linux/kernel/trace/trace_event_perf.c, branch v3.4-rc2

ftrace, perf: Add filter support for function trace event

2012-02-21T16:08:30Z

Adding support to filter function trace event via perf interface. It is now possible to use filter interface in the perf tool like: perf record -e ftrace:function --filter="(ip == mm_*)" ls The filter syntax is restricted to the the 'ip' field only, and following operators are accepted '==' '!=' '||', ending up with the filter strings like: ip == f1[, ]f2 ... || ip != f3[, ]f4 ... with comma ',' or space ' ' as a function separator. If the space ' ' is used as a separator, the right side of the assignment needs to be enclosed in double quotes '"', e.g.: perf record -e ftrace:function --filter '(ip == do_execve,sys_*,ext*)' ls perf record -e ftrace:function --filter '(ip == "do_execve,sys_*,ext*")' ls perf record -e ftrace:function --filter '(ip == "do_execve sys_* ext*")' ls The '==' operator adds trace filter with same effect as would be added via set_ftrace_filter file. The '!=' operator adds trace filter with same effect as would be added via set_ftrace_notrace file. The right side of the '!=', '==' operators is list of functions or regexp. to be added to filter separated by space. The '||' operator is used for connecting multiple filter definitions together. It is possible to have more than one '==' and '!=' operators within one filter string. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1329317514-8131-8-git-send-email-jolsa@redhat.com Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt

ftrace, perf: Add support to use function tracepoint in perf

2012-02-21T16:08:27Z

Adding perf registration support for the ftrace function event, so it is now possible to register it via perf interface. The perf_event struct statically contains ftrace_ops as a handle for function tracer. The function tracer is registered/unregistered in open/close actions. To be efficient, we enable/disable ftrace_ops each time the traced process is scheduled in/out (via TRACE_REG_PERF_(ADD|DELL) handlers). This way tracing is enabled only when the process is running. Intentionally using this way instead of the event's hw state PERF_HES_STOPPED, which would not disable the ftrace_ops. It is now possible to use function trace within perf commands like: perf record -e ftrace:function ls perf stat -e ftrace:function ls Allowed only for root. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1329317514-8131-6-git-send-email-jolsa@redhat.com Acked-by: Frederic Weisbecker Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt

ftrace, perf: Add add/del tracepoint perf registration actions

2012-02-21T16:08:25Z

Adding TRACE_REG_PERF_ADD and TRACE_REG_PERF_DEL to handle perf event schedule in/out actions. The add action is invoked for when the perf event is scheduled in, while the del action is invoked when the event is scheduled out. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1329317514-8131-4-git-send-email-jolsa@redhat.com Acked-by: Frederic Weisbecker Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt

ftrace, perf: Add open/close tracepoint perf registration actions

2012-02-21T16:08:24Z

Adding TRACE_REG_PERF_OPEN and TRACE_REG_PERF_CLOSE to differentiate register/unregister from open/close actions. The register/unregister actions are invoked for the first/last tracepoint user when opening/closing the event. The open/close actions are invoked for each tracepoint user when opening/closing the event. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1329317514-8131-3-git-send-email-jolsa@redhat.com Acked-by: Frederic Weisbecker Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt

tracing: New flag to allow non privileged users to use a trace event

2010-11-18T13:37:40Z

This adds a new trace event internal flag that allows them to be used in perf by non privileged users in case of task bound tracing. This is desired for syscalls tracepoint because they don't leak global system informations, like some other tracepoints. Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Cc: Thomas Gleixner Cc: Steven Rostedt Cc: Li Zefan Cc: Jason Baron

perf: Rework the PMU methods

2010-09-09T18:46:30Z

Replace pmu::{enable,disable,start,stop,unthrottle} with pmu::{add,del,start,stop}, all of which take a flags argument. The new interface extends the capability to stop a counter while keeping it scheduled on the PMU. We replace the throttled state with the generic stopped state. This also allows us to efficiently stop/start counters over certain code paths (like IRQ handlers). It also allows scheduling a counter without it starting, allowing for a generic frozen state (useful for rotating stopped counters). The stopped state is implemented in two different ways, depending on how the architecture implemented the throttled state: 1) We disable the counter: a) the pmu has per-counter enable bits, we flip that b) we program a NOP event, preserving the counter state 2) We store the counter state and ignore all read/overflow events Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra Cc: paulus Cc: stephane eranian Cc: Robert Richter Cc: Will Deacon Cc: Paul Mundt Cc: Frederic Weisbecker Cc: Cyrill Gorcunov Cc: Lin Ming Cc: Yanmin Cc: Deng-Cheng Zhu Cc: David Miller Cc: Michael Cree LKML-Reference: Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

Merge branch 'perf/urgent' into perf/core

2010-09-09T18:40:08Z

Merge reason: Pick up pending fixes before applying dependent new changes. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

perf, trace: Fix module leak

2010-09-09T18:38:51Z

Commit 1c024eca (perf, trace: Optimize tracepoints by using per-tracepoint-per-cpu hlist to track events) caused a module refcount leak. Reported-And-Tested-by: Avi Kivity Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra LKML-Reference: <4C7E1F12.8030304@cn.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

perf, tracing: add missing __percpu markups

2010-08-18T23:33:05Z

ftrace_event_call->perf_events, perf_trace_buf, fgraph_data->cpu_data and some local variables are percpu pointers missing __percpu markups. Add them. Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim Acked-by: Tejun Heo Cc: Steven Rostedt Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Cc: Paul Mackerras Cc: Stephane Eranian LKML-Reference: <1281498479-28551-1-git-send-email-namhyung@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker

perf: Humanize the number of contexts

2010-08-18T23:32:53Z

Instead of hardcoding the number of contexts for the recursions barriers, define a cpp constant to make the code more self-explanatory. Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Cc: Paul Mackerras Cc: Stephane Eranian