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authorAndi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>2018-09-20 21:05:36 +0300
committerArnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>2018-10-24 21:29:50 +0300
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parent76099f98aea4606f7c96b8d2366b46840529d08f (diff)
downloadlinux-b585ebdb5912cf1438d4822f79aaebe36a2d123a.tar.xz
perf script: Add --insn-trace for instruction decoding
Add a --insn-trace short hand option for decoding and disassembling instruction streams for intel_pt. This automatically pipes the output into the xed disassembler to generate disassembled instructions. This just makes this use model much nicer to use. Before % perf record -e intel_pt// ... % perf script --itrace=i0ns --ns -F +insn,-event,-period | xed -F insn: -A -64 swapper 0 [000] 17276.429606186: ffffffff81010486 pt_config ([kernel.kallsyms]) nopl %eax, (%rax,%rax,1) swapper 0 [000] 17276.429606186: ffffffff8101048b pt_config ([kernel.kallsyms]) add $0x10, %rsp swapper 0 [000] 17276.429606186: ffffffff8101048f pt_config ([kernel.kallsyms]) popq %rbx swapper 0 [000] 17276.429606186: ffffffff81010490 pt_config ([kernel.kallsyms]) popq %rbp swapper 0 [000] 17276.429606186: ffffffff81010491 pt_config ([kernel.kallsyms]) popq %r12 swapper 0 [000] 17276.429606186: ffffffff81010493 pt_config ([kernel.kallsyms]) popq %r13 swapper 0 [000] 17276.429606186: ffffffff81010495 pt_config ([kernel.kallsyms]) popq %r14 swapper 0 [000] 17276.429606186: ffffffff81010497 pt_config ([kernel.kallsyms]) popq %r15 swapper 0 [000] 17276.429606186: ffffffff81010499 pt_config ([kernel.kallsyms]) retq swapper 0 [000] 17276.429606186: ffffffff8101063e pt_event_add ([kernel.kallsyms]) cmpl $0x1, 0x1b0(%rbx) swapper 0 [000] 17276.429606186: ffffffff81010645 pt_event_add ([kernel.kallsyms]) mov $0xffffffea, %eax swapper 0 [000] 17276.429606186: ffffffff8101064a pt_event_add ([kernel.kallsyms]) mov $0x0, %edx swapper 0 [000] 17276.429606186: ffffffff8101064f pt_event_add ([kernel.kallsyms]) popq %rbx swapper 0 [000] 17276.429606186: ffffffff81010650 pt_event_add ([kernel.kallsyms]) cmovnz %edx, %eax swapper 0 [000] 17276.429606186: ffffffff81010653 pt_event_add ([kernel.kallsyms]) jmp 0xffffffff81010635 swapper 0 [000] 17276.429606186: ffffffff81010635 pt_event_add ([kernel.kallsyms]) retq swapper 0 [000] 17276.429606186: ffffffff8115e687 event_sched_in.isra.107 ([kernel.kallsyms]) test %eax, %eax Now: % perf record -e intel_pt// ... % perf script --insn-trace --xed ... same output ... XED needs to be installed with: $ git clone https://github.com/intelxed/mbuild.git mbuild $ git clone https://github.com/intelxed/xed $ cd xed $ ./mfile.py $ ./mfile.py examples $ sudo ./mfile.py --prefix=/usr/local install $ sudo cp obj/examples/xed /usr/local/bin $ xed | head -3 ERROR: required argument(s) were missing Copyright (C) 2017, Intel Corporation. All rights reserved. XED version: [v10.0-328-g7d62c8c49b7b] $ Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com> Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> Acked-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180920180540.14039-2-andi@firstfloor.org [ Fixed up whitespace damage, added the 'mfile.py examples + cp obj/examples/xed ... ] Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
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diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt
index afdafe2110a1..00c655ab4968 100644
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+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt
@@ -383,6 +383,13 @@ include::itrace.txt[]
will be printed. Each entry has function name and file/line. Enabled by
default, disable with --no-inline.
+--insn-trace::
+ Show instruction stream for intel_pt traces. Combine with --xed to
+ show disassembly.
+
+--xed::
+ Run xed disassembler on output. Requires installing the xed disassembler.
+
SEE ALSO
--------
linkperf:perf-record[1], linkperf:perf-script-perl[1],