linux-stable.git/tools/perf/perf.c, branch v3.8

perf tools: Add gtk. config option for launching GTK browser

2012-11-14T19:51:30+00:00

Add config option for launching GTK browser for the specified command by
default.  Currently only 'report' command is supported.

Adding following line to the perfconfig file will have a same effect of
specifying --gtk option on command line (unless other related options
are not given).

$ cat ~/.perfconfig
[gtk]
report = true

Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim 
Acked-by: Pekka Enberg 
Cc: Ingo Molnar 
Cc: Paul Mackerras 
Cc: Pekka Enberg 
Cc: Peter Zijlstra 
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1352688617-25570-1-git-send-email-namhyung@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf tests: Add framework for automated perf_event_attr tests

2012-10-31T18:20:58+00:00

The idea is run perf session with kidnapping sys_perf_event_open
function. For each sys_perf_event_open call we store the perf_event_attr
data to the file to be checked later against what we expect.

You can run this by:
  $ python ./tests/attr.py -d ./tests/attr/ -p ./perf -v

v2 changes:
  - preserve errno value in the hook

Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa 
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo 
Cc: Corey Ashford 
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker 
Cc: Ingo Molnar 
Cc: Paul Mackerras 
Cc: Peter Zijlstra 
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20121031145247.GB1027@krava.brq.redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf tools: Add a global variable "const char *input_name"

2012-10-29T13:45:34+00:00

Currently many perf commands annotate/evlist/report/script/lock etc all
support "-i" option to chose a specific perf data, and all of them
create a local "input_name" to save the file name for that perf data.

Since most of these commands need it, we can add a global variable for
it, also it can some other benefits:

1. When calling script browser inside hists/annotation browser, it needs
to know the perf data file name to run that script.

2. For further feature like runtime switching to another perf data file,
this variable can also help.

Signed-off-by: Feng Tang 
Cc: Andi Kleen 
Cc: Ingo Molnar 
Cc: Namhyung Kim 
Cc: Peter Zijlstra 
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1351569369-26732-2-git-send-email-feng.tang@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf tools: Have the page size value available for all tools

2012-10-06T19:33:14+00:00

Its such a common need that we might as well have a global with that
value.

Cc: David Ahern 
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker 
Cc: Jiri Olsa 
Cc: Mike Galbraith 
Cc: Namhyung Kim 
Cc: Paul Mackerras 
Cc: Peter Zijlstra 
Cc: Stephane Eranian 
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-mwfqji9f17k5j81l1404dk3q@git.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

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