perf record: Add support for sampling taken branch

This patch adds a new option to enable taken branch stack
sampling, i.e., leverage the PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_STACK feature
of perf_events.

There is a new option to active this mode: -b.
It is possible to pass a set of filters to select the type of
branches to sample.

The following filters are available:

 - any : any type of branches
 - any_call : any function call or system call
 - any_ret : any function return or system call return
 - any_ind : any indirect branch
 - u:  only when the branch target is at the user level
 - k: only when the branch target is in the kernel
 - hv: only when the branch target is in the hypervisor

Filters can be combined by passing a comma separated list
to the option:

$ perf record -b any_call,u -e cycles:u branchy

Signed-off-by: Roberto Agostino Vitillo <ravitillo@lbl.gov>
Signed-off-by: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Cc: peterz@infradead.org
Cc: acme@redhat.com
Cc: robert.richter@amd.com
Cc: ming.m.lin@intel.com
Cc: andi@firstfloor.org
Cc: asharma@fb.com
Cc: vweaver1@eecs.utk.edu
Cc: khandual@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Cc: dsahern@gmail.com
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1328826068-11713-13-git-send-email-eranian@google.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

1 files changed, 74 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index 75d230fef202..1c49d4e8767c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -638,6 +638,77 @@ out_delete_session:
 	return err;
 }
 
+#define BRANCH_OPT(n, m) \
+	{ .name = n, .mode = (m) }
+
+#define BRANCH_END { .name = NULL }
+
+struct branch_mode {
+	const char *name;
+	int mode;
+};
+
+static const struct branch_mode branch_modes[] = {
+	BRANCH_OPT("u", PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_USER),
+	BRANCH_OPT("k", PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_KERNEL),
+	BRANCH_OPT("hv", PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_HV),
+	BRANCH_OPT("any", PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_ANY),
+	BRANCH_OPT("any_call", PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_ANY_CALL),
+	BRANCH_OPT("any_ret", PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_ANY_RETURN),
+	BRANCH_OPT("ind_call", PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_IND_CALL),
+	BRANCH_END
+};
+
+static int
+parse_branch_stack(const struct option *opt, const char *str, int unset __used)
+{
+#define ONLY_PLM \
+	(PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_USER	|\
+	 PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_KERNEL	|\
+	 PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_HV)
+
+	uint64_t *mode = (uint64_t *)opt->value;
+	const struct branch_mode *br;
+	char *s, *os, *p;
+	int ret = -1;
+
+	*mode = 0;
+
+	/* because str is read-only */
+	s = os = strdup(str);
+	if (!s)
+		return -1;
+
+	for (;;) {
+		p = strchr(s, ',');
+		if (p)
+			*p = '\0';
+
+		for (br = branch_modes; br->name; br++) {
+			if (!strcasecmp(s, br->name))
+				break;
+		}
+		if (!br->name)
+			goto error;
+
+		*mode |= br->mode;
+
+		if (!p)
+			break;
+
+		s = p + 1;
+	}
+	ret = 0;
+
+	if ((*mode & ~ONLY_PLM) == 0) {
+		error("need at least one branch type with -b\n");
+		ret = -1;
+	}
+error:
+	free(os);
+	return ret;
+}
+
 static const char * const record_usage[] = {
 	"perf record [<options>] [<command>]",
 	"perf record [<options>] -- <command> [<options>]",
@@ -727,6 +798,9 @@ const struct option record_options[] = {
 		     "monitor event in cgroup name only",
 		     parse_cgroups),
 	OPT_STRING('u', "uid", &record.uid_str, "user", "user to profile"),
+	OPT_CALLBACK('b', "branch-stack", &record.opts.branch_stack,
+		     "branch mode mask", "branch stack sampling modes",
+		     parse_branch_stack),
 	OPT_END()
 };