perf callchain: Per-event type selection support

This patchkit adds the ability to set callgraph mode (fp, dwarf, lbr) per
event. This in term can reduce sampling overhead and the size of the
perf.data.

Here is an example.

  perf record -e 'cpu/cpu-cycles,period=1000,call-graph=fp,time=1/,cpu/instructions,call-graph=lbr/' sleep 1

 perf evlist -v
 cpu/cpu-cycles,period=1000,call-graph=fp,time=1/: type: 4, size: 112,
 config: 0x3c, { sample_period, sample_freq }: 1000, sample_type:
 IP|TID|TIME|CALLCHAIN|PERIOD|IDENTIFIER, read_format: ID, disabled: 1,
 inherit: 1, mmap: 1, comm: 1, enable_on_exec: 1, task: 1, sample_id_all:
 1, exclude_guest: 1, mmap2: 1, comm_exec: 1
 cpu/instructions,call-graph=lbr/: type: 4, size: 112, config: 0xc0, {
 sample_period, sample_freq }: 4000, sample_type:
 IP|TID|TIME|CALLCHAIN|PERIOD|BRANCH_STACK|IDENTIFIER, read_format: ID,
 disabled: 1, inherit: 1, freq: 1, enable_on_exec: 1, sample_id_all: 1,
 exclude_guest: 1

Signed-off-by: Kan Liang <kan.liang@intel.com>
Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1439289050-40510-1-git-send-email-kan.liang@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
This commit is contained in:
Kan Liang
2015-08-11 06:30:47 -04:00
committed by Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
parent 75186a9b09
commit d457c96392
7 changed files with 86 additions and 3 deletions

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@@ -614,6 +614,12 @@ do { \
return -EINVAL;
}
break;
case PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_CALLGRAPH:
CHECK_TYPE_VAL(STR);
break;
case PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_STACKSIZE:
CHECK_TYPE_VAL(NUM);
break;
case PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_NAME:
CHECK_TYPE_VAL(STR);
break;
@@ -668,6 +674,12 @@ do { \
case PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_TIME:
ADD_CONFIG_TERM(TIME, time, term->val.num);
break;
case PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_CALLGRAPH:
ADD_CONFIG_TERM(CALLGRAPH, callgraph, term->val.str);
break;
case PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_STACKSIZE:
ADD_CONFIG_TERM(STACK_USER, stack_user, term->val.num);
break;
default:
break;
}