kernel/linux.git/tools/perf/util/sample.h, branch v7.1-rc5

perf sample: Fix documentation typo

2026-04-12T19:12:11+00:00

s/PEF/PERF/ Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim

perf sort: Sort disabled and full predicated flags

2026-04-10T16:52:06+00:00

According to the Arm ARM (ARM DDI 0487, L.a), section D18.2.6 "Events packet", apart from the empty predicate and partial predicates, an SVE or SME operation can be predicate-disabled or full predicated. To provide complete results, introduce two predicate types for these cases. Reviewed-by: James Clark Reviewed-by: Ian Rogers Signed-off-by: Leo Yan Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim

perf sort: Support sort ASE and SME

2026-04-10T16:52:06+00:00

Support sort Advance SIMD extension (ASE) and SME. Reviewed-by: James Clark Reviewed-by: Ian Rogers Signed-off-by: Leo Yan Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim

perf sample: Add evsel to struct perf_sample

2026-04-06T06:12:15+00:00

Add the evsel from evsel__parse_sample into the struct perf_sample. Sometimes we want to alter the evsel associated with a sample, such as with off-cpu bpf-output events. In general the evsel and perf_sample are passed as a pair, but this makes an altered evsel something of a chore to keep checking for and setting up. Later patches will remove passing an evsel with the perf_sample and switch to just using the perf_sample's value. Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim

perf sample: Make sure perf_sample__init/exit are used

2026-04-06T06:12:15+00:00

The deferred stack trace code wasn't using perf_sample__init/exit. Add the deferred stack trace clean up to perf_sample__exit which requires proper NULL initialization in perf_sample__init. Make the perf_sample__exit robust to being called more than once by using zfree. Make the error paths in evsel__parse_sample exit the sample. Add a merged_callchain boolean to capture that callchain is allocated, deferred_callchain doen't suffice for this. Pack the struct variables to avoid padding bytes for this. Similiarly powerpc_vpadtl_sample wasn't using perf_sample__init/exit, use it for consistency and potential issues with uninitialized variables. Similarly guest_session__inject_events in builtin-inject wasn't using perf_sample_init/exit. The lifetime management for fetched events is somewhat complex there, but when an event is fetched the sample should be initialized and needs exiting on error. The sample may be left in place so that future injects have access to it. Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim

perf sample: Document struct perf_sample

2026-04-06T06:12:13+00:00

Add kernel-doc for struct perf_sample capturing the somewhat unusual population of fields and lifetime relationships. Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim

perf script: Fix script_fetch_insn for more than just x86

2026-01-27T04:35:22+00:00

The script_fetch_insn code was only supported on natively running x86. Implement a crude elf_machine_max_instruction_length function and use to give an instruction length on more than just x86. Use the ELF machine to determine the length to use to support cross-architecture development. Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Alexander Shishkin Cc: Andi Kleen Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: James Clark Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Leo Yan Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Shimin Guo Cc: Yujie Liu [ Conditionally define EM_CSKY and EM_LOONGARCH for older distros ] Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf tools: Minimal DEFERRED_CALLCHAIN support

2025-12-03T00:13:32+00:00

Add a new event type for deferred callchains and a new callback for the struct perf_tool. For now it doesn't actually handle the deferred callchains but it just marks the sample if it has the PERF_CONTEXT_ USER_DEFFERED in the callchain array. At least, perf report can dump the raw data with this change. Actually this requires the next commit to enable attr.defer_callchain, but if you already have a data file, it'll show the following result. $ perf report -D ... 0x2158@perf.data [0x40]: event: 22 . . ... raw event: size 64 bytes . 0000: 16 00 00 00 02 00 40 00 06 00 00 00 0b 00 00 00 ......@......... . 0010: 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 a7 7f 33 fe 18 7f 00 00 ..........3..... . 0020: 0f 0e 33 fe 18 7f 00 00 48 14 33 fe 18 7f 00 00 ..3.....H.3..... . 0030: 08 09 00 00 08 09 00 00 e6 7a e7 35 1c 00 00 00 .........z.5.... 121163447014 0x2158 [0x40]: PERF_RECORD_CALLCHAIN_DEFERRED(IP, 0x2): 2312/2312: 0xb00000006 ... FP chain: nr:3 ..... 0: 00007f18fe337fa7 ..... 1: 00007f18fe330e0f ..... 2: 00007f18fe331448 : unhandled! Reviewed-by: Ian Rogers Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim

perf sample: Remove arch notion of sample parsing

2025-07-25T17:37:58+00:00

By definition arch sample parsing and synthesis will inhibit certain kinds of cross-platform record then analysis (report, script, etc.). Remove arch_perf_parse_sample_weight and arch_perf_synthesize_sample_weight replacing with a common implementation. Combine perf_sample p_stage_cyc and retire_lat as weight3 to capture the differing uses regardless of compiled for architecture. Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250724163302.596743-21-irogers@google.com Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim

perf hist: Shrink struct hist_entry size

2025-02-18T22:04:32+00:00

Reorder the struct fields by size to reduce paddings and reduce struct simd_flags size from 8 to 1 byte. This reduces struct hist_entry size by 8 bytes (592->584), and leaves a single more usable 6 byte padding hole. Signed-off-by: Dmitry Vyukov Reviewed-by: Andi Kleen Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/7c1cb1c8f9901e945162701ba7269d0f9c70be89.1739437531.git.dvyukov@google.com Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim