linux/tools/perf/util, branch v3.0

Merge branch 'core-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip

2011-06-19T15:56:56Z

* 'core-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: rcu: Move RCU_BOOST #ifdefs to header file rcu: use softirq instead of kthreads except when RCU_BOOST=y rcu: Use softirq to address performance regression rcu: Simplify curing of load woes

Merge branch 'rc-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mmarek/kbuild-2.6

2011-06-16T17:26:58Z

* 'rc-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mmarek/kbuild-2.6: kbuild: Call depmod.sh via shell perf: clear out make flags when calling kernel make kernelver

perf: clear out make flags when calling kernel make kernelver

2011-06-15T20:12:55Z

When generating the perf version from the kernel version using 'make kernelver' it is necessary to clear out any MAKEFLAGS otherwise they may trigger additional output which pollute the contents. Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft Signed-off-by: Michal Marek

rcu: Use softirq to address performance regression

2011-06-14T22:25:39Z

Commit a26ac2455ffcf3(rcu: move TREE_RCU from softirq to kthread) introduced performance regression. In an AIM7 test, this commit degraded performance by about 40%. The commit runs rcu callbacks in a kthread instead of softirq. We observed high rate of context switch which is caused by this. Out test system has 64 CPUs and HZ is 1000, so we saw more than 64k context switch per second which is caused by RCU's per-CPU kthread. A trace showed that most of the time the RCU per-CPU kthread doesn't actually handle any callbacks, but instead just does a very small amount of work handling grace periods. This means that RCU's per-CPU kthreads are making the scheduler do quite a bit of work in order to allow a very small amount of RCU-related processing to be done. Alex Shi's analysis determined that this slowdown is due to lock contention within the scheduler. Unfortunately, as Peter Zijlstra points out, the scheduler's real-time semantics require global action, which means that this contention is inherent in real-time scheduling. (Yes, perhaps someone will come up with a workaround -- otherwise, -rt is not going to do well on large SMP systems -- but this patch will work around this issue in the meantime. And "the meantime" might well be forever.) This patch therefore re-introduces softirq processing to RCU, but only for core RCU work. RCU callbacks are still executed in kthread context, so that only a small amount of RCU work runs in softirq context in the common case. This should minimize ksoftirqd execution, allowing us to skip boosting of ksoftirqd for CONFIG_RCU_BOOST=y kernels. Signed-off-by: Shaohua Li Tested-by: "Alex,Shi" Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney

Merge branch 'rc-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mmarek/kbuild-2.6

2011-06-09T23:27:42Z

* 'rc-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mmarek/kbuild-2.6: perf: Use make kernelversion instead of parsing the Makefile kbuild: Hack for depmod not handling X.Y versions kbuild: Move depmod call to a separate script kbuild: Fix for empty SUBLEVEL or PATCHLEVEL kbuild: Fix KERNELVERSION for empty SUBLEVEL or PATCHLEVEL kbuild: silence Nothing to be done for 'all' message

perf: Use make kernelversion instead of parsing the Makefile

2011-06-09T21:05:54Z

Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Paul Mackerras Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Signed-off-by: Michal Marek

perf python: Fix argument name list of read_on_cpu()

2011-06-03T13:09:22Z

Mandatory arguments need to be present in the argument name list, as well as optional arguments, otherwise python barfs: # ./python/twatch.py Traceback (most recent call last): File "./python/twatch.py", line 41, in main() File "./python/twatch.py", line 32, in main event = evlist.read_on_cpu(cpu) RuntimeError: more argument specifiers than keyword list entries Hence, add cpu to the name list. Cc: David Ahern Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Paul Mackerras Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Stephane Eranian Cc: Tom Zanussi Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1301588863-20210-1-git-send-email-fweisbec@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf evlist: Don't die if sample_{id_all|type} is invalid

2011-06-03T13:07:52Z

Fixes two more cases where the python binding would not load: . Not finding die(), which it shouldn't anyway, not good to just stop the world because some particular perf.data file is invalid, just propagate the error to the caller. . Not finding perf_sample_size: fix it by moving it from event.c to evsel, where it belongs, as most cases are moving to operate on an evsel object.o One of the fixed problems: [root@emilia ~]# python >>> import perf Traceback (most recent call last): File "", line 1, in ImportError: /home/acme/git/build/perf/python/perf.so: undefined symbol: perf_sample_size >>> [root@emilia ~]# Cc: Frederic Weisbecker Cc: Mike Galbraith Cc: Paul Mackerras Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Stephane Eranian Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-1hkj7b2cvgbfnoizsekjb6c9@git.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf python: Use exception to propagate errors

2011-06-03T13:07:01Z

We were using pr_debug to tell the user about not being able to parse a sample where we should really use the python way of reporting errors: exceptions. Fixes this problem: [root@emilia ~]# python >>> import perf Traceback (most recent call last): File "", line 1, in ImportError: /home/acme/git/build/perf/python/perf.so: undefined symbol: eprintf >>> [root@emilia ~] As we want to keep the objects linked in the python binding (and in the future in a shared library) minimal. Cc: Frederic Weisbecker Cc: Mike Galbraith Cc: Paul Mackerras Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Stephane Eranian Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-m9dba9kaluas0kq8r58z191c@git.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf evlist: Remove dependency on debug routines

2011-06-03T13:05:23Z

So far we avoided having to link debug.o in the python binding, keep it that way by not using ui__warning() in evlist.c. Cc: Frederic Weisbecker Cc: Mike Galbraith Cc: Paul Mackerras Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Stephane Eranian Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-4wtew8hd3g7ejnlehtspys2t@git.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo