linux.git/tools/perf/util/util.h, branch v4.5

perf report: Show random usage tip on the help line

2016-01-08T16:15:46+00:00

Currently perf report only shows a help message "For a higher level
overview, try: perf report --sort comm,dso" unconditionally (even if
the sort keys were used).  Add more help tips and show randomly.

Load tips from ${prefix}/share/doc/perf-tip/tips.txt file.

  $ perf report | tail
      0.10%  swapper  [kernel.vmlinux]   [k] irq_exit
      0.09%  swapper  [kernel.vmlinux]   [k] flush_smp_call_function_queue
      0.08%  swapper  [kernel.vmlinux]   [k] native_write_msr_safe
      0.03%  swapper  [kernel.vmlinux]   [k] group_sched_in
      0.01%  perf     [kernel.vmlinux]   [k] native_write_msr_safe

  #
  # (Tip: Search options using a keyword: perf report -h )
  #

Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim 
Acked-by: Ingo Molnar 
Cc: Andi Kleen 
Cc: David Ahern 
Cc: Jiri Olsa 
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu 
Cc: Peter Zijlstra 
Cc: Stephane Eranian 
Cc: Wang Nan 
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1452166913-27046-1-git-send-email-namhyung@kernel.org
[ Renamed it to perf_tip() and the parameter dirname to dirpath to fix the build on older distros ]
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf tools: Finalize subcmd independence

2015-12-17T17:27:10+00:00

For the files that will be moved to the subcmd library, remove all their
perf-specific includes and duplicate any needed functionality.

Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf 
Cc: Jiri Olsa 
Cc: Namhyung Kim 
Cc: Peter Zijlstra 
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/6e12946f0f26ce4d543d34db68d9dae3c8551cb9.1450193761.git.jpoimboe@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf tools: Move term functions out of util.c

2015-12-09T16:42:02+00:00

The term functions are needed by help.c which is going to be moved into
a separate library.  Move them out of util.c and into their own file.

Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf 
Cc: Jiri Olsa 
Cc: Namhyung Kim 
Cc: Peter Zijlstra 
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/9a39c854dd156b55ebda57e427594c9a59dcb40f.1449548395.git.jpoimboe@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf bpf: Improve BPF related error messages

2015-11-06T20:14:20+00:00

A series of bpf loader related error codes were introduced to help error
reporting. Functions were improved to return these new error codes.

Functions which return pointers were adjusted to encode error codes into
return value using the ERR_PTR() interface.

bpf_loader_strerror() was improved to convert these error messages to
strings. It checks the error codes and calls libbpf_strerror() and
strerror_r() accordingly, so caller don't need to consider checking the
range of the error code.

In bpf__strerror_load(), print kernel version of running kernel and the
object's 'version' section to notify user how to fix his/her program.

v1 -> v2:
 Use macro for error code.

 Fetch error message based on array index, eliminate for-loop.

 Print version strings.

Before:

  # perf record -e ./test_kversion_nomatch_program.o sleep 1
  event syntax error: './test_kversion_nomatch_program.o'
                       \___ Failed to load program: Validate your program and check 'license'/'version' sections in your object
  SKIP

  After:

  # perf record -e ./test_kversion_nomatch_program.o ls
  event syntax error: './test_kversion_nomatch_program.o'
                       \___ 'version' (4.4.0) doesn't match running kernel (4.3.0)
  SKIP

Signed-off-by: Wang Nan 
Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo 
Cc: Jiri Olsa 
Cc: Namhyung Kim 
Cc: Zefan Li 
Cc: pi3orama@163.com
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1446818289-87444-1-git-send-email-wangnan0@huawei.com
[ Add 'static inline' to bpf__strerror_prepare_load() when LIBBPF is disabled ]
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf tools: Make fetch_kernel_version() publicly available

2015-11-06T18:57:18+00:00

There are 2 places in llvm-utils.c which find kernel version information
through uname. This patch extracts the uname related code into a
fetch_kernel_version() function and puts it into util.h so it can be
reused.

Signed-off-by: Wang Nan 
Cc: Jiri Olsa 
Cc: Namhyung Kim 
Cc: Zefan Li 
Cc: pi3orama@163.com
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1446818135-87310-1-git-send-email-wangnan0@huawei.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf test: Suppress libtraceevent warnings

2015-10-19T17:58:10+00:00

Currently libtraceevent emits warning on unsupported event formats.
However it'd be better to see them only -v option is given.  To do that,
it needs to override the warning() function which is used in the
libtracevent.  Thus add set_warning_routine() same as set_die_routine()
and check the verbose flag in our warning routine.

Before:
  # perf test 5
   5: parse events tests                                       :
    Warning: [kvmmmu:kvm_mmu_get_page] bad op token {
    Warning: [kvmmmu:kvm_mmu_sync_page] bad op token {
    Warning: [kvmmmu:kvm_mmu_unsync_page] bad op token {
    Warning: [kvmmmu:kvm_mmu_prepare_zap_page] bad op token {
    Warning: [kvmmmu:fast_page_fault] function is_writable_pte not defined
    ...
   Ok

After:
  # perf test 5
   5: parse events tests                                       : Ok

Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim 
Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo 
Acked-by: David Ahern 
Cc: Jiri Olsa 
Cc: Peter Zijlstra 
Cc: Wang Nan 
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1445268229-1601-2-git-send-email-namhyung@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

tools lib api fs: Replace debugfs/tracefs objects interface with fs.c

2015-09-14T15:50:15+00:00

Switching to the fs.c related filesystem framework.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa 
Cc: David Ahern 
Cc: Matt Fleming 
Cc: Namhyung Kim 
Cc: Peter Zijlstra 
Cc: Raphael Beamonte 
Cc: Steven Rostedt 
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1441180605-24737-14-git-send-email-jolsa@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

tools lib api fs: Move tracing_path interface into api/fs/tracing_path.c

2015-09-04T15:00:45+00:00

Moving tracing_path interface into api/fs/tracing_path.c out of util.c.
It seems generic enough to be used by others, and I couldn't think of
better place.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa 
Reviewed-by: Matt Fleming 
Reviewed-by: Raphael Beamonte 
Cc: David Ahern 
Cc: Namhyung Kim 
Cc: Peter Zijlstra 
Cc: Steven Rostedt 
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1441180605-24737-5-git-send-email-jolsa@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf tools: Move tracing_path stuff under same namespace

2015-09-02T19:30:47+00:00

Renaming all functions touching tracing_path under same namespace. New
interface is:

  char tracing_path[];
  - tracing mount path

  char tracing_events_path[];
  - tracing mount/events path

  void tracing_path_set(const char *mountpoint);
  - setting directly tracing_path(_events), used by --debugfs-dir option

  const char *tracing_path_mount(void);
  - initial setup of tracing_(events)_path, called from perf.c
    mounts debugfs/tracefs if needed and possible

  char *get_tracing_file(const char *name);
  void put_tracing_file(char *file);
  - get/put tracing file path

Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa 
Cc: Raphael Beamonte 
Cc: David Ahern 
Cc: Matt Fleming 
Cc: Namhyung Kim 
Cc: Peter Zijlstra 
Cc: Steven Rostedt 
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1441180605-24737-4-git-send-email-jolsa@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf tools: Remove mountpoint arg from perf_debugfs_mount

2015-09-02T19:30:47+00:00

It's not used by any caller. We either detect the mountpoint or use
hardcoded one.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa 
Cc: Raphael Beamonte 
Cc: David Ahern 
Cc: Matt Fleming 
Cc: Namhyung Kim 
Cc: Peter Zijlstra 
Cc: Steven Rostedt 
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1441180605-24737-3-git-send-email-jolsa@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo