Cache the DWARF debug info for DSO so we don't have to rebuild it for each
address in the DSO.
Note that dso__new() uses calloc() so don't need to set dso->dwfl to NULL.
$ /tmp/perf.orig --version
perf version 3.18.rc1.gc2661b8
$ /tmp/perf.new --version
perf version 3.18.rc1.g402d62
$ perf stat -e cycles,instructions /tmp/perf.orig report -g > orig
Performance counter stats for '/tmp/perf.orig report -g':
6,428,177,183 cycles # 0.000 GHz
4,176,288,391 instructions # 0.65 insns per cycle
1.840666132 seconds time elapsed
$ perf stat -e cycles,instructions /tmp/perf.new report -g > new
Performance counter stats for '/tmp/perf.new report -g':
305,773,142 cycles # 0.000 GHz
276,048,272 instructions # 0.90 insns per cycle
0.087693543 seconds time elapsed
$ diff orig new
$
Changelog[v2]:
[Arnaldo Carvalho] Cache in existing global objects rather than create
new static/globals in functions.
Reported-by: Anton Blanchard <anton@samba.org>
Signed-off-by: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Anton Blanchard <anton@au1.ibm.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20141022000958.GB2228@us.ibm.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Attempting to build the perf tool for an arm64 target results in the
following failure:
arch/arm64/util/unwind-libunwind.c: In function 'libunwind__arch_reg_id':
arch/arm64/util/unwind-libunwind.c:77:3: error: implicit declaration of function 'pr_err'
pr_err("unwind: invalid reg id %d\n", regnum);
^
arch/arm64/util/unwind-libunwind.c:77:3: error: nested extern declaration of 'pr_err'
This is due to commit 84f5d36f48 ("perf tools: Move pr_* debug macros
into debug object") moving the pr_* macros into a new header file, but
failing to update architectures other than x86.
This patch adds the missing include, and fixes the build again.
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
Cc: Jean Pihet <jean.pihet@linaro.org>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1412076432-22045-1-git-send-email-will.deacon@arm.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
When saving the callchain on Power, the kernel conservatively saves excess
entries in the callchain. A few of these entries are needed in some cases
but not others. We should use the DWARF debug information to determine
when the entries are needed.
Eg: the value in the link register (LR) is needed only when it holds the
return address of a function. At other times it must be ignored.
If the unnecessary entries are not ignored, we end up with duplicate arcs
in the call-graphs.
Use the DWARF debug information to determine if any callchain entries
should be ignored when building call-graphs.
Callgraph before the patch:
14.67% 2234 sprintft libc-2.18.so [.] __random
|
--- __random
|
|--61.12%-- __random
| |
| |--97.15%-- rand
| | do_my_sprintf
| | main
| | generic_start_main.isra.0
| | __libc_start_main
| | 0x0
| |
| --2.85%-- do_my_sprintf
| main
| generic_start_main.isra.0
| __libc_start_main
| 0x0
|
--38.88%-- rand
|
|--94.01%-- rand
| do_my_sprintf
| main
| generic_start_main.isra.0
| __libc_start_main
| 0x0
|
--5.99%-- do_my_sprintf
main
generic_start_main.isra.0
__libc_start_main
0x0
Callgraph after the patch:
14.67% 2234 sprintft libc-2.18.so [.] __random
|
--- __random
|
|--95.93%-- rand
| do_my_sprintf
| main
| generic_start_main.isra.0
| __libc_start_main
| 0x0
|
--4.07%-- do_my_sprintf
main
generic_start_main.isra.0
__libc_start_main
0x0
TODO: For split-debug info objects like glibc, we can only determine
the call-frame-address only when both .eh_frame and .debug_info
sections are available. We should be able to determin the CFA
even without the .eh_frame section.
Fix suggested by Anton Blanchard.
Thanks to valuable input on DWARF debug information from Ulrich Weigand.
Reported-by: Maynard Johnson <maynard@us.ibm.com>
Tested-by: Maynard Johnson <maynard@us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20140625154903.GA29607@us.ibm.com
Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Pull perf/core improvements and fixes from Jiri Olsa:
* Wire up perf_regs and unwind support for ARM64 (Jean Pihet)
* Move u64_swap union to its single user's header, evsel.h (Borislav Petkov)
* Fix for s390 to properly parse tracepoints plus test code (Alexander Yarygin)
* Handle EINTR error for readn/writen (Namhyung Kim)
Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
arch/x86/tests/regs_load.S is missing the linker note about the stack
requirements, therefore making the linker fall back to an executable
stack. As this object gets linked against the final perf binary, it'll
needlessly end up with an executable stack. Fix this by adding the
appropriate linker note.
Also add a global linker flag to prevent future regressions, as
suggested by Jiri. This way perf won't get an executable stack even if
we fail to add the .GNU-stack linker note to future assembler files.
Though, doing so might create regressions the other way around, when
(statically) linking against libraries needing an executable stack.
But, apparently, regressing in that direction is wanted as it is an
indicator of poor code quality -- or just missing linker notes.
Fixes: 3c8b06f981 ("perf tests x86: Introduce perf_regs_load function")
Signed-off-by: Mathias Krause <minipli@googlemail.com>
Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1398617466-22749-1-git-send-email-minipli@googlemail.com
Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Factor NO_LIBDW_DWARF_UNWIND makefile variable and code that selects
default DWARf post unwinder based on detected features (libdw and
libunwind support)
If both are detected the libunwind is selected as default. Simple
'make' will try to add:
- libunwind unwinder if present
- libdw unwinder if present
- disable dwarf unwind if non of libunwind and libdw
libraries are present
If one of the DWARF unwind libraries is detected, message is displayed
which one (libunwind/libdw) is compiled in.
Examples:
- compile in libdw unwinder if present:
$ make NO_LIBUNWIND=1
- compile in libdw (with libdw installation directory) unwinder if present:
$ make LIBDW_DIR=/opt/elfutils/ NO_LIBUNWIND=1
BUILD: Doing 'make -j4' parallel build
Auto-detecting system features:
... dwarf: [ on ]
... glibc: [ on ]
... gtk2: [ on ]
... libaudit: [ on ]
... libbfd: [ on ]
... libelf: [ on ]
... libnuma: [ on ]
... libperl: [ on ]
... libpython: [ on ]
... libslang: [ on ]
... libunwind: [ on ]
... libdw-dwarf-unwind: [ on ]
... DWARF post unwind library: libdw
- disable post dwarf unwind completely:
$ make NO_LIBUNWIND=1 NO_LIBDW_DWARF_UNWIND=1
BUILD: Doing 'make -j4' parallel build
Auto-detecting system features:
... dwarf: [ on ]
... glibc: [ on ]
... gtk2: [ on ]
... libaudit: [ on ]
... libbfd: [ on ]
... libelf: [ on ]
... libnuma: [ on ]
... libperl: [ on ]
... libpython: [ on ]
... libslang: [ on ]
... libunwind: [ on ]
... libdw-dwarf-unwind: [ on ]
... DWARF post unwind library: libunwind
Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.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@kernel.org>
Cc: Jean Pihet <jean.pihet@linaro.org>
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/1392825179-5228-6-git-send-email-jolsa@redhat.com
[ Add suggestion about setting LIBDW_DIR when not finding libdw ]
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Pull ARM updates from Russell King:
"Included in this series are:
1. BE8 (modern big endian) changes for ARM from Ben Dooks
2. big.Little support from Nicolas Pitre and Dave Martin
3. support for LPAE systems with all system memory above 4GB
4. Perf updates from Will Deacon
5. Additional prefetching and other performance improvements from Will.
6. Neon-optimised AES implementation fro Ard.
7. A number of smaller fixes scattered around the place.
There is a rather horrid merge conflict in tools/perf - I was never
notified of the conflict because it originally occurred between Will's
tree and other stuff. Consequently I have a resolution which Will
forwarded me, which I'll forward on immediately after sending this
mail.
The other notable thing is I'm expecting some build breakage in the
crypto stuff on ARM only with Ard's AES patches. These were merged
into a stable git branch which others had already pulled, so there's
little I can do about this. The problem is caused because these
patches have a dependency on some code in the crypto git tree - I
tried requesting a branch I can pull to resolve these, and all I got
each time from the crypto people was "we'll revert our patches then"
which would only make things worse since I still don't have the
dependent patches. I've no idea what's going on there or how to
resolve that, and since I can't split these patches from the rest of
this pull request, I'm rather stuck with pushing this as-is or
reverting Ard's patches.
Since it should "come out in the wash" I've left them in - the only
build problems they seem to cause at the moment are with randconfigs,
and since it's a new feature anyway. However, if by -rc1 the
dependencies aren't in, I think it'd be best to revert Ard's patches"
I resolved the perf conflict roughly as per the patch sent by Russell,
but there may be some differences. Any errors are likely mine. Let's
see how the crypto issues work out..
* 'for-linus' of git://git.linaro.org/people/rmk/linux-arm: (110 commits)
ARM: 7868/1: arm/arm64: remove atomic_clear_mask() in "include/asm/atomic.h"
ARM: 7867/1: include: asm: use 'int' instead of 'unsigned long' for 'oldval' in atomic_cmpxchg().
ARM: 7866/1: include: asm: use 'long long' instead of 'u64' within atomic.h
ARM: 7871/1: amba: Extend number of IRQS
ARM: 7887/1: Don't smp_cross_call() on UP devices in arch_irq_work_raise()
ARM: 7872/1: Support arch_irq_work_raise() via self IPIs
ARM: 7880/1: Clear the IT state independent of the Thumb-2 mode
ARM: 7878/1: nommu: Implement dummy early_paging_init()
ARM: 7876/1: clear Thumb-2 IT state on exception handling
ARM: 7874/2: bL_switcher: Remove cpu_hotplug_driver_{lock,unlock}()
ARM: footbridge: fix build warnings for netwinder
ARM: 7873/1: vfp: clear vfp_current_hw_state for dying cpu
ARM: fix misplaced arch_virt_to_idmap()
ARM: 7848/1: mcpm: Implement cpu_kill() to synchronise on powerdown
ARM: 7847/1: mcpm: Factor out logical-to-physical CPU translation
ARM: 7869/1: remove unused XSCALE_PMU Kconfig param
ARM: 7864/1: Handle 64-bit memory in case of 32-bit phys_addr_t
ARM: 7863/1: Let arm_add_memory() always use 64-bit arguments
ARM: 7862/1: pcpu: replace __get_cpu_var_uses
ARM: 7861/1: cacheflush: consolidate single-CPU ARMv7 cache disabling code
...
Solve the problems around the broken definition of perf_event_mmap_page::
cap_usr_time and cap_usr_rdpmc fields which used to overlap, partially
fixed by:
860f085b74 ("perf: Fix broken union in 'struct perf_event_mmap_page'")
The problem with the fix (merged in v3.12-rc1 and not yet released
officially), noticed by Vince Weaver is that the new behavior is
not detectable by new user-space, and that due to the reuse of the
field names it's easy to mis-compile a binary if old headers are used
on a new kernel or new headers are used on an old kernel.
To solve all that make this change explicit, detectable and self-contained,
by iterating the ABI the following way:
- Always clear bit 0, and rename it to usrpage->cap_bit0, to at least not
confuse old user-space binaries. RDPMC will be marked as unavailable
to old binaries but that's within the ABI, this is a capability bit.
- Rename bit 1 to ->cap_bit0_is_deprecated and always set it to 1, so new
libraries can reliably detect that bit 0 is deprecated and perma-zero
without having to check the kernel version.
- Use bits 2, 3, 4 for the newly defined, correct functionality:
cap_user_rdpmc : 1, /* The RDPMC instruction can be used to read counts */
cap_user_time : 1, /* The time_* fields are used */
cap_user_time_zero : 1, /* The time_zero field is used */
- Rename all the bitfield names in perf_event.h to be different from the
old names, to make sure it's not possible to mis-compile it
accidentally with old assumptions.
The 'size' field can then be used in the future to add new fields and it
will act as a natural ABI version indicator as well.
Also adjust tools/perf/ userspace for the new definitions, noticed by
Adrian Hunter.
Reported-by: Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@maine.edu>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Also-Fixed-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-zr03yxjrpXesOzzupszqglbv@git.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
On Fedora 18, with gcc 4.6.4 compile fails with:
arch/x86/util/tsc.c: In function ‘perf_time_to_tsc’:
arch/x86/util/tsc.c:13:6: error: declaration of ‘time’ shadows a global declaration [-Werror=shadow]
cc1: all warnings being treated as errors
make: *** [/tmp/junk/arch/x86/util/tsc.o] Error 1
make: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
Fix by renaming the local variable.
Signed-off-by: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1374848843-43127-1-git-send-email-dsahern@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Including libio.h causes build failures on uClibc systems (which lack
libio.h).
It appears that libio.h was only included to pull in a definition for
NULL, so it has been replaced by stddef.h.
On powerpc, libio.h was conditionally included, but could be removed
completely as it is unneeded. Also, the included of stdlib.h was changed
to stddef.h (as again, only NULL is needed).
Signed-off-by: Cody P Schafer <cody@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1363300074-26288-1-git-send-email-cody@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Make perf build for x86 once the UAPI disintegration patches for that arch
have been applied by adding the appropriate -I flags - in the right order -
and then converting some #includes that use ../.. notation to find main kernel
headerfiles to use <asm/foo.h> and <linux/foo.h> instead.
Note that -Iarch/foo/include/uapi is present _before_ -Iarch/foo/include.
This makes sure we get the userspace version of the pt_regs struct. Ideally,
we wouldn't have the latter -I flag at all, but unfortunately we want
asm/svm.h and asm/vmx.h in builtin-kvm.c and these aren't part of the UAPI -
at least not for x86. I wonder if the bits outside of the __KERNEL__ guards
*should* be transferred there.
I note also that perf seems to do its dependency handling manually by listing
all the header files it might want to use in LIB_H in the Makefile. Can this
be changed to use -MD?
Note that to do make this work, we need to export and UAPI disintegrate
linux/hw_breakpoint.h, which I think should've been exported previously so that
perf can access the bits. We have to do this in the same patch to maintain
bisectability.
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>