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<title>perf scripts: Add configurable sorting option to powerpc-hcalls</title>
<updated>2026-06-30T17:24:21+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Shivani Nittor</name>
<email>shivani@linux.ibm.com</email>
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<published>2026-06-27T09:03:33+00:00</published>
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The powerpc-hcalls.py script currently prints hypercall
statistics in a fixed sort order based on the number of
hcall occurrences, making it difficult to analyze hcalls
from different execution characteristics.

Add support for runtime-configurable sorting so users
can order hypercall statistics by count, minimum
latency, maximum latency, or average latency using
a --sort option.

Parse arguments through sys.argv to support perf script
argument passing semantics.

Example:

perf record -a -e powerpc* sleep 10

perf script -s ./powerpc-hcalls.py -i ./perf.data -- --sort=max

SORT KEY = max
hcall                            count   min(ns)   max(ns)   avg(ns)

H_SEND_LOGICAL_LAN                  47      7380     40148      8739
H_VIO_SIGNAL                       706       880     17454      1911
H_RANDOM                             1     15176     15176     15176
H_PUT_TCE_INDIRECT                   4      3032     10444      4956
H_ADD_LOGICAL_LAN_BUFFER           363      1250      8716      1534
H_SEND_CRQ                           8      2086      6846      3044
H_PUT_TCE                            9      1284      4932      2646
H_STUFF_TCE                         13      1620      3962      2358

This makes it easier to identify frequently occurring
or high-latency hypercalls depending on the analysis
being performed.

Signed-off-by: Shivani Nittor &lt;shivani@linux.ibm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim &lt;namhyung@kernel.org&gt;
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The powerpc-hcalls.py script currently prints hypercall
statistics in a fixed sort order based on the number of
hcall occurrences, making it difficult to analyze hcalls
from different execution characteristics.

Add support for runtime-configurable sorting so users
can order hypercall statistics by count, minimum
latency, maximum latency, or average latency using
a --sort option.

Parse arguments through sys.argv to support perf script
argument passing semantics.

Example:

perf record -a -e powerpc* sleep 10

perf script -s ./powerpc-hcalls.py -i ./perf.data -- --sort=max

SORT KEY = max
hcall                            count   min(ns)   max(ns)   avg(ns)

H_SEND_LOGICAL_LAN                  47      7380     40148      8739
H_VIO_SIGNAL                       706       880     17454      1911
H_RANDOM                             1     15176     15176     15176
H_PUT_TCE_INDIRECT                   4      3032     10444      4956
H_ADD_LOGICAL_LAN_BUFFER           363      1250      8716      1534
H_SEND_CRQ                           8      2086      6846      3044
H_PUT_TCE                            9      1284      4932      2646
H_STUFF_TCE                         13      1620      3962      2358

This makes it easier to identify frequently occurring
or high-latency hypercalls depending on the analysis
being performed.

Signed-off-by: Shivani Nittor &lt;shivani@linux.ibm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim &lt;namhyung@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>perf script powerpc: Fix a typo in the name of H_DISABLE_AND_GET</title>
<updated>2026-06-30T17:24:21+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Gautam Menghani</name>
<email>gautam@linux.ibm.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-06-02T11:56:41+00:00</published>
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The name of the hcall for opcode 432 is "H_DISABLE_AND_GET". This typo
was fixed in the main file [1] in the commit 0f10228c6ff6 ("KVM: PPC: Fix
typo on H_DISABLE_AND_GET hcall").

[1]: arch/powerpc/include/asm/hvcall.h

Signed-off-by: Gautam Menghani &lt;gautam@linux.ibm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim &lt;namhyung@kernel.org&gt;
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The name of the hcall for opcode 432 is "H_DISABLE_AND_GET". This typo
was fixed in the main file [1] in the commit 0f10228c6ff6 ("KVM: PPC: Fix
typo on H_DISABLE_AND_GET hcall").

[1]: arch/powerpc/include/asm/hvcall.h

Signed-off-by: Gautam Menghani &lt;gautam@linux.ibm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim &lt;namhyung@kernel.org&gt;
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<title>perf script powerpc: Update the hcall list with new hcalls</title>
<updated>2026-06-30T17:24:21+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Gautam Menghani</name>
<email>gautam@linux.ibm.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-06-02T11:56:40+00:00</published>
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Update the hcall list with the newer hcalls in PPC.

[1]: github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/arch/powerpc/include/asm/hvcall.h

Signed-off-by: Gautam Menghani &lt;gautam@linux.ibm.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Shivani Nittor &lt;shivani@linux.ibm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim &lt;namhyung@kernel.org&gt;
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Update the hcall list with the newer hcalls in PPC.

[1]: github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/arch/powerpc/include/asm/hvcall.h

Signed-off-by: Gautam Menghani &lt;gautam@linux.ibm.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Shivani Nittor &lt;shivani@linux.ibm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim &lt;namhyung@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>perf script python: Add Python3 support to powerpc-hcalls.py</title>
<updated>2019-02-25T20:16:57+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Tony Jones</name>
<email>tonyj@suse.de</email>
</author>
<published>2019-02-22T23:06:13+00:00</published>
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Support both Python2 and Python3 in the powerpc-hcalls.py script

There may be differences in the ordering of output lines due to
differences in dictionary ordering etc.  However the format within lines
should be unchanged.

The use of 'from __future__' implies the minimum supported Python2 version
is now v2.6

Signed-off-by: Tony Jones &lt;tonyj@suse.de&gt;
Cc: Ravi Bangoria &lt;ravi.bangoria@linux.ibm.com&gt;
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190222230619.17887-10-tonyj@suse.de
Signed-off-by: Seeteena Thoufeek &lt;s1seetee@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo &lt;acme@redhat.com&gt;
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Support both Python2 and Python3 in the powerpc-hcalls.py script

There may be differences in the ordering of output lines due to
differences in dictionary ordering etc.  However the format within lines
should be unchanged.

The use of 'from __future__' implies the minimum supported Python2 version
is now v2.6

Signed-off-by: Tony Jones &lt;tonyj@suse.de&gt;
Cc: Ravi Bangoria &lt;ravi.bangoria@linux.ibm.com&gt;
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190222230619.17887-10-tonyj@suse.de
Signed-off-by: Seeteena Thoufeek &lt;s1seetee@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo &lt;acme@redhat.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>perf script powerpc: Python script for hypervisor call statistics</title>
<updated>2018-06-06T15:52:06+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Ravi Bangoria</name>
<email>ravi.bangoria@linux.ibm.com</email>
</author>
<published>2018-06-05T12:48:01+00:00</published>
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Add python script to show hypervisor call statistics. Ex,

  # perf record -a -e "{powerpc:hcall_entry,powerpc:hcall_exit}"
  # perf script -s scripts/python/powerpc-hcalls.py
    hcall                            count   min(ns)   max(ns)   avg(ns)
    --------------------------------------------------------------------
    H_RANDOM                            82       838      1164       904
    H_PUT_TCE                           47      1078      5928      2003
    H_EOI                              266      1336      3546      1654
    H_ENTER                             28      1646      4038      1952
    H_PUT_TCE_INDIRECT                 230      2166     18168      6109
    H_IPI                              238      1072      3232      1688
    H_SEND_LOGICAL_LAN                  42      5488     21366      7694
    H_STUFF_TCE                        294       986      6210      3591
    H_XIRR                             266      2286      6990      3783
    H_PROTECT                           10      2196      3556      2555
    H_VIO_SIGNAL                       294      1028      2784      1311
    H_ADD_LOGICAL_LAN_BUFFER            53      1978      3450      2600
    H_SEND_CRQ                          77      1762      7240      2447

Signed-off-by: Ravi Bangoria &lt;ravi.bangoria@linux.ibm.com&gt;
Cc: Alexander Shishkin &lt;alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com&gt;
Cc: Jiri Olsa &lt;jolsa@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
Cc: Namhyung Kim &lt;namhyung@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Naveen N. Rao &lt;naveen.n.rao@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180605124801.17210-1-ravi.bangoria@linux.ibm.com
[ Fixup typo: table_loockup -&gt; table_lookup ]
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo &lt;acme@redhat.com&gt;
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Add python script to show hypervisor call statistics. Ex,

  # perf record -a -e "{powerpc:hcall_entry,powerpc:hcall_exit}"
  # perf script -s scripts/python/powerpc-hcalls.py
    hcall                            count   min(ns)   max(ns)   avg(ns)
    --------------------------------------------------------------------
    H_RANDOM                            82       838      1164       904
    H_PUT_TCE                           47      1078      5928      2003
    H_EOI                              266      1336      3546      1654
    H_ENTER                             28      1646      4038      1952
    H_PUT_TCE_INDIRECT                 230      2166     18168      6109
    H_IPI                              238      1072      3232      1688
    H_SEND_LOGICAL_LAN                  42      5488     21366      7694
    H_STUFF_TCE                        294       986      6210      3591
    H_XIRR                             266      2286      6990      3783
    H_PROTECT                           10      2196      3556      2555
    H_VIO_SIGNAL                       294      1028      2784      1311
    H_ADD_LOGICAL_LAN_BUFFER            53      1978      3450      2600
    H_SEND_CRQ                          77      1762      7240      2447

Signed-off-by: Ravi Bangoria &lt;ravi.bangoria@linux.ibm.com&gt;
Cc: Alexander Shishkin &lt;alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com&gt;
Cc: Jiri Olsa &lt;jolsa@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
Cc: Namhyung Kim &lt;namhyung@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Naveen N. Rao &lt;naveen.n.rao@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180605124801.17210-1-ravi.bangoria@linux.ibm.com
[ Fixup typo: table_loockup -&gt; table_lookup ]
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo &lt;acme@redhat.com&gt;
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