The --hierarchy option is to show output in hierarchy mode. It extends
folding/unfolding in the TUI and GTK browsers to support sort items as
well as callchains. Users can toggle the items to see the performance
result at wanted level.
$ perf report --hierarchy --tui
Overhead Command / Shared Object / Symbol
--------------------------------------------------
+ 32.96% gnome-shell
- 15.11% swapper
- 14.97% [kernel.vmlinux]
6.82% [k] intel_idle
0.66% [k] menu_select
0.43% [k] __hrtimer_start_range_ns
...
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Pekka Enberg <penberg@kernel.org>
Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Cc: Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1456326830-30456-17-git-send-email-namhyung@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Currently perf report only shows a help message "For a higher level
overview, try: perf report --sort comm,dso" unconditionally (even if
the sort keys were used). Add more help tips and show randomly.
Load tips from ${prefix}/share/doc/perf-tip/tips.txt file.
$ perf report | tail
0.10% swapper [kernel.vmlinux] [k] irq_exit
0.09% swapper [kernel.vmlinux] [k] flush_smp_call_function_queue
0.08% swapper [kernel.vmlinux] [k] native_write_msr_safe
0.03% swapper [kernel.vmlinux] [k] group_sched_in
0.01% perf [kernel.vmlinux] [k] native_write_msr_safe
#
# (Tip: Search options using a keyword: perf report -h <keyword>)
#
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Cc: Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1452166913-27046-1-git-send-email-namhyung@kernel.org
[ Renamed it to perf_tip() and the parameter dirname to dirpath to fix the build on older distros ]
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Now -g/--call-graph option supports how to display callchain values.
Possible values are 'percent', 'period' and 'count'. The percent is
same as before and it's the default behavior. The period displays the
raw period value rather than the percentage. The count displays the
number of occurrences.
$ perf report --no-children --stdio -g percent
...
39.93% swapper [kernel.vmlinux] [k] intel_idel
|
---intel_idle
cpuidle_enter_state
cpuidle_enter
call_cpuidle
cpu_startup_entry
|
|--28.63%-- start_secondary
|
--11.30%-- rest_init
$ perf report --no-children --show-total-period --stdio -g period
...
39.93% 13018705 swapper [kernel.vmlinux] [k] intel_idel
|
---intel_idle
cpuidle_enter_state
cpuidle_enter
call_cpuidle
cpu_startup_entry
|
|--9334403-- start_secondary
|
--3684302-- rest_init
$ perf report --no-children --show-nr-samples --stdio -g count
...
39.93% 80 swapper [kernel.vmlinux] [k] intel_idel
|
---intel_idle
cpuidle_enter_state
cpuidle_enter
call_cpuidle
cpu_startup_entry
|
|--57-- start_secondary
|
--23-- rest_init
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Brendan Gregg <brendan.d.gregg@gmail.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Cc: Kan Liang <kan.liang@intel.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1447047946-1691-6-git-send-email-namhyung@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
When the root user tries to read a file owned by some other user we get:
# ls -la perf.data
-rw-------. 1 acme acme 20032 Nov 12 15:50 perf.data
# perf report
File perf.data not owned by current user or root (use -f to override)
# perf report -f | grep -v ^# | head -2
30.96% ls [kernel.vmlinux] [k] do_set_pte
28.24% ls libc-2.20.so [.] intel_check_word
#
That wasn't happening when the symbol code tried to read a JIT map,
where the same check was done but no forcing was possible, fix it.
Reported-by: Brendan Gregg <brendan.d.gregg@gmail.com>
Tested-by: Brendan Gregg <brendan.d.gregg@gmail.com>
Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com>
Link: http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.perf.user/2380
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
The --call-graph option is complex so we should provide better guide for
users. Also change help message to be consistent with config option
names. Now perf top will show help like below:
$ perf top --call-graph
Error: option `call-graph' requires a value
Usage: perf top [<options>]
--call-graph <record_mode[,record_size],print_type,threshold[,print_limit],order,sort_key[,branch]>
setup and enables call-graph (stack chain/backtrace):
record_mode: call graph recording mode (fp|dwarf|lbr)
record_size: if record_mode is 'dwarf', max size of stack recording (<bytes>)
default: 8192 (bytes)
print_type: call graph printing style (graph|flat|fractal|none)
threshold: minimum call graph inclusion threshold (<percent>)
print_limit: maximum number of call graph entry (<number>)
order: call graph order (caller|callee)
sort_key: call graph sort key (function|address)
branch: include last branch info to call graph (branch)
Default: fp,graph,0.5,caller,function
Requested-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Cc: Brendan Gregg <brendan.d.gregg@gmail.com>
Cc: Chandler Carruth <chandlerc@gmail.com>
Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Cc: Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1445524112-5201-2-git-send-email-namhyung@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
perf report has an option (--max-stack) to set the maximum stack depth
when processing callchains. The option defaults to the hard-coded
maximum definition PERF_MAX_STACK_DEPTH which is 127. The intention of
the option is to allow the user to reduce the processing time by
reducing the amount of the callchain that is processed.
It is also possible, when processing instruction traces, to synthesize
callchains. Synthesized callchains do not have the kernel size
limitation and are whatever size the user requests, although validation
presently prevents the user requested a value greater that 1024. The
default value is 16.
To allow for synthesized callchains, make the max_stack value at least
the same size as the synthesized callchain size.
Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1443186956-18718-16-git-send-email-adrian.hunter@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
A non-synthesized event might not have a branch stack if branch stacks
have been synthesized (using itrace options).
An example of that is when Intel PT records sched_switch events for
decoding purposes. Those sched_switch events do not have branch stacks
even though the Intel PT decoder may be synthesizing other events that
do due to the itrace options.
Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1443186956-18718-12-git-send-email-adrian.hunter@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
perf report looks at event sample types to determine if branch stacks
have been sampled. Adjust the validation to know about instruction
tracing options.
This change allows the use of the -b option which otherwise would
complain with an error like:
Error:
Selected -b but no branch data. Did you call perf record without -b?
# To display the perf.data header info,
# please use --header/--header-only options.
#
Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1443186956-18718-10-git-send-email-adrian.hunter@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Processing instruction tracing data (e.g. Intel PT) can synthesize
callchains e.g.
$ perf record -e intel_pt//u uname
$ perf report --stdio --itrace=ige
However perf report's callgraph option gets extra validation, so:
$ perf report --stdio --itrace=ige -gflat
Error:
Selected -g or --branch-history but no callchain data. Did
you call 'perf record' without -g?
# To display the perf.data header info,
# please use --header/--header-only options.
#
Fix the validation to know about instruction tracing options so
above command works.
A side-effect of the change is that the default option to
accumulate the callchain of child functions comes into force.
To get the previous behaviour the --no-children option can be
used e.g.
$ perf report --stdio --itrace=ige -gflat --no-children
Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1443186956-18718-3-git-send-email-adrian.hunter@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Currently, users can zoom in/out for threads and dso in 'perf top' and
'perf report'.
This patch extends it for the processor sockets.
'S' is the short key to zoom into current Processor Socket.
Signed-off-by: Kan Liang <kan.liang@intel.com>
Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1441377946-44429-4-git-send-email-kan.liang@intel.com
[ - Made it elide the Socket column when zooming into it,
just like with the other zoom ops;
- Make it use browser->pstack, to unzoom level by level;
- Rename 'socket' variables to 'socket_id' to make it build on
older systems where it shadows a global glibc declaration ]
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
For perf report/script srcline currently only the base file name of the
source file is printed. This is a good default because it usually fits
on the screen.
But in some cases we want to know the full file name, for example to
aggregate hits per file.
In the later case we need more than the base file name to resolve file
naming collisions: for example the kernel source has ~70 files named
"core.c"
It's also useful as input to post processing tools which want to point
to the right file.
Add a flag to allow full file name output.
Add an option to perf report/script to enable this option.
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1438986245-15191-1-git-send-email-andi@firstfloor.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
