etc).

It will also eventually have the set of functionalities described in the
previous 'trace' prototype by Thomas Gleixner:

   "Announcing a new utility: 'trace'"
   http://lwn.net/Articles/415728/

Also planned is to have some of the features suggested in the comments
of that LWN article.

Cc: David Ahern 
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker 
Cc: Jiri Olsa 
Cc: Mike Galbraith 
Cc: Namhyung Kim 
Cc: Paul Mackerras 
Cc: Peter Zijlstra 
Cc: Stephane Eranian 
Cc: Steven Rostedt 
Cc: Thomas Gleixner 
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-v9x3q9rv4caxtox7wtjpchq5@git.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf tools: include missing pthread.h header

2012-09-08T01:08:09+00:00

pthread variables are used in some files without explicitely including
pthread.h. This leads to compile errors on Android. e.g.: in annotate.h,
error: unknown type name 'pthread_mutex_t'

Including pthread.h explicitely in files that use it to have all definitions
included.

Signed-off-by: Irina Tirdea 
Cc: David Ahern 
Cc: Ingo Molnar 
Cc: Namhyung Kim 
Cc: Paul Mackerras 
Cc: Peter Zijlstra 
Cc: Steven Rostedt 
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1347065004-15306-8-git-send-email-irina.tirdea@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf symbols: Support minimal build without libelf

2012-08-09T19:26:38+00:00

Now we have isolated all ELF-specific stuff, it's possible to build
without libelf. The output binary can do most of jobs but lacks (user
level) symbol information - kernel symbols are still accessable thanks
to the kallsyms.

To build perf without libelf (elfutils), give NO_LIBELF=1 to make.

For now, only 'perf probe' command is removed since it depends on
libelf/libdw heavily.

Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim 
Cc: Ingo Molnar 
Cc: Jiri Olsa 
Cc: Paul Mackerras 
Cc: Peter Zijlstra 
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1344228082-15569-4-git-send-email-namhyung@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf tools: Initial bash completion support

2012-08-09T18:58:51+00:00

This implements bash completion for perf subcommands such as record,
report, script, probe, etc...

Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker 
Cc: David Ahern 
Cc: Ingo Molnar 
Cc: Jiri Olsa 
Cc: Namhyung Kim 
Cc: Peter Zijlstra 
Cc: Stephane Eranian 
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1344522713-27951-2-git-send-email-fweisbec@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf tools: Simplify debugfs mountpoint handling code

2011-11-28T12:11:28+00:00

We don't need to have two PATH_MAX char sized arrays holding it, just
one in util/debugfs.c will do.

Also rename debugfs_path to tracing_events_path, as it is not the path
to debugfs, that is debugfs_mountpoint. Both are now accessible.

This will allow accessing this code in the perf python binding without
having to drag in perf.c and util/parse-events.c.

The defaults for these variables are the canonical "/sys/kernel/debug"
and "/sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/", removing the need for simple
tools to call debugfs_mount(NULL).

Cc: David Ahern 
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker 
Cc: Mike Galbraith 
Cc: Paul Mackerras 
Cc: Peter Zijlstra 
Cc: Stephane Eranian 
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-ug9jvtjrsqbluuhqqxpvg30f@git.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf ui browser: Handle SIGWINCH

2011-10-13T11:52:46+00:00

To do that we needed to stop using newtForm, as we don't want libnewt to
catch the xterm resize signal.

Remove some more newt calls and instead use the underlying libslang
directly. In time tools/perf will use just libslang.

Cc: David Ahern 
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker 
Cc: Mike Galbraith 
Cc: Paul Mackerras 
Cc: Peter Zijlstra 
Cc: Stephane Eranian 
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-h1824yjiru5n2ivz4bseizwj@git.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf evlist: New command to list the names of events present in a perf.data file

2011-03-15T14:10:48+00:00

[root@emilia ~]# perf record -a -e sched:* -e timer:timer* sleep 5
[ perf record: Woken up 1 times to write data ]
[ perf record: Captured and wrote 0.172 MB perf.data (~7530 samples) ]
[root@emilia ~]# perf evlist
sched:sched_kthread_stop
sched:sched_kthread_stop_ret
sched:sched_wakeup
sched:sched_wakeup_new
sched:sched_switch
sched:sched_migrate_task
sched:sched_process_free
sched:sched_process_exit
sched:sched_wait_task
sched:sched_process_wait
sched:sched_process_fork
sched:sched_stat_wait
sched:sched_stat_sleep
sched:sched_stat_iowait
sched:sched_stat_runtime
sched:sched_pi_setprio
timer:timer_init
timer:timer_start
timer:timer_expire_entry
timer:timer_expire_exit
timer:timer_cancel
[root@emilia ~]#

Cc: Frederic Weisbecker 
Cc: Ingo Molnar 
Cc: Mike Galbraith 
Cc: Paul Mackerras 
Cc: Peter Zijlstra 
Cc: Stephane Eranian 
Cc: Tom Zanussi 
LKML-Reference: 
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo