linux/kernel/trace/trace_event_perf.c, branch v3.7-rc7

Merge tag 'perf-core-for-mingo' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/acme/linux into perf/core

2012-08-21T09:27:00Z

Pull perf/core improvements and fixes from Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo: * Fix include order for bison/flex-generated C files, from Ben Hutchings * Build fixes and documentation corrections from David Ahern * Group parsing support, from Jiri Olsa * UI/gtk refactorings and improvements from Namhyung Kim * NULL deref fix for perf script, from Namhyung Kim * Assorted cleanups from Robert Richter * Let O= makes handle relative paths, from Steven Rostedt * perf script python fixes, from Feng Tang. * Improve 'perf lock' error message when the needed tracepoints are not present, from David Ahern. * Initial bash completion support, from Frederic Weisbecker * Allow building without libelf, from Namhyung Kim. * Support DWARF CFI based unwind to have callchains when %bp based unwinding is not possible, from Jiri Olsa. * Symbol resolution fixes, while fixing support PPC64 files with an .opt ELF section was the end goal, several fixes for code that handles all architectures and cleanups are included, from Cody Schafer. * Add a description for the JIT interface, from Andi Kleen. * Assorted fixes for Documentation and build in 32 bit, from Robert Richter * Add support for non-tracepoint events in perf script python, from Feng Tang * Cache the libtraceevent event_format associated to each evsel early, so that we avoid relookups, i.e. calling pevent_find_event repeatedly when processing tracepoint events. [ This is to reduce the surface contact with libtraceevents and make clear what is that the perf tools needs from that lib: so far parsing the common and per event fields. ] Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

perf/trace: Add ability to set a target task for events

2012-07-31T15:02:05Z

A few events are interesting not only for a current task. For example, sched_stat_* events are interesting for a task which wakes up. For this reason, it will be good if such events will be delivered to a target task too. Now a target task can be set by using __perf_task(). The original idea and a draft patch belongs to Peter Zijlstra. I need these events for profiling sleep times. sched_switch is used for getting callchains and sched_stat_* is used for getting time periods. These events are combined in user space, then it can be analyzed by perf tools. Inspired-by: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Steven Rostedt Cc: Paul Mackerras Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Cc: Steven Rostedt Cc: Arun Sharma Signed-off-by: Andrew Vagin Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1342016098-213063-1-git-send-email-avagin@openvz.org Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

ftrace: Return pt_regs to function trace callback

2012-07-19T17:18:49Z

Return as the 4th paramater to the function tracer callback the pt_regs. Later patches that implement regs passing for the architectures will require having the ftrace_ops set the SAVE_REGS flag, which will tell the arch to take the time to pass a full set of pt_regs to the ftrace_ops callback function. If the arch does not support it then it should pass NULL. If an arch can pass full regs, then it should define: ARCH_SUPPORTS_FTRACE_SAVE_REGS to 1 Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20120702201821.019966811@goodmis.org Reviewed-by: Masami Hiramatsu Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt

ftrace: Pass ftrace_ops as third parameter to function trace callback

2012-07-19T17:17:35Z

Currently the function trace callback receives only the ip and parent_ip of the function that it traced. It would be more powerful to also return the ops that registered the function as well. This allows the same function to act differently depending on what ftrace_ops registered it. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20120612225424.267254552@goodmis.org Reviewed-by: Masami Hiramatsu Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt

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