linux-toradex.git/tools/perf/util, branch v3.7-rc2

perf python: Properly link with libtraceevent

2012-10-20T00:43:08+00:00

Namhyung Kim reported that the build fails with:

  GEN python/perf.so
  gcc: error: python_ext_build/tmp//../../libtraceevent.a: No such file or directory
  error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1
  cp: cannot stat `python_ext_build/lib/perf.so': No such file or directory
  make: *** [python/perf.so] Error 1

We need to propagate the TE_PATH variable to the setup.py file.

Reported-by: Namhyung Kim 
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo 
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-8umiPbm4sxpknKivbjgykhut@git.kernel.org
[ Fixed superfluous variable build error. ]
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

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

2012-10-20T00:40:26+00:00

Pull perf/urgent fixes from Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo:

* The python binding needs to link with libtraceevent and to initialize
  the 'page_size' variable so that mmaping works again.

* The callchain folding character that appears on the TUI just before
  the overhead had disappeared due to recent changes, add it back.

* Intel PEBS in VT-x context uses the DS address as a guest linear address,
  even though its programmed by the host as a host linear address. This either
  results in guest memory corruption and or the hardware faulting and 'crashing'
  the virtual machine.  Therefore we have to disable PEBS on VT-x enter and
  re-enable on VT-x exit, enforcing a strict exclude_guest.

  Kernel side enforcement fix by Peter Zijlstra, tooling side fix by David Ahern.

* Fix build on sparc due to UAPI, fix from David Miller.

* Fixes for the srclike sort key for unresolved symbols and when processing
  samples in JITted code, where we don't have an ELF file, just an special
  symbol table, fixes from Namhyung Kim.

* Fix some leaks in libtraceevent, from Steven Rostedt.

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

perf python: Link with libtraceevent

2012-10-17T14:45:46+00:00

The evsel methods to read tracepoint fields uses libtraceevent
functions, becoming needed by the python binding as well.

Cc: David Ahern 
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker 
Cc: Jiri Olsa 
Cc: Mike Galbraith 
Cc: Namhyung Kim 
Cc: Paul Mackerras 
Cc: Peter Zijlstra 
Cc: Stephane Eranian 
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-j3o4v7jyvp9ke9n230l96a1m@git.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf python: Initialize 'page_size' variable

2012-10-17T14:45:38+00:00

The commit 0c1fe6b:

 'perf tools: Have the page size value available for all tools'

Broke the python binding because the global variable 'page_size' is
initialized on the main() routine, that is not called when using
just the python binding, causing evlist.mmap() to fail because it
expects that variable to be initialized to the system's page size.

Fix it by initializing it on the binding init routine.

Cc: David Ahern 
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker 
Cc: Jiri Olsa 
Cc: Mike Galbraith 
Cc: Namhyung Kim 
Cc: Paul Mackerras 
Cc: Peter Zijlstra 
Cc: Stephane Eranian 
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-vrvp3azmbfzexnpmkhmvtzzc@git.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf tools: Remove warnings on JIT samples for srcline sort key

2012-10-16T16:05:38+00:00

When using the srcline sort key with perf report, I see many lines of
warning related to JIT samples like below:

  addr2line: '/tmp/perf-1397.map': No such file

Since it's not a ELF binary and doesn't provide such information, just
use the raw ip address.

Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim 
Cc: David Ahern 
Cc: Ingo Molnar 
Cc: Irina Tirdea 
Cc: Paul Mackerras 
Cc: Peter Zijlstra 
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1350272383-7016-2-git-send-email-namhyung@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf tools: Fix segfault when using srcline sort key

2012-10-16T16:05:07+00:00

The srcline sort key is for grouping samples based on their source file
and line number.  It use addr2line tool to get the information but it
requires dso name.  It caused a segfault when a sample does not have the
name by dereferencing a NULL pointer.  Fix it by using raw ip addresses
for those samples.

Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim 
Cc: Ingo Molnar 
Cc: Paul Mackerras 
Cc: Peter Zijlstra 
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1350272383-7016-1-git-send-email-namhyung@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf tool: Precise mode requires exclude_guest

2012-10-16T15:43:31+00:00

Summary of events per Peter:

  "Intel PEBS in VT-x context uses the DS address as a guest linear address,
  even though its programmed by the host as a host linear address. This
  either results in guest memory corruption and or the hardware faulting and
  'crashing' the virtual machine.  Therefore we have to disable PEBS on VT-x
  enter and re-enable on VT-x exit, enforcing a strict exclude_guest.

  AMB IBS does work but doesn't currently support exclude_* at all,
  setting an exclude_* bit will make it fail."

This patch handles userspace perf command, setting the exclude_guest
attribute if precise mode is requested, but only if a user has not
specified a request for guest or host only profiling (G or H attribute).

Kernel side AMD currently ignores all exclude_* bits, so there is no impact
to existing IBS code paths. Robert Richter has a patch where IBS code will
return EINVAL if an exclude_* bit is set. When this goes in it means use
of :p on AMD with IBS will first fail with EINVAL (because exclude_guest
will be set). Then the existing fallback code within perf will unset
exclude_guest and try again. The second attempt will succeed if the CPU
supports IBS profiling.

Signed-off-by: David Ahern 
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra 
Acked-by: Robert Richter 
Tested-by: Robert Richter 
Reviewed-by: Robert Richter 
Cc: Avi Kivity 
Cc: Gleb Natapov 
Cc: Ingo Molnar 
Cc: Peter Zijlstra 
Cc: Robert Richter 
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1347569955-54626-2-git-send-email-dsahern@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf: Fix UAPI fallout

2012-10-14T19:22:52+00:00

The UAPI commits forgot to test tooling builds such as tools/perf/,
and this fixes the fallout.

Manual conversion.

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar 
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

Merge branch 'perf-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

2012-10-13T01:20:11+00:00

Pull perf updates from Ingo Molnar:
 "This tree includes some late late perf items that missed the first
  round:

  tools:

   - Bash auto completion improvements, now we can auto complete the
     tools long options, tracepoint event names, etc, from Namhyung Kim.

   - Look up thread using tid instead of pid in 'perf sched'.

   - Move global variables into a perf_kvm struct, from David Ahern.

   - Hists refactorings, preparatory for improved 'diff' command, from
     Jiri Olsa.

   - Hists refactorings, preparatory for event group viewieng work, from
     Namhyung Kim.

   - Remove double negation on optional feature macro definitions, from
     Namhyung Kim.

   - Remove several cases of needless global variables, on most
     builtins.

   - misc fixes

  kernel:

   - sysfs support for IBS on AMD CPUs, from Robert Richter.

   - Support for an upcoming Intel CPU, the Xeon-Phi / Knights Corner
     HPC blade PMU, from Vince Weaver.

   - misc fixes"

* 'perf-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (46 commits)
  perf: Fix perf_cgroup_switch for sw-events
  perf: Clarify perf_cpu_context::active_pmu usage by renaming it to ::unique_pmu
  perf/AMD/IBS: Add sysfs support
  perf hists: Add more helpers for hist entry stat
  perf hists: Move he->stat.nr_events initialization to a template
  perf hists: Introduce struct he_stat
  perf diff: Removing the total_period argument from output code
  perf tool: Add hpp interface to enable/disable hpp column
  perf tools: Removing hists pair argument from output path
  perf hists: Separate overhead and baseline columns
  perf diff: Refactor diff displacement possition info
  perf hists: Add struct hists pointer to struct hist_entry
  perf tools: Complete tracepoint event names
  perf/x86: Add support for Intel Xeon-Phi Knights Corner PMU
  perf evlist: Remove some unused methods
  perf evlist: Introduce add_newtp method
  perf kvm: Move global variables into a perf_kvm struct
  perf tools: Convert to BACKTRACE_SUPPORT
  perf tools: Long option completion support for each subcommands
  perf tools: Complete long option names of perf command
  ...

perf: Handle new rbtree implementation

2012-10-13T01:12:09+00:00

Perf build fails with the new rbtree implementation:

  ../../lib/rbtree.c:24:36: fatal error: linux/rbtree_augmented.h: No such file or directory compilation terminated.

Fix by updating the Makefile and adding a btree_augmented.h
wrapper.

Reported-and-tested-by: Borislav Petkov 
Signed-off-by: Markus Trippelsdorf 
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo 
Cc: Borislav Petkov 
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20121009180156.GA245@x4
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar 
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds