linux-toradex.git/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c, branch v4.10

perf tools: Implement branch_type event parameter

2016-10-24T14:07:35+00:00

It can be useful to specify branch type state per event, for example if
we want to collect both software trace points and last branch PMU events
in a single collection. Currently this doesn't work because the software
trace point errors out with -b.

There was already a branch-type parameter to configure branch sample
types per event in the parser, but it was stubbed out. This patch
implements the necessary plumbing to actually enable it.

Now:

  $ perf record -e sched:sched_switch,cpu/cpu-cycles,branch_type=any/ ...

works.

Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen 
Acked-by: Jiri Olsa 
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1476306127-19721-1-git-send-email-andi@firstfloor.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf tools: Make alias matching case-insensitive

2016-10-04T00:51:48+00:00

Make alias matching the events parser case-insensitive. This is useful
with the JSON events. perf uses lower case events, but the CPU manuals
generally use upper case event names. The JSON files use lower case by
default too. But if we search case insensitively then users can
cut-n-paste the upper case event names.

So the following works:

% perf stat -e BR_INST_EXEC.TAKEN_INDIRECT_NEAR_CALL true

 Performance counter stats for 'true':

               305      BR_INST_EXEC.TAKEN_INDIRECT_NEAR_CALL

       0.000492799 seconds time elapsed

Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen 
Acked-by: Ingo Molnar 
Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo 
Cc: Madhavan Srinivasan 
Cc: Peter Zijlstra 
Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1473978296-20712-17-git-send-email-sukadev@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf tools: Allow period= in perf stat CPU event descriptions.

2016-10-04T00:50:56+00:00

This avoids the JSON PMU events parser having to know whether its
aliases are for perf stat or perf record.

Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen 
Signed-off-by: Sukadev Bhattiprolu 
Acked-by: Ingo Molnar 
Cc: Madhavan Srinivasan 
Cc: Peter Zijlstra 
Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1473978296-20712-20-git-send-email-sukadev@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

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 evsel: Add support for address filters

2016-09-29T14:16:59+00:00

This patch makes it possible to use the current filter framework with
address filters.  That way address filters for HW tracers such as
CoreSight and Intel PT can be communicated to the kernel drivers.

Signed-off-by: Mathieu Poirier 
Acked-by: Adrian Hunter 
Cc: Alexander Shishkin 
Cc: Jiri Olsa 
Cc: Peter Zijlstra 
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1474037045-31730-4-git-send-email-mathieu.poirier@linaro.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf evsel: New tracepoint specific function

2016-09-29T14:16:59+00:00

Making function perf_evsel__append_filter() static and introducing a new
tracepoint specific function to append filters.  That way we eliminate
redundant code and avoid formatting mistake.

Signed-off-by: Mathieu Poirier 
Acked-by: Adrian Hunter 
Cc: Alexander Shishkin 
Cc: Jiri Olsa 
Cc: Peter Zijlstra 
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1474037045-31730-3-git-send-email-mathieu.poirier@linaro.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf tools: Make perf_evsel__append_filter() generic

2016-09-29T14:16:58+00:00

By making function perf_evsel__append_filter() take a format rather than
an operator it is possible to reuse the code for other purposes (ex.
Intel PT and CoreSight) than tracepoints.

Signed-off-by: Mathieu Poirier 
Acked-by: Adrian Hunter 
Cc: Alexander Shishkin 
Cc: Jiri Olsa 
Cc: Peter Zijlstra 
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1474037045-31730-2-git-send-email-mathieu.poirier@linaro.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf tools: Add infrastructure for PMU specific configuration

2016-09-13T20:09:11+00:00

This patch adds PMU driver specific configuration to the parser
infrastructure by preceding any term with the '@' letter.  As such doing
something like:

perf record -e some_event/@cfg1,@cfg2=config/ ...

will see 'cfg1' and 'cfg2=config' being added to the list of evsel
config terms.  Token 'cfg1' and 'cfg2=config' are not processed in user
space and are meant to be interpreted by the PMU driver.

First the lexer/parser are supplemented with the required definitions to
recognise the driver specific configuration.  From there they are simply
added to the list of event terms.  The bulk of the work is done in
function "parse_events_add_pmu()" where driver config event terms are
added to a new list of driver config terms, which in turn spliced with
the event's new driver configuration list.

Signed-off-by: Mathieu Poirier 
Acked-by: Jiri Olsa 
Cc: Alexander Shishkin 
Cc: Peter Zijlstra 
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1473179837-3293-4-git-send-email-mathieu.poirier@linaro.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf tools: Enable overwrite settings

2016-07-15T20:27:51+00:00

This patch allows following config terms and option:

Globally setting events to overwrite;

  # perf record --overwrite ...

Set specific events to be overwrite or no-overwrite.

  # perf record --event cycles/overwrite/ ...
  # perf record --event cycles/no-overwrite/ ...

Add missing config terms and update the config term array size because
the longest string length has changed.

For overwritable events, it automatically selects attr.write_backward
since perf requires it to be backward for reading.

Test result:

  # perf record --overwrite -e syscalls:*enter_nanosleep* usleep 1
  [ perf record: Woken up 2 times to write data ]
  [ perf record: Captured and wrote 0.011 MB perf.data (1 samples) ]
  # perf evlist -v
  syscalls:sys_enter_nanosleep: type: 2, size: 112, config: 0x134, { sample_period, sample_freq }: 1, sample_type: IP|TID|TIME|CPU|PERIOD|RAW, disabled: 1, inherit: 1, mmap: 1, comm: 1, enable_on_exec: 1, task: 1, sample_id_all: 1, exclude_guest: 1, mmap2: 1, comm_exec: 1, write_backward: 1
  # Tip: use 'perf evlist --trace-fields' to show fields for tracepoint events

Signed-off-by: Wang Nan 
Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo 
Acked-by: Jiri Olsa 
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu 
Cc: Namhyung Kim 
Cc: Nilay Vaish 
Cc: Zefan Li 
Cc: pi3orama@163.com
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1468485287-33422-14-git-send-email-wangnan0@huawei.com
Signed-off-by: He Kuang 
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo