linux-stable.git/tools/perf/util/data.c, branch linux-5.6.y

perf record: Put a copy of kcore into the perf.data directory

2019-11-06T18:43:05+00:00

Add a new 'perf record' option '--kcore' which will put a copy of
/proc/kcore, kallsyms and modules into a perf.data directory. Note, that
without the --kcore option, output goes to a file as previously.  The
tools' -o and -i options work with either a file name or directory name.

Example:

  $ sudo perf record --kcore uname

  $ sudo tree perf.data
  perf.data
  ├── kcore_dir
  │   ├── kallsyms
  │   ├── kcore
  │   └── modules
  └── data

  $ sudo perf script -v
  build id event received for vmlinux: 1eaa285996affce2d74d8e66dcea09a80c9941de
  build id event received for [vdso]: 8bbaf5dc62a9b644b4d4e4539737e104e4a84541
  Samples for 'cycles' event do not have CPU attribute set. Skipping 'cpu' field.
  Using CPUID GenuineIntel-6-8E-A
  Using perf.data/kcore_dir/kcore for kernel data
  Using perf.data/kcore_dir/kallsyms for symbols
             perf 19058 506778.423729:          1 cycles:  ffffffffa2caa548 native_write_msr+0x8 (vmlinux)
             perf 19058 506778.423733:          1 cycles:  ffffffffa2caa548 native_write_msr+0x8 (vmlinux)
             perf 19058 506778.423734:          7 cycles:  ffffffffa2caa548 native_write_msr+0x8 (vmlinux)
             perf 19058 506778.423736:        117 cycles:  ffffffffa2caa54a native_write_msr+0xa (vmlinux)
             perf 19058 506778.423738:       2092 cycles:  ffffffffa2c9b7b0 native_apic_msr_write+0x0 (vmlinux)
             perf 19058 506778.423740:      37380 cycles:  ffffffffa2f121d0 perf_event_addr_filters_exec+0x0 (vmlinux)
            uname 19058 506778.423751:     582673 cycles:  ffffffffa303a407 propagate_protected_usage+0x147 (vmlinux)
            uname 19058 506778.423892:    2241841 cycles:  ffffffffa2cae0c9 unwind_next_frame.part.5+0x79 (vmlinux)
            uname 19058 506778.424430:    2457397 cycles:  ffffffffa3019232 check_memory_region+0x52 (vmlinux)

Committer testing:

  # rm -rf perf.data*
  # perf record sleep 1
  [ perf record: Woken up 1 times to write data ]
  [ perf record: Captured and wrote 0.024 MB perf.data (7 samples) ]
  # ls -l perf.data
  -rw-------. 1 root root 34772 Oct 21 11:08 perf.data
  # perf record --kcore uname
  Linux
  [ perf record: Woken up 1 times to write data ]
  [ perf record: Captured and wrote 0.024 MB perf.data (7 samples) ]
  ls[root@quaco ~]# ls -lad perf.data*
  drwx------. 3 root root  4096 Oct 21 11:08 perf.data
  -rw-------. 1 root root 34772 Oct 21 11:08 perf.data.old
  # perf evlist -v
  cycles: size: 112, { sample_period, sample_freq }: 4000, sample_type: IP|TID|TIME|PERIOD, read_format: ID, disabled: 1, inherit: 1, mmap: 1, comm: 1, freq: 1, enable_on_exec: 1, task: 1, precise_ip: 3, sample_id_all: 1, exclude_guest: 1, mmap2: 1, comm_exec: 1, ksymbol: 1, bpf_event: 1
  # perf evlist -v -i perf.data/data
  cycles: size: 112, { sample_period, sample_freq }: 4000, sample_type: IP|TID|TIME|PERIOD, read_format: ID, disabled: 1, inherit: 1, mmap: 1, comm: 1, freq: 1, enable_on_exec: 1, task: 1, precise_ip: 3, sample_id_all: 1, exclude_guest: 1, mmap2: 1, comm_exec: 1, ksymbol: 1, bpf_event: 1
  #

Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter 
Reviewed-by: Jiri Olsa 
Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo 
Link: http://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20191004083121.12182-6-adrian.hunter@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf data: Support single perf.data file directory

2019-11-06T18:43:05+00:00

Support directory output that contains a regular perf.data file, named
"data". By default the directory is named perf.data i.e.
	perf.data
	└── data

Most of the infrastructure to support a directory is already there. This
patch makes the changes needed to support the format above.

Presently there is no 'perf record' option to output a directory.

This is preparation for adding support for putting a copy of /proc/kcore in
the directory.

Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter 
Reviewed-by: Jiri Olsa 
Link: http://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20191004083121.12182-5-adrian.hunter@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf data: Rename directory "header" file to "data"

2019-11-06T18:43:05+00:00

In preparation to support a single file directory format, rename "header"
to "data" because "header" is a mis-leading name when there is only 1 file.
Note, in the multi-file case, the "header" file also contains data.

Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter 
Reviewed-by: Jiri Olsa 
Link: http://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20191004083121.12182-4-adrian.hunter@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf data: Correctly identify directory data files

2019-11-06T18:43:05+00:00

In order to rename the "header" file to "data" without conflicting,
correctly identify the non-header files as starting with "data."

Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter 
Reviewed-by: Jiri Olsa 
Link: http://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20191004083121.12182-2-adrian.hunter@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf tools: Remove util.h from where it is not needed

2019-09-20T12:19:20+00:00

Check that it is not needed and remove, fixing up some fallout for
places where it was only serving to get something else.

Cc: Adrian Hunter 
Cc: Jiri Olsa 
Cc: Namhyung Kim 
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-9h6dg6lsqe2usyqjh5rrues4@git.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf debug: Remove needless include directives from debug.h

2019-08-31T22:10:19+00:00

All we need there is a forward declaration for 'union perf_event', so
remove it from there and add missing header directives in places using
things from this indirect include.

Cc: Adrian Hunter 
Cc: Jiri Olsa 
Cc: Namhyung Kim 
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-7ftk0ztstqub1tirjj8o8xbl@git.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf tools: Remove duplicate headers

2019-08-26T14:58:29+00:00

Removed headers which are included twice.

Signed-off-by: Souptick Joarder 
Reviewed-by: Mukesh Ojha 
Cc: Andrew Morton 
Cc: Jiri Olsa 
Cc: Namhyung Kim 
Cc: Peter Zijlstra 
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1566663319-4283-1-git-send-email-jrdr.linux@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf tools: Use zfree() where applicable

2019-07-09T13:13:27+00:00

In places where the equivalent was already being done, i.e.:

   free(a);
   a = NULL;

And in placs where struct members are being freed so that if we have
some erroneous reference to its struct, then accesses to freed members
will result in segfaults, which we can detect faster than use after free
to areas that may still have something seemingly valid.

Cc: Adrian Hunter 
Cc: Jiri Olsa 
Cc: Namhyung Kim 
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-jatyoofo5boc1bsvoig6bb6i@git.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

tools lib: Adopt zalloc()/zfree() from tools/perf

2019-07-09T13:13:26+00:00

Eroding a bit more the tools/perf/util/util.h hodpodge header.

Cc: Adrian Hunter 
Cc: Jiri Olsa 
Cc: Namhyung Kim 
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-natazosyn9rwjka25tvcnyi0@git.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf record: Allow to limit number of reported perf.data files

2019-03-19T14:56:20+00:00

When doing long term recording and waiting for some event to snapshot
on, we often only care about the last minute or so.

The --switch-output command line option supports rotating the perf.data
file when the size exceeds a threshold. But the disk would still be
filled with unnecessary old files.

Add a new option to only keep a number of rotated files, so that the
disk space usage can be limited.

Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen 
Acked-by: Jiri Olsa 
LPU-Reference: 20190314225002.30108-3-andi@firstfloor.org
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-y5u2lik0ragt4vlktz6qc9ks@git.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo