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2011-07-05perf report/annotate/script: Add option to specify a CPU rangeAnton Blanchard1-0/+6
Add an option to perf report/annotate/script to specify which CPUs to operate on. This enables us to take a single system wide profile and analyse each CPU (or group of CPUs) in isolation. This was useful when profiling a multiprocess workload where the bottleneck was on one CPU but this was hidden in the overall profile. Per process and per thread breakdowns didn't help because multiple processes were running on each CPU and no single process consumed an entire CPU. The patch converts the list of CPUs returned by cpu_map__new into a bitmap for fast lookup. I wanted to use -C to be consistent with perf top/record/stat, but unfortunately perf report already uses -C <comms>. v2: Incorporate suggestions from David Ahern: - Added -c to perf script - Check that SAMPLE_CPU is set when -c is used - Update documentation v3: Create perf_session__cpu_bitmap() Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard <anton@samba.org> Acked-by: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com> Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@ghostprotocols.net> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20110704215750.11647eb9@kryten Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2011-06-02perf script: Add printing of sample addressDavid Ahern1-2/+2
Resolve to a function or variable if possible and if the sym option is enabled. Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1306782503-22002-1-git-send-email-dsahern@gmail.com Signed-off-by: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2011-06-02perf script: Make printing of dso a separate field optionDavid Ahern1-1/+1
The 'sym' option displays both the function name and the DSO it comes from. Split the display of the dso into a separate option. This allows display of the ip address and symbol without the dso, thus shortening line lengths - and decluttering the output a bit. Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1306528124-25861-3-git-send-email-dsahern@gmail.com Signed-off-by: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2011-06-02perf script: "sym" field really means show IP dataDavid Ahern1-5/+5
Currently the "sym" output field is used to dump instruction pointers and callchain stack. Sample addresses can also be converted to symbols, so the meaning of "sym" needs to be fixed. This patch adds an "ip" option and if it is selected the user can also opt to dump symbols for them. If the user opts to dump IP without syms only the address is shown. Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1306528124-25861-2-git-send-email-dsahern@gmail.com Signed-off-by: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2011-03-30perf script: Add more documentation about the -f/--fields parametersArnaldo Carvalho de Melo1-2/+50
Using the commit log for 2c9e45f. Cc: David Ahern <daahern@cisco.com> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com> Cc: Tom Zanussi <tzanussi@gmail.com> LKML-Reference: <new-submission> Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2011-03-14perf script: Add support for H/W and S/W eventsDavid Ahern1-1/+4
Custom fields set for each type by prepending field argument with type. For file with multiple event types (e.g., trace and S/W) display of an event type suppressed by setting output fields to "". e.g., perf record -ga -e sched:sched_switch -e cpu-clock -c 10000000 -R -- sleep 1 perf script openssl 11496 [000] 9711.807107: cpu-clock-msecs: ffffffff810c22dc arch_local_irq_restore ([kernel.kallsyms]) ffffffff810c518c __alloc_pages_nodemask ([kernel.kallsyms]) ffffffff810297b2 pte_alloc_one ([kernel.kallsyms]) ffffffff810d8b98 __pte_alloc ([kernel.kallsyms]) ffffffff810daf07 handle_mm_fault ([kernel.kallsyms]) ffffffff8138763a do_page_fault ([kernel.kallsyms]) ffffffff81384a65 page_fault ([kernel.kallsyms]) 7f6130507d70 asn1_check_tlen (/lib64/libcrypto.so.1.0.0c) 0 () openssl 11496 [000] 9711.808042: sched_switch: prev_comm=openssl ... kworker/0:0 4 [000] 9711.808067: sched_switch: prev_comm=kworker/... swapper 0 [001] 9711.808090: sched_switch: prev_comm=kworker/... sshd 11451 [001] 9711.808185: sched_switch: prev_comm=sshd pre... swapper 0 [001] 9711.816155: cpu-clock-msecs: ffffffff81023609 native_safe_halt ([kernel.kallsyms]) ffffffff8100132a cpu_idle ([kernel.kallsyms]) ffffffff8137cf9b start_secondary ([kernel.kallsyms]) openssl 11496 [000] 9711.817104: cpu-clock-msecs: 7f61304ad723 AES_cbc_encrypt (/lib64/libcrypto.so.1.0.0c) 7fff3402f950 () 12f0debc9a785634 () swapper 0 [001] 9711.826155: cpu-clock-msecs: ffffffff81023609 native_safe_halt ([kernel.kallsyms]) ffffffff8100132a cpu_idle ([kernel.kallsyms]) ffffffff8137cf9b start_secondary ([kernel.kallsyms]) To suppress trace events within the file and use default output for S/W events: perf script -f trace: or to suppress S/W events and do default display for trace events: perf script -f sw: Custom field selections: perf script -f sw:comm,tid,time -f trace:time,trace openssl 11496 9711.797162: swapper 0 9711.807071: openssl 11496 9711.807107: 9711.808042: prev_comm=openssl prev_pid=11496 prev_prio=120 prev_state=R ... 9711.808067: prev_comm=kworker/0:0 prev_pid=4 prev_prio=120 prev_state=S ... 9711.808090: prev_comm=kworker/0:0 prev_pid=0 prev_prio=120 prev_state=R ... 9711.808185: prev_comm=sshd prev_pid=11451 prev_prio=120 prev_state=S ==>... swapper 0 9711.816155: openssl 11496 9711.817104: swapper 0 9711.826155: Acked-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> LKML-Reference: <1299734608-5223-7-git-send-email-daahern@cisco.com> Signed-off-by: David Ahern <daahern@cisco.com> Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2011-03-14perf script: Add support for dumping symbolsDavid Ahern1-1/+15
Add option to dump symbols found in events. e.g., perf script -f comm,pid,tid,time,trace,sym swapper 0/0 537.037184: prev_comm=swapper prev_pid=0 prev_prio=120... ffffffff81030350 perf_trace_sched_switch ([kernel.kallsyms]) ffffffff81382ac5 schedule ([kernel.kallsyms]) ffffffff8100134a cpu_idle ([kernel.kallsyms]) ffffffff81370b39 rest_init ([kernel.kallsyms]) ffffffff81696c23 start_kernel ([kernel.kallsyms].init.text) ffffffff816962af x86_64_start_reservations ([kernel.kallsyms].init.text) ffffffff816963b9 x86_64_start_kernel ([kernel.kallsyms].init.text) sshd 1675/1675 537.037309: prev_comm=sshd prev_pid=1675 prev_prio=120... ffffffff81030350 perf_trace_sched_switch ([kernel.kallsyms]) ffffffff81382ac5 schedule ([kernel.kallsyms]) ffffffff813837aa schedule_hrtimeout_range_clock ([kernel.kallsyms]) ffffffff81383886 schedule_hrtimeout_range ([kernel.kallsyms]) ffffffff8110c4f9 poll_schedule_timeout ([kernel.kallsyms]) ffffffff8110cd20 do_select ([kernel.kallsyms]) ffffffff8110ced8 core_sys_select ([kernel.kallsyms]) ffffffff8110d00d sys_select ([kernel.kallsyms]) ffffffff81002bc2 system_call ([kernel.kallsyms]) 7f1647e56e93 __GI_select (/lib64/libc-2.12.90.so) netstat 1692/1692 537.038664: prev_comm=netstat prev_pid=1692 prev_prio=... ffffffff81030350 perf_trace_sched_switch ([kernel.kallsyms]) ffffffff81382ac5 schedule ([kernel.kallsyms]) ffffffff81002c3a sysret_careful ([kernel.kallsyms]) 7f7a6cd1b210 __GI___libc_read (/lib64/libc-2.12.90.so) Acked-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> LKML-Reference: <1299734608-5223-6-git-send-email-daahern@cisco.com> Signed-off-by: David Ahern <daahern@cisco.com> Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2011-03-14perf script: Support custom field selection for outputDavid Ahern1-0/+5
Allow a user to select which fields to print to stdout for event data. Options include comm (command name), tid (thread id), pid (process id), time (perf timestamp), cpu, event (for event name), and trace (for trace data). Default is set to maintain compatibility with current output; this feature does alter output format slightly -- no '-' between command and pid/tid. Thanks to Frederic Weisbecker for detailed suggestions on this approach. Examples (output compressed) 1. trace, default format perf record -ga -e sched:sched_switch perf script swapper 0 [000] 537.037184: sched_switch: prev_comm=swapper prev_pid=0... sshd 1675 [000] 537.037309: sched_switch: prev_comm=sshd prev_pid=1675... netstat 1692 [001] 537.038664: sched_switch: prev_comm=netstat prev_pid=1692... 2. trace, custom format perf record -ga -e sched:sched_switch perf script -f comm,pid,time,trace <--- omitting cpu and event name swapper 0 537.037184: prev_comm=swapper prev_pid=0 prev_prio=120 ... sshd 1675 537.037309: prev_comm=sshd prev_pid=1675 prev_prio=120 ... netstat 1692 537.038664: prev_comm=netstat prev_pid=1692 prev_prio=120 ... Acked-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> LKML-Reference: <1299734608-5223-5-git-send-email-daahern@cisco.com> Signed-off-by: David Ahern <daahern@cisco.com> Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2010-12-02Merge branch 'perf/core' of ↵Ingo Molnar1-0/+7
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/acme/linux-2.6 into perf/core
2010-11-16perf: Rename 'perf trace' to 'perf script'Ingo Molnar1-0/+111
Free the perf trace name space and rename the trace to 'script' which is a better match for the scripting engine. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>