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authorArjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com>2009-09-12 09:52:47 +0400
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2009-09-19 13:42:10 +0400
commit393b2ad8c757ba3ccd2a99ca5bbcd6db4d3fa53d (patch)
tree8972e2e9647c814e71be74d37adb85b18e9c6732
parent929bf0d0156562ce631728b6fa53d68004d456d2 (diff)
downloadlinux-393b2ad8c757ba3ccd2a99ca5bbcd6db4d3fa53d.tar.xz
perf: Add a timestamp to fork events
perf timechart needs to know when a process forked, in order to be able to visualize properly when tasks start. This patch adds a time field to the event structure, and fills it in appropriately. Signed-off-by: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com> Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> LKML-Reference: <20090912130341.51ad2de2@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
-rw-r--r--include/linux/perf_counter.h2
-rw-r--r--kernel/perf_counter.c11
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/util/event.h1
3 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/perf_counter.h b/include/linux/perf_counter.h
index c7375f97aa19..bd341007c4fc 100644
--- a/include/linux/perf_counter.h
+++ b/include/linux/perf_counter.h
@@ -336,6 +336,7 @@ enum perf_event_type {
* struct perf_event_header header;
* u32 pid, ppid;
* u32 tid, ptid;
+ * u64 time;
* };
*/
PERF_EVENT_EXIT = 4,
@@ -356,6 +357,7 @@ enum perf_event_type {
* struct perf_event_header header;
* u32 pid, ppid;
* u32 tid, ptid;
+ * { u64 time; } && PERF_SAMPLE_TIME
* };
*/
PERF_EVENT_FORK = 7,
diff --git a/kernel/perf_counter.c b/kernel/perf_counter.c
index d013f4e89e9c..d5899b62b276 100644
--- a/kernel/perf_counter.c
+++ b/kernel/perf_counter.c
@@ -3083,6 +3083,7 @@ struct perf_task_event {
u32 ppid;
u32 tid;
u32 ptid;
+ u64 time;
} event;
};
@@ -3090,9 +3091,12 @@ static void perf_counter_task_output(struct perf_counter *counter,
struct perf_task_event *task_event)
{
struct perf_output_handle handle;
- int size = task_event->event.header.size;
+ int size;
struct task_struct *task = task_event->task;
- int ret = perf_output_begin(&handle, counter, size, 0, 0);
+ int ret;
+
+ size = task_event->event.header.size;
+ ret = perf_output_begin(&handle, counter, size, 0, 0);
if (ret)
return;
@@ -3103,7 +3107,10 @@ static void perf_counter_task_output(struct perf_counter *counter,
task_event->event.tid = perf_counter_tid(counter, task);
task_event->event.ptid = perf_counter_tid(counter, current);
+ task_event->event.time = perf_clock();
+
perf_output_put(&handle, task_event->event);
+
perf_output_end(&handle);
}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/event.h b/tools/perf/util/event.h
index 2495529cae7d..28a579f8fa8e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/event.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/event.h
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ struct fork_event {
struct perf_event_header header;
u32 pid, ppid;
u32 tid, ptid;
+ u64 time;
};
struct lost_event {