Merge branch 'perf-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull perf updates from Ingo Molnar:
"Features:
- Add "uretprobes" - an optimization to uprobes, like kretprobes are
an optimization to kprobes. "perf probe -x file sym%return" now
works like kretprobes. By Oleg Nesterov.
- Introduce per core aggregation in 'perf stat', from Stephane
Eranian.
- Add memory profiling via PEBS, from Stephane Eranian.
- Event group view for 'annotate' in --stdio, --tui and --gtk, from
Namhyung Kim.
- Add support for AMD NB and L2I "uncore" counters, by Jacob Shin.
- Add Ivy Bridge-EP uncore support, by Zheng Yan
- IBM zEnterprise EC12 oprofile support patchlet from Robert Richter.
- Add perf test entries for checking breakpoint overflow signal
handler issues, from Jiri Olsa.
- Add perf test entry for for checking number of EXIT events, from
Namhyung Kim.
- Add perf test entries for checking --cpu in record and stat, from
Jiri Olsa.
- Introduce perf stat --repeat forever, from Frederik Deweerdt.
- Add --no-demangle to report/top, from Namhyung Kim.
- PowerPC fixes plus a couple of cleanups/optimizations in uprobes
and trace_uprobes, by Oleg Nesterov.
Various fixes and refactorings:
- Fix dependency of the python binding wrt libtraceevent, from
Naohiro Aota.
- Simplify some perf_evlist methods and to allow 'stat' to share code
with 'record' and 'trace', by Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo.
- Remove dead code in related to libtraceevent integration, from
Namhyung Kim.
- Revert "perf sched: Handle PERF_RECORD_EXIT events" to get 'perf
sched lat' back working, by Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
- We don't use Newt anymore, just plain libslang, by Arnaldo Carvalho
de Melo.
- Kill a bunch of die() calls, from Namhyung Kim.
- Fix build on non-glibc systems due to libio.h absence, from Cody P
Schafer.
- Remove some perf_session and tracing dead code, from David Ahern.
- Honor parallel jobs, fix from Borislav Petkov
- Introduce tools/lib/lk library, initially just removing duplication
among tools/perf and tools/vm. from Borislav Petkov
... and many more I missed to list, see the shortlog and git log for
more details."
* 'perf-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (136 commits)
perf/x86/intel/P4: Robistify P4 PMU types
perf/x86/amd: Fix AMD NB and L2I "uncore" support
perf/x86/amd: Remove old-style NB counter support from perf_event_amd.c
perf/x86: Check all MSRs before passing hw check
perf/x86/amd: Add support for AMD NB and L2I "uncore" counters
perf/x86/intel: Add Ivy Bridge-EP uncore support
perf/x86/intel: Fix SNB-EP CBO and PCU uncore PMU filter management
perf/x86: Avoid kfree() in CPU_{STARTING,DYING}
uprobes/perf: Avoid perf_trace_buf_prepare/submit if ->perf_events is empty
uprobes/tracing: Don't pass addr=ip to perf_trace_buf_submit()
uprobes/tracing: Change create_trace_uprobe() to support uretprobes
uprobes/tracing: Make seq_printf() code uretprobe-friendly
uprobes/tracing: Make register_uprobe_event() paths uretprobe-friendly
uprobes/tracing: Make uprobe_{trace,perf}_print() uretprobe-friendly
uprobes/tracing: Introduce is_ret_probe() and uretprobe_dispatcher()
uprobes/tracing: Introduce uprobe_{trace,perf}_print() helpers
uprobes/tracing: Generalize struct uprobe_trace_entry_head
uprobes/tracing: Kill the pointless local_save_flags/preempt_count calls
uprobes/tracing: Kill the pointless seq_print_ip_sym() call
uprobes/tracing: Kill the pointless task_pt_regs() calls
...
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Linus Torvalds
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Uprobe-tracer: Uprobe-based Event Tracing
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=========================================
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Documentation written by Srikar Dronamraju
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Uprobe-tracer: Uprobe-based Event Tracing
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=========================================
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Documentation written by Srikar Dronamraju
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Overview
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--------
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@@ -13,78 +15,94 @@ current_tracer. Instead of that, add probe points via
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/sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/uprobes/<EVENT>/enabled.
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However unlike kprobe-event tracer, the uprobe event interface expects the
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user to calculate the offset of the probepoint in the object
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user to calculate the offset of the probepoint in the object.
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Synopsis of uprobe_tracer
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-------------------------
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p[:[GRP/]EVENT] PATH:SYMBOL[+offs] [FETCHARGS] : Set a probe
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p[:[GRP/]EVENT] PATH:SYMBOL[+offs] [FETCHARGS] : Set a uprobe
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r[:[GRP/]EVENT] PATH:SYMBOL[+offs] [FETCHARGS] : Set a return uprobe (uretprobe)
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-:[GRP/]EVENT : Clear uprobe or uretprobe event
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GRP : Group name. If omitted, use "uprobes" for it.
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EVENT : Event name. If omitted, the event name is generated
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based on SYMBOL+offs.
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PATH : path to an executable or a library.
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SYMBOL[+offs] : Symbol+offset where the probe is inserted.
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GRP : Group name. If omitted, "uprobes" is the default value.
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EVENT : Event name. If omitted, the event name is generated based
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on SYMBOL+offs.
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PATH : Path to an executable or a library.
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SYMBOL[+offs] : Symbol+offset where the probe is inserted.
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FETCHARGS : Arguments. Each probe can have up to 128 args.
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%REG : Fetch register REG
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FETCHARGS : Arguments. Each probe can have up to 128 args.
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%REG : Fetch register REG
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Event Profiling
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---------------
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You can check the total number of probe hits and probe miss-hits via
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You can check the total number of probe hits and probe miss-hits via
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/sys/kernel/debug/tracing/uprobe_profile.
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The first column is event name, the second is the number of probe hits,
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The first column is event name, the second is the number of probe hits,
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the third is the number of probe miss-hits.
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Usage examples
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--------------
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To add a probe as a new event, write a new definition to uprobe_events
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as below.
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* Add a probe as a new uprobe event, write a new definition to uprobe_events
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as below: (sets a uprobe at an offset of 0x4245c0 in the executable /bin/bash)
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echo 'p: /bin/bash:0x4245c0' > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/uprobe_events
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echo 'p: /bin/bash:0x4245c0' > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/uprobe_events
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This sets a uprobe at an offset of 0x4245c0 in the executable /bin/bash
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* Add a probe as a new uretprobe event:
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echo > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/uprobe_events
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echo 'r: /bin/bash:0x4245c0' > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/uprobe_events
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This clears all probe points.
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* Unset registered event:
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The following example shows how to dump the instruction pointer and %ax
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a register at the probed text address. Here we are trying to probe
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function zfree in /bin/zsh
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echo '-:bash_0x4245c0' >> /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/uprobe_events
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* Print out the events that are registered:
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cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/uprobe_events
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* Clear all events:
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echo > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/uprobe_events
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Following example shows how to dump the instruction pointer and %ax register
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at the probed text address. Probe zfree function in /bin/zsh:
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# cd /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/
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# cat /proc/`pgrep zsh`/maps | grep /bin/zsh | grep r-xp
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# cat /proc/`pgrep zsh`/maps | grep /bin/zsh | grep r-xp
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00400000-0048a000 r-xp 00000000 08:03 130904 /bin/zsh
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# objdump -T /bin/zsh | grep -w zfree
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0000000000446420 g DF .text 0000000000000012 Base zfree
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0x46420 is the offset of zfree in object /bin/zsh that is loaded at
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0x00400000. Hence the command to probe would be :
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0x46420 is the offset of zfree in object /bin/zsh that is loaded at
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0x00400000. Hence the command to uprobe would be:
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# echo 'p /bin/zsh:0x46420 %ip %ax' > uprobe_events
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# echo 'p:zfree_entry /bin/zsh:0x46420 %ip %ax' > uprobe_events
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Please note: User has to explicitly calculate the offset of the probepoint
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And the same for the uretprobe would be:
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# echo 'r:zfree_exit /bin/zsh:0x46420 %ip %ax' >> uprobe_events
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Please note: User has to explicitly calculate the offset of the probe-point
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in the object. We can see the events that are registered by looking at the
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uprobe_events file.
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# cat uprobe_events
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p:uprobes/p_zsh_0x46420 /bin/zsh:0x00046420 arg1=%ip arg2=%ax
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p:uprobes/zfree_entry /bin/zsh:0x00046420 arg1=%ip arg2=%ax
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r:uprobes/zfree_exit /bin/zsh:0x00046420 arg1=%ip arg2=%ax
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The format of events can be seen by viewing the file events/uprobes/p_zsh_0x46420/format
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Format of events can be seen by viewing the file events/uprobes/zfree_entry/format
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# cat events/uprobes/p_zsh_0x46420/format
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name: p_zsh_0x46420
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# cat events/uprobes/zfree_entry/format
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name: zfree_entry
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ID: 922
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format:
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field:unsigned short common_type; offset:0; size:2; signed:0;
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field:unsigned char common_flags; offset:2; size:1; signed:0;
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field:unsigned char common_preempt_count; offset:3; size:1; signed:0;
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field:int common_pid; offset:4; size:4; signed:1;
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field:int common_padding; offset:8; size:4; signed:1;
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field:unsigned short common_type; offset:0; size:2; signed:0;
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field:unsigned char common_flags; offset:2; size:1; signed:0;
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field:unsigned char common_preempt_count; offset:3; size:1; signed:0;
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field:int common_pid; offset:4; size:4; signed:1;
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field:int common_padding; offset:8; size:4; signed:1;
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field:unsigned long __probe_ip; offset:12; size:4; signed:0;
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field:u32 arg1; offset:16; size:4; signed:0;
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field:u32 arg2; offset:20; size:4; signed:0;
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field:unsigned long __probe_ip; offset:12; size:4; signed:0;
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field:u32 arg1; offset:16; size:4; signed:0;
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field:u32 arg2; offset:20; size:4; signed:0;
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print fmt: "(%lx) arg1=%lx arg2=%lx", REC->__probe_ip, REC->arg1, REC->arg2
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@@ -94,6 +112,7 @@ events, you need to enable it by:
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# echo 1 > events/uprobes/enable
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Lets disable the event after sleeping for some time.
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# sleep 20
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# echo 0 > events/uprobes/enable
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#
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# TASK-PID CPU# TIMESTAMP FUNCTION
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# | | | | |
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zsh-24842 [006] 258544.995456: p_zsh_0x46420: (0x446420) arg1=446421 arg2=79
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zsh-24842 [007] 258545.000270: p_zsh_0x46420: (0x446420) arg1=446421 arg2=79
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zsh-24842 [002] 258545.043929: p_zsh_0x46420: (0x446420) arg1=446421 arg2=79
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zsh-24842 [004] 258547.046129: p_zsh_0x46420: (0x446420) arg1=446421 arg2=79
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zsh-24842 [006] 258544.995456: zfree_entry: (0x446420) arg1=446420 arg2=79
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zsh-24842 [007] 258545.000270: zfree_exit: (0x446540 <- 0x446420) arg1=446540 arg2=0
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zsh-24842 [002] 258545.043929: zfree_entry: (0x446420) arg1=446420 arg2=79
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zsh-24842 [004] 258547.046129: zfree_exit: (0x446540 <- 0x446420) arg1=446540 arg2=0
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Each line shows us probes were triggered for a pid 24842 with ip being
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0x446421 and contents of ax register being 79.
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Output shows us uprobe was triggered for a pid 24842 with ip being 0x446420
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and contents of ax register being 79. And uretprobe was triggered with ip at
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0x446540 with counterpart function entry at 0x446420.
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