linux-toradex.git/kernel/trace/trace_event_perf.c, branch v3.12-rc7

tracing/perf: Move the PERF_MAX_TRACE_SIZE check into perf_trace_buf_prepare()

2013-07-19T01:31:28+00:00

Every perf_trace_buf_prepare() caller does
WARN_ONCE(size > PERF_MAX_TRACE_SIZE, message) and "message" is
almost the same.

Shift this WARN_ONCE() into perf_trace_buf_prepare(). This changes
the meaning of _ONCE, but I think this is fine.

	- 4947014 2932448 10104832  17984294  1126b26 vmlinux
	+ 4948422 2932448 10104832  17985702  11270a6 vmlinux

on my build.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20130617170211.GA19813@redhat.com

Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra 
Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov 
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt

tracing/function: Avoid perf_trace_buf_*() if event_function.perf_events is empty

2013-07-19T01:31:27+00:00

perf_trace_buf_prepare() + perf_trace_buf_submit(head, task => NULL)
make no sense if hlist_empty(head). Change perf_ftrace_function_call()
to check event_function.perf_events beforehand.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20130617170204.GA19803@redhat.com

Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra 
Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov 
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt

Merge tag 'perf-core-for-mingo' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/acme/linux into perf/core

2012-08-21T09:27:00+00:00

Pull perf/core improvements and fixes from Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo:

 * Fix include order for bison/flex-generated C files, from Ben Hutchings

 * Build fixes and documentation corrections from David Ahern

 * Group parsing support, from Jiri Olsa

 * UI/gtk refactorings and improvements from Namhyung Kim

 * NULL deref fix for perf script, from Namhyung Kim

 * Assorted cleanups from Robert Richter

 * Let O= makes handle relative paths, from Steven Rostedt

 * perf script python fixes, from Feng Tang.

 * Improve 'perf lock' error message when the needed tracepoints
   are not present, from David Ahern.

 * Initial bash completion support, from Frederic Weisbecker

 * Allow building without libelf, from Namhyung Kim.

 * Support DWARF CFI based unwind to have callchains when %bp
   based unwinding is not possible, from Jiri Olsa.

 * Symbol resolution fixes, while fixing support PPC64 files with an .opt ELF
   section was the end goal, several fixes for code that handles all
   architectures and cleanups are included, from Cody Schafer.

 * Add a description for the JIT interface, from Andi Kleen.

 * Assorted fixes for Documentation and build in 32 bit, from Robert Richter

 * Add support for non-tracepoint events in perf script python, from Feng Tang

 * Cache the libtraceevent event_format associated to each evsel early, so that we
   avoid relookups, i.e. calling pevent_find_event repeatedly when processing
   tracepoint events.

   [ This is to reduce the surface contact with libtraceevents and make clear what
     is that the perf tools needs from that lib: so far parsing the common and per
     event fields. ]

Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo 
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

perf/trace: Add ability to set a target task for events

2012-07-31T15:02:05+00:00

A few events are interesting not only for a current task.
For example, sched_stat_* events are interesting for a task
which wakes up. For this reason, it will be good if such
events will be delivered to a target task too.

Now a target task can be set by using __perf_task().

The original idea and a draft patch belongs to Peter Zijlstra.

I need these events for profiling sleep times. sched_switch is used for
getting callchains and sched_stat_* is used for getting time periods.
These events are combined in user space, then it can be analyzed by
perf tools.

Inspired-by: Peter Zijlstra 
Cc: Steven Rostedt 
Cc: Paul Mackerras 
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo 
Cc: Steven Rostedt 
Cc: Arun Sharma 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Vagin 
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra 
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1342016098-213063-1-git-send-email-avagin@openvz.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

ftrace: Return pt_regs to function trace callback

2012-07-19T17:18:49+00:00

Return as the 4th paramater to the function tracer callback the pt_regs.

Later patches that implement regs passing for the architectures will require
having the ftrace_ops set the SAVE_REGS flag, which will tell the arch
to take the time to pass a full set of pt_regs to the ftrace_ops callback
function. If the arch does not support it then it should pass NULL.

If an arch can pass full regs, then it should define:
 ARCH_SUPPORTS_FTRACE_SAVE_REGS to 1

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20120702201821.019966811@goodmis.org

Reviewed-by: Masami Hiramatsu 
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt

ftrace: Pass ftrace_ops as third parameter to function trace callback

2012-07-19T17:17:35+00:00

Currently the function trace callback receives only the ip and parent_ip
of the function that it traced. It would be more powerful to also return
the ops that registered the function as well. This allows the same function
to act differently depending on what ftrace_ops registered it.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20120612225424.267254552@goodmis.org

Reviewed-by: Masami Hiramatsu 
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt

ftrace, perf: Add filter support for function trace event

2012-02-21T16:08:30+00:00

Adding support to filter function trace event via perf
interface. It is now possible to use filter interface
in the perf tool like:

  perf record -e ftrace:function --filter="(ip == mm_*)" ls

The filter syntax is restricted to the the 'ip' field only,
and following operators are accepted '==' '!=' '||', ending
up with the filter strings like:

  ip == f1[, ]f2 ... || ip != f3[, ]f4 ...

with comma ',' or space ' ' as a function separator. If the
space ' ' is used as a separator, the right side of the
assignment needs to be enclosed in double quotes '"', e.g.:

  perf record -e ftrace:function --filter '(ip == do_execve,sys_*,ext*)' ls
  perf record -e ftrace:function --filter '(ip == "do_execve,sys_*,ext*")' ls
  perf record -e ftrace:function --filter '(ip == "do_execve sys_* ext*")' ls

The '==' operator adds trace filter with same effect as would
be added via set_ftrace_filter file.

The '!=' operator adds trace filter with same effect as would
be added via set_ftrace_notrace file.

The right side of the '!=', '==' operators is list of functions
or regexp. to be added to filter separated by space.

The '||' operator is used for connecting multiple filter definitions
together. It is possible to have more than one '==' and '!='
operators within one filter string.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1329317514-8131-8-git-send-email-jolsa@redhat.com

Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa 
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt

ftrace, perf: Add support to use function tracepoint in perf

2012-02-21T16:08:27+00:00

Adding perf registration support for the ftrace function event,
so it is now possible to register it via perf interface.

The perf_event struct statically contains ftrace_ops as a handle
for function tracer. The function tracer is registered/unregistered
in open/close actions.

To be efficient, we enable/disable ftrace_ops each time the traced
process is scheduled in/out (via TRACE_REG_PERF_(ADD|DELL) handlers).
This way tracing is enabled only when the process is running.
Intentionally using this way instead of the event's hw state
PERF_HES_STOPPED, which would not disable the ftrace_ops.

It is now possible to use function trace within perf commands
like:

  perf record -e ftrace:function ls
  perf stat -e ftrace:function ls

Allowed only for root.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1329317514-8131-6-git-send-email-jolsa@redhat.com

Acked-by: Frederic Weisbecker 
Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa 
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt

ftrace, perf: Add add/del tracepoint perf registration actions

2012-02-21T16:08:25+00:00

Adding TRACE_REG_PERF_ADD and TRACE_REG_PERF_DEL to handle
perf event schedule in/out actions.

The add action is invoked for when the perf event is scheduled in,
while the del action is invoked when the event is scheduled out.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1329317514-8131-4-git-send-email-jolsa@redhat.com

Acked-by: Frederic Weisbecker 
Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa 
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt

ftrace, perf: Add open/close tracepoint perf registration actions

2012-02-21T16:08:24+00:00

Adding TRACE_REG_PERF_OPEN and TRACE_REG_PERF_CLOSE to differentiate
register/unregister from open/close actions.

The register/unregister actions are invoked for the first/last
tracepoint user when opening/closing the event.

The open/close actions are invoked for each tracepoint user when
opening/closing the event.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1329317514-8131-3-git-send-email-jolsa@redhat.com

Acked-by: Frederic Weisbecker 
Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa 
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt