talos-op-linux/tools/perf/arch, branch v4.4.4

perf tests: Add Intel CQM test

2015-10-05T19:56:07+00:00

Peter reports that it's possible to trigger a WARN_ON_ONCE() in the Intel CQM code by combining a hardware event and an Intel CQM (software) event into a group. Unfortunately, the perf tools are not able to create this bundle and we need to manually construct a test case. For posterity, record Peter's proof of concept test case in tools/perf so that it presents a model for how we can perform architecture specific tests, or "arch tests", in perf in the future. The particular issue triggered in the test case is that when the counter for the hardware event overflows and triggers a PMI we'll read both the hardware event and the software event counters. Unfortunately, for CQM that involves performing an IPI to read the CQM event counters on all sockets, which in NMI context triggers the WARN_ON_ONCE(). Reported-by: Peter Zijlstra Signed-off-by: Matt Fleming Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Andi Kleen Cc: Fenghua Yu Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Kanaka Juvva Cc: Vikas Shivappa Cc: Vince Weaver Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1437490509-15373-1-git-send-email-matt@codeblueprint.co.uk Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-3p4ra0u8vzm7m289a1m799kf@git.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf tests: Move x86 tests into arch directory

2015-10-05T19:55:43+00:00

Move out the x86-specific tests into tools/perf/arch/x86/tests and define an 'arch_tests' array, which is the list of tests that only apply to the build architecture. We can also now begin to get rid of some of the #ifdef code that is present in the generic perf tests. Signed-off-by: Matt Fleming Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Andi Kleen Cc: Fenghua Yu Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Kanaka Juvva Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Vikas Shivappa Cc: Vince Weaver Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-9s68h4ptg06ah0lgnjz55mqn@git.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf tests: Add arch tests

2015-10-05T19:55:38+00:00

Tests that only make sense for some architectures currently live in the same place as the generic tests. Move out the x86-specific tests into tools/perf/arch/x86/tests and define an 'arch_tests' array, which is the list of tests that only apply to the build architecture. The main idea is to encourage developers to add arch tests to build out perf's test coverage, without dumping everything in tools/perf/tests. Signed-off-by: Matt Fleming Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Andi Kleen Cc: Fenghua Yu Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Kanaka Juvva Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Vikas Shivappa Cc: Vince Weaver Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-p4uc1c15ssbj8xj7ku5slpa6@git.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf tools: Introduce regs_query_register_offset() for x86

2015-09-15T12:48:33+00:00

regs_query_register_offset() is a helper function which converts register name like "%rax" to offset of a register in 'struct pt_regs', which is required by BPF prologue generator. Since the function is identical, try to reuse the code in arch/x86/kernel/ptrace.c. Comment inside dwarf-regs.c list the differences between this implementation and kernel code. get_arch_regstr() switches to regoffset_table and the old string table is dropped. Signed-off-by: He Kuang Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu Cc: Alexei Starovoitov Cc: Brendan Gregg Cc: Daniel Borkmann Cc: David Ahern Cc: He Kuang Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Kaixu Xia Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Paul Mackerras Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Zefan Li Cc: pi3orama@163.com Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1441523623-152703-20-git-send-email-wangnan0@huawei.com Signed-off-by: Wang Nan Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf env: Rename some leftovers from rename to perf_env

2015-09-14T15:50:20+00:00

In ce80d3bef9ff ("perf tools: Rename perf_session_env to perf_env") we forgot to rename a few functions to the "perf_env" prefix, do it now. Tested-by: Wang Nan Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Borislav Petkov Cc: David Ahern Cc: Frederic Weisbecker Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Kan Liang Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Stephane Eranian Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-b3ui3z6ock89z1814pu2er98@git.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf intel-pt: Add support for PERF_RECORD_SWITCH

2015-09-04T15:01:05+00:00

Add support for selecting and processing PERF_RECORD_SWITCH events for use by Intel PT. If they are available, they will be used in preference to sched_switch events. This enables an unprivileged user to trace multi-threaded or multi-process workloads with any level of perf_event_paranoid. However it depends on kernel support for PERF_RECORD_SWITCH. Without this patch, tracing a multi-threaded workload will decode without error but all the data will be attributed to the main thread. Without this patch, tracing a multi-process workload will result in decoder errors because the decoder will not know which executable is executing. Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter Cc: Jiri Olsa Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1439458857-30636-3-git-send-email-adrian.hunter@intel.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf tools: Fix link time error with sample_reg_masks on non x86

2015-09-01T16:04:41+00:00

This patch makes perf compile on non x86 platforms by defining a weak symbol for sample_reg_masks[] in util/perf_regs.c. The patch also moves the REG() and REG_END() macros into the util/per_regs.h header file. The macros are renamed to SMPL_REG/SMPL_REG_END to avoid clashes with other header files. Signed-off-by: Stephane Eranian Acked-by: Jiri Olsa Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Andi Kleen Cc: David Ahern Cc: Kan Liang Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Peter Zijlstra Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1441099814-26783-1-git-send-email-eranian@google.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf dwarf: Fix potential array out of bounds access

2015-09-01T14:33:48+00:00

There is a problem in the dwarf-regs.c files for sh, sparc and x86 where it is possible to make an out-of-bounds array access when searching for register names. This patch fixes it by replacing '<=' to '<', so when register (number == XXX_MAX_REGS), get_arch_regstr() will return NULL. Signed-off-by: Wang Nan Reviewed-by: Matt Fleming Acked-by: Jiri Olsa Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu Cc: David S. Miller Cc: Zefan Li Cc: pi3orama@huawei.com Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1441078184-105038-1-git-send-email-wangnan0@huawei.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf/x86: Add list of register names

2015-08-31T20:56:37+00:00

This patch adds a way to locate a register identifier (PERF_X86_REG_*) based on its name, e.g., AX. This will be used by a subsequent patch to improved flexibility of perf record. Signed-off-by: Stephane Eranian Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Andi Kleen Cc: David Ahern Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Kan Liang Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Peter Zijlstra Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1441039273-16260-3-git-send-email-eranian@google.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf tools: Rename perf_session_env to perf_env

2015-08-28T17:53:55+00:00

As it is not necessarily tied to a perf.data file and needs using in places where a perf_session is not required. Suggested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Signed-off-by: Kan Liang Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Andi Kleen Cc: Andy Lutomirski Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Mark Rutland Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Stephane Eranian Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1440755289-30939-4-git-send-email-kan.liang@intel.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo