linux/tools/perf/util, branch v4.9

perf hists: Fix column length on --hierarchy

2016-11-09T14:55:29Z

Markus reported that there's a weird behavior on perf top --hierarchy regarding the column length. Looking at the code, I found a dubious code which affects the symptoms. When --hierarchy option is used, the last column length might be inaccurate since it skips to update the length on leaf entries. I cannot remember why it did and looks like a leftover from previous version during the development. Anyway, updating the column length often is not harmful. So let's move the code out. Reported-and-Tested-by: Markus Trippelsdorf Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Peter Zijlstra Fixes: 1a3906a7e6b9 ("perf hists: Resort hist entries with hierarchy") Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20161108130833.9263-5-namhyung@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf jevents: Handle events including .c and .o

2016-10-17T14:24:18Z

This patch helps with Sukadev's vendor event tree where such events can happen. >From Andi Kleen: Any event including a .c/.o/.bpf currently triggers BPF compilation or loading and then an error. This can happen for some Intel vendor events, which cannot be used. This patch fixes this problem by forbidding BPF file patch containing '{', '}' and ',', make sure flex consumes the leading '{', instead of matching it using a BPF file path. Tested result: $ perf stat -e '{unc_p_clockticks,unc_p_power_state_occupancy.cores_c0}' -a -I 1000 invalid or unsupported event: '{unc_p_clockticks,unc_p_power_state_occupancy.cores_c0}' Run 'perf list' for a list of valid events (as expected, interperted as event) $ perf stat -e 'aaa.c' -a -I 1000 ERROR: problems with path aaa.c: No such file or directory (as expected, interpreted as BPF source) $ perf stat -e 'aaa.ccc' -a -I 1000 invalid or unsupported event: 'aaa.ccc' (as expected, interpreted as event) $ perf stat -e '{aaa.c}' -a -I 1000 ERROR: problems with path aaa.c: No such file or directory event syntax error: '{aaa.c}' (as expected, interpreted as BPF source) $ perf stat -e '{cycles,aaa.c}' -a -I 1000 ERROR: problems with path aaa.c: No such file or directory event syntax error: '{cycles,aaa.c}' (as expected, interpreted as BPF source) Signed-off-by: Wang Nan Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Reported-by: Andi Kleen Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Sukadev Bhattiprolu Cc: Zefan Li Cc: pi3orama@163.com Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1475900185-37967-1-git-send-email-wangnan0@huawei.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf header: Set nr_numa_nodes only when we parsed all the data

2016-10-13T14:12:29Z

Sukadev reported segfault on releasing perf env's numa data. It's due to nr_numa_nodes being set no matter if the numa data gets parsed properly. The perf_env__exit crash the on releasing non existed data. Setting nr_numa_nodes only when data are parsed out properly. Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa Reported-by: Sukadev Bhattiprolu Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: David Ahern Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Wang Nan Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-dt9c0zgkt4hybn2cr4xiawta@git.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf intel-pt: Fix MTC timestamp calculation for large MTC periods

2016-10-05T11:15:58Z

The MTC packet provides a 8-bit slice of CTC which is related to TSC by the TMA packet, however the TMA packet only provides the lower 16 bits of CTC. If mtc_shift > 8 then some of the MTC bits are not in the CTC provided by the TMA packet. Fix-up the last_mtc calculated from the TMA packet by copying the missing bits from the current MTC assuming the least difference between the two, and that the current MTC comes after last_mtc. Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v4.3+ Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1475062896-22274-2-git-send-email-adrian.hunter@intel.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf intel-pt: Fix estimated timestamps for cycle-accurate mode

2016-10-05T11:15:29Z

In cycle-accurate mode, timestamps can be calculated from CYC packets. The decoder also estimates timestamps based on the number of instructions since the last timestamp. For that to work in cycle-accurate mode, the instruction count needs to be reset to zero when a timestamp is calculated from a CYC packet, but that wasn't happening, so fix it. Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v4.3+ Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1475062896-22274-1-git-send-email-adrian.hunter@intel.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf tools: Make alias matching case-insensitive

2016-10-04T00:51:48Z

Make alias matching the events parser case-insensitive. This is useful with the JSON events. perf uses lower case events, but the CPU manuals generally use upper case event names. The JSON files use lower case by default too. But if we search case insensitively then users can cut-n-paste the upper case event names. So the following works: % perf stat -e BR_INST_EXEC.TAKEN_INDIRECT_NEAR_CALL true Performance counter stats for 'true': 305 BR_INST_EXEC.TAKEN_INDIRECT_NEAR_CALL 0.000492799 seconds time elapsed Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen Acked-by: Ingo Molnar Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Cc: Madhavan Srinivasan Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1473978296-20712-17-git-send-email-sukadev@linux.vnet.ibm.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf tools: Allow period= in perf stat CPU event descriptions.

2016-10-04T00:50:56Z

This avoids the JSON PMU events parser having to know whether its aliases are for perf stat or perf record. Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen Signed-off-by: Sukadev Bhattiprolu Acked-by: Ingo Molnar Cc: Madhavan Srinivasan Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1473978296-20712-20-git-send-email-sukadev@linux.vnet.ibm.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf list jevents: Add support for event list topics

2016-10-04T00:35:47Z

Add support to group the output of perf list by the Topic field in the JSON file. Example output: % perf list ... Cache: l1d.replacement [L1D data line replacements] l1d_pend_miss.pending [L1D miss oustandings duration in cycles] l1d_pend_miss.pending_cycles [Cycles with L1D load Misses outstanding] l2_l1d_wb_rqsts.all [Not rejected writebacks from L1D to L2 cache lines in any state] l2_l1d_wb_rqsts.hit_e [Not rejected writebacks from L1D to L2 cache lines in E state] l2_l1d_wb_rqsts.hit_m [Not rejected writebacks from L1D to L2 cache lines in M state] ... Pipeline: arith.fpu_div [Divide operations executed] arith.fpu_div_active [Cycles when divider is busy executing divide operations] baclears.any [Counts the total number when the front end is resteered, mainly when the BPU cannot provide a correct prediction and this is corrected by other branch handling mechanisms at the front end] br_inst_exec.all_branches [Speculative and retired branches] br_inst_exec.all_conditional [Speculative and retired macro-conditional branches] br_inst_exec.all_direct_jmp [Speculative and retired macro-unconditional branches excluding calls and indirects] br_inst_exec.all_direct_near_call [Speculative and retired direct near calls] br_inst_exec.all_indirect_jump_non_call_ret Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen Signed-off-by: Sukadev Bhattiprolu Acked-by: Ingo Molnar Acked-by: Jiri Olsa Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Cc: Madhavan Srinivasan Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1473978296-20712-14-git-send-email-sukadev@linux.vnet.ibm.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf list: Support long jevents descriptions

2016-10-04T00:35:47Z

Previously we were dropping the useful longer descriptions that some events have in the event list completely. This patch makes them appear with perf list. Old perf list: baclears: baclears.all [Counts the number of baclears] vs new: perf list -v: ... baclears: baclears.all [The BACLEARS event counts the number of times the front end is resteered, mainly when the Branch Prediction Unit cannot provide a correct prediction and this is corrected by the Branch Address Calculator at the front end. The BACLEARS.ANY event counts the number of baclears for any type of branch] Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen Signed-off-by: Sukadev Bhattiprolu Acked-by: Ingo Molnar Acked-by: Jiri Olsa Cc: Madhavan Srinivasan Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1473978296-20712-13-git-send-email-sukadev@linux.vnet.ibm.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf pmu: Add override support for event list CPUID

2016-10-04T00:35:46Z

Add a PERF_CPUID variable to override the CPUID of the current CPU (within the current architecture). This is useful for testing, so that all event lists can be tested on a single system. Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen Signed-off-by: Sukadev Bhattiprolu Acked-by: Ingo Molnar Acked-by: Jiri Olsa Cc: Madhavan Srinivasan Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1473978296-20712-10-git-send-email-sukadev@linux.vnet.ibm.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo