linux.git/tools/perf, branch v6.16-rc2 Linux kernel source tree Merge tag 'riscv-for-linus-6.16-mw1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux 2025-06-07T01:05:18+00:00 Linus Torvalds torvalds@linux-foundation.org 2025-06-07T01:05:18+00:00 119b1e61a769aa98e68599f44721661a4d8c55f3 Pull RISC-V updates from Palmer Dabbelt: - Support for the FWFT SBI extension, which is part of SBI 3.0 and a dependency for many new SBI and ISA extensions - Support for getrandom() in the VDSO - Support for mseal - Optimized routines for raid6 syndrome and recovery calculations - kexec_file() supports loading Image-formatted kernel binaries - Improvements to the instruction patching framework to allow for atomic instruction patching, along with rules as to how systems need to behave in order to function correctly - Support for a handful of new ISA extensions: Svinval, Zicbop, Zabha, some SiFive vendor extensions - Various fixes and cleanups, including: misaligned access handling, perf symbol mangling, module loading, PUD THPs, and improved uaccess routines * tag 'riscv-for-linus-6.16-mw1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux: (69 commits) riscv: uaccess: Only restore the CSR_STATUS SUM bit RISC-V: vDSO: Wire up getrandom() vDSO implementation riscv: enable mseal sysmap for RV64 raid6: Add RISC-V SIMD syndrome and recovery calculations riscv: mm: Add support for Svinval extension RISC-V: Documentation: Add enough title underlines to CMODX riscv: Improve Kconfig help for RISCV_ISA_V_PREEMPTIVE MAINTAINERS: Update Atish's email address riscv: uaccess: do not do misaligned accesses in get/put_user() riscv: process: use unsigned int instead of unsigned long for put_user() riscv: make unsafe user copy routines use existing assembly routines riscv: hwprobe: export Zabha extension riscv: Make regs_irqs_disabled() more clear perf symbols: Ignore mapping symbols on riscv RISC-V: Kconfig: Fix help text of CMDLINE_EXTEND riscv: module: Optimize PLT/GOT entry counting riscv: Add support for PUD THP riscv: xchg: Prefetch the destination word for sc.w riscv: Add ARCH_HAS_PREFETCH[W] support with Zicbop riscv: Add support for Zicbop ... 
Pull RISC-V updates from Palmer Dabbelt:

 - Support for the FWFT SBI extension, which is part of SBI 3.0 and a
   dependency for many new SBI and ISA extensions

 - Support for getrandom() in the VDSO

 - Support for mseal

 - Optimized routines for raid6 syndrome and recovery calculations

 - kexec_file() supports loading Image-formatted kernel binaries

 - Improvements to the instruction patching framework to allow for
   atomic instruction patching, along with rules as to how systems need
   to behave in order to function correctly

 - Support for a handful of new ISA extensions: Svinval, Zicbop, Zabha,
   some SiFive vendor extensions

 - Various fixes and cleanups, including: misaligned access handling,
   perf symbol mangling, module loading, PUD THPs, and improved uaccess
   routines

* tag 'riscv-for-linus-6.16-mw1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux: (69 commits)
  riscv: uaccess: Only restore the CSR_STATUS SUM bit
  RISC-V: vDSO: Wire up getrandom() vDSO implementation
  riscv: enable mseal sysmap for RV64
  raid6: Add RISC-V SIMD syndrome and recovery calculations
  riscv: mm: Add support for Svinval extension
  RISC-V: Documentation: Add enough title underlines to CMODX
  riscv: Improve Kconfig help for RISCV_ISA_V_PREEMPTIVE
  MAINTAINERS: Update Atish's email address
  riscv: uaccess: do not do misaligned accesses in get/put_user()
  riscv: process: use unsigned int instead of unsigned long for put_user()
  riscv: make unsafe user copy routines use existing assembly routines
  riscv: hwprobe: export Zabha extension
  riscv: Make regs_irqs_disabled() more clear
  perf symbols: Ignore mapping symbols on riscv
  RISC-V: Kconfig: Fix help text of CMDLINE_EXTEND
  riscv: module: Optimize PLT/GOT entry counting
  riscv: Add support for PUD THP
  riscv: xchg: Prefetch the destination word for sc.w
  riscv: Add ARCH_HAS_PREFETCH[W] support with Zicbop
  riscv: Add support for Zicbop
  ...
Merge tag 'riscv-mw2-6.16-rc1' of ssh://gitolite.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/alexghiti/linux into for-next 2025-06-05T21:03:16+00:00 Palmer Dabbelt palmer@dabbelt.com 2025-06-05T18:23:07+00:00 2670a39b1ea68fb0b9175e26e299f3fe974e0332 riscv patches for 6.16-rc1, part 2 * Performance improvements - Add support for vdso getrandom - Implement raid6 calculations using vectors - Introduce svinval tlb invalidation * Cleanup - A bunch of deduplication of the macros we use for manipulating instructions * Misc - Introduce a kunit test for kprobes - Add support for mseal as riscv fits the requirements (thanks to Lorenzo for making sure of that :)) [Palmer: There was a rebase between part 1 and part 2, so I've had to do some more git surgery here... at least two rounds of surgery...] * alex-pr-2: (866 commits) RISC-V: vDSO: Wire up getrandom() vDSO implementation riscv: enable mseal sysmap for RV64 raid6: Add RISC-V SIMD syndrome and recovery calculations riscv: mm: Add support for Svinval extension riscv: Add kprobes KUnit test riscv: kprobes: Remove duplication of RV_EXTRACT_ITYPE_IMM riscv: kprobes: Remove duplication of RV_EXTRACT_UTYPE_IMM riscv: kprobes: Remove duplication of RV_EXTRACT_RD_REG riscv: kprobes: Remove duplication of RVC_EXTRACT_BTYPE_IMM riscv: kprobes: Remove duplication of RVC_EXTRACT_C2_RS1_REG riscv: kproves: Remove duplication of RVC_EXTRACT_JTYPE_IMM riscv: kprobes: Remove duplication of RV_EXTRACT_BTYPE_IMM riscv: kprobes: Remove duplication of RV_EXTRACT_RS1_REG riscv: kprobes: Remove duplication of RV_EXTRACT_JTYPE_IMM riscv: kprobes: Move branch_funct3 to insn.h riscv: kprobes: Move branch_rs2_idx to insn.h Linux 6.15-rc6 Input: xpad - fix xpad_device sorting Input: xpad - add support for several more controllers Input: xpad - fix Share button on Xbox One controllers ... 
riscv patches for 6.16-rc1, part 2

* Performance improvements
  - Add support for vdso getrandom
  - Implement raid6 calculations using vectors
  - Introduce svinval tlb invalidation

* Cleanup
  - A bunch of deduplication of the macros we use for manipulating instructions

* Misc
  - Introduce a kunit test for kprobes
  - Add support for mseal as riscv fits the requirements (thanks to Lorenzo for making sure of that :))

[Palmer: There was a rebase between part 1 and part 2, so I've had to do
some more git surgery here... at least two rounds of surgery...]

* alex-pr-2: (866 commits)
  RISC-V: vDSO: Wire up getrandom() vDSO implementation
  riscv: enable mseal sysmap for RV64
  raid6: Add RISC-V SIMD syndrome and recovery calculations
  riscv: mm: Add support for Svinval extension
  riscv: Add kprobes KUnit test
  riscv: kprobes: Remove duplication of RV_EXTRACT_ITYPE_IMM
  riscv: kprobes: Remove duplication of RV_EXTRACT_UTYPE_IMM
  riscv: kprobes: Remove duplication of RV_EXTRACT_RD_REG
  riscv: kprobes: Remove duplication of RVC_EXTRACT_BTYPE_IMM
  riscv: kprobes: Remove duplication of RVC_EXTRACT_C2_RS1_REG
  riscv: kproves: Remove duplication of RVC_EXTRACT_JTYPE_IMM
  riscv: kprobes: Remove duplication of RV_EXTRACT_BTYPE_IMM
  riscv: kprobes: Remove duplication of RV_EXTRACT_RS1_REG
  riscv: kprobes: Remove duplication of RV_EXTRACT_JTYPE_IMM
  riscv: kprobes: Move branch_funct3 to insn.h
  riscv: kprobes: Move branch_rs2_idx to insn.h
  Linux 6.15-rc6
  Input: xpad - fix xpad_device sorting
  Input: xpad - add support for several more controllers
  Input: xpad - fix Share button on Xbox One controllers
  ...
perf symbols: Ignore mapping symbols on riscv 2025-06-05T18:10:16+00:00 Haibo Xu haibo1.xu@intel.com 2025-04-09T02:51:56+00:00 4d6319289e8661a1845dde5d05859afc21ec3ed9 RISCV ELF use mapping symbols with special names $x, $d to identify regions of RISCV code or code with different ISAs[1]. These symbols don't identify functions, so will confuse the perf output. The patch filters out these symbols at load time, similar to "4886f2ca perf symbols: Ignore mapping symbols on aarch64". [1] https://github.com/riscv-non-isa/riscv-elf-psabi-doc/blob/ master/riscv-elf.adoc#mapping-symbol Signed-off-by: Haibo Xu <haibo1.xu@intel.com> Acked-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250409025202.201046-1-haibo1.xu@intel.com Signed-off-by: Alexandre Ghiti <alexghiti@rivosinc.com> Signed-off-by: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@dabbelt.com> 
RISCV ELF use mapping symbols with special names $x, $d to
identify regions of RISCV code or code with different ISAs[1].
These symbols don't identify functions, so will confuse the
perf output.

The patch filters out these symbols at load time, similar to
"4886f2ca perf symbols: Ignore mapping symbols on aarch64".

[1] https://github.com/riscv-non-isa/riscv-elf-psabi-doc/blob/
    master/riscv-elf.adoc#mapping-symbol

Signed-off-by: Haibo Xu <haibo1.xu@intel.com>
Acked-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250409025202.201046-1-haibo1.xu@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Alexandre Ghiti <alexghiti@rivosinc.com>
Signed-off-by: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@dabbelt.com>
Merge tag 'perf-tools-for-v6.16-1-2025-06-03' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/perf/perf-tools 2025-06-03T22:11:44+00:00 Linus Torvalds torvalds@linux-foundation.org 2025-06-03T22:11:44+00:00 0939bd2fcf337243133b0271335a2838857c319f Pull perf tools updates from Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo: "perf report/top/annotate TUI: - Accept the left arrow key as a Zoom out if done on the first column - Show if source code toggle status in title, to help spotting bugs with the various disassemblers (capstone, llvm, objdump) - Provide feedback on unhandled hotkeys Build: - Better inform when certain features are not available with warnings in the build process and in 'perf version --build-options' or 'perf -vv' perf record: - Improve the --off-cpu code by synthesizing events for switch-out -> switch-in intervals using a BPF program. This can be fine tuned using a --off-cpu-thresh knob perf report: - Add 'tgid' sort key perf mem/c2c: - Add 'op', 'cache', 'snoop', 'dtlb' output fields - Add support for 'ldlat' on AMD IBS (Instruction Based Sampling) perf ftrace: - Use process/session specific trace settings instead of messing with the global ftrace knobs perf trace: - Implement syscall summary in BPF - Support --summary-mode=cgroup - Always print return value for syscalls returning a pid - The rseq and set_robust_list don't return a pid, just -errno perf lock contention: - Symbolize zone->lock using BTF - Add -J/--inject-delay option to estimate impact on application performance by optimization of kernel locking behavior perf stat: - Improve hybrid support for the NMI watchdog warning Symbol resolution: - Handle 'u' and 'l' symbols in /proc/kallsyms, resolving some Rust symbols - Improve Rust demangler Hardware tracing: Intel PT: - Fix PEBS-via-PT data_src - Do not default to recording all switch events - Fix pattern matching with python3 on the SQL viewer script arm64: - Fixups for the hip08 hha PMU Vendor events: - Update Intel events/metrics files for alderlake, alderlaken, arrowlake, bonnell, broadwell, broadwellde, broadwellx, cascadelakex, clearwaterforest, elkhartlake, emeraldrapids, grandridge, graniterapids, haswell, haswellx, icelake, icelakex, ivybridge, ivytown, jaketown, lunarlake, meteorlake, nehalemep, nehalemex, rocketlake, sandybridge, sapphirerapids, sierraforest, skylake, skylakex, snowridgex, tigerlake, westmereep-dp, westmereep-sp, westmereep-sx python support: - Add support for event counts in the python binding, add a counting.py example perf list: - Display the PMU name associated with a perf metric in JSON perf test: - Hybrid improvements for metric value validation test - Fix LBR test by ignoring idle task - Add AMD IBS sw filter ana d'ldlat' tests - Add 'perf trace --summary-mode=cgroup' test - Add tests for the various language symbol demanglers Miscellaneous: - Allow specifying the cpu an event will be tied using '-e event/cpu=N/' - Sync various headers with the kernel sources - Add annotations to use clang's -Wthread-safety and fix some problems it detected - Make dump_stack() use perf's symbol resolution to provide better backtraces - Intel TPEBS support cleanups and fixes. TPEBS stands for Timed PEBS (Precision Event-Based Sampling), that adds timing info, the retirement latency of instructions - Various memory allocation (some detected by ASAN) and reference counting fixes - Add a 8-byte aligned PERF_RECORD_COMPRESSED2 to replace PERF_RECORD_COMPRESSED - Skip unsupported event types in perf.data files, don't stop when finding one - Improve lookups using hashmaps and binary searches" * tag 'perf-tools-for-v6.16-1-2025-06-03' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/perf/perf-tools: (206 commits) perf callchain: Always populate the addr_location map when adding IP perf lock contention: Reject more than 10ms delays for safety perf trace: Set errpid to false for rseq and set_robust_list perf symbol: Move demangling code out of symbol-elf.c perf trace: Always print return value for syscalls returning a pid perf script: Print PERF_AUX_FLAG_COLLISION flag perf mem: Show absolute percent in mem_stat output perf mem: Display sort order only if it's available perf mem: Describe overhead calculation in brief perf record: Fix incorrect --user-regs comments Revert "perf thread: Ensure comm_lock held for comm_list" perf test trace_summary: Skip --bpf-summary tests if no libbpf perf test intel-pt: Skip jitdump test if no libelf perf intel-tpebs: Avoid race when evlist is being deleted perf test demangle-java: Don't segv if demangling fails perf symbol: Fix use-after-free in filename__read_build_id perf pmu: Avoid segv for missing name/alias_name in wildcarding perf machine: Factor creating a "live" machine out of dwarf-unwind perf test: Add AMD IBS sw filter test perf mem: Count L2 HITM for c2c statistic ... 
Pull perf tools updates from Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo:
 "perf report/top/annotate TUI:

   - Accept the left arrow key as a Zoom out if done on the first column

   - Show if source code toggle status in title, to help spotting bugs
     with the various disassemblers (capstone, llvm, objdump)

   - Provide feedback on unhandled hotkeys

  Build:

   - Better inform when certain features are not available with warnings
     in the build process and in 'perf version --build-options' or 'perf -vv'

  perf record:

   - Improve the --off-cpu code by synthesizing events for switch-out ->
     switch-in intervals using a BPF program. This can be fine tuned
     using a --off-cpu-thresh knob

  perf report:

   - Add 'tgid' sort key

  perf mem/c2c:

   - Add 'op', 'cache', 'snoop', 'dtlb' output fields

   - Add support for 'ldlat' on AMD IBS (Instruction Based Sampling)

  perf ftrace:

   - Use process/session specific trace settings instead of messing with
     the global ftrace knobs

  perf trace:

   - Implement syscall summary in BPF

   - Support --summary-mode=cgroup

   - Always print return value for syscalls returning a pid

   - The rseq and set_robust_list don't return a pid, just -errno

  perf lock contention:

   - Symbolize zone->lock using BTF

   - Add -J/--inject-delay option to estimate impact on application
     performance by optimization of kernel locking behavior

  perf stat:

   - Improve hybrid support for the NMI watchdog warning

  Symbol resolution:

   - Handle 'u' and 'l' symbols in /proc/kallsyms, resolving some Rust
     symbols

   - Improve Rust demangler

  Hardware tracing:

  Intel PT:

   - Fix PEBS-via-PT data_src

   - Do not default to recording all switch events

   - Fix pattern matching with python3 on the SQL viewer script

  arm64:

   - Fixups for the hip08 hha PMU

  Vendor events:

   - Update Intel events/metrics files for alderlake, alderlaken,
     arrowlake, bonnell, broadwell, broadwellde, broadwellx,
     cascadelakex, clearwaterforest, elkhartlake, emeraldrapids,
     grandridge, graniterapids, haswell, haswellx, icelake, icelakex,
     ivybridge, ivytown, jaketown, lunarlake, meteorlake, nehalemep,
     nehalemex, rocketlake, sandybridge, sapphirerapids, sierraforest,
     skylake, skylakex, snowridgex, tigerlake, westmereep-dp,
     westmereep-sp, westmereep-sx

  python support:

   - Add support for event counts in the python binding, add a
     counting.py example

  perf list:

   - Display the PMU name associated with a perf metric in JSON

  perf test:

   - Hybrid improvements for metric value validation test

   - Fix LBR test by ignoring idle task

   - Add AMD IBS sw filter ana d'ldlat' tests

   - Add 'perf trace --summary-mode=cgroup' test

   - Add tests for the various language symbol demanglers

  Miscellaneous:

   - Allow specifying the cpu an event will be tied using '-e
     event/cpu=N/'

   - Sync various headers with the kernel sources

   - Add annotations to use clang's -Wthread-safety and fix some
     problems it detected

   - Make dump_stack() use perf's symbol resolution to provide better
     backtraces

   - Intel TPEBS support cleanups and fixes. TPEBS stands for Timed PEBS
     (Precision Event-Based Sampling), that adds timing info, the
     retirement latency of instructions

   - Various memory allocation (some detected by ASAN) and reference
     counting fixes

   - Add a 8-byte aligned PERF_RECORD_COMPRESSED2 to replace
     PERF_RECORD_COMPRESSED

   - Skip unsupported event types in perf.data files, don't stop when
     finding one

   - Improve lookups using hashmaps and binary searches"

* tag 'perf-tools-for-v6.16-1-2025-06-03' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/perf/perf-tools: (206 commits)
  perf callchain: Always populate the addr_location map when adding IP
  perf lock contention: Reject more than 10ms delays for safety
  perf trace: Set errpid to false for rseq and set_robust_list
  perf symbol: Move demangling code out of symbol-elf.c
  perf trace: Always print return value for syscalls returning a pid
  perf script: Print PERF_AUX_FLAG_COLLISION flag
  perf mem: Show absolute percent in mem_stat output
  perf mem: Display sort order only if it's available
  perf mem: Describe overhead calculation in brief
  perf record: Fix incorrect --user-regs comments
  Revert "perf thread: Ensure comm_lock held for comm_list"
  perf test trace_summary: Skip --bpf-summary tests if no libbpf
  perf test intel-pt: Skip jitdump test if no libelf
  perf intel-tpebs: Avoid race when evlist is being deleted
  perf test demangle-java: Don't segv if demangling fails
  perf symbol: Fix use-after-free in filename__read_build_id
  perf pmu: Avoid segv for missing name/alias_name in wildcarding
  perf machine: Factor creating a "live" machine out of dwarf-unwind
  perf test: Add AMD IBS sw filter test
  perf mem: Count L2 HITM for c2c statistic
  ...
perf callchain: Always populate the addr_location map when adding IP 2025-05-31T11:58:30+00:00 Ian Rogers irogers@google.com 2025-05-29T04:39:37+00:00 a913ef6fd883c05bd6538ed21ee1e773f0d750b7 Dropping symbols also meant the callchain maps wasn't populated, but the callchain map is needed to find the DSO. Plumb the symbols option better, falling back to thread__find_map() rather than thread__find_symbol() when symbols are disabled. Fixes: 02b2705017d2e5ad ("perf callchain: Allow symbols to be optional when resolving a callchain") Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com> Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com> Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com> Cc: Athira Rajeev <atrajeev@linux.ibm.com> Cc: Ben Gainey <ben.gainey@arm.com> Cc: Chaitanya S Prakash <chaitanyas.prakash@arm.com> Cc: Charlie Jenkins <charlie@rivosinc.com> Cc: Chun-Tse Shao <ctshao@google.com> Cc: Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@gmail.com> Cc: Dmitriy Vyukov <dvyukov@google.com> Cc: Dr. David Alan Gilbert <linux@treblig.org> Cc: Graham Woodward <graham.woodward@arm.com> Cc: Howard Chu <howardchu95@gmail.com> Cc: Ilkka Koskinen <ilkka@os.amperecomputing.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com> Cc: James Clark <james.clark@linaro.org> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> Cc: John Garry <john.g.garry@oracle.com> Cc: Kajol Jain <kjain@linux.ibm.com> Cc: Kan Liang <kan.liang@linux.intel.com> Cc: Krzysztof Łopatowski <krzysztof.m.lopatowski@gmail.com> Cc: Leo Yan <leo.yan@linux.dev> Cc: Levi Yun <yeoreum.yun@arm.com> Cc: Li Huafei <lihuafei1@huawei.com> Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com> Cc: Martin Liška <martin.liska@hey.com> Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org> Cc: Matt Fleming <matt@readmodwrite.com> Cc: Mike Leach <mike.leach@linaro.org> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Ravi Bangoria <ravi.bangoria@amd.com> Cc: Song Liu <song@kernel.org> Cc: Steinar H. Gunderson <sesse@google.com> Cc: Stephen Brennan <stephen.s.brennan@oracle.com> Cc: Steve Clevenger <scclevenger@os.amperecomputing.com> Cc: Thomas Falcon <thomas.falcon@intel.com> Cc: Veronika Molnarova <vmolnaro@redhat.com> Cc: Weilin Wang <weilin.wang@intel.com> Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org> Cc: Yicong Yang <yangyicong@hisilicon.com> Cc: Yujie Liu <yujie.liu@intel.com> Cc: Zhongqiu Han <quic_zhonhan@quicinc.com> Cc: Zixian Cai <fzczx123@gmail.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250529044000.759937-2-irogers@google.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> 
Dropping symbols also meant the callchain maps wasn't populated, but
the callchain map is needed to find the DSO.

Plumb the symbols option better, falling back to thread__find_map()
rather than thread__find_symbol() when symbols are disabled.

Fixes: 02b2705017d2e5ad ("perf callchain: Allow symbols to be optional when resolving a callchain")
Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Athira Rajeev <atrajeev@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Ben Gainey <ben.gainey@arm.com>
Cc: Chaitanya S Prakash <chaitanyas.prakash@arm.com>
Cc: Charlie Jenkins <charlie@rivosinc.com>
Cc: Chun-Tse Shao <ctshao@google.com>
Cc: Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@gmail.com>
Cc: Dmitriy Vyukov <dvyukov@google.com>
Cc: Dr. David Alan Gilbert <linux@treblig.org>
Cc: Graham Woodward <graham.woodward@arm.com>
Cc: Howard Chu <howardchu95@gmail.com>
Cc: Ilkka Koskinen <ilkka@os.amperecomputing.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: James Clark <james.clark@linaro.org>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: John Garry <john.g.garry@oracle.com>
Cc: Kajol Jain <kjain@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Kan Liang <kan.liang@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Krzysztof Łopatowski <krzysztof.m.lopatowski@gmail.com>
Cc: Leo Yan <leo.yan@linux.dev>
Cc: Levi Yun <yeoreum.yun@arm.com>
Cc: Li Huafei <lihuafei1@huawei.com>
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Cc: Martin Liška <martin.liska@hey.com>
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Cc: Matt Fleming <matt@readmodwrite.com>
Cc: Mike Leach <mike.leach@linaro.org>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Ravi Bangoria <ravi.bangoria@amd.com>
Cc: Song Liu <song@kernel.org>
Cc: Steinar H. Gunderson <sesse@google.com>
Cc: Stephen Brennan <stephen.s.brennan@oracle.com>
Cc: Steve Clevenger <scclevenger@os.amperecomputing.com>
Cc: Thomas Falcon <thomas.falcon@intel.com>
Cc: Veronika Molnarova <vmolnaro@redhat.com>
Cc: Weilin Wang <weilin.wang@intel.com>
Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
Cc: Yicong Yang <yangyicong@hisilicon.com>
Cc: Yujie Liu <yujie.liu@intel.com>
Cc: Zhongqiu Han <quic_zhonhan@quicinc.com>
Cc: Zixian Cai <fzczx123@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250529044000.759937-2-irogers@google.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
perf lock contention: Reject more than 10ms delays for safety 2025-05-31T11:45:24+00:00 Namhyung Kim namhyung@kernel.org 2025-05-15T18:10:42+00:00 0df14c1f1ed530ba21b603a2e282589c034367da Delaying kernel operations can be dangerous and the kernel may kill (non-sleepable) BPF programs running for long in the future. Limit the max delay to 10ms and update the document about it. $ sudo ./perf lock con -abl -J 100000us@cgroup_mutex true lock delay is too long: 100000us (> 10ms) Usage: perf lock contention [<options>] -J, --inject-delay <TIME@FUNC> Inject delays to specific locks Suggested-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com> Cc: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> Cc: Kan Liang <kan.liang@linux.intel.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Song Liu <song@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250515181042.555189-1-namhyung@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> 
Delaying kernel operations can be dangerous and the kernel may kill
(non-sleepable) BPF programs running for long in the future.

Limit the max delay to 10ms and update the document about it.

  $ sudo ./perf lock con -abl -J 100000us@cgroup_mutex true
  lock delay is too long: 100000us (> 10ms)

   Usage: perf lock contention [<options>]

      -J, --inject-delay <TIME@FUNC>
                            Inject delays to specific locks

Suggested-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Cc: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: Kan Liang <kan.liang@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Song Liu <song@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250515181042.555189-1-namhyung@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
perf trace: Set errpid to false for rseq and set_robust_list 2025-05-30T01:09:37+00:00 Anubhav Shelat ashelat@redhat.com 2025-05-29T14:33:35+00:00 8c56bfe53bd881c7b598c54a3a06216743c57bbc The 'rseq' and 'set_robust_list' syscalls don't return a pid, so set errpid for both to false. Fixes: 0c1019e3463b263a ("perf trace: Mark the 'rseq' arg in the rseq syscall as coming from user space") Fixes: 1de5b5dcb8353f36 ("perf trace: Mark the 'head' arg in the set_robust_list syscall as coming from user space") Signed-off-by: Anubhav Shelat <ashelat@redhat.com> Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com> Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com> Cc: Dapeng Mi <dapeng1.mi@linux.intel.com> Cc: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com> Cc: James Clark <james.clark@linaro.org> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> Cc: Kan Liang <kan.liang@linux.intel.com> Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com> Cc: Michael Petlan <mpetlan@redhat.com> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250529143334.1469669-2-ashelat@redhat.com [ Remove explicit .errpid = false, omitting its initialization zeroes it, as noted by Namhyung ] Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> 
The 'rseq' and 'set_robust_list' syscalls don't return a pid, so set
errpid for both to false.

Fixes: 0c1019e3463b263a ("perf trace: Mark the 'rseq' arg in the rseq syscall as coming from user space")
Fixes: 1de5b5dcb8353f36 ("perf trace: Mark the 'head' arg in the set_robust_list syscall as coming from user space")
Signed-off-by: Anubhav Shelat <ashelat@redhat.com>
Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Dapeng Mi <dapeng1.mi@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: James Clark <james.clark@linaro.org>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: Kan Liang <kan.liang@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Cc: Michael Petlan <mpetlan@redhat.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250529143334.1469669-2-ashelat@redhat.com
[ Remove explicit .errpid = false, omitting its initialization zeroes it, as noted by Namhyung ]
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
perf symbol: Move demangling code out of symbol-elf.c 2025-05-28T22:02:58+00:00 Ian Rogers irogers@google.com 2025-05-28T21:08:58+00:00 4d9b5146f0d9147293155b569db9a19c8f5ff0a1 symbol-elf.c is used when building with libelf, symbol-minimal is used otherwise. There is no reason the demangling code with no dependencies on libelf is part of symbol-elf.c so move to symbol.c. This allows demangling tests to pass with NO_LIBELF=1. Structurally, while moving the functions rename demangle_sym() to dso__demangle_sym() which is already a function exposed in symbol.h and the only purpose of which in symbol-elf.c was to call demangle_sym(). Change the calls to demangle_sym() in symbol-elf.c to calls to dso__demangle_sym(). Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com> Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com> Cc: Alex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@gmail.com> Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com> Cc: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com> Cc: Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org> Cc: Benno Lossin <benno.lossin@proton.me> Cc: Björn Roy Baron <bjorn3_gh@protonmail.com> Cc: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com> Cc: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org> Cc: Dmitriy Vyukov <dvyukov@google.com> Cc: Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net> Cc: Howard Chu <howardchu95@gmail.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com> Cc: James Clark <james.clark@linaro.org> Cc: Jiapeng Chong <jiapeng.chong@linux.alibaba.com> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> Cc: Kan Liang <kan.liang@linux.intel.com> Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com> Cc: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Stephen Brennan <stephen.s.brennan@oracle.com> Cc: Trevor Gross <tmgross@umich.edu> Cc: Weilin Wang <weilin.wang@intel.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250528210858.499898-1-irogers@google.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> 
symbol-elf.c is used when building with libelf, symbol-minimal is used
otherwise.

There is no reason the demangling code with no dependencies on libelf is
part of symbol-elf.c so move to symbol.c.

This allows demangling tests to pass with NO_LIBELF=1.

Structurally, while moving the functions rename demangle_sym() to
dso__demangle_sym() which is already a function exposed in symbol.h and
the only purpose of which in symbol-elf.c was to call demangle_sym().

Change the calls to demangle_sym() in symbol-elf.c to calls to
dso__demangle_sym().

Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Cc: Alex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@gmail.com>
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
Cc: Benno Lossin <benno.lossin@proton.me>
Cc: Björn Roy Baron <bjorn3_gh@protonmail.com>
Cc: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>
Cc: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>
Cc: Dmitriy Vyukov <dvyukov@google.com>
Cc: Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>
Cc: Howard Chu <howardchu95@gmail.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: James Clark <james.clark@linaro.org>
Cc: Jiapeng Chong <jiapeng.chong@linux.alibaba.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: Kan Liang <kan.liang@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Cc: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Stephen Brennan <stephen.s.brennan@oracle.com>
Cc: Trevor Gross <tmgross@umich.edu>
Cc: Weilin Wang <weilin.wang@intel.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250528210858.499898-1-irogers@google.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
perf trace: Always print return value for syscalls returning a pid 2025-05-28T18:39:29+00:00 Anubhav Shelat ashelat@redhat.com 2025-04-03T16:04:12+00:00 c7a48ea9b919e2fa0e4a1d9938fdb03e9afe276c The syscalls that were consistently observed were set_robust_list and rseq. This is because perf cannot find their child process. This change ensures that the return value is always printed. Before: 0.256 ( 0.001 ms): set_robust_list(head: 0x7f09c77dba20, len: 24) = 0.259 ( 0.001 ms): rseq(rseq: 0x7f09c77dc0e0, rseq_len: 32, sig: 1392848979) = After: 0.270 ( 0.002 ms): set_robust_list(head: 0x7f0bb14a6a20, len: 24) = 0 0.273 ( 0.002 ms): rseq(rseq: 0x7f0bb14a70e0, rseq_len: 32, sig: 1392848979) = 0 Committer notes: As discussed in the thread in the Link: tag below, these two don't return a pid, but for syscalls returning one, we need to print the result and if we manage to find the children in 'perf trace' data structures, then print its name as well. Fixes: 11c8e39f5133aed9 ("perf trace: Infrastructure to show COMM strings for syscalls returning PIDs") Reviewed-by: Howard Chu <howardchu95@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Anubhav Shelat <ashelat@redhat.com> Acked-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com> Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com> Cc: Dapeng Mi <dapeng1.mi@linux.intel.com> Cc: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com> Cc: James Clark <james.clark@linaro.org> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> Cc: Kan Liang <kan.liang@linux.intel.com> Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com> Cc: Michael Petlan <mpetlan@redhat.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250403160411.159238-2-ashelat@redhat.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> 
The syscalls that were consistently observed were set_robust_list and
rseq. This is because perf cannot find their child process.

This change ensures that the return value is always printed.

Before:
     0.256 ( 0.001 ms): set_robust_list(head: 0x7f09c77dba20, len: 24)                        =
     0.259 ( 0.001 ms): rseq(rseq: 0x7f09c77dc0e0, rseq_len: 32, sig: 1392848979)             =
After:
     0.270 ( 0.002 ms): set_robust_list(head: 0x7f0bb14a6a20, len: 24)                        = 0
     0.273 ( 0.002 ms): rseq(rseq: 0x7f0bb14a70e0, rseq_len: 32, sig: 1392848979)             = 0

Committer notes:

As discussed in the thread in the Link: tag below, these two don't
return a pid, but for syscalls returning one, we need to print the
result and if we manage to find the children in 'perf trace' data
structures, then print its name as well.

Fixes: 11c8e39f5133aed9 ("perf trace: Infrastructure to show COMM strings for syscalls returning PIDs")
Reviewed-by: Howard Chu <howardchu95@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Anubhav Shelat <ashelat@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Dapeng Mi <dapeng1.mi@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: James Clark <james.clark@linaro.org>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: Kan Liang <kan.liang@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Cc: Michael Petlan <mpetlan@redhat.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250403160411.159238-2-ashelat@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
perf script: Print PERF_AUX_FLAG_COLLISION flag 2025-05-28T18:08:25+00:00 Leo Yan leo.yan@arm.com 2025-05-28T15:35:19+00:00 e8718f9866e5aa25724bc85a518ed5d6ad9d4bb4 Print out the collision flag for AUX trace data. This is helpful for inspecting sample collisions. After: 0x217b60@/data_nvme1n1/niayan01/upstream/perf.data [0x40]: event: 11 . . ... raw event: size 64 bytes . 0000: 0b 00 00 00 00 00 40 00 d2 ef 3f 00 00 00 00 00 ......@...?..... . 0010: ff 0f 00 00 00 00 00 00 08 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ . 0020: 1c 01 00 00 1c 01 00 00 10 bf 38 d6 11 01 00 00 ..........8..... . 0030: 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 06 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 3 1176120114960 0x217b60 [0x40]: PERF_RECORD_AUX offset: 0x3fefd2 size: 0xfff flags: 0x8 [C] The added character '[C]' indicates the collision. Signed-off-by: Leo Yan <leo.yan@arm.com> Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com> Cc: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> Cc: Kan Liang <kan.liang@linux.intel.com> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250528153519.188644-1-leo.yan@arm.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> 
Print out the collision flag for AUX trace data. This is helpful for
inspecting sample collisions.

After:

  0x217b60@/data_nvme1n1/niayan01/upstream/perf.data [0x40]: event: 11
  .
  . ... raw event: size 64 bytes
  .  0000:  0b 00 00 00 00 00 40 00 d2 ef 3f 00 00 00 00 00  ......@...?.....
  .  0010:  ff 0f 00 00 00 00 00 00 08 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
  .  0020:  1c 01 00 00 1c 01 00 00 10 bf 38 d6 11 01 00 00  ..........8.....
  .  0030:  03 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 06 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................

  3 1176120114960 0x217b60 [0x40]: PERF_RECORD_AUX offset: 0x3fefd2 size: 0xfff flags: 0x8 [C]

The added character '[C]' indicates the collision.

Signed-off-by: Leo Yan <leo.yan@arm.com>
Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Cc: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: Kan Liang <kan.liang@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250528153519.188644-1-leo.yan@arm.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>