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authorRoberto Agostino Vitillo <ravitillo@lbl.gov>2012-02-09 23:21:03 +0100
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2012-03-09 08:26:05 +0100
commitb50311dc2ac1c04ad19163c2359910b25e16caf6 (patch)
tree80a4489b2b268b7512dd4eb566858a6bae8bfffe /tools
parentbdfebd848f2a14e639031a0b0e61d7c7ee5e5fd2 (diff)
perf report: Add support for taken branch sampling
This patch adds support for taken branch sampling, i.e, the PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_STACK feature to perf report. In other words, to display histograms based on taken branches rather than executed instructions addresses. The new option is called -b and it takes no argument. To generate meaningful output, the perf.data must have been obtained using perf record -b xxx ... where xxx is a branch filter option. The output shows symbols, modules, sorted by 'who branches where' the most often. The percentages reported in the first column refer to the total number of branches captured and not the usual number of samples. Here is a quick example. Here branchy is simple test program which looks as follows: void f2(void) {} void f3(void) {} void f1(unsigned long n) { if (n & 1UL) f2(); else f3(); } int main(void) { unsigned long i; for (i=0; i < N; i++) f1(i); return 0; } Here is the output captured on Nehalem, if we are only interested in user level function calls. $ perf record -b any_call,u -e cycles:u branchy $ perf report -b --sort=symbol 52.34% [.] main [.] f1 24.04% [.] f1 [.] f3 23.60% [.] f1 [.] f2 0.01% [k] _IO_new_file_xsputn [k] _IO_file_overflow 0.01% [k] _IO_vfprintf_internal [k] _IO_new_file_xsputn 0.01% [k] _IO_vfprintf_internal [k] strchrnul 0.01% [k] __printf [k] _IO_vfprintf_internal 0.01% [k] main [k] __printf About half (52%) of the call branches captured are from main() -> f1(). The second half (24%+23%) is split in two equal shares between f1() -> f2(), f1() ->f3(). The output is as expected given the code. It should be noted, that using -b in perf record does not eliminate information in the perf.data file. Consequently, a typical profile can also be obtained by perf report by simply not using its -b option. It is possible to sort on branch related columns: - dso_from, symbol_from - dso_to, symbol_to - mispredict Signed-off-by: Roberto Agostino Vitillo <ravitillo@lbl.gov> Signed-off-by: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com> Cc: peterz@infradead.org Cc: acme@redhat.com Cc: robert.richter@amd.com Cc: ming.m.lin@intel.com Cc: andi@firstfloor.org Cc: asharma@fb.com Cc: vweaver1@eecs.utk.edu Cc: khandual@linux.vnet.ibm.com Cc: dsahern@gmail.com Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1328826068-11713-14-git-send-email-eranian@google.com Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Diffstat (limited to 'tools')
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt7
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/builtin-report.c107
2 files changed, 105 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt
index 9b430e98712..19b9092cf8b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt
@@ -153,6 +153,13 @@ OPTIONS
information which may be very large and thus may clutter the display.
It currently includes: cpu and numa topology of the host system.
+-b::
+--branch-stack::
+ Use the addresses of sampled taken branches instead of the instruction
+ address to build the histograms. To generate meaningful output, the
+ perf.data file must have been obtained using perf record -b xxx where
+ xxx is a branch filter option.
+
SEE ALSO
--------
linkperf:perf-stat[1], linkperf:perf-annotate[1]
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
index 25d34d483e4..528789f6c70 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
@@ -53,6 +53,50 @@ struct perf_report {
DECLARE_BITMAP(cpu_bitmap, MAX_NR_CPUS);
};
+static int perf_report__add_branch_hist_entry(struct perf_tool *tool,
+ struct addr_location *al,
+ struct perf_sample *sample,
+ struct perf_evsel *evsel,
+ struct machine *machine)
+{
+ struct perf_report *rep = container_of(tool, struct perf_report, tool);
+ struct symbol *parent = NULL;
+ int err = 0;
+ unsigned i;
+ struct hist_entry *he;
+ struct branch_info *bi;
+
+ if ((sort__has_parent || symbol_conf.use_callchain)
+ && sample->callchain) {
+ err = machine__resolve_callchain(machine, evsel, al->thread,
+ sample->callchain, &parent);
+ if (err)
+ return err;
+ }
+
+ bi = machine__resolve_bstack(machine, al->thread,
+ sample->branch_stack);
+ if (!bi)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
+ for (i = 0; i < sample->branch_stack->nr; i++) {
+ if (rep->hide_unresolved && !(bi[i].from.sym && bi[i].to.sym))
+ continue;
+ /*
+ * The report shows the percentage of total branches captured
+ * and not events sampled. Thus we use a pseudo period of 1.
+ */
+ he = __hists__add_branch_entry(&evsel->hists, al, parent,
+ &bi[i], 1);
+ if (he) {
+ evsel->hists.stats.total_period += 1;
+ hists__inc_nr_events(&evsel->hists, PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE);
+ } else
+ return -ENOMEM;
+ }
+ return err;
+}
+
static int perf_evsel__add_hist_entry(struct perf_evsel *evsel,
struct addr_location *al,
struct perf_sample *sample,
@@ -126,14 +170,21 @@ static int process_sample_event(struct perf_tool *tool,
if (rep->cpu_list && !test_bit(sample->cpu, rep->cpu_bitmap))
return 0;
- if (al.map != NULL)
- al.map->dso->hit = 1;
+ if (sort__branch_mode) {
+ if (perf_report__add_branch_hist_entry(tool, &al, sample,
+ evsel, machine)) {
+ pr_debug("problem adding lbr entry, skipping event\n");
+ return -1;
+ }
+ } else {
+ if (al.map != NULL)
+ al.map->dso->hit = 1;
- if (perf_evsel__add_hist_entry(evsel, &al, sample, machine)) {
- pr_debug("problem incrementing symbol period, skipping event\n");
- return -1;
+ if (perf_evsel__add_hist_entry(evsel, &al, sample, machine)) {
+ pr_debug("problem incrementing symbol period, skipping event\n");
+ return -1;
+ }
}
-
return 0;
}
@@ -188,6 +239,15 @@ static int perf_report__setup_sample_type(struct perf_report *rep)
}
}
+ if (sort__branch_mode) {
+ if (!(self->sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_STACK)) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "selected -b but no branch data."
+ " Did you call perf record without"
+ " -b?\n");
+ return -1;
+ }
+ }
+
return 0;
}
@@ -477,7 +537,8 @@ int cmd_report(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __used)
OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "stdio", &report.use_stdio,
"Use the stdio interface"),
OPT_STRING('s', "sort", &sort_order, "key[,key2...]",
- "sort by key(s): pid, comm, dso, symbol, parent"),
+ "sort by key(s): pid, comm, dso, symbol, parent, dso_to,"
+ " dso_from, symbol_to, symbol_from, mispredict"),
OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "showcpuutilization", &symbol_conf.show_cpu_utilization,
"Show sample percentage for different cpu modes"),
OPT_STRING('p', "parent", &parent_pattern, "regex",
@@ -517,6 +578,8 @@ int cmd_report(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __used)
"Specify disassembler style (e.g. -M intel for intel syntax)"),
OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "show-total-period", &symbol_conf.show_total_period,
"Show a column with the sum of periods"),
+ OPT_BOOLEAN('b', "branch-stack", &sort__branch_mode,
+ "use branch records for histogram filling"),
OPT_END()
};
@@ -537,10 +600,36 @@ int cmd_report(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __used)
report.input_name = "perf.data";
}
- if (strcmp(report.input_name, "-") != 0)
+ if (sort__branch_mode) {
+ if (use_browser)
+ fprintf(stderr, "Warning: TUI interface not supported"
+ " in branch mode\n");
+ if (symbol_conf.dso_list_str != NULL)
+ fprintf(stderr, "Warning: dso filtering not supported"
+ " in branch mode\n");
+ if (symbol_conf.sym_list_str != NULL)
+ fprintf(stderr, "Warning: symbol filtering not"
+ " supported in branch mode\n");
+
+ report.use_stdio = true;
+ use_browser = 0;
setup_browser(true);
- else
+ symbol_conf.dso_list_str = NULL;
+ symbol_conf.sym_list_str = NULL;
+
+ /*
+ * if no sort_order is provided, then specify branch-mode
+ * specific order
+ */
+ if (sort_order == default_sort_order)
+ sort_order = "comm,dso_from,symbol_from,"
+ "dso_to,symbol_to";
+
+ } else if (strcmp(report.input_name, "-") != 0) {
+ setup_browser(true);
+ } else {
use_browser = 0;
+ }
/*
* Only in the newt browser we are doing integrated annotation,