linux-toradex.git/tools/perf/builtin-list.c, branch v4.9.123

perf list: Support long jevents descriptions

2016-10-04T00:35:47+00:00

Previously we were dropping the useful longer descriptions that some
events have in the event list completely. This patch makes them appear with
perf list.

Old perf list:

baclears:
  baclears.all
       [Counts the number of baclears]

vs new:

perf list -v:
...
baclears:
  baclears.all
       [The BACLEARS event counts the number of times the front end is
        resteered, mainly when the Branch Prediction Unit cannot provide
        a correct prediction and this is corrected by the Branch Address
        Calculator at the front end. The BACLEARS.ANY event counts the
        number of baclears for any type of branch]

Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen 
Signed-off-by: Sukadev Bhattiprolu 
Acked-by: Ingo Molnar 
Acked-by: Jiri Olsa 
Cc: Madhavan Srinivasan 
Cc: Peter Zijlstra 
Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1473978296-20712-13-git-send-email-sukadev@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf list: Add a --no-desc flag

2016-10-04T00:35:45+00:00

Add a --no-desc flag to 'perf list' to not print the event descriptions
that were earlier added for JSON events. This may be useful to get a
less crowded listing.

It's still default to print descriptions as that is the more useful
default for most users.

Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen 
Signed-off-by: Sukadev Bhattiprolu 
Acked-by: Ingo Molnar 
Acked-by: Jiri Olsa 
Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo 
Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
Cc: Madhavan Srinivasan 
Cc: Peter Zijlstra 
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1473978296-20712-9-git-send-email-sukadev@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf list: Show SDT and pre-cached events

2016-07-14T02:09:07+00:00

Show SDT and pre-cached events by perf-list with "sdt". This also shows
the binary and build-id where the events are placed only when there are
same name events on different binaries.

e.g.:

  # perf list sdt

  List of pre-defined events (to be used in -e):

    sdt_libc:lll_futex_wake                            [SDT event]
    sdt_libc:lll_lock_wait_private                     [SDT event]
    sdt_libc:longjmp                                   [SDT event]
    sdt_libc:longjmp_target                            [SDT event]
  ...
    sdt_libstdcxx:rethrow@/usr/bin/gcc(0cc207fc4b27)   [SDT event]
    sdt_libstdcxx:rethrow@/usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.6.0.20(91c7a88fdf49)
    sdt_libstdcxx:throw@/usr/bin/gcc(0cc207fc4b27)     [SDT event]
    sdt_libstdcxx:throw@/usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.6.0.20(91c7a88fdf49)

The binary path and build-id are shown in below format;

  :@()

Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu 
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu 
Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo 
Cc: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli 
Cc: Brendan Gregg 
Cc: Hemant Kumar 
Cc: Namhyung Kim 
Cc: Peter Zijlstra 
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20160624090646.25421.44225.stgit@devbox
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf subcmd: Create subcmd library

2015-12-17T17:27:14+00:00

Move the subcommand-related files from perf to a new library named
libsubcmd.a.

Since we're moving files anyway, go ahead and rename 'exec_cmd.*' to
'exec-cmd.*' to be consistent with the naming of all the other files.

Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf 
Cc: Jiri Olsa 
Cc: Namhyung Kim 
Cc: Peter Zijlstra 
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/c0a838d4c878ab17fee50998811612b2281355c1.1450193761.git.jpoimboe@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf list: Do event name substring search as last resort when no events found

2015-10-01T15:12:22+00:00

Before:

  # perf list _alloc_ | head -10
  #

After:

  # perf list _alloc_ | head -10
    ext4:ext4_alloc_da_blocks                          [Tracepoint event]
    ext4:ext4_get_implied_cluster_alloc_exit           [Tracepoint event]
    kmem:kmem_cache_alloc_node                         [Tracepoint event]
    kmem:mm_page_alloc_extfrag                         [Tracepoint event]
    kmem:mm_page_alloc_zone_locked                     [Tracepoint event]
    xen:xen_mmu_alloc_ptpage                           [Tracepoint event]
  #

And it works for all types of events:

  # perf list br

  List of pre-defined events (to be used in -e):

    branch-instructions OR branches                    [Hardware event]
    branch-misses                                      [Hardware event]

    branch-load-misses                                 [Hardware cache event]
    branch-loads                                       [Hardware cache event]

    branch-instructions OR cpu/branch-instructions/    [Kernel PMU event]
    branch-misses OR cpu/branch-misses/                [Kernel PMU event]

    filelock:break_lease_block                         [Tracepoint event]
    filelock:break_lease_noblock                       [Tracepoint event]
    filelock:break_lease_unblock                       [Tracepoint event]
    syscalls:sys_enter_brk                             [Tracepoint event]
    syscalls:sys_exit_brk                              [Tracepoint event]

  #

Suggested-by: Ingo Molnar 
Cc: Adrian Hunter 
Cc: Borislav Petkov 
Cc: David Ahern 
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker 
Cc: Jiri Olsa 
Cc: Namhyung Kim 
Cc: Stephane Eranian 
Cc: Wang Nan 
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-qieivl18jdemoaghgndj36e6@git.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf list: Remove blank lines, headers when piping output

2015-09-30T21:34:38+00:00

So that one can, for instance, use it with wc -l:

  # perf list *:*write* | wc -l
  60

Or to look for the "bio" tracepoints, without 'perf list' headers:

  # perf list *:*bio* | head
    block:block_bio_backmerge                          [Tracepoint event]
    block:block_bio_bounce                             [Tracepoint event]
    block:block_bio_complete                           [Tracepoint event]
    block:block_bio_frontmerge                         [Tracepoint event]
    block:block_bio_queue                              [Tracepoint event]
    block:block_bio_remap                              [Tracepoint event]
  #

Cc: Adrian Hunter 
Cc: Borislav Petkov 
Cc: David Ahern 
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker 
Cc: Jiri Olsa 
Cc: Namhyung Kim 
Cc: Stephane Eranian 
Cc: Wang Nan 
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-ts7sc0x8u4io4cifzkup4j44@git.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf list: Extend raw-dump to certain kind of events

2015-02-27T18:52:24+00:00

Extend 'perf list --raw-dump' to 'perf list --raw-dump [hw|sw|cache
|tracepoint|pmu|event_glob]' in order to show the raw-dump of a certain
kind of events rather than all of the events.

Example:

Before this patch:

 $ perf list --raw-dump hw
 branch-instructions branch-misses bus-cycles cache-misses
 cache-references cpu-cycles instructions stalled-cycles-backend
 stalled-cycles-frontend
 alignment-faults context-switches cpu-clock cpu-migrations
 emulation-faults major-faults minor-faults page-faults task-clock
 ...
 ...
 writeback:writeback_thread_start writeback:writeback_thread_stop
 writeback:writeback_wait_iff_congested
 writeback:writeback_wake_background writeback:writeback_wake_thread

As shown above, all of the events are printed.

After this patch:

 $ perf list --raw-dump hw
 branch-instructions branch-misses bus-cycles cache-misses
 cache-references cpu-cycles instructions stalled-cycles-backend
 stalled-cycles-frontend

As shown above, only the hw events are printed.

Signed-off-by: Yunlong Song 
Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo 
Cc: Paul Mackerras 
Cc: Peter Zijlstra 
Cc: Wang Nan 
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1425032491-20224-5-git-send-email-yunlong.song@huawei.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf list: Clean up the printing functions of hardware/software events

2015-02-27T18:52:18+00:00

Do not need print_events_type or __print_events_type for listing hw/sw
events, let print_symbol_events do its job instead. Moreover,
print_symbol_events can also handle event_glob and name_only.

Signed-off-by: Yunlong Song 
Cc: Ingo Molnar 
Cc: Paul Mackerras 
Cc: Peter Zijlstra 
Cc: Wang Nan 
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1425032491-20224-4-git-send-email-yunlong.song@huawei.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf list: Allow listing events with 'tracepoint' prefix

2015-02-27T18:51:51+00:00

If somebody happens to name an event with the beginning of 'tracepoint'
(e.g. tracepoint_foo), then it will never be showed with perf list
event_glob, thus we parse the argument 'tracepoint' more carefully for
accuracy.

Example:

Before this patch:

 $ perf list tracepoint_foo:*

   jbd2:jbd2_start_commit                             [Tracepoint event]
   jbd2:jbd2_commit_locking                           [Tracepoint event]
   jbd2:jbd2_run_stats                                [Tracepoint event]
   block:block_rq_issue                               [Tracepoint event]
   block:block_bio_complete                           [Tracepoint event]
   block:block_bio_backmerge                          [Tracepoint event]
   block:block_getrq                                  [Tracepoint event]
   ...                                                ...

As shown above, all of the tracepoint events are printed. In fact, the
command's real intention is to print the events of tracepoint_foo.

After this patch:

 $ perf list tracepoint_foo:*

   tracepoint_foo:tp_foo_enter                        [Tracepoint event]
   tracepoint_foo:tp_foo_exit                         [Tracepoint event]

As shown above, only the events of tracepoint_foo are printed.

Signed-off-by: Yunlong Song 
Cc: Ingo Molnar 
Cc: Paul Mackerras 
Cc: Peter Zijlstra 
Cc: Wang Nan 
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1425032491-20224-3-git-send-email-yunlong.song@huawei.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf list: Place the header text in its right position

2015-02-13T14:57:50+00:00

The hearer text 'List of pre-defined events (to be used in -e):' is
placed in an improper function, which causes an abnormal output, e.g.
'perf list hw' shows no guiding text at all, and 'perf list hw
L1-dcache*' shows the guiding text incorrectly in the middle of the
output.

Example
Before this patch:

 $ perf list hw L1-dcache*

   branch-instructions OR branches                    [Hardware event]
   branch-misses                                      [Hardware event]
   bus-cycles                                         [Hardware event]
   cache-misses                                       [Hardware event]
   cache-references                                   [Hardware event]
   cpu-cycles OR cycles                               [Hardware event]
   instructions                                       [Hardware event]
   stalled-cycles-backend OR idle-cycles-backend      [Hardware event]
   stalled-cycles-frontend OR idle-cycles-frontend    [Hardware event]

 List of pre-defined events (to be used in -e):              <-- incorrect position
   L1-dcache-load-misses                              [Hardware cache event]
   L1-dcache-loads                                    [Hardware cache event]
   L1-dcache-prefetch-misses                          [Hardware cache event]
   L1-dcache-prefetches                               [Hardware cache event]
   L1-dcache-store-misses                             [Hardware cache event]
   L1-dcache-stores                                   [Hardware cache event]

After this patch:

 $ perf list hw L1-dcache*

 List of pre-defined events (to be used in -e):              <-- correct position

   branch-instructions OR branches                    [Hardware event]
   branch-misses                                      [Hardware event]
   bus-cycles                                         [Hardware event]
   cache-misses                                       [Hardware event]
   cache-references                                   [Hardware event]
   cpu-cycles OR cycles                               [Hardware event]
   instructions                                       [Hardware event]
   stalled-cycles-backend OR idle-cycles-backend      [Hardware event]
   stalled-cycles-frontend OR idle-cycles-frontend    [Hardware event]

   L1-dcache-load-misses                              [Hardware cache event]
   L1-dcache-loads                                    [Hardware cache event]
   L1-dcache-prefetch-misses                          [Hardware cache event]
   L1-dcache-prefetches                               [Hardware cache event]
   L1-dcache-store-misses                             [Hardware cache event]
   L1-dcache-stores                                   [Hardware cache event]

Signed-off-by: Yunlong Song 
Cc: Peter Zijlstra 
Cc: Paul Mackerras 
Cc: Wang Nan 
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1423833115-11199-8-git-send-email-yunlong.song@huawei.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo