linux.git/tools/perf/util/header.h, branch v2.6.38

perf tools: Introduce event selectors

2011-01-03T18:39:04+00:00

Out of ad-hoc code and global arrays with hard coded sizes.

This is the first step on having a library that will be first
used on regression tests in the 'perf test' tool.

[acme@felicio linux]$ size /tmp/perf.before
   text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
1273776	  97384	5104416	6475576	 62cf38	/tmp/perf.before
[acme@felicio linux]$ size /tmp/perf.new
   text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
1275422	  97416	1392416	2765254	 2a31c6	/tmp/perf.new

Cc: Frederic Weisbecker 
Cc: Ingo Molnar 
Cc: Mike Galbraith 
Cc: Paul Mackerras 
Cc: Peter Zijlstra 
Cc: Stephane Eranian 
Cc: Tom Zanussi 
LKML-Reference: 
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf tools: Ask for ID PERF_SAMPLE_ info on all PERF_RECORD_ events

2010-12-05T01:08:40+00:00

So that we can use -T == --timestamp, asking for PERF_SAMPLE_TIME:

  $ perf record -aT
  $ perf report -D | grep PERF_RECORD_
  
   3   5951915425 0x47530 [0x58]: PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE(IP, 1): 16811/16811: 0xffffffff8138c1a2 period: 215979 cpu:3
   3   5952026879 0x47588 [0x90]: PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE(IP, 1): 16811/16811: 0xffffffff810cb480 period: 215979 cpu:3
   3   5952059959 0x47618 [0x38]: PERF_RECORD_FORK(6853:6853):(16811:16811)
   3   5952138878 0x47650 [0x78]: PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE(IP, 1): 16811/16811: 0xffffffff811bac35 period: 431478 cpu:3
   3   5952375068 0x476c8 [0x30]: PERF_RECORD_COMM: find:6853
   3   5952395923 0x476f8 [0x50]: PERF_RECORD_MMAP 6853/6853: [0x400000(0x25000) @ 0]: /usr/bin/find
   3   5952413756 0x47748 [0xa0]: PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE(IP, 1): 6853/6853: 0xffffffff810d080f period: 859332 cpu:3
   3   5952419837 0x477e8 [0x58]: PERF_RECORD_MMAP 6853/6853: [0x3f44600000(0x21d000) @ 0]: /lib64/ld-2.5.so
   3   5952437929 0x47840 [0x48]: PERF_RECORD_MMAP 6853/6853: [0x7fff7e1c9000(0x1000) @ 0x7fff7e1c9000]: [vdso]
   3   5952570127 0x47888 [0x58]: PERF_RECORD_MMAP 6853/6853: [0x3f46200000(0x218000) @ 0]: /lib64/libselinux.so.1
   3   5952623637 0x478e0 [0x58]: PERF_RECORD_MMAP 6853/6853: [0x3f44a00000(0x356000) @ 0]: /lib64/libc-2.5.so
   3   5952675720 0x47938 [0x58]: PERF_RECORD_MMAP 6853/6853: [0x3f44e00000(0x204000) @ 0]: /lib64/libdl-2.5.so
   3   5952710080 0x47990 [0x58]: PERF_RECORD_MMAP 6853/6853: [0x3f45a00000(0x246000) @ 0]: /lib64/libsepol.so.1
   3   5952847802 0x479e8 [0x58]: PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE(IP, 1): 6853/6853: 0xffffffff813897f0 period: 1142536 cpu:3
  

First column is the cpu and the second the timestamp.

That way we can investigate problems in the event stream.

If the new perf binary is run on an older kernel, it will disable this feature
automatically.

Tested-by: Thomas Gleixner 
Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner 
Acked-by: Ian Munsie 
Acked-by: Thomas Gleixner 
Cc: Frédéric Weisbecker 
Cc: Ian Munsie 
Cc: Mike Galbraith 
Cc: Peter Zijlstra 
Cc: Paul Mackerras 
Cc: Stephane Eranian 
LKML-Reference: <1291318772-30880-5-git-send-email-acme@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf record: Add option to disable collecting build-ids

2010-11-26T21:39:15+00:00

Collecting build-ids for long running sessions may take a long time
because it needs to traverse the whole just collected perf.data stream
of events, marking the DSOs that had hits and then looking for the
.note.gnu.build-id ELF section.

For things like the 'trace' tool that records and right away consumes
the data on systems where its unlikely that the DSOs being monitored
will change while 'trace' runs, it is desirable to remove build id
collection, so add a -B/--no-buildid option to perf record to allow such
use case.

Longer term we'll avoid all this if we, at DSO load time, in the kernel,
take advantage of this slow code path to collect the build-id and stash
it somewhere, so that we can insert it in the PERF_RECORD_MMAP event.

Reported-by: Thomas Gleixner 
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker 
Cc: Mike Galbraith 
Cc: Paul Mackerras 
Cc: Peter Zijlstra 
Cc: Stephane Eranian 
Cc: Thomas Gleixner 
Cc: Tom Zanussi 
LKML-Reference: 
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf/live: don't synthesize build ids at the end of a live mode trace

2010-05-02T15:04:05+00:00

It doesn't really make sense to record the build ids at the end of a
live mode session - live mode samples need that information during the
trace rather than at the end.

Leave event__synthesize_build_id() in place, however; we'll still be
using that to synthesize build ids in a more timely fashion in a
future patch.

Cc: Frédéric Weisbecker 
Cc: Ingo Molnar 
Cc: Steven Rostedt 
LKML-Reference: <1272696080-16435-2-git-send-email-tzanussi@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Tom Zanussi 
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf tools: Rename "kernel_info" to "machine"

2010-04-28T00:17:50+00:00

struct kernel_info and kerninfo__ are too vague, what they really
describe are machines, virtual ones or hosts.

There are more changes to introduce helpers to shorten function calls
and to make more clear what is really being done, but I left that for
subsequent patches.

Cc: Avi Kivity 
Cc: Frédéric Weisbecker 
Cc: Mike Galbraith 
Cc: Peter Zijlstra 
Cc: Paul Mackerras 
Cc: Zhang, Yanmin 
LKML-Reference: 
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf: 'perf kvm' tool for monitoring guest performance from host

2010-04-19T09:37:24+00:00

Here is the patch of userspace perf tool.

Signed-off-by: Zhang Yanmin 
Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity

perf: Convert perf header build_ids into build_id events

2010-04-14T09:56:08+00:00

Bypasses the build_id perf header code and replaces it with a
synthesized event and processing function that accomplishes the
same thing, used when reading/writing perf data to/from a pipe.

Signed-off-by: Tom Zanussi 
Acked-by: Thomas Gleixner 
Cc: fweisbec@gmail.com
Cc: rostedt@goodmis.org
Cc: k-keiichi@bx.jp.nec.com
Cc: acme@ghostprotocols.net
LKML-Reference: <1270184365-8281-9-git-send-email-tzanussi@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

perf: Convert perf tracing data into a tracing_data event

2010-04-14T09:56:07+00:00

Bypasses the tracing_data perf header code and replaces it with
a synthesized event and processing function that accomplishes
the same thing, used when reading/writing perf data to/from a
pipe.

The tracing data is pretty large, and this patch doesn't attempt
to break it down into component events.  The tracing_data event
itself doesn't actually contain the tracing data, rather it
arranges for the event processing code to skip over it after
it's read, using the skip return value added to the event
processing loop in a previous patch.

Signed-off-by: Tom Zanussi 
Acked-by: Thomas Gleixner 
Cc: fweisbec@gmail.com
Cc: rostedt@goodmis.org
Cc: k-keiichi@bx.jp.nec.com
Cc: acme@ghostprotocols.net
LKML-Reference: <1270184365-8281-8-git-send-email-tzanussi@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

perf: Convert perf event types into event type events

2010-04-14T09:56:07+00:00

Bypasses the event type perf header code and replaces it with a
synthesized event and processing function that accomplishes the
same thing, used when reading/writing perf data to/from a pipe.

Signed-off-by: Tom Zanussi 
Acked-by: Thomas Gleixner 
Cc: fweisbec@gmail.com
Cc: rostedt@goodmis.org
Cc: k-keiichi@bx.jp.nec.com
Cc: acme@ghostprotocols.net
LKML-Reference: <1270184365-8281-7-git-send-email-tzanussi@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

perf: Convert perf header attrs into attr events

2010-04-14T09:56:07+00:00

Bypasses the attr perf header code and replaces it with a
synthesized event and processing function that accomplishes the
same thing, used when reading/writing perf data to/from a pipe.

Making the attrs into events allows them to be streamed over a
pipe along with the rest of the header data (in later patches).
It also paves the way to allowing events to be added and removed
from perf sessions dynamically.

Signed-off-by: Tom Zanussi 
Acked-by: Thomas Gleixner 
Cc: fweisbec@gmail.com
Cc: rostedt@goodmis.org
Cc: k-keiichi@bx.jp.nec.com
Cc: acme@ghostprotocols.net
LKML-Reference: <1270184365-8281-6-git-send-email-tzanussi@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar