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author | Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com> | 2010-10-21 19:13:41 +0900 |
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committer | Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> | 2010-10-21 16:11:44 -0200 |
commit | 469b9b88488e89114bb3e9ac5ee7906b7b96123f (patch) | |
tree | 9f002195a8b1167eddbe560ac834e6ba2dedb19f /tools/perf/Documentation | |
parent | fb8c5a56c7ddbc2b0d2ee7a8da60fe1355f75141 (diff) |
perf probe: Add basic module support
Add basic module probe support on perf probe. This introduces "--module
<MODNAME>" option to perf probe for putting probes and showing lines and
variables in the given module.
Currently, this supports only probing on running modules. Supporting off-line
module probing is the next step.
e.g.)
[show lines]
# ./perf probe --module drm -L drm_vblank_info
<drm_vblank_info:0>
0 int drm_vblank_info(struct seq_file *m, void *data)
1 {
struct drm_info_node *node = (struct drm_info_node *) m->private
3 struct drm_device *dev = node->minor->dev;
...
[show vars]
# ./perf probe --module drm -V drm_vblank_info:3
Available variables at drm_vblank_info:3
@<drm_vblank_info+20>
(unknown_type) data
struct drm_info_node* node
struct seq_file* m
[put a probe]
# ./perf probe --module drm drm_vblank_info:3 node m
Add new event:
probe:drm_vblank_info (on drm_vblank_info:3 with node m)
You can now use it on all perf tools, such as:
perf record -e probe:drm_vblank_info -aR sleep 1
[list probes]
# ./perf probe -l
probe:drm_vblank_info (on drm_vblank_info:3@drivers/gpu/drm/drm_info.c with ...
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
LKML-Reference: <20101021101341.3542.71638.stgit@ltc236.sdl.hitachi.co.jp>
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com>
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'tools/perf/Documentation')
-rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/Documentation/perf-probe.txt | 9 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-probe.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-probe.txt index 148c178a35a..62de1b7f4e7 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-probe.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-probe.txt @@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ or or 'perf probe' --list or -'perf probe' --line='FUNC[:RLN[+NUM|:RLN2]]|SRC:ALN[+NUM|:ALN2]' +'perf probe' [options] --line='FUNC[:RLN[+NUM|:RLN2]]|SRC:ALN[+NUM|:ALN2]' or -'perf probe' [--externs] --vars='PROBEPOINT' +'perf probe' [options] --vars='PROBEPOINT' DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -33,6 +33,11 @@ OPTIONS --vmlinux=PATH:: Specify vmlinux path which has debuginfo (Dwarf binary). +-m:: +--module=MODNAME:: + Specify module name in which perf-probe searches probe points + or lines. + -s:: --source=PATH:: Specify path to kernel source. |