kernel/git/stable/linux.git/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c, branch linux-3.5.y

perf stat: Fix default output file

2012-06-11T14:20:21+00:00

The following commit: commit 56f3bae70638b33477a6015fd362ccfe354fd3ee Author: Jim Cromie Date: Wed Sep 7 17:14:00 2011 -0600 perf stat: Add --log-fd option to redirect stderr elsewhere introduced a bug in the way perf stat outputs the results by default, i.e., without the --log-fd or --output option. It would default to writing to file descriptor 0, i.e., stdin. Writing to stdin is allowed and is equivalent to writing to stdout. However, there is a major difference for any script that was already capturing the output of perf stat via redirection: perf stat >/tmp/log .... or perf stat 2>/tmp/log .... They would not capture anything anymore. They would have to do: perf stat 0>/tmp/log ... This breaks compatibility with existing scripts and does not look very natural. This patch fixes the problem by looking at output_fd only when it was modified by user (> 0). It also checks that the value if positive. Passing --log-fd 0 is ignored. I would also argue that defaulting to stderr for the results is not the right thing to do, though this patch does not address this specific issue. Signed-off-by: Stephane Eranian Cc: David Ahern Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Jim Cromie Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20120515111111.GA9870@quad Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf stat: Initialize default events wrt exclude_{guest,host}

2012-05-30T17:02:38+00:00

When no event is specified the tools use perf_evlist__add_default(), that will call event_attr_init to initialize the KVM exclusion bits. When the change was made to the tools so that by default guest samples would be excluded, the changes were made just to the parsing routines and to perf_evlist__add_default(), not to perf_evlist__add_attrs, that is used so far just by perf stat to add multiple events, according to the level of detail specified. Recently the tools were changed to reconstruct the event name from all the details in perf_event_attr, not just from .type and .config, but taking into account all the feature bits (.exclude_{guest,host,user,kernel,etc}, .precise_ip, etc). That is when we noticed that the default for perf stat wasn't the one for the rest of the tools, i.e. the .exclude_guest bit wasn't being set. I.e. the default, that doesn't call event_attr_init was showing the :HG modifier: $ perf stat usleep 1 Performance counter stats for 'usleep 1': 0.942119 task-clock # 0.454 CPUs utilized 1 context-switches # 0.001 M/sec 0 CPU-migrations # 0.000 K/sec 126 page-faults # 0.134 M/sec 693,193 cycles:HG # 0.736 GHz [40.11%] 407,461 stalled-cycles-frontend:HG # 58.78% frontend cycles idle [72.29%] 365,403 stalled-cycles-backend:HG # 52.71% backend cycles idle 465,982 instructions:HG # 0.67 insns per cycle # 0.87 stalled cycles per insn 89,760 branches:HG # 95.275 M/sec 6,178 branch-misses:HG # 6.88% of all branches 0.002077228 seconds time elapsed While if one explicitely specifies the same events, which will make the parsing code to be called and thus event_attr_init is called: $ perf stat -e task-clock,context-switches,migrations,page-faults,cycles,stalled-cycles-frontend,stalled-cycles-backend,instructions,branches,branch-misses usleep 1 Performance counter stats for 'usleep 1': 1.040349 task-clock # 0.500 CPUs utilized 2 context-switches # 0.002 M/sec 0 CPU-migrations # 0.000 K/sec 127 page-faults # 0.122 M/sec 587,966 cycles # 0.565 GHz [13.18%] 459,167 stalled-cycles-frontend # 78.09% frontend cycles idle 390,249 stalled-cycles-backend # 66.37% backend cycles idle 504,006 instructions # 0.86 insns per cycle # 0.91 stalled cycles per insn 96,455 branches # 92.714 M/sec 6,522 branch-misses # 6.76% of all branches [96.12%] 0.002078681 seconds time elapsed Fix it by introducing a perf_evlist__add_default_attrs method that will call evlist_attr_init in all the perf_event_attr entries before adding the events. Reported-by: Ingo Molnar Cc: David Ahern Cc: Frederic Weisbecker Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Mike Galbraith Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Paul Mackerras Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Stephane Eranian Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-4eysr236r0pgiyum9epwxw7s@git.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

Merge remote-tracking branch 'tip/perf/urgent' into perf/core

2012-05-18T16:13:33+00:00

Merge reason: We are going to queue up a dependent patch: "perf tools: Move parse event automated tests to separated object" That depends on: commit e7c72d8 perf tools: Add 'G' and 'H' modifiers to event parsing Conflicts: tools/perf/builtin-stat.c Conflicted with the recent 'perf_target' patches when checking the result of perf_evsel open routines to see if a retry is needed to cope with older kernels where the exclude guest/host perf_event_attr bits were not used. Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf target: Rename functions to avoid double negation

2012-05-16T15:09:34+00:00

Rename perf_target__no_{cpu,task} to perf_target__has_{cpu,task} because it's more intuitive and easy to parse (for human beings) when used with negation. The names are came out from David Ahern. It is intended to be a mechanical substitution without any functional change. The perf_target__none remains unchanged since I couldn't find a right name and it is hardly used with negation. Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim Suggested-by: David Ahern Suggested-by: Ingo Molnar Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Paul Mackerras Cc: Peter Zijlstra Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1337161549-9870-1-git-send-email-namhyung.kim@lge.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf stat: handle ENXIO error for perf_event_open

2012-05-09T17:14:41+00:00

perf stat on PPC currently fails to run: $ perf stat -- sleep 1 Error: open_counter returned with 6 (No such device or address). /bin/dmesg may provide additional information. Fatal: Not all events could be opened. The problem is that until 2.6.37 (behavior changed with commit b0a873e) perf on PPC returns ENXIO when hw_perf_event_init() fails. With this patch we get the expected behavior: $ perf stat -v -- sleep 1 cycles event is not supported by the kernel. stalled-cycles-frontend event is not supported by the kernel. stalled-cycles-backend event is not supported by the kernel. instructions event is not supported by the kernel. branches event is not supported by the kernel. branch-misses event is not supported by the kernel. ... Signed-off-by: David Ahern Cc: Peter Zijlstra Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1336490956-57145-1-git-send-email-dsahern@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf stat: handle ENXIO error for perf_event_open

2012-05-09T14:58:48+00:00

perf stat: Use perf_evlist__create_maps

2012-05-07T20:52:22+00:00

Use same function with perf record and top to share the code checks combinations of different switches. Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim Reviewed-by: David Ahern Cc: David Ahern Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Paul Mackerras Cc: Peter Zijlstra Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1336367344-28071-8-git-send-email-namhyung.kim@lge.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf target: Consolidate target task/cpu checking

2012-05-07T20:52:05+00:00

There are places that check whether target task/cpu is given or not and some of them didn't check newly introduced uid or cpu list. Add and use three of helper functions to treat them properly. Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim Reviewed-by: David Ahern Cc: David Ahern Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Paul Mackerras Cc: Peter Zijlstra Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1336367344-28071-7-git-send-email-namhyung.kim@lge.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf tools: Introduce perf_target__validate() helper

2012-05-02T18:22:08+00:00

The perf_target__validate function is used to check given PID/TID/UID/CPU target options and warn if some combination is impossible. Also this can make some arguments of parse_target_uid() function useless as it is checked before the call via our new helper. Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim Reviewed-by: David Ahern Cc: David Ahern Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Paul Mackerras Cc: Peter Zijlstra Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1335417327-11796-5-git-send-email-namhyung.kim@lge.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf stat: Convert to struct perf_target

2012-05-02T18:19:17+00:00

Use struct perf_target as it is introduced by previous patch. This is a preparation of further changes. Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim Reviewed-by: David Ahern Cc: David Ahern Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Paul Mackerras Cc: Peter Zijlstra Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1335417327-11796-3-git-send-email-namhyung.kim@lge.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo