linux.git/tools/perf/tests, branch v4.18-rc2

perf test record+probe_libc_inet_pton: Ask 'nm' for dynamic symbols

2018-06-06T15:52:06+00:00

Adrian reported that this test fails in his system where:

  probe libc's inet_pton & backtrace it with ping: FAILED!
  root@kbl04:~/git/linux-perf# nm -g /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc-2.19.so | grep inet_pton
  nm: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc-2.19.so: no symbols

This fails on ubuntu systems, with Adrian's being kubuntu 14.04, I
tested with ubuntu 14.04.4 and 18.04, and there we need to use the
-D/--dynamic 'nm' option to have this test working. And it works as well
with that on fedora 27, so use it.

Reported-by: Adrian Hunter 
Cc: David Ahern 
Cc: Heiko Carstens 
Cc: Hendrik Brueckner 
Cc: Jiri Olsa 
Cc: Martin Schwidefsky 
Cc: Namhyung Kim 
Cc: Naveen N. Rao 
Cc: Sandipan Das 
Cc: Thomas Richter 
Cc: Wang Nan 
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-zlfnbauad3ljlmtjgo0v660u@git.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf test code-reading: Fix perf_env setup for PTI entry trampolines

2018-06-06T15:52:05+00:00

The "Object code reading" test will not create maps for the PTI entry
trampolines unless the machine environment exists to show that the arch is
x86_64.

Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter 
Reported-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo 
Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo 
Cc: Jiri Olsa 
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1528183800-21577-1-git-send-email-adrian.hunter@intel.com
[ split from a larger patch ]
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf tests kmod-path: Add tests for vdso32 and vdsox32

2018-06-06T15:52:03+00:00

Add tests for vdso32 and vdsox32. This will cause the overall test to
fail because __kmod_path__parse() does not handle vdso32 or vdsox32.

Fixes: 1f121b03d058 ("perf tools: Deal with kernel module names in '[]' correctly")
Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter 
Cc: Jiri Olsa 
Cc: Wang Nan 
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1528117014-30032-2-git-send-email-adrian.hunter@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf evsel: Add has_callchain() helper to make code more compact/clear

2018-06-05T13:09:54+00:00

Its common to have the (evsel->attr.sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_CALLCHAIN),
so add an evsel__has_callchain(evsel) helper.

This will actually get more uses as we check that instead of
symbol_conf.use_callchain in places where that produces the same result
but makes this decision to be more fine grained, per evsel.

Cc: Adrian Hunter 
Cc: David Ahern 
Cc: Jiri Olsa 
Cc: Namhyung Kim 
Cc: Wang Nan 
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-145340oytbthatpfeaq1do18@git.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf test: Use header file util/debug.h

2018-06-04T13:28:53+00:00

Use the header file util/debug.h instead of declaration of verbose
variable.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Richter 
Cc: Heiko Carstens 
Cc: Hendrik Brueckner 
Cc: Martin Schwidefsky 
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180528134817.36643-1-tmricht@linux.ibm.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

Merge remote-tracking branch 'tip/perf/urgent' into perf/core

2018-06-04T13:28:20+00:00

To pick up fixes.

Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf test: "Session topology" dumps core on s390

2018-05-30T14:43:58+00:00

The "perf test Session topology" entry fails with core dump on s390. The root
cause is a NULL pointer dereference in function check_cpu_topology() line 76
(or line 82 without -v).

The session->header.env.cpu variable is NULL because on s390 function
process_cpu_topology() returns with error:

    socket_id number is too big.
    You may need to upgrade the perf tool.

and releases the env.cpu variable via zfree() and sets it to NULL.

Here is the gdb output:
(gdb) n
76                      pr_debug("CPU %d, core %d, socket %d\n", i,
(gdb) n

Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
0x00000000010f4d9e in check_cpu_topology (path=0x3ffffffd6c8
	"/tmp/perf-test-J6CHMa", map=0x14a1740) at tests/topology.c:76
76  pr_debug("CPU %d, core %d, socket %d\n", i,
(gdb)

Make sure the env.cpu variable is not used when its NULL.
Test for NULL pointer and return TEST_SKIP if so.

Output before:

  [root@p23lp27 perf]# ./perf test -F 39
  39: Session topology  :Segmentation fault (core dumped)
  [root@p23lp27 perf]#

Output after:

  [root@p23lp27 perf]# ./perf test -vF 39
  39: Session topology                                      :
  --- start ---
  templ file: /tmp/perf-test-Ajx59D
  socket_id number is too big.You may need to upgrade the perf tool.
  ---- end ----
  Session topology: Skip
  [root@p23lp27 perf]#

Signed-off-by: Thomas Richter 
Cc: Heiko Carstens 
Cc: Hendrik Brueckner 
Cc: Martin Schwidefsky 
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180528073657.11743-1-tmricht@linux.ibm.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf script: Show symbol offsets by default

2018-05-18T19:31:40+00:00

Since the ip shown for a symbol is now always a virtual address, it
becomes difficult to correlate this with objdump output and determine
the exact instruction address. So, we always show the offset from the
start of the symbol.

This can be verified on a powerpc64le system running Fedora 27 as
follows:

  # perf probe -a sys_write
  # perf record -e probe:sys_write -g ~/test

Before applying this patch:

  # perf script

  test  9710 [013] 95614.332431: probe:sys_write: (c0000000004025b0)
          c0000000004025b0 sys_write (/lib/modules/4.17.0-rc4+/build/vmlinux)
          c00000000000b9e0 system_call (/lib/modules/4.17.0-rc4+/build/vmlinux)
              7fffb70d8234 __GI___libc_write (/usr/lib64/libc-2.26.so)
              7fffb7052c74 _IO_file_write@@GLIBC_2.17 (/usr/lib64/libc-2.26.so)
                  5afc1818 [unknown] ([unknown])
              7fffb7051a60 new_do_write (/usr/lib64/libc-2.26.so)
              7fffb7054638 _IO_do_write@@GLIBC_2.17 (/usr/lib64/libc-2.26.so)
              7fffb7054bbc _IO_file_overflow@@GLIBC_2.17 (/usr/lib64/libc-2.26.so)
              7fffb7055a24 __overflow (/usr/lib64/libc-2.26.so)
              7fffb7044548 _IO_puts (/usr/lib64/libc-2.26.so)
                  10000440 main (/home/sandipan/test)
              7fffb6fe36a0 generic_start_main.isra.0 (/usr/lib64/libc-2.26.so)
              7fffb6fe3898 __libc_start_main (/usr/lib64/libc-2.26.so)
                         0 [unknown] ([unknown])
  ...

After applying this patch:

  # perf script

  test  9710 [013] 95614.332431: probe:sys_write: (c0000000004025b0)
          c0000000004025b0 sys_write+0x10 (/lib/modules/4.17.0-rc4+/build/vmlinux)
          c00000000000b9e0 system_call+0x58 (/lib/modules/4.17.0-rc4+/build/vmlinux)
              7fffb70d8234 __GI___libc_write+0x24 (/usr/lib64/libc-2.26.so)
              7fffb7052c74 _IO_file_write@@GLIBC_2.17+0x44 (/usr/lib64/libc-2.26.so)
                  5afc1818 [unknown] ([unknown])
              7fffb7051a60 new_do_write+0x90 (/usr/lib64/libc-2.26.so)
              7fffb7054638 _IO_do_write@@GLIBC_2.17+0x38 (/usr/lib64/libc-2.26.so)
              7fffb7054bbc _IO_file_overflow@@GLIBC_2.17+0x14c (/usr/lib64/libc-2.26.so)
              7fffb7055a24 __overflow+0x64 (/usr/lib64/libc-2.26.so)
              7fffb7044548 _IO_puts+0x218 (/usr/lib64/libc-2.26.so)
                  10000440 main+0x20 (/home/sandipan/test)
              7fffb6fe36a0 generic_start_main.isra.0+0x140 (/usr/lib64/libc-2.26.so)
              7fffb6fe3898 __libc_start_main+0xb8 (/usr/lib64/libc-2.26.so)
                         0 [unknown] ([unknown])
  ...

Signed-off-by: Sandipan Das 
Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo 
Cc: Jiri Olsa 
Cc: Naveen N. Rao 
Cc: Ravi Bangoria 
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180517063326.6319-2-sandipan@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

tools lib api fs tracing_path: Introduce opendir() method

2018-05-17T17:50:38+00:00

That takes care of using the right call to get the tracing_path
directory, the one that will end up calling tracing_path_set() to figure
out where tracefs is mounted.

One more step in doing just lazy reading of system structures to reduce
the number of operations done unconditionaly at 'perf' start.

Cc: Adrian Hunter 
Cc: David Ahern 
Cc: Jiri Olsa 
Cc: Namhyung Kim 
Cc: Wang Nan 
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-42zzi0f274909bg9mxzl81bu@git.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf parse-events: Use get/put_events_file()

2018-05-17T17:49:36+00:00

Instead of accessing the trace_events_path variable directly, that may
not have been properly initialized wrt detecting where tracefs is
mounted.

Cc: Adrian Hunter 
Cc: David Ahern 
Cc: Jiri Olsa 
Cc: Namhyung Kim 
Cc: Wang Nan 
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-id7hzn1ydgkxbumeve5wapqz@git.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo