linux-toradex.git/tools/perf/builtin-record.c, branch v4.7-rc2

perf record: Read from backward ring buffer

2016-05-23T21:22:48+00:00

Introduce rb_find_range() to find start and end position from a backward
ring buffer.

Signed-off-by: Wang Nan 
Cc: Jiri Olsa 
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu 
Cc: Namhyung Kim 
Cc: Zefan Li 
Cc: pi3orama@163.com
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1463987628-163563-5-git-send-email-wangnan0@huawei.com
Signed-off-by: He Kuang 
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf record: Rename variable to make code clear

2016-05-23T21:22:47+00:00

record__mmap_read() writes data from ring buffer into perf.data.  'head'
is maintained by the kernel, points to the last written record.
'old' is maintained by perf, points to the record read in previous
round. record__mmap_read() saves data from 'old' to 'head' to
perf.data.

The names of these variables are not very intutive. In addition,
when dealing with backward writing ring buffer, the md->prev pointer
should point to 'head' instead of the last byte it got.

Add 'start' and 'end' pointer to make code clear and set md->prev to
'head' instead of the moved 'old' pointer. This patch doesn't change
behavior since:

    buf = &data[old & md->mask];
    size = head - old;
    old += size;     <--- Here, old == head

Signed-off-by: Wang Nan 
Cc: Jiri Olsa 
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu 
Cc: Namhyung Kim 
Cc: Zefan Li 
Cc: pi3orama@163.com
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1463987628-163563-4-git-send-email-wangnan0@huawei.com
Signed-off-by: He Kuang 
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf record: Prevent reading invalid data in record__mmap_read

2016-05-23T21:22:46+00:00

When record__mmap_read() requires data more than the size of ring
buffer, drop those data to avoid accessing invalid memory.

This can happen when reading from overwritable ring buffer, which
should be avoided. However, check this for robustness.

Signed-off-by: Wang Nan 
Cc: Jiri Olsa 
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu 
Cc: Namhyung Kim 
Cc: Zefan Li 
Cc: pi3orama@163.com
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1463987628-163563-3-git-send-email-wangnan0@huawei.com
Signed-off-by: He Kuang 
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf record: Generate tracking events for process forked by perf

2016-04-28T12:58:59+00:00

With 'perf record --switch-output' without -a, record__synthesize() in
record__switch_output() won't generate tracking events because there's
no thread_map in evlist. Which causes newly created perf.data doesn't
contain map and comm information.

This patch creates a fake thread_map and directly call
perf_event__synthesize_thread_map() for those events.

Signed-off-by: Wang Nan 
Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo 
Cc: Adrian Hunter 
Cc: Jiri Olsa 
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu 
Cc: Namhyung Kim 
Cc: Zefan Li 
Cc: pi3orama@163.com
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1461178794-40467-8-git-send-email-wangnan0@huawei.com
Signed-off-by: He Kuang 
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf record: Disable buildid cache options by default in switch output mode

2016-04-28T12:58:59+00:00

The cost of buildid cache processing is high: reading all events in
output perf.data, opening each elf file to read buildids then copying
them into ~/.debug directory. In switch output mode, these heavy works
block perf from receiving perf events for too long.

Enable no-buildid and no-buildid-cache by default if --switch-output is
provided. Still allow user use --no-no-buildid to explicitly enable
buildid in this case.

Signed-off-by: Wang Nan 
Cc: Adrian Hunter 
Cc: Jiri Olsa 
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu 
Cc: Namhyung Kim 
Cc: Zefan Li 
Cc: pi3orama@163.com
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1461178794-40467-6-git-send-email-wangnan0@huawei.com
Signed-off-by: He Kuang 
[ Updated man page ]
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf record: Force enable --timestamp-filename when --switch-output is provided

2016-04-28T12:58:59+00:00

Without this patch, the last output doesn't have timestamp appended if
--timestamp-filename is not explicitly provided. For example:

  # perf record -a --switch-output &
  [1] 11224
  # kill -s SIGUSR2 11224
  [ perf record: dump data: Woken up 1 times ]
  # [ perf record: Dump perf.data.2015122622372823 ]

  # fg
  perf record -a --switch-output
  ^C[ perf record: Woken up 1 times to write data ]
  [ perf record: Captured and wrote 0.027 MB perf.data (540 samples) ]

  # ls -l
  total 836
  -rw------- 1 root root  33256 Dec 26 22:37 perf.data   <---- *Odd*
  -rw------- 1 root root 817156 Dec 26 22:37 perf.data.2015122622372823

Signed-off-by: Wang Nan 
Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo 
Cc: Adrian Hunter 
Cc: Jiri Olsa 
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu 
Cc: Namhyung Kim 
Cc: Zefan Li 
Cc: pi3orama@163.com
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1461178794-40467-5-git-send-email-wangnan0@huawei.com
Signed-off-by: He Kuang 
[ Updated man page, that also got an entry for --timestamp-filename ]
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf record: Split output into multiple files via '--switch-output'

2016-04-28T12:58:59+00:00

Allow 'perf record' to split its output into multiple files.

For example:

  # ~/perf record -a --timestamp-filename --switch-output &
  [1] 10763
  # kill -s SIGUSR2 10763
  [ perf record: dump data: Woken up 1 times ]
  # [ perf record: Dump perf.data.2015122622314468 ]

  # kill -s SIGUSR2 10763
  [ perf record: dump data: Woken up 1 times ]
  # [ perf record: Dump perf.data.2015122622314762 ]

  # kill -s SIGUSR2 10763
  [ perf record: dump data: Woken up 1 times ]
  #[ perf record: Dump perf.data.2015122622315171 ]

  # fg
  perf record -a --timestamp-filename --switch-output
  ^C[ perf record: Woken up 1 times to write data ]
  [ perf record: Dump perf.data.2015122622315513 ]
  [ perf record: Captured and wrote 0.014 MB perf.data. (296 samples) ]

  # ls -l
  total 920
  -rw------- 1 root root 797692 Dec 26 22:31 perf.data.2015122622314468
  -rw------- 1 root root  59960 Dec 26 22:31 perf.data.2015122622314762
  -rw------- 1 root root  59912 Dec 26 22:31 perf.data.2015122622315171
  -rw------- 1 root root  19220 Dec 26 22:31 perf.data.2015122622315513

Signed-off-by: Wang Nan 
Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo 
Cc: Adrian Hunter 
Cc: Jiri Olsa 
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu 
Cc: Namhyung Kim 
Cc: Zefan Li 
Cc: pi3orama@163.com
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1461178794-40467-4-git-send-email-wangnan0@huawei.com
Signed-off-by: He Kuang 
[ Added man page entry, used the re-synthesize patch in this series as a fixup ]
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf tools: Derive trigger class from auxtrace_snapshot

2016-04-28T12:58:58+00:00

auxtrace_snapshot_state matches the trigger model. Use trigger to
implement it. auxtrace_snapshot_state and auxtrace_snapshot_err are
absorbed.

Signed-off-by: Wang Nan 
Acked-by: Adrian Hunter 
Cc: He Kuang 
Cc: Jiri Olsa 
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu 
Cc: Namhyung Kim 
Cc: Zefan Li 
Cc: pi3orama@163.com
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1461178794-40467-3-git-send-email-wangnan0@huawei.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf tools: Ditch record_opts.callgraph_set

2016-04-18T15:26:27+00:00

We have callchain_param.enabled for that.

Cc: Adrian Hunter 
Cc: David Ahern 
Cc: Jiri Olsa 
Cc: Milian Wolff 
Cc: Namhyung Kim 
Cc: Wang Nan 
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-silwqjc2t25ls42dsvg28pp5@git.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf record: Export record_opts based callchain parsing helper

2016-04-15T19:37:17+00:00

To be able to call it outside option parsing, like when setting a
default --call-graph parameter in 'perf trace' when just --min-stack is
used.

Cc: Adrian Hunter 
Cc: David Ahern 
Cc: Jiri Olsa 
Cc: Namhyung Kim 
Cc: Wang Nan 
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-xay69plylwibpb3l4isrpl1k@git.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo