linux-stable.git/tools/perf/util, branch v3.0.7 Linux kernel stable tree perf symbols: Fix ppc64 SEGV in dso__load_sym with debuginfo files 2011-10-03T18:41:02+00:00 Anton Blanchard anton@samba.org 2011-08-24T06:40:14+00:00 8413239bfc9e8b94af509c7a43c7d92bd8965630 commit adb091846318f86e4f46c7d6a7b40d2f478abdbe upstream. 64bit PowerPC debuginfo files have an empty function descriptor section. I hit a SEGV when perf tried to use this section for symbol resolution. To fix this we need to check the section is valid and we can do this by checking for type SHT_PROGBITS. Cc: <stable@kernel.org> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Cc: Eric B Munson <emunson@mgebm.net> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20110824065242.895239970@samba.org Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard <anton@samba.org> Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> 
commit adb091846318f86e4f46c7d6a7b40d2f478abdbe upstream.

64bit PowerPC debuginfo files have an empty function descriptor section.
I hit a SEGV when perf tried to use this section for symbol resolution.

To fix this we need to check the section is valid and we can do this by
checking for type SHT_PROGBITS.

Cc: <stable@kernel.org>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Eric B Munson <emunson@mgebm.net>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20110824065242.895239970@samba.org
Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard <anton@samba.org>
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
perf tools: do not look at ./config for configuration 2011-08-17T17:55:54+00:00 Jonathan Nieder jrnieder@gmail.com 2011-08-05T16:58:38+00:00 cb52eec12483475b1c1dcea3d817528b5724a209 commit aba8d056078e47350d85b06a9cabd5afcc4b72ea upstream. In addition to /etc/perfconfig and $HOME/.perfconfig, perf looks for configuration in the file ./config, imitating git which looks at $GIT_DIR/config. If ./config is not a perf configuration file, it fails, or worse, treats it as a configuration file and changes behavior in some unexpected way. "config" is not an unusual name for a file to be lying around and perf does not have a private directory dedicated for its own use, so let's just stop looking for configuration in the cwd. Callers needing context-sensitive configuration can use the PERF_CONFIG environment variable. Requested-by: Christian Ohm <chr.ohm@gmx.net> Cc: 632923@bugs.debian.org Cc: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> Cc: Christian Ohm <chr.ohm@gmx.net> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20110805165838.GA7237@elie.gateway.2wire.net Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> 
commit aba8d056078e47350d85b06a9cabd5afcc4b72ea upstream.

In addition to /etc/perfconfig and $HOME/.perfconfig, perf looks for
configuration in the file ./config, imitating git which looks at
$GIT_DIR/config.  If ./config is not a perf configuration file, it
fails, or worse, treats it as a configuration file and changes behavior
in some unexpected way.

"config" is not an unusual name for a file to be lying around and perf
does not have a private directory dedicated for its own use, so let's
just stop looking for configuration in the cwd.  Callers needing
context-sensitive configuration can use the PERF_CONFIG environment
variable.

Requested-by: Christian Ohm <chr.ohm@gmx.net>
Cc: 632923@bugs.debian.org
Cc: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Cc: Christian Ohm <chr.ohm@gmx.net>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20110805165838.GA7237@elie.gateway.2wire.net
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
perf tools: Fix endian conversion reading event attr from file header 2011-08-05T04:58:35+00:00 David Ahern dsahern@gmail.com 2011-07-15T18:34:09+00:00 5dd830d09df97bc9318d6e0841fcf652bdc46bfa commit eda3913bb70ecebac13adccffe1e7f96e93cee02 upstream. The perf_event_attr struct has two __u32's at the top and they need to be swapped individually. With this change I was able to analyze a perf.data collected in a 32-bit PPC VM on an x86 system. I tested both 32-bit and 64-bit binaries for the Intel analysis side; both read the PPC perf.data file correctly. -v2: - changed the existing perf_event__attr_swap() to swap only elements of perf_event_attr and exported it for use in swapping the attributes in the file header - updated swap_ops used for processing events Signed-off-by: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com> Acked-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Cc: acme@ghostprotocols.net Cc: peterz@infradead.org Cc: paulus@samba.org Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1310754849-12474-1-git-send-email-dsahern@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> 
commit eda3913bb70ecebac13adccffe1e7f96e93cee02 upstream.

The perf_event_attr struct has two __u32's at the top and
they need to be swapped individually.

With this change I was able to analyze a perf.data collected in a
32-bit PPC VM on an x86 system. I tested both 32-bit and 64-bit
binaries for the Intel analysis side; both read the PPC perf.data
file correctly.

-v2:
 - changed the existing perf_event__attr_swap() to swap only elements
   of perf_event_attr and exported it for use in swapping the
   attributes in the file header
 - updated swap_ops used for processing events

Signed-off-by: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: acme@ghostprotocols.net
Cc: peterz@infradead.org
Cc: paulus@samba.org
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1310754849-12474-1-git-send-email-dsahern@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
Merge branch 'core-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2011-06-19T15:56:56+00:00 Linus Torvalds torvalds@linux-foundation.org 2011-06-19T15:56:56+00:00 357ed6b1a110048ff8106f99092d6c4a7aadb45a * 'core-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: rcu: Move RCU_BOOST #ifdefs to header file rcu: use softirq instead of kthreads except when RCU_BOOST=y rcu: Use softirq to address performance regression rcu: Simplify curing of load woes 
* 'core-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip:
  rcu: Move RCU_BOOST #ifdefs to header file
  rcu: use softirq instead of kthreads except when RCU_BOOST=y
  rcu: Use softirq to address performance regression
  rcu: Simplify curing of load woes
Merge branch 'rc-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mmarek/kbuild-2.6 2011-06-16T17:26:58+00:00 Linus Torvalds torvalds@linux-foundation.org 2011-06-16T17:26:58+00:00 7cc2ed05891f424c2e323bc1a368ddb5c78b90f2 * 'rc-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mmarek/kbuild-2.6: kbuild: Call depmod.sh via shell perf: clear out make flags when calling kernel make kernelver 
* 'rc-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mmarek/kbuild-2.6:
  kbuild: Call depmod.sh via shell
  perf: clear out make flags when calling kernel make kernelver
perf: clear out make flags when calling kernel make kernelver 2011-06-15T20:12:55+00:00 Andy Whitcroft apw@canonical.com 2011-06-15T13:35:00+00:00 37aa9a2eb4d9b1a4aec1fd18bb2bb6bca029de27 When generating the perf version from the kernel version using 'make kernelver' it is necessary to clear out any MAKEFLAGS otherwise they may trigger additional output which pollute the contents. Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com> Signed-off-by: Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz> 
When generating the perf version from the kernel version using 'make
kernelver' it is necessary to clear out any MAKEFLAGS otherwise they may
trigger additional output which pollute the contents.

Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com>
Signed-off-by: Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz>
rcu: Use softirq to address performance regression 2011-06-14T22:25:39+00:00 Shaohua Li shaohua.li@intel.com 2011-06-14T05:26:25+00:00 09223371deac67d08ca0b70bd18787920284c967 Commit a26ac2455ffcf3(rcu: move TREE_RCU from softirq to kthread) introduced performance regression. In an AIM7 test, this commit degraded performance by about 40%. The commit runs rcu callbacks in a kthread instead of softirq. We observed high rate of context switch which is caused by this. Out test system has 64 CPUs and HZ is 1000, so we saw more than 64k context switch per second which is caused by RCU's per-CPU kthread. A trace showed that most of the time the RCU per-CPU kthread doesn't actually handle any callbacks, but instead just does a very small amount of work handling grace periods. This means that RCU's per-CPU kthreads are making the scheduler do quite a bit of work in order to allow a very small amount of RCU-related processing to be done. Alex Shi's analysis determined that this slowdown is due to lock contention within the scheduler. Unfortunately, as Peter Zijlstra points out, the scheduler's real-time semantics require global action, which means that this contention is inherent in real-time scheduling. (Yes, perhaps someone will come up with a workaround -- otherwise, -rt is not going to do well on large SMP systems -- but this patch will work around this issue in the meantime. And "the meantime" might well be forever.) This patch therefore re-introduces softirq processing to RCU, but only for core RCU work. RCU callbacks are still executed in kthread context, so that only a small amount of RCU work runs in softirq context in the common case. This should minimize ksoftirqd execution, allowing us to skip boosting of ksoftirqd for CONFIG_RCU_BOOST=y kernels. Signed-off-by: Shaohua Li <shaohua.li@intel.com> Tested-by: "Alex,Shi" <alex.shi@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> 
Commit a26ac2455ffcf3(rcu: move TREE_RCU from softirq to kthread)
introduced performance regression. In an AIM7 test, this commit degraded
performance by about 40%.

The commit runs rcu callbacks in a kthread instead of softirq. We observed
high rate of context switch which is caused by this. Out test system has
64 CPUs and HZ is 1000, so we saw more than 64k context switch per second
which is caused by RCU's per-CPU kthread.  A trace showed that most of
the time the RCU per-CPU kthread doesn't actually handle any callbacks,
but instead just does a very small amount of work handling grace periods.
This means that RCU's per-CPU kthreads are making the scheduler do quite
a bit of work in order to allow a very small amount of RCU-related
processing to be done.

Alex Shi's analysis determined that this slowdown is due to lock
contention within the scheduler.  Unfortunately, as Peter Zijlstra points
out, the scheduler's real-time semantics require global action, which
means that this contention is inherent in real-time scheduling.  (Yes,
perhaps someone will come up with a workaround -- otherwise, -rt is not
going to do well on large SMP systems -- but this patch will work around
this issue in the meantime.  And "the meantime" might well be forever.)

This patch therefore re-introduces softirq processing to RCU, but only
for core RCU work.  RCU callbacks are still executed in kthread context,
so that only a small amount of RCU work runs in softirq context in the
common case.  This should minimize ksoftirqd execution, allowing us to
skip boosting of ksoftirqd for CONFIG_RCU_BOOST=y kernels.

Signed-off-by: Shaohua Li <shaohua.li@intel.com>
Tested-by: "Alex,Shi" <alex.shi@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Merge branch 'rc-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mmarek/kbuild-2.6 2011-06-09T23:27:42+00:00 Linus Torvalds torvalds@linux-foundation.org 2011-06-09T23:27:42+00:00 6aecceccf5aa626b0af203e54ca62cbf308c53d8 * 'rc-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mmarek/kbuild-2.6: perf: Use make kernelversion instead of parsing the Makefile kbuild: Hack for depmod not handling X.Y versions kbuild: Move depmod call to a separate script kbuild: Fix <linux/version.h> for empty SUBLEVEL or PATCHLEVEL kbuild: Fix KERNELVERSION for empty SUBLEVEL or PATCHLEVEL kbuild: silence Nothing to be done for 'all' message 
* 'rc-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mmarek/kbuild-2.6:
  perf: Use make kernelversion instead of parsing the Makefile
  kbuild: Hack for depmod not handling X.Y versions
  kbuild: Move depmod call to a separate script
  kbuild: Fix <linux/version.h> for empty SUBLEVEL or PATCHLEVEL
  kbuild: Fix KERNELVERSION for empty SUBLEVEL or PATCHLEVEL
  kbuild: silence Nothing to be done for 'all' message
perf: Use make kernelversion instead of parsing the Makefile 2011-06-09T21:05:54+00:00 Michal Marek mmarek@suse.cz 2011-05-30T12:12:09+00:00 5d61b9fd19d9f3cf653dbba615876e7792eea5ea Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@ghostprotocols.net> Signed-off-by: Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz> 
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@ghostprotocols.net>
Signed-off-by: Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz>
perf python: Fix argument name list of read_on_cpu() 2011-06-03T13:09:22+00:00 Frederic Weisbecker fweisbec@gmail.com 2011-03-31T16:27:42+00:00 b273fa9716aa1564bee88ceee62f9042981cdc81 Mandatory arguments need to be present in the argument name list, as well as optional arguments, otherwise python barfs: # ./python/twatch.py Traceback (most recent call last): File "./python/twatch.py", line 41, in <module> main() File "./python/twatch.py", line 32, in main event = evlist.read_on_cpu(cpu) RuntimeError: more argument specifiers than keyword list entries Hence, add cpu to the name list. Cc: David Ahern <daahern@cisco.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com> Cc: Tom Zanussi <tzanussi@gmail.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1301588863-20210-1-git-send-email-fweisbec@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> 
Mandatory arguments need to be present in the argument name list, as
well as optional arguments, otherwise python barfs:

	# ./python/twatch.py
	Traceback (most recent call last):
	  File "./python/twatch.py", line 41, in <module>
	    main()
	  File "./python/twatch.py", line 32, in main
	    event = evlist.read_on_cpu(cpu)
	RuntimeError: more argument specifiers than keyword list entries

Hence, add cpu to the name list.

Cc: David Ahern <daahern@cisco.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Cc: Tom Zanussi <tzanussi@gmail.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1301588863-20210-1-git-send-email-fweisbec@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>