perf tools: Add possibility to specify mmap size

Adding possibility to specify mmap size via -m/--mmap-pages
by appending unit size character (B/K/M/G) to the
number, like:
$ perf record -m 8K ls

perf tools: Add possibility to specify mmap size

Adding possibility to specify mmap size via -m/--mmap-pages
by appending unit size character (B/K/M/G) to the
number, like:
$ perf record -m 8K ls
$ perf record -m 2M ls

The size is rounded up appropriately to follow perf
mmap restrictions.

If no unit is specified the number provides pages as
of now, like:
$ perf record -m 8 ls

Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Corey Ashford <cjashfor@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1378031796-17892-3-git-send-email-jolsa@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>

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tools/perf: Add support for record transaction flags

Add support for recording and displaying the transaction flags.
They are essentially a new sort key. Also display them
in a nice way to the user.

tools/perf: Add support for record transaction flags

Add support for recording and displaying the transaction flags.
They are essentially a new sort key. Also display them
in a nice way to the user.

Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Acked-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1379688044-14173-6-git-send-email-andi@firstfloor.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>

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tools/perf/record: Add abort_tx,no_tx,in_tx branch filter options to perf record -j

Make perf record -j aware of the new in_tx,no_tx,abort_tx branch qualifiers.

Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.

tools/perf/record: Add abort_tx,no_tx,in_tx branch filter options to perf record -j

Make perf record -j aware of the new in_tx,no_tx,abort_tx branch qualifiers.

Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Acked-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1379688044-14173-5-git-send-email-andi@firstfloor.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>

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perf record: Remove -f/--force option

It no longer have any affect on the processing and is marked as obsolete
anyway.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com

perf record: Remove -f/--force option

It no longer have any affect on the processing and is marked as obsolete
anyway.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Corey Ashford <cjashfor@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-tvwyspiqr4getzfib2lw06ty@git.kernel.org
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1372307120-737-1-git-send-email-namhyung@kernel.org
[ combined patch removing the -f usage in various sub-commands, such as 'perf sched', etc, by Namhyung Kim ]
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>

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perf record: Remove -A/--append option

It's no longer working and needed.

Quite straightforward discussion/vote was in here:
http://marc.info/?t=137028288300004&r=1&w=2

Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <j

perf record: Remove -A/--append option

It's no longer working and needed.

Quite straightforward discussion/vote was in here:
http://marc.info/?t=137028288300004&r=1&w=2

Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Corey Ashford <cjashfor@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-8fgdva12hl8w3xzzpsvvg7nx@git.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>

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perf tools: Add support for weight v7 (modified)

perf record has a new option -W that enables weightened sampling.

Add sorting support in top/report for the average weight per sample and the
total

perf tools: Add support for weight v7 (modified)

perf record has a new option -W that enables weightened sampling.

Add sorting support in top/report for the average weight per sample and the
total weight sum. This allows to both compare relative cost per event
and the total cost over the measurement period.

Add the necessary glue to perf report, record and the library.

v2: Merge with new hist refactoring.
v3: Fix manpage. Remove value check.
Rename global_weight to weight and weight to local_weight.
v4: Readd sort keys to manpage
v5: Move weight to end
v6: Move weight to template
v7: Rename weight key.

Original patch from Andi modified by Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
to include ONLY the weight supporting code and apply to pristine 3.8.0-rc4.

Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung.kim@lge.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1359040242-8269-6-git-send-email-eranian@google.com
[ committer note: changed to cope with fc5871ed and the hists_link perf test entry ]
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>

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treewide: Fix typos in various drivers

Fix typos in printk within various drivers.

Signed-off-by: Masanari Iida <standby24x7@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>

perf record: Fix documentation for branch stack sampling

Signed-off-by: Anshuman Khandual <khandual@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@

perf record: Fix documentation for branch stack sampling

Signed-off-by: Anshuman Khandual <khandual@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/4FB60C7A.2080508@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>

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perf record: Provide default branch stack sampling mode option

This patch chanegs the logic of the -b, --branch-stack options
of perf record.

Based on users' request, the patch provides a default f

perf record: Provide default branch stack sampling mode option

This patch chanegs the logic of the -b, --branch-stack options
of perf record.

Based on users' request, the patch provides a default filter
mode with the -b (or --branch-any) option. With the option,
any type of taken branches is sampled.

With -j (or --branch-filter), the user can specify any
valid combination of branch types and privilege levels
if supported by the underlying hardware.

The -b (--branch any) is a shortcut for: --branch-filter any.

$ perf record -b foo

or:

$ perf record --branch-filter any foo

For more specific filtering:

$ perf record --branch-filter ind_call,u foo

Signed-off-by: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Cc: peterz@infradead.org
Cc: acme@redhat.com
Cc: asharma@fb.com
Cc: ravitillo@lbl.gov
Cc: vweaver1@eecs.utk.edu
Cc: khandual@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Cc: dsahern@gmail.com
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1331246868-19905-2-git-send-email-eranian@google.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

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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

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>

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perf tools: Allow multiple threads or processes in record, stat, top

Allow a user to collect events for multiple threads or processes
using a comma separated list.

e.g., collect data on a VM and it

perf tools: Allow multiple threads or processes in record, stat, top

Allow a user to collect events for multiple threads or processes
using a comma separated list.

e.g., collect data on a VM and its vhost thread:
perf top -p 21483,21485
perf stat -p 21483,21485 -ddd
perf record -p 21483,21485

or monitoring vcpu threads
perf top -t 21488,21489
perf stat -t 21488,21489 -ddd
perf record -t 21488,21489

Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1328718772-16688-1-git-send-email-dsahern@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>

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perf tools: Introduce per user view

The new --uid command line option will show only the tasks for a given
user, using the proc interface to figure out the existing tasks.

Kernel work is needed to

perf tools: Introduce per user view

The new --uid command line option will show only the tasks for a given
user, using the proc interface to figure out the existing tasks.

Kernel work is needed to close races at startup, but this should already
be useful in many use cases.

Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-bdnspm000gw2l984a2t53o8z@git.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>

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perf: builtin-record: Document and check that mmap_pages must be a power of two.

Now that we automatically point users at it, let's provide them some
guidance so that they hopefully don't just get m

perf: builtin-record: Document and check that mmap_pages must be a power of two.

Now that we automatically point users at it, let's provide them some
guidance so that they hopefully don't just get mysterious EINVAL's
from the kernel.

Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1324301972-22740-4-git-send-email-nelhage@nelhage.com
Signed-off-by: Nelson Elhage <nelhage@nelhage.com>
[ committer note: Made it work after 50a682c ]
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>

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perf tool: Add cgroup support

This patch adds the ability to filter monitoring based on container groups
(cgroups) for both perf stat and perf record. It is possible to monitor
multiple cgroup in pa

perf tool: Add cgroup support

This patch adds the ability to filter monitoring based on container groups
(cgroups) for both perf stat and perf record. It is possible to monitor
multiple cgroup in parallel. There is one cgroup per event. The cgroups to
monitor are passed via a new -G option followed by a comma separated list of
cgroup names.

The cgroup filesystem has to be mounted. Given a cgroup name, the perf tool
finds the corresponding directory in the cgroup filesystem and opens it. It
then passes that file descriptor to the kernel.

Example:

$ perf stat -B -a -e cycles:u,cycles:u,cycles:u -G test1,,test2 -- sleep 1
Performance counter stats for 'sleep 1':

2,368,667,414 cycles test1
2,369,661,459 cycles
<not counted> cycles test2

1.001856890 seconds time elapsed

Signed-off-by: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
LKML-Reference: <4d590290.825bdf0a.7d0a.4890@mx.google.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

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perf record: Add "nodelay" mode, disabled by default

Sometimes there is a need to use perf in "live-log" mode. The problem
is, for seldom events, actual info output is largely delayed because
perf-r

perf record: Add "nodelay" mode, disabled by default

Sometimes there is a need to use perf in "live-log" mode. The problem
is, for seldom events, actual info output is largely delayed because
perf-record reads sample data in whole pages.

So for such scenarious, add flag for perf-record to go in "nodelay"
mode. To track e.g. what's going on in icmp_rcv while ping is running
Use it with something like this:

(1) $ perf probe -L icmp_rcv | grep -U8 '^ *43\>'
goto error;
}
38 if (!pskb_pull(skb, sizeof(*icmph)))
goto error;
icmph = icmp_hdr(skb);

43 ICMPMSGIN_INC_STATS_BH(net, icmph->type);
/*
* 18 is the highest 'known' ICMP type. Anything else is a mystery
*
* RFC 1122: 3.2.2 Unknown ICMP messages types MUST be silently
* discarded.
*/
50 if (icmph->type > NR_ICMP_TYPES)
goto error;

$ perf probe icmp_rcv:43 'type=icmph->type'

(2) $ cat trace-icmp.py
[...]
def trace_begin():
print "in trace_begin"

def trace_end():
print "in trace_end"

def probe__icmp_rcv(event_name, context, common_cpu,
common_secs, common_nsecs, common_pid, common_comm,
__probe_ip, type):
print_header(event_name, common_cpu, common_secs, common_nsecs,
common_pid, common_comm)

print "__probe_ip=%u, type=%u\n" % \
(__probe_ip, type),
[...]

(3) $ perf record -a -D -e probe:icmp_rcv -o - | \
perf script -i - -s trace-icmp.py

Thanks to Peter Zijlstra for pointing how to do it.

Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>, Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Cc: Tom Zanussi <tzanussi@gmail.com>
LKML-Reference: <20110112140613.GA11698@tugrik.mns.mnsspb.ru>
Signed-off-by: Kirill Smelkov <kirr@mns.spb.ru>
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>

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perf tools: Ask for ID PERF_SAMPLE_ info on all PERF_RECORD_ events

So that we can use -T == --timestamp, asking for PERF_SAMPLE_TIME:

$ perf record -aT
$ perf report -D | grep PERF_RECORD_
<

perf tools: Ask for ID PERF_SAMPLE_ info on all PERF_RECORD_ events

So that we can use -T == --timestamp, asking for PERF_SAMPLE_TIME:

$ perf record -aT
$ perf report -D | grep PERF_RECORD_
<SNIP>
3 5951915425 0x47530 [0x58]: PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE(IP, 1): 16811/16811: 0xffffffff8138c1a2 period: 215979 cpu:3
3 5952026879 0x47588 [0x90]: PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE(IP, 1): 16811/16811: 0xffffffff810cb480 period: 215979 cpu:3
3 5952059959 0x47618 [0x38]: PERF_RECORD_FORK(6853:6853):(16811:16811)
3 5952138878 0x47650 [0x78]: PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE(IP, 1): 16811/16811: 0xffffffff811bac35 period: 431478 cpu:3
3 5952375068 0x476c8 [0x30]: PERF_RECORD_COMM: find:6853
3 5952395923 0x476f8 [0x50]: PERF_RECORD_MMAP 6853/6853: [0x400000(0x25000) @ 0]: /usr/bin/find
3 5952413756 0x47748 [0xa0]: PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE(IP, 1): 6853/6853: 0xffffffff810d080f period: 859332 cpu:3
3 5952419837 0x477e8 [0x58]: PERF_RECORD_MMAP 6853/6853: [0x3f44600000(0x21d000) @ 0]: /lib64/ld-2.5.so
3 5952437929 0x47840 [0x48]: PERF_RECORD_MMAP 6853/6853: [0x7fff7e1c9000(0x1000) @ 0x7fff7e1c9000]: [vdso]
3 5952570127 0x47888 [0x58]: PERF_RECORD_MMAP 6853/6853: [0x3f46200000(0x218000) @ 0]: /lib64/libselinux.so.1
3 5952623637 0x478e0 [0x58]: PERF_RECORD_MMAP 6853/6853: [0x3f44a00000(0x356000) @ 0]: /lib64/libc-2.5.so
3 5952675720 0x47938 [0x58]: PERF_RECORD_MMAP 6853/6853: [0x3f44e00000(0x204000) @ 0]: /lib64/libdl-2.5.so
3 5952710080 0x47990 [0x58]: PERF_RECORD_MMAP 6853/6853: [0x3f45a00000(0x246000) @ 0]: /lib64/libsepol.so.1
3 5952847802 0x479e8 [0x58]: PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE(IP, 1): 6853/6853: 0xffffffff813897f0 period: 1142536 cpu:3
<SNIP>

First column is the cpu and the second the timestamp.

That way we can investigate problems in the event stream.

If the new perf binary is run on an older kernel, it will disable this feature
automatically.

Tested-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Acked-by: Ian Munsie <imunsie@au1.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Frédéric Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Ian Munsie <imunsie@au1.ibm.com>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
LKML-Reference: <1291318772-30880-5-git-send-email-acme@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>

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perf record: Document missing options

Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
LKML-Reference: <1291168642-11402-9-git-send-e

perf record: Document missing options

Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
LKML-Reference: <1291168642-11402-9-git-send-email-shawn.bohrer@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Shawn Bohrer <shawn.bohrer@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>

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perf scripting: Shut up 'perf record' final status

We want just the script output, not internal details about the record phase.

Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@e

perf scripting: Shut up 'perf record' final status

We want just the script output, not internal details about the record phase.

Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Cc: Tom Zanussi <tzanussi@gmail.com>
LKML-Reference: <new-submission>
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>

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perf record: Add option to avoid updating buildid cache

There are situations where there is enough information in the perf.data
to process the samples. Updating the buildid cache may add unecessary

perf record: Add option to avoid updating buildid cache

There are situations where there is enough information in the perf.data
to process the samples. Updating the buildid cache may add unecessary
overhead in terms of disk space and time (copying large elf images).

A persistent option to do this already exists via the perfconfig file,
simply do:

[buildid]
dir = /dev/null

This patch provides a way to suppress builid cache updates on a per-run
basis. It addds a new option, -N, to perf record. Buildids are still
generated in the perf.data file.

Cc: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: Frédéric Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
LKML-Reference: <4c19ef89.93ecd80a.40dc.fffff8e9@mx.google.com>
Signed-off-by: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>

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perf tools: Add the ability to specify list of cpus to monitor

This patch adds a -C option to stat, record, top to designate a list of CPUs to
monitor. CPUs can be specified as a comma-separated lis

perf tools: Add the ability to specify list of cpus to monitor

This patch adds a -C option to stat, record, top to designate a list of CPUs to
monitor. CPUs can be specified as a comma-separated list or ranges, no space
allowed.

Examples:
$ perf record -a -C0-1,4-7 sleep 1
$ perf top -C0-4
$ perf stat -a -C1,2,3,4 sleep 1

With perf record in per-thread mode with inherit mode on, samples are collected
only when the thread runs on the designated CPUs.

The -C option does not turn on system-wide mode automatically.

Cc: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: Frédéric Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Cc: Tom Zanussi <tzanussi@gmail.com>
LKML-Reference: <4bff9496.d345d80a.41fe.7b00@mx.google.com>
Signed-off-by: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>

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perf tools: change event inheritance logic in stat and record

By default, event inheritance across fork and pthread_create was on but the -i
option of stat and record, which enabled inheritance, led

perf tools: change event inheritance logic in stat and record

By default, event inheritance across fork and pthread_create was on but the -i
option of stat and record, which enabled inheritance, led to believe it was off
by default.

This patch fixes this logic by inverting the meaning of the -i option. By
default inheritance is on whether you attach to a process (-p), a thread (-t)
or start a process. If you pass -i, then you turn off inheritance. Turning off
inheritance if you don't need it, helps limit perf resource usage as well.

The patch also fixes perf stat -t xxxx and perf record -t xxxx which did not
start the counters.

Acked-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: Frédéric Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
LKML-Reference: <4bea9d2f.d60ce30a.0b5b.08e1@mx.google.com>
Signed-off-by: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>

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perf: Always record tracepoints raw samples from perf record

Trace events are mostly used for tracing rather than simple
counting. Don't bother anymore with adding -R when using them,
just record ra

perf: Always record tracepoints raw samples from perf record

Trace events are mostly used for tracing rather than simple
counting. Don't bother anymore with adding -R when using them,
just record raw samples of trace events every time.

Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>

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perf: Make -f the default for perf record

Force the overwriting mode by default if append mode is not explicit.
Adding -f every time one uses perf on a daily basis quickly becomes a
burden.

Keep th

perf: Make -f the default for perf record

Force the overwriting mode by default if append mode is not explicit.
Adding -f every time one uses perf on a daily basis quickly becomes a
burden.

Keep the -f among the options though to avoid breaking some random
users scripts.

Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>

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perf tools: Add support for breakpoint events in perf tools

Add the breakpoint events support with this new sysnopsis:

mem:addr[:access]

Where addr is a raw addr value in the kernel and access c

perf tools: Add support for breakpoint events in perf tools

Add the breakpoint events support with this new sysnopsis:

mem:addr[:access]

Where addr is a raw addr value in the kernel and access can be
either [r][w][x]

Example to profile tasklist_lock:

$ grep tasklist_lock /proc/kallsyms
ffffffff8189c000 D tasklist_lock

$ perf record -e mem:0xffffffff8189c000:rw -a -f -c 1
$ perf report

# Samples: 62
#
# Overhead Command Shared Object Symbol
# ........ ............... ............. ......
#
29.03% swapper [kernel] [k] _raw_read_trylock
29.03% swapper [kernel] [k] _raw_read_unlock
19.35% init [kernel] [k] _raw_read_trylock
19.35% init [kernel] [k] _raw_read_unlock
1.61% events/0 [kernel] [k] _raw_read_trylock
1.61% events/0 [kernel] [k] _raw_read_unlock

Coming soon:

- Support for symbols in the event definition.

- Default period to 1 for breakpoint events because these are
not high frequency events. The same thing is needed for trace
events.

Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Prasad <prasad@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
LKML-Reference: <1258987355-8751-4-git-send-email-fweisbec@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Prasad <prasad@linux.vnet.ibm.com>

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perf tools: Add missing parameters documentation

Add missing documentation for the following parameters:

- perf record -R
- perf report -g

Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
C

perf tools: Add missing parameters documentation

Add missing documentation for the following parameters:

- perf record -R
- perf report -g

Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
LKML-Reference: <1251682323-10395-1-git-send-email-fweisbec@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

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