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Diffstat (limited to 'tools/perf/Documentation/perf.data-file-format.txt')
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1 files changed, 75 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf.data-file-format.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf.data-file-format.txt index b0152e1095c5..635ba043fd7d 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf.data-file-format.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf.data-file-format.txt @@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ to special needs. HEADER_BPF_PROG_INFO = 25, -struct bpf_prog_info_linear, which contains detailed information about +struct perf_bpil, which contains detailed information about a BPF program, including type, id, tag, jited/xlated instructions, etc. HEADER_BPF_BTF = 26, @@ -373,6 +373,70 @@ struct { Indicates that trace contains records of PERF_RECORD_COMPRESSED type that have perf_events records in compressed form. + HEADER_CPU_PMU_CAPS = 28, + + A list of cpu PMU capabilities. The format of data is as below. + +struct { + u32 nr_cpu_pmu_caps; + { + char name[]; + char value[]; + } [nr_cpu_pmu_caps] +}; + + +Example: + cpu pmu capabilities: branches=32, max_precise=3, pmu_name=icelake + + HEADER_CLOCK_DATA = 29, + + Contains clock id and its reference time together with wall clock + time taken at the 'same time', both values are in nanoseconds. + The format of data is as below. + +struct { + u32 version; /* version = 1 */ + u32 clockid; + u64 wall_clock_ns; + u64 clockid_time_ns; +}; + + HEADER_HYBRID_TOPOLOGY = 30, + +Indicate the hybrid CPUs. The format of data is as below. + +struct { + u32 nr; + struct { + char pmu_name[]; + char cpus[]; + } [nr]; /* Variable length records */ +}; + +Example: + hybrid cpu system: + cpu_core cpu list : 0-15 + cpu_atom cpu list : 16-23 + + HEADER_PMU_CAPS = 31, + + List of pmu capabilities (except cpu pmu which is already + covered by HEADER_CPU_PMU_CAPS). Note that hybrid cpu pmu + capabilities are also stored here. + +struct { + u32 nr_pmu; + struct { + u32 nr_caps; + { + char name[]; + char value[]; + } [nr_caps]; + char pmu_name[]; + } [nr_pmu]; +}; + other bits are reserved and should ignored for now HEADER_FEAT_BITS = 256, @@ -545,6 +609,16 @@ struct compressed_event { char data[]; }; + PERF_RECORD_FINISHED_INIT = 82, + +Marks the end of records for the system, pre-existing threads in system wide +sessions, etc. Those are the ones prefixed PERF_RECORD_USER_*. + +This is used, for instance, to 'perf inject' events after init and before +regular events, those emitted by the kernel, to support combining guest and +host records. + + The header is followed by compressed data frame that can be decompressed into array of perf trace records. The size of the entire compressed event record including the header is limited by the max value of header.size. |