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| author |   Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> | 2019-08-14 16:51:28 -0300 |
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| committer | Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> | 2019-08-15 12:24:16 -0300 |
| commit | dd41f660c03a6d8f2c2f3b2cccf50d8c4e06dd42 (patch) | |
| tree | 56bfe26e46a559004c547b3870f4e7db6f10bc75 /tools/perf/Documentation | |
| parent | perf script: Allow showing the --switch-on event (diff) | |
| download | linux-dev-dd41f660c03a6d8f2c2f3b2cccf50d8c4e06dd42.tar.xz linux-dev-dd41f660c03a6d8f2c2f3b2cccf50d8c4e06dd42.zip | |
perf script: Allow specifying event to switch off processing of other events
Counterpart of --switch-on:
# perf record -e sched:*,syscalls:sys_*_nanosleep sleep 1
[ perf record: Woken up 36 times to write data ]
[ perf record: Captured and wrote 0.032 MB perf.data (10 samples) ]
#
# perf script
:20918 20918 [002] 109866.143696: sched:sched_waking: comm=perf pid=20919 prio=120 target_cpu=001
:20918 20918 [002] 109866.143702: sched:sched_wakeup: perf:20919 [120] success=1 CPU:001
sleep 20919 [001] 109866.144081: sched:sched_process_exec: filename=/usr/bin/sleep pid=20919 old_pid=20919
sleep 20919 [001] 109866.144408: syscalls:sys_enter_nanosleep: rqtp: 0x7ffc2384fef0, rmtp: 0x00000000
sleep 20919 [001] 109866.144411: sched:sched_stat_runtime: comm=sleep pid=20919 runtime=521249 [ns] vruntime=202919398131 [n>
sleep 20919 [001] 109866.144412: sched:sched_switch: sleep:20919 [120] S ==> swapper/1:0 [120]
swapper 0 [001] 109867.144568: sched:sched_waking: comm=sleep pid=20919 prio=120 target_cpu=001
swapper 0 [001] 109867.144586: sched:sched_wakeup: sleep:20919 [120] success=1 CPU:001
sleep 20919 [001] 109867.144614: syscalls:sys_exit_nanosleep: 0x0
sleep 20919 [001] 109867.144753: sched:sched_process_exit: comm=sleep pid=20919 prio=120
#
# perf script --switch-off syscalls:sys_exit_nanosleep
:20918 20918 [002] 109866.143696: sched:sched_waking: comm=perf pid=20919 prio=120 target_cpu=001
:20918 20918 [002] 109866.143702: sched:sched_wakeup: perf:20919 [120] success=1 CPU:001
sleep 20919 [001] 109866.144081: sched:sched_process_exec: filename=/usr/bin/sleep pid=20919 old_pid=20919
sleep 20919 [001] 109866.144408: syscalls:sys_enter_nanosleep: rqtp: 0x7ffc2384fef0, rmtp: 0x00000000
sleep 20919 [001] 109866.144411: sched:sched_stat_runtime: comm=sleep pid=20919 runtime=521249 [ns] vruntime=202919398131 [n>
sleep 20919 [001] 109866.144412: sched:sched_switch: sleep:20919 [120] S ==> swapper/1:0 [120]
swapper 0 [001] 109867.144568: sched:sched_waking: comm=sleep pid=20919 prio=120 target_cpu=001
swapper 0 [001] 109867.144586: sched:sched_wakeup: sleep:20919 [120] success=1 CPU:001
sleep 20919 [001] 109867.144753: sched:sched_process_exit: comm=sleep pid=20919 prio=120
#
# perf script --switch-on syscalls:sys_enter_nanosleep --switch-off syscalls:sys_exit_nanosleep
sleep 20919 [001] 109866.144411: sched:sched_stat_runtime: comm=sleep pid=20919 runtime=521249 [ns] vruntime=202919398131 [n>
sleep 20919 [001] 109866.144412: sched:sched_switch: sleep:20919 [120] S ==> swapper/1:0 [120]
swapper 0 [001] 109867.144568: sched:sched_waking: comm=sleep pid=20919 prio=120 target_cpu=001
swapper 0 [001] 109867.144586: sched:sched_wakeup: sleep:20919 [120] success=1 CPU:001
#
# perf script --switch-on syscalls:sys_enter_nanosleep --switch-off syscalls:sys_exit_nanosleep --show-on-off
sleep 20919 [001] 109866.144408: syscalls:sys_enter_nanosleep: rqtp: 0x7ffc2384fef0, rmtp: 0x00000000
sleep 20919 [001] 109866.144411: sched:sched_stat_runtime: comm=sleep pid=20919 runtime=521249 [ns] vruntime=202919398131 [n>
sleep 20919 [001] 109866.144412: sched:sched_switch: sleep:20919 [120] S ==> swapper/1:0 [120]
swapper 0 [001] 109867.144568: sched:sched_waking: comm=sleep pid=20919 prio=120 target_cpu=001
swapper 0 [001] 109867.144586: sched:sched_wakeup: sleep:20919 [120] success=1 CPU:001
sleep 20919 [001] 109867.144614: syscalls:sys_exit_nanosleep: 0x0
#
Now think about using this together with 'perf probe' to create custom on/off
events in your app :-)
Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Cc: Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: William Cohen <wcohen@redhat.com>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-li3j01c4tmj9kw6ydsl8swej@git.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'tools/perf/Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt | 5 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt index 24eea68ee829..2599b057e47b 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt @@ -420,8 +420,11 @@ include::itrace.txt[] --switch-on EVENT_NAME:: Only consider events after this event is found. +--switch-off EVENT_NAME:: + Stop considering events after this event is found. + --show-on-off-events:: - Show the --switch-on event too. + Show the --switch-on/off events too. SEE ALSO -------- |