kernel/linux.git/tools/perf/builtin-script.c, branch v6.12.80

perf env: Find correct branch counter info on hybrid

2024-09-11T16:08:46+00:00

No event is printed in the "Branch Counter" column on hybrid machines. For example, $ perf record -e "{cpu_core/branch-instructions/pp,cpu_core/branches/}:S" -j any,counter $ perf report --total-cycles # Branch counter abbr list: # cpu_core/branch-instructions/pp = A # cpu_core/branches/ = B # '-' No event occurs # '+' Event occurrences may be lost due to branch counter saturated # # Sampled Cycles% Sampled Cycles Avg Cycles% Avg Cycles Branch Counter # ............... .............. ........... .......... .............. 44.54% 727.1K 0.00% 1 |+ |+ | 36.31% 592.7K 0.00% 2 |+ |+ | 17.83% 291.1K 0.00% 1 |+ |+ | The branch counter information (br_cntr_width and br_cntr_nr) in the perf_env is retrieved from the CPU_PMU_CAPS. However, the CPU_PMU_CAPS is not available on hybrid machines. Without the width information, the number of occurrences of an event cannot be calculated. For a hybrid machine, the caps information should be retrieved from the PMU_CAPS, and stored in the perf_env->pmu_caps. Add a perf_env__find_br_cntr_info() to return the correct branch counter information from the corresponding fields. Committer notes: While testing I couldn't s ee those "Branch counter" columns enabled by pressing 'B' on the TUI, after reporting it to the list Kan explained the situation: For a hybrid client, the "Branch Counter" feature is only supported starting from the just released Lunar Lake. Perf falls back to only "ANY" on your Raptor Lake. The "The branch counter is not available" message is expected. Here is the 'perf evlist' result from my Lunar Lake machine, # perf evlist -v cpu_core/branch-instructions/pp: type: 4 (cpu_core), size: 136, config: 0xc4 (branch-instructions), { sample_period, sample_freq }: 4000, sample_type: IP|TID|TIME|READ|PERIOD|BRANCH_STACK|IDENTIFIER, read_format: ID|GROUP|LOST, disabled: 1, freq: 1, enable_on_exec: 1, precise_ip: 2, sample_id_all: 1, exclude_guest: 1, branch_sample_type: ANY|COUNTERS # Fixes: 6f9d8d1de2c61288 ("perf script: Add branch counters") Reviewed-by: Ian Rogers Signed-off-by: Kan Liang Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Kan Liang Cc: Namhyung Kim Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240909184201.553519-1-kan.liang@linux.intel.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf script: Minimize "not reaching sample" for '-F +brstackinsn'

2024-09-03T15:22:01+00:00

In some situations 'perf script -F +brstackinsn' sees a lot of "not reaching sample" messages. This happens when the last LBR block before the sample contains a branch that is not in the LBR, and the instruction dumping stops. $ perf record -b emacs -Q --batch '()' [ perf record: Woken up 1 times to write data ] [ perf record: Captured and wrote 0.396 MB perf.data (443 samples) ] $ perf script -F +brstackinsn ... 00007f0ab2d171a4 insn: 41 0f 94 c0 00007f0ab2d171a8 insn: 83 fa 01 00007f0ab2d171ab insn: 74 d3 # PRED 6 cycles [313] 1.00 IPC 00007f0ab2d17180 insn: 45 84 c0 00007f0ab2d17183 insn: 74 28 ... not reaching sample ... $ perf script -F +brstackinsn | grep -c reach 136 $ This is a problem for further analysis that wants to see the full code upto the sample. There are two common cases where the message is bogus: - The LBR only logs taken branches, but the branch might be a conditional branch that is not taken (that is the most common case actually) - The LBR sampling uses a filter ignoring some branches, but the perf script check checks for all branches. This patch fixes these two conditions, by only checking for conditional branches, as well as checking the perf_event_attr's branch filter attributes. For the test case above it fixes all the messages: $ ./perf script -F +brstackinsn | grep -c reach 0 Note that there are still conditions when the message is hit -- sometimes there can be a unconditional branch that misses the LBR update before the sample -- but they are much more rare now. Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen Reviewed-by: Adrian Hunter Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240229161828.386397-1-ak@linux.intel.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf script: Add branch counters

2024-08-14T13:20:40+00:00

It's useful to print the branch counter information for each jump in the brstackinsn when it's available. Add a new field 'brcntr' to display the branch counter information. By default, the abbreviation will be used to indicate the branch counter. In the verbose mode, the real event name is shown. $ perf script -F +brstackinsn,+brcntr # Branch counter abbr list: # branch-instructions:ppp = A # branch-misses = B # '-' No event occurs # '+' Event occurrences may be lost due to branch counter saturated tchain_edit 332203 3366329.405674: 53030 branch-instructions:ppp: 401781 f3+0x2c (home/sdp/test/tchain_edit) f3+31: 0000000000401774 insn: eb 04 br_cntr: AA # PRED 5 cycles [5] 000000000040177a insn: 81 7d fc 0f 27 00 00 0000000000401781 insn: 7e e3 br_cntr: A # PRED 1 cycles [6] 2.00 IPC 0000000000401766 insn: 8b 45 fc 0000000000401769 insn: 83 e0 01 000000000040176c insn: 85 c0 000000000040176e insn: 74 06 br_cntr: A # PRED 1 cycles [7] 4.00 IPC 0000000000401776 insn: 83 45 fc 01 000000000040177a insn: 81 7d fc 0f 27 00 00 0000000000401781 insn: 7e e3 br_cntr: A # PRED 7 cycles [14] 0.43 IPC $ perf script -F +brstackinsn,+brcntr -v tchain_edit 332203 3366329.405674: 53030 branch-instructions:ppp: 401781 f3+0x2c (/home/sdp/os.linux.perf.test-suite/kernels/lbr_kernel/tchain_edit) f3+31: 0000000000401774 insn: eb 04 br_cntr: branch-instructions:ppp 2 branch-misses 0 # PRED 5 cycles [5] 000000000040177a insn: 81 7d fc 0f 27 00 00 0000000000401781 insn: 7e e3 br_cntr: branch-instructions:ppp 1 branch-misses 0 # PRED 1 cycles [6] 2.00 IPC 0000000000401766 insn: 8b 45 fc 0000000000401769 insn: 83 e0 01 000000000040176c insn: 85 c0 000000000040176e insn: 74 06 br_cntr: branch-instructions:ppp 1 branch-misses 0 # PRED 1 cycles [7] 4.00 IPC 0000000000401776 insn: 83 45 fc 01 000000000040177a insn: 81 7d fc 0f 27 00 00 0000000000401781 insn: 7e e3 br_cntr: branch-instructions:ppp 1 branch-misses 0 # PRED 7 cycles [14] 0.43 IPC Originally-by: Tinghao Zhang Reviewed-by: Andi Kleen Signed-off-by: Kan Liang Acked-by: Namhyung Kim Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Ian Rogers Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Stephane Eranian Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240813160208.2493643-9-kan.liang@linux.intel.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf script: Use perf_tool__init()

2024-08-12T21:09:49+00:00

Use perf_tool__init() so that more uses of 'struct perf_tool' can be const and not relying on perf_tool__fill_defaults(). Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Alexander Shishkin Cc: Anshuman Khandual Cc: Athira Rajeev Cc: Huacai Chen Cc: Ilkka Koskinen Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: James Clark Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: John Garry Cc: Jonathan Cameron Cc: Kan Liang Cc: Leo Yan Cc: Mark Rutland Cc: Mike Leach Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Nick Desaulniers Cc: Nick Terrell Cc: Oliver Upton Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Song Liu Cc: Sun Haiyong Cc: Suzuki Poulouse Cc: Will Deacon Cc: Yanteng Si Cc: Yicong Yang Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240812204720.631678-14-irogers@google.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf tool: Constify tool pointers

2024-08-12T21:05:14+00:00

The tool pointer (to a struct largely of function pointers) is passed around but is unchanged except at initialization. Change parameter and variable types to be const to lower the possibilities of what could happen with a tool. Reviewed-by: Adrian Hunter Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers Tested-by: Adrian Hunter Tested-by: Leo Yan Cc: Alexander Shishkin Cc: Anshuman Khandual Cc: Athira Rajeev Cc: Huacai Chen Cc: Ilkka Koskinen Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: James Clark Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: John Garry Cc: Jonathan Cameron Cc: Kan Liang Cc: Leo Yan Cc: Mark Rutland Cc: Mike Leach Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Nick Desaulniers Cc: Nick Terrell Cc: Oliver Upton Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Song Liu Cc: Sun Haiyong Cc: Suzuki Poulouse Cc: Will Deacon Cc: Yanteng Si Cc: Yicong Yang Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240812204720.631678-4-irogers@google.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf script: add --addr2line option

2024-08-12T16:59:22+00:00

Similarly to other subcommands (like report, top), it would be handy to provide a path for addr2line command. Signed-off-by: Martin Liska Cc: Ian Rogers Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/eadc3e36-029d-4848-9d69-272fe5a83a26@foxlink.cz Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf mem-info: Add reference count checking

2024-05-07T21:06:44+00:00

Add reference count checking and switch 'struct mem_info' usage to use accessor functions. Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Alexander Shishkin Cc: Andi Kleen Cc: Athira Rajeev Cc: Ben Gainey Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: James Clark Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: K Prateek Nayak Cc: Kajol Jain Cc: Kan Liang Cc: Li Dong Cc: Mark Rutland Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Oliver Upton Cc: Paran Lee Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Ravi Bangoria Cc: Sun Haiyong Cc: Tim Chen Cc: Yanteng Si Cc: Yicong Yang Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240507183545.1236093-8-irogers@google.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf mem-info: Move mem-info out of mem-events and symbol

2024-05-07T21:06:44+00:00

Move mem-info to its own header rather than having it split between mem-events and symbol. Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Alexander Shishkin Cc: Andi Kleen Cc: Athira Rajeev Cc: Ben Gainey Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: James Clark Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: K Prateek Nayak Cc: Kajol Jain Cc: Kan Liang Cc: Li Dong Cc: Mark Rutland Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Oliver Upton Cc: Paran Lee Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Ravi Bangoria Cc: Sun Haiyong Cc: Tim Chen Cc: Yanteng Si Cc: Yicong Yang Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240507183545.1236093-7-irogers@google.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf dso: Add reference count checking and accessor functions

2024-05-06T18:28:49+00:00

Add reference count checking to struct dso, this can help with implementing correct reference counting discipline. To avoid RC_CHK_ACCESS everywhere, add accessor functions for the variables in struct dso. The majority of the change is mechanical in nature and not easy to split up. Committer testing: 'perf test' up to this patch shows no regressions. But: util/symbol.c: In function ‘dso__load_bfd_symbols’: util/symbol.c:1683:9: error: too few arguments to function ‘dso__set_adjust_symbols’ 1683 | dso__set_adjust_symbols(dso); | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In file included from util/symbol.c:21: util/dso.h:268:20: note: declared here 268 | static inline void dso__set_adjust_symbols(struct dso *dso, bool val) | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ make[6]: *** [/home/acme/git/perf-tools-next/tools/build/Makefile.build:106: /tmp/tmp.ZWHbQftdN6/util/symbol.o] Error 1 MKDIR /tmp/tmp.ZWHbQftdN6/tests/workloads/ make[6]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs.... This was updated: - symbols__fixup_end(&dso->symbols, false); - symbols__fixup_duplicate(&dso->symbols); - dso->adjust_symbols = 1; + symbols__fixup_end(dso__symbols(dso), false); + symbols__fixup_duplicate(dso__symbols(dso)); + dso__set_adjust_symbols(dso); But not build tested with BUILD_NONDISTRO and libbfd devel files installed (binutils-devel on fedora). Add the missing argument: symbols__fixup_end(dso__symbols(dso), false); symbols__fixup_duplicate(dso__symbols(dso)); - dso__set_adjust_symbols(dso); + dso__set_adjust_symbols(dso, true); Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Ahelenia Ziemiańska Cc: Alexander Shishkin Cc: Andi Kleen Cc: Athira Rajeev Cc: Ben Gainey Cc: Changbin Du Cc: Chengen Du Cc: Colin Ian King Cc: Dima Kogan Cc: Ilkka Koskinen Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: James Clark Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: K Prateek Nayak Cc: Kan Liang Cc: Leo Yan Cc: Li Dong Cc: Mark Rutland Cc: Masami Hiramatsu Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Paran Lee Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Song Liu Cc: Sun Haiyong Cc: Thomas Richter Cc: Tiezhu Yang Cc: Yanteng Si Cc: zhaimingbing Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240504213803.218974-6-irogers@google.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf script: Consolidate capstone print functions

2024-04-08T20:42:27+00:00

Consolidate capstone print functions, to reduce duplication. Amend call sites to use a file pointer for output, which is consistent with most perf tools print functions. Add print_opts with an option to print also the hex value of a resolved symbol+offset. Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240401210925.209671-4-ak@linux.intel.com Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen [ Added missing inttypes.h include to use PRIx64 in util/print_insn.c ] Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo