perf tools: Introduce per user view

The new --uid command line option will show only the tasks for a given
user, using the proc interface to figure out the existing tasks.

Kernel work is needed to close races at startup, but this should already
be useful in many use cases.

Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-bdnspm000gw2l984a2t53o8z@git.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>

1 files changed, 19 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
index 8f80df896038..e8b033c074f9 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@
 #include <linux/unistd.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
 
-
 void get_term_dimensions(struct winsize *ws)
 {
 	char *s = getenv("LINES");
@@ -537,10 +536,20 @@ static void perf_top__sort_new_samples(void *arg)
 
 static void *display_thread_tui(void *arg)
 {
+	struct perf_evsel *pos;
 	struct perf_top *top = arg;
 	const char *help = "For a higher level overview, try: perf top --sort comm,dso";
 
 	perf_top__sort_new_samples(top);
+
+	/*
+	 * Initialize the uid_filter_str, in the future the TUI will allow
+	 * Zooming in/out UIDs. For now juse use whatever the user passed
+	 * via --uid.
+	 */
+	list_for_each_entry(pos, &top->evlist->entries, node)
+		pos->hists.uid_filter_str = top->uid_str;
+
 	perf_evlist__tui_browse_hists(top->evlist, help,
 				      perf_top__sort_new_samples,
 				      top, top->delay_secs);
@@ -949,7 +958,7 @@ static int __cmd_top(struct perf_top *top)
 	if (ret)
 		goto out_delete;
 
-	if (top->target_tid != -1)
+	if (top->target_tid != -1 || top->uid != UINT_MAX)
 		perf_event__synthesize_thread_map(&top->tool, top->evlist->threads,
 						  perf_event__process,
 						  &top->session->host_machine);
@@ -1089,6 +1098,7 @@ int cmd_top(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __used)
 		.delay_secs	     = 2,
 		.target_pid	     = -1,
 		.target_tid	     = -1,
+		.uid		     = UINT_MAX,
 		.freq		     = 1000, /* 1 KHz */
 		.sample_id_all_avail = true,
 		.mmap_pages	     = 128,
@@ -1162,6 +1172,7 @@ int cmd_top(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __used)
 		    "Display raw encoding of assembly instructions (default)"),
 	OPT_STRING('M', "disassembler-style", &disassembler_style, "disassembler style",
 		   "Specify disassembler style (e.g. -M intel for intel syntax)"),
+	OPT_STRING('u', "uid", &top.uid_str, "user", "user to profile"),
 	OPT_END()
 	};
 
@@ -1187,6 +1198,10 @@ int cmd_top(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __used)
 
 	setup_browser(false);
 
+	top.uid = parse_target_uid(top.uid_str, top.target_tid, top.target_pid);
+	if (top.uid_str != NULL && top.uid == UINT_MAX - 1)
+		goto out_delete_evlist;
+
 	/* CPU and PID are mutually exclusive */
 	if (top.target_tid > 0 && top.cpu_list) {
 		printf("WARNING: PID switch overriding CPU\n");
@@ -1198,7 +1213,7 @@ int cmd_top(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __used)
 		top.target_tid = top.target_pid;
 
 	if (perf_evlist__create_maps(top.evlist, top.target_pid,
-				     top.target_tid, top.cpu_list) < 0)
+				     top.target_tid, top.uid, top.cpu_list) < 0)
 		usage_with_options(top_usage, options);
 
 	if (!top.evlist->nr_entries &&
@@ -1262,6 +1277,7 @@ int cmd_top(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __used)
 
 	status = __cmd_top(&top);
 
+out_delete_evlist:
 	perf_evlist__delete(top.evlist);
 
 	return status;