lwn.git/tools/perf/util/python.c, branch v3.12

perf tools: Fixup mmap event consumption

2013-10-28T19:06:00+00:00

The tail position of the event buffer should only be modified after actually use that event. If not the event buffer could be invalid before use, and segment fault occurs when invoking perf top -G. Signed-off-by: Zhouyi Zhou Cc: David Ahern Cc: Zhouyi Zhou Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1382600613-32177-1-git-send-email-zhouzhouyi@gmail.com [ Simplified the logic using exit gotos and renamed write_tail method to mmap_consume ] Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf tools: Add support for PERF_COUNT_SW_DUMMY

2013-09-02T17:58:20+00:00

Add support for the new dummy software event PERF_COUNT_SW_DUMMY. Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter Acked-by: Jiri Olsa Tested-by: Jiri Olsa Cc: David Ahern Cc: Frederic Weisbecker Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Mike Galbraith Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Paul Mackerras Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Stephane Eranian Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1377975053-3811-3-git-send-email-adrian.hunter@intel.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf tools: Re-implement debug print function for linking python/perf.so

2013-08-16T20:17:58+00:00

The python/perf.so python binding links a subset of objects. Re-implement 'verbose' and 'eprintf' so they (and consequently 'pr_debug') can be used in objects linked into pythin/perf.so. Note 'eprintf' must be re-implemented because the full version links the browser ui. Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter Cc: David Ahern Cc: Frederic Weisbecker Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Mike Galbraith Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Paul Mackerras Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Stephane Eranian Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1376484517-5339-2-git-send-email-adrian.hunter@intel.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf python: Fix breakage introduced by the test_attr infrastructure

2013-01-24T19:40:09+00:00

The test_attr infrastructure hooks on the sys_perf_event_open call, checking if a variable is set and if so calling a function to intercept calls and do the checking. But both the variable and the function aren't on objects that are linked on the python binding, breaking it: # perf test -v 15 15: Try 'use perf' in python, checking link problems : --- start --- Traceback (most recent call last): File "", line 1, in ImportError: /home/acme/git/build/perf//python/perf.so: undefined symbol: test_attr__enabled ---- end ---- Try 'use perf' in python, checking link problems: FAILED! # Fix it by moving the variable to one of the linked object files and providing a stub for the function in the python.o object, that is only linked in the python binding. Now 'perf test' is happy again: # perf test 15 15: Try 'use perf' in python, checking link problems : Ok # 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-0rsca2kn44b38rgdpr3tz6n5@git.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf python: Initialize 'page_size' variable

2012-10-29T14:36:46+00:00

The commit 0c1fe6b: 'perf tools: Have the page size value available for all tools' Broke the python binding because the global variable 'page_size' is initialized on the main() routine, that is not called when using just the python binding, causing evlist.mmap() to fail because it expects that variable to be initialized to the system's page size. Fix it by initializing it on the binding init routine. Reported-by: David Ahern 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-vrvp3azmbfzexnpmkhmvtzzc@git.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf evsel: Know if byte swap is needed

2012-09-26T15:48:18+00:00

Instead of passing it around for parsing as an explicit parameter, will help with reading tracepoint fields when not using a perf session or pevent structure, i.e. for non perf.data centered workflows. 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-qa67ikv2sm49cwa7dyjhhp6g@git.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf tools: Use __maybe_used for unused variables

2012-09-11T15:19:15+00:00

perf defines both __used and __unused variables to use for marking unused variables. The variable __used is defined to __attribute__((__unused__)), which contradicts the kernel definition to __attribute__((__used__)) for new gcc versions. On Android, __used is also defined in system headers and this leads to warnings like: warning: '__used__' attribute ignored __unused is not defined in the kernel and is not a standard definition. If __unused is included everywhere instead of __used, this leads to conflicts with glibc headers, since glibc has a variables with this name in its headers. The best approach is to use __maybe_unused, the definition used in the kernel for __attribute__((unused)). In this way there is only one definition in perf sources (instead of 2 definitions that point to the same thing: __used and __unused) and it works on both Linux and Android. This patch simply replaces all instances of __used and __unused with __maybe_unused. Signed-off-by: Irina Tirdea Acked-by: Pekka Enberg Cc: David Ahern Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Paul Mackerras Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Steven Rostedt Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1347315303-29906-7-git-send-email-irina.tirdea@intel.com [ committer note: fixed up conflict with a116e05 in builtin-sched.c ] Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf evlist: Rename group method to set_leader

2012-08-15T13:13:56+00:00

Just like was done for parse_events__set_leader. Also we need to have the list_entry set_leader method in evlist.c so that we don't grow another dep in the python binding: # ~acme/git/linux/tools/perf/python/twatch.py Traceback (most recent call last): File "/home/acme/git/linux/tools/perf/python/twatch.py", line 16, in import perf ImportError: /home/acme/git/build/perf/python/perf.so: undefined symbol: parse_events__set_leader And also remove a pr_debug from evsel.c so that we avoid this one too: # ~acme/git/linux/tools/perf/python/twatch.py Traceback (most recent call last): File "/home/acme/git/linux/tools/perf/python/twatch.py", line 16, in import perf ImportError: /home/acme/git/build/perf/python/perf.so: undefined symbol: eprintf Acked-by: Jiri Olsa Acked-by: Namhyung Kim 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-0hk9dazg9pora9jylkqngovm@git.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf tools: Enable grouping logic for parsed events

2012-08-14T20:03:49+00:00

This patch adds a functionality that allows to create event groups based on the way they are specified on the command line. Adding functionality to the '{}' group syntax introduced in earlier patch. The current '--group/-g' option behaviour remains intact. If you specify it for record/stat/top command, all the specified events become members of a single group with the first event as a group leader. With the new '{}' group syntax you can create group like: # perf record -e '{cycles,faults}' ls resulting in single event group containing 'cycles' and 'faults' events, with cycles event as group leader. All groups are created with regards to threads and cpus. Thus recording an event group within a 2 threads on server with 4 CPUs will create 8 separate groups. Examples (first event in brackets is group leader): # 1 group (cpu-clock,task-clock) perf record --group -e cpu-clock,task-clock ls perf record -e '{cpu-clock,task-clock}' ls # 2 groups (cpu-clock,task-clock) (minor-faults,major-faults) perf record -e '{cpu-clock,task-clock},{minor-faults,major-faults}' ls # 1 group (cpu-clock,task-clock,minor-faults,major-faults) perf record --group -e cpu-clock,task-clock -e minor-faults,major-faults ls perf record -e '{cpu-clock,task-clock,minor-faults,major-faults}' ls # 2 groups (cpu-clock,task-clock) (minor-faults,major-faults) perf record -e '{cpu-clock,task-clock} -e '{minor-faults,major-faults}' \ -e instructions ls # 1 group # (cpu-clock,task-clock,minor-faults,major-faults,instructions) perf record --group -e cpu-clock,task-clock \ -e minor-faults,major-faults -e instructions ls perf record -e '{cpu-clock,task-clock,minor-faults,major-faults,instructions}' ls It's possible to use standard event modifier for a group, which spans over all events in the group and updates each event modifier settings, for example: # perf record -r '{faults:k,cache-references}:p' resulting in ':kp' modifier being used for 'faults' and ':p' modifier being used for 'cache-references' event. Reviewed-by: Namhyung Kim Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Andi Kleen Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Cc: Corey Ashford Cc: Frederic Weisbecker Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Paul Mackerras Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Thomas Gleixner Cc: Ulrich Drepper Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-ho42u0wcr8mn1otkalqi13qp@git.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf evlist: Introduce perf_evlist__parse_sample

2012-08-02T14:42:57+00:00

That is a more compact form of perf_session__parse_sample and to support multiple evlists per perf_session is the way to go anyway. 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-vkxx3j5qktoj11bvcwmfjj13@git.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo