linux-dev/tools/perf/util, branch master

perf test: Fix skipping branch stack sampling test

2022-11-08T20:59:14Z

Commit f4a2aade6809c657 ("perf tests powerpc: Fix branch stack sampling test to include sanity check for branch filter") added a skip if certain branch options aren't available. But the change added both -b (--branch-any) and --branch-filter options at the same time, which will always result in a failure on any platform because the arguments can't be used together. Fix this by removing -b (--branch-any) and leaving --branch-filter which already specifies 'any'. Also add warning messages to the test and perf tool. Output on x86 before this fix: $ sudo ./perf test branch 108: Check branch stack sampling : Skip After: $ sudo ./perf test branch 108: Check branch stack sampling : Ok Fixes: f4a2aade6809c657 ("perf tests powerpc: Fix branch stack sampling test to include sanity check for branch filter") Signed-off-by: James Clark Tested-by: Athira Jajeev Cc: Alexander Shishkin Cc: Anshuman.Khandual@arm.com Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Kajol Jain Cc: Mark Rutland Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Peter Zijlstra Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221028121913.745307-1-james.clark@arm.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf stat: Fix printing os->prefix in CSV metrics output

2022-11-08T20:52:18Z

'perf stat' with CSV output option prints an extra empty string as first field in metrics output line. Sample output below: # ./perf stat -x, --per-socket -a -C 1 ls S0,1,1.78,msec,cpu-clock,1785146,100.00,0.973,CPUs utilized S0,1,26,,context-switches,1781750,100.00,0.015,M/sec S0,1,1,,cpu-migrations,1780526,100.00,0.561,K/sec S0,1,1,,page-faults,1779060,100.00,0.561,K/sec S0,1,875807,,cycles,1769826,100.00,0.491,GHz S0,1,85281,,stalled-cycles-frontend,1767512,100.00,9.74,frontend cycles idle S0,1,576839,,stalled-cycles-backend,1766260,100.00,65.86,backend cycles idle S0,1,288430,,instructions,1762246,100.00,0.33,insn per cycle ====> ,S0,1,,,,,,,2.00,stalled cycles per insn The above command line uses field separator as "," via "-x," option and per-socket option displays socket value as first field. But here the last line for "stalled cycles per insn" has "," in the beginning. Sample output using interval mode: # ./perf stat -I 1000 -x, --per-socket -a -C 1 ls 0.001813453,S0,1,1.87,msec,cpu-clock,1872052,100.00,0.002,CPUs utilized 0.001813453,S0,1,2,,context-switches,1868028,100.00,1.070,K/sec ------ 0.001813453,S0,1,85379,,instructions,1856754,100.00,0.32,insn per cycle ====> 0.001813453,,S0,1,,,,,,,1.34,stalled cycles per insn Above result also has an extra CSV separator after the timestamp. Patch addresses extra field separator in the beginning of the metric output line. The counter stats are displayed by function "perf_stat__print_shadow_stats" in code "util/stat-shadow.c". While printing the stats info for "stalled cycles per insn", function "new_line_csv" is used as new_line callback. The new_line_csv function has check for "os->prefix" and if prefix is not null, it will be printed along with cvs separator. Snippet from "new_line_csv": if (os->prefix) fprintf(os->fh, "%s%s", os->prefix, config->csv_sep); Here os->prefix gets printed followed by "," which is the cvs separator. The os->prefix is used in interval mode option ( -I ), to print time stamp on every new line. But prefix is already set to contain CSV separator when used in interval mode for CSV option. Reference: Function "static void print_interval" Snippet: sprintf(prefix, "%6lu.%09lu%s", ts->tv_sec, ts->tv_nsec, config->csv_sep); Also if prefix is not assigned (if not used with -I option), it gets set to empty string. Reference: function printout() in util/stat-display.c Snippet: .prefix = prefix ? prefix : "", Since prefix already set to contain cvs_sep in interval option, patch removes printing config->csv_sep in new_line_csv function to avoid printing extra field. After the patch: # ./perf stat -x, --per-socket -a -C 1 ls S0,1,2.04,msec,cpu-clock,2045202,100.00,1.013,CPUs utilized S0,1,2,,context-switches,2041444,100.00,979.289,/sec S0,1,0,,cpu-migrations,2040820,100.00,0.000,/sec S0,1,2,,page-faults,2040288,100.00,979.289,/sec S0,1,254589,,cycles,2036066,100.00,0.125,GHz S0,1,82481,,stalled-cycles-frontend,2032420,100.00,32.40,frontend cycles idle S0,1,113170,,stalled-cycles-backend,2031722,100.00,44.45,backend cycles idle S0,1,88766,,instructions,2030942,100.00,0.35,insn per cycle S0,1,,,,,,,1.27,stalled cycles per insn Fixes: 92a61f6412d3a09d ("perf stat: Implement CSV metrics output") Reported-by: Disha Goel Reviewed-By: Kajol Jain Signed-off-by: Athira Jajeev Tested-by: Disha Goel Cc: Andi Kleen Cc: Ian Rogers Cc: James Clark Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org Cc: Madhavan Srinivasan Cc: Michael Ellerman Cc: Nageswara R Sastry Cc: Namhyung Kim Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221018085605.63834-1-atrajeev@linux.vnet.ibm.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf stat: Fix crash with --per-node --metric-only in CSV mode

2022-11-08T20:47:33Z

The following command will get segfault due to missing aggr_header_csv for AGGR_NODE: $ sudo perf stat -a --per-node -x, --metric-only true Committer testing: Before this patch: # perf stat -a --per-node -x, --metric-only true Segmentation fault (core dumped) # After: # gdb perf -bash: gdb: command not found # perf stat -a --per-node -x, --metric-only true node,Ghz,frontend cycles idle,backend cycles idle,insn per cycle,branch-misses of all branches, N0,32,0.335,2.10,0.65,0.69,0.03,1.92, # Fixes: 86895b480a2f10c7 ("perf stat: Add --per-node agregation support") Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Ian Rogers Cc: James Clark Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Kan Liang Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Xing Zhengjun Link: http://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20221107213314.3239159-2-namhyung@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf auxtrace: Fix address filter symbol name match for modules

2022-10-26T13:49:42Z

For modules, names from kallsyms__parse() contain the module name which meant that module symbols did not match exactly by name. Fix by matching the name string up to the separating tab character. Fixes: 1b36c03e356936d6 ("perf record: Add support for using symbols in address filters") Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Ian Rogers Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221026072736.2982-1-adrian.hunter@intel.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

tools headers: Update the copy of x86's memcpy_64.S used in 'perf bench'

2022-10-25T20:40:48Z

We also need to add SYM_TYPED_FUNC_START() to util/include/linux/linkage.h and update tools/perf/check_headers.sh to ignore the include cfi_types.h line when checking if the kernel original files drifted from the copies we carry. This is to get the changes from: ccace936eec7b805 ("x86: Add types to indirectly called assembly functions") Addressing these tools/perf build warnings: Warning: Kernel ABI header at 'tools/arch/x86/lib/memcpy_64.S' differs from latest version at 'arch/x86/lib/memcpy_64.S' diff -u tools/arch/x86/lib/memcpy_64.S arch/x86/lib/memcpy_64.S Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Ian Rogers Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Kees Cook Cc: Sami Tolvanen Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/Y1f3VRIec9EBgX6F@kernel.org/ Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf bpf: Fix build with libbpf 0.7.0 by checking if bpf_program__set_insns() is available

2022-10-25T20:40:48Z

During the transition to libbpf 1.0 some functions that perf used were deprecated and finally removed from libbpf, so bpf_program__set_insns() was introduced for perf to continue to use its bpf loader. But when build with LIBBPF_DYNAMIC=1 we now need to check if that function is available so that perf can build with older libbpf versions, even if the end result is emitting a warning to the user that the use of the perf BPF loader requires a newer libbpf, since bpf_program__set_insns() touches libbpf objects internal state. This affects only 'perf trace' when using bpf C code or pre-compiled bytecode as an event. Noticed on RHEL9, that has libbpf 0.7.0, where bpf_program__set_insns() isn't available. Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf bpf: Fix build with libbpf 0.7.0 by adding prototype for bpf_load_program()

2022-10-25T20:40:48Z

The bpf_load_program() prototype appeared in tools/lib/bpf/bpf.h as deprecated, but nowadays its completely removed, so add it back for building with the system libbpf when using 'make LIBBPF_DYNAMIC=1'. This is a stop gap hack till we do like tools/bpf does with bpftool, i.e. bootstrap the libbpf build and install it in the perf build directory when not using 'make LIBBPF_DYNAMIC=1'. That has to be done to all libraries in tools/lib/, so tha we can remove -Itools/lib/ from the tools/perf CFLAGS. Noticed when building with LIBBPF_DYNAMIC=1 and libbpf 0.7.0 on RHEL9. Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf auxtrace arm64: Add support for parsing HiSilicon PCIe Trace packet

2022-10-15T13:13:16Z

Add support for using 'perf report --dump-raw-trace' to parse PTT packet. Example usage: Output will contain raw PTT data and its textual representation, such as (8DW format): 0 0 0x5810 [0x30]: PERF_RECORD_AUXTRACE size: 0x400000 offset: 0 ref: 0xa5d50c725 idx: 0 tid: -1 cpu: 0 . . ... HISI PTT data: size 4194304 bytes . 00000000: 00 00 00 00 Prefix . 00000004: 08 20 00 60 Header DW0 . 00000008: ff 02 00 01 Header DW1 . 0000000c: 20 08 00 00 Header DW2 . 00000010: 10 e7 44 ab Header DW3 . 00000014: 2a a8 1e 01 Time . 00000020: 00 00 00 00 Prefix . 00000024: 01 00 00 60 Header DW0 . 00000028: 0f 1e 00 01 Header DW1 . 0000002c: 04 00 00 00 Header DW2 . 00000030: 40 00 81 02 Header DW3 . 00000034: ee 02 00 00 Time .... This patch only add basic parsing support according to the definition of the PTT packet described in Documentation/trace/hisi-ptt.rst. And the fields of each packet can be further decoded following the PCIe Spec's definition of TLP packet. Signed-off-by: Qi Liu Signed-off-by: Yicong Yang Cc: Alexander Shishkin Cc: Bjorn Helgaas Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: James Clark Cc: John Garry Cc: Jonathan Cameron Cc: Leo Yan Cc: Lorenzo Pieralisi Cc: Mark Rutland Cc: Mathieu Poirier Cc: Mike Leach Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Qi Liu Cc: Shameerali Kolothum Thodi Cc: Shaokun Zhang Cc: Suzuki Poulouse Cc: Will Deacon Cc: Zeng Prime Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org Cc: linux-pci@vger.kernel.org Cc: linuxarm@huawei.com Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220927081400.14364-4-yangyicong@huawei.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf auxtrace arm64: Add support for HiSilicon PCIe Tune and Trace device driver

2022-10-15T13:13:16Z

HiSilicon PCIe tune and trace device (PTT) could dynamically tune the PCIe link's events, and trace the TLP headers). This patch add support for PTT device in perf tool, so users could use 'perf record' to get TLP headers trace data. Reviewed-by: Leo Yan Signed-off-by: Qi Liu Signed-off-by: Yicong Yang Acked-by: John Garry Cc: Alexander Shishkin Cc: Bjorn Helgaas Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: James Clark Cc: Jonathan Cameron Cc: Lorenzo Pieralisi Cc: Mark Rutland Cc: Mathieu Poirier Cc: Mike Leach Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Qi Liu Cc: Shameerali Kolothum Thodi Cc: Shaokun Zhang Cc: Suzuki Poulouse Cc: Will Deacon Cc: Zeng Prime Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org Cc: linux-pci@vger.kernel.org Cc: linuxarm@huawei.com Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220927081400.14364-3-yangyicong@huawei.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf intel-pt: Fix segfault in intel_pt_print_info() with uClibc

2022-10-15T13:13:16Z

uClibc segfaulted because NULL was passed as the format to fprintf(). That happened because one of the format strings was missing and intel_pt_print_info() didn't check that before calling fprintf(). Add the missing format string, and check format is not NULL before calling fprintf(). Fixes: 11fa7cb86b56d361 ("perf tools: Pass Intel PT information for decoding MTC and CYC") Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter Acked-by: Namhyung Kim Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Ian Rogers Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221012082259.22394-2-adrian.hunter@intel.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo