kernel/linux.git/tools/perf/util/util.c, branch v4.5.4

perf tools: Fallback to srcdir/Documentation/tips.txt

2016-01-12T15:42:08+00:00

Some people don't install perf, but just use compiled version in the source. Fallback to lookup the source directory for those poor guys. :) Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim Cc: Andi Kleen Cc: David Ahern Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Wang Nan Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1452334589-8782-4-git-send-email-namhyung@kernel.org [ Make perf_tip() return NULL for ENOENT, making the fallback to really take place ] Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf report: Show random usage tip on the help line

2016-01-08T16:15:46+00:00

Currently perf report only shows a help message "For a higher level overview, try: perf report --sort comm,dso" unconditionally (even if the sort keys were used). Add more help tips and show randomly. Load tips from ${prefix}/share/doc/perf-tip/tips.txt file. $ perf report | tail 0.10% swapper [kernel.vmlinux] [k] irq_exit 0.09% swapper [kernel.vmlinux] [k] flush_smp_call_function_queue 0.08% swapper [kernel.vmlinux] [k] native_write_msr_safe 0.03% swapper [kernel.vmlinux] [k] group_sched_in 0.01% perf [kernel.vmlinux] [k] native_write_msr_safe # # (Tip: Search options using a keyword: perf report -h ) # Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim Acked-by: Ingo Molnar Cc: Andi Kleen Cc: David Ahern Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Masami Hiramatsu Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Stephane Eranian Cc: Wang Nan Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1452166913-27046-1-git-send-email-namhyung@kernel.org [ Renamed it to perf_tip() and the parameter dirname to dirpath to fix the build on older distros ] Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf tools: Use same signal handling strategy as 'record'

2015-12-14T15:08:55+00:00

I.e. don't exit with the signal number, instead set the signal handler to the default one and then raise it again. Noticed while trying to dump the stack at segfaults in the 'perf test' forked process used to run each test, that inspects signal info at each test. Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: David Ahern Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Wang Nan Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-5x5r176wnoqxi5p6id05wv9w@git.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf tools: Move term functions out of util.c

2015-12-09T16:42:02+00:00

The term functions are needed by help.c which is going to be moved into a separate library. Move them out of util.c and into their own file. Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Peter Zijlstra Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/9a39c854dd156b55ebda57e427594c9a59dcb40f.1449548395.git.jpoimboe@redhat.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf report: Add callchain value option

2015-11-19T16:19:23+00:00

Now -g/--call-graph option supports how to display callchain values. Possible values are 'percent', 'period' and 'count'. The percent is same as before and it's the default behavior. The period displays the raw period value rather than the percentage. The count displays the number of occurrences. $ perf report --no-children --stdio -g percent ... 39.93% swapper [kernel.vmlinux] [k] intel_idel | ---intel_idle cpuidle_enter_state cpuidle_enter call_cpuidle cpu_startup_entry | |--28.63%-- start_secondary | --11.30%-- rest_init $ perf report --no-children --show-total-period --stdio -g period ... 39.93% 13018705 swapper [kernel.vmlinux] [k] intel_idel | ---intel_idle cpuidle_enter_state cpuidle_enter call_cpuidle cpu_startup_entry | |--9334403-- start_secondary | --3684302-- rest_init $ perf report --no-children --show-nr-samples --stdio -g count ... 39.93% 80 swapper [kernel.vmlinux] [k] intel_idel | ---intel_idle cpuidle_enter_state cpuidle_enter call_cpuidle cpu_startup_entry | |--57-- start_secondary | --23-- rest_init Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim Acked-by: Brendan Gregg Cc: Andi Kleen Cc: David Ahern Cc: Frederic Weisbecker Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Kan Liang Cc: Peter Zijlstra Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1447047946-1691-6-git-send-email-namhyung@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf tools: Make fetch_kernel_version() publicly available

2015-11-06T18:57:18+00:00

There are 2 places in llvm-utils.c which find kernel version information through uname. This patch extracts the uname related code into a fetch_kernel_version() function and puts it into util.h so it can be reused. Signed-off-by: Wang Nan Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Zefan Li Cc: pi3orama@163.com Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1446818135-87310-1-git-send-email-wangnan0@huawei.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf tools: Defaults to 'caller' callchain order only if --children is enabled

2015-10-22T18:40:11+00:00

The caller callchain order is useful with --children option since it can show 'overview' style output, but other commands which don't use --children feature like 'perf script' or even 'perf report/top' without --children are better to keep callee order. Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim Acked-by: Brendan Gregg Acked-by: Frederic Weisbecker Acked-by: Ingo Molnar Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Borislav Petkov Cc: Chandler Carruth Cc: David Ahern Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Stephane Eranian Cc: Wang Nan Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1445499946-29817-1-git-send-email-namhyung@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf callchain: Switch default to 'graph,0.5,caller'

2015-10-05T20:59:43+00:00

Which is the most common default found in other similar tools. Requested-by: Ingo Molnar Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Borislav Petkov Cc: Chandler Carruth Cc: David Ahern Cc: Frederic Weisbecker Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Stephane Eranian Cc: Wang Nan Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXaxk27zwlk Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-v8lq36aispvdwgxdmt9p9jd9@git.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

Merge branch 'perf/urgent' into perf/core, to pick up fixes before applying new changes

2015-09-18T07:24:01+00:00

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

perf tools: Bool functions shouldn't return -1

2015-09-17T18:31:52+00:00

Returning a negative value for a boolean function seem to have the undesired effect of returning true. Replace -1 by false in a bool-returning function. The diff of the .s file before and after the change (for x86_64): 3907c3907 < movl $1, %ebx --- > xorl %ebx, %ebx while if -1 is replaced by true, the diff is empty. This issue was found by the following Coccinelle semantic patch: @@ identifier f; constant C; typedef bool; @@ bool f (...){ <+... * return -C; ...+> } Signed-off-by: Peter Senna Tschudin Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Kan Liang Cc: Matt Fleming Cc: Milos Vyletel Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Steven Rostedt Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1442484533-19742-1-git-send-email-peter.senna@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo