[tip:perfcounters/core] perf record, top: Implement --freq

From: tip-bot for Ingo Molnar
Date: Fri Jun 05 2009 - 08:46:41 EST


Commit-ID: cf1f45744c6fa3501e0a6f0ddc418f0ef27e725b
Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/cf1f45744c6fa3501e0a6f0ddc418f0ef27e725b
Author: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Fri, 5 Jun 2009 13:27:02 +0200
Committer: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Fri, 5 Jun 2009 13:39:23 +0200

perf record, top: Implement --freq

Support frequency-based profiling and make it the default.

(Also add a Hz printout in perf top.)

Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@xxxxxx>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
LKML-Reference: <new-submission>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>


---
Documentation/perf_counter/builtin-record.c | 10 +++++++++-
Documentation/perf_counter/builtin-top.c | 13 +++++++++----
2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/perf_counter/builtin-record.c b/Documentation/perf_counter/builtin-record.c
index 7f2d7ce..e2301f3 100644
--- a/Documentation/perf_counter/builtin-record.c
+++ b/Documentation/perf_counter/builtin-record.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ static int fd[MAX_NR_CPUS][MAX_COUNTERS];
static int nr_cpus = 0;
static unsigned int page_size;
static unsigned int mmap_pages = 128;
+static int freq = 0;
static int output;
static const char *output_name = "perf.data";
static int group = 0;
@@ -347,9 +348,10 @@ static void create_counter(int counter, int cpu, pid_t pid)
attr.config = event_id[counter];
attr.sample_period = event_count[counter];
attr.sample_type = PERF_SAMPLE_IP | PERF_SAMPLE_TID;
+ attr.freq = freq;
attr.mmap = track;
attr.comm = track;
- attr.inherit = (cpu < 0) && inherit;
+ attr.inherit = (cpu < 0) && inherit;

track = 0; /* only the first counter needs these */

@@ -520,6 +522,8 @@ static const struct option options[] = {
"output file name"),
OPT_BOOLEAN('i', "inherit", &inherit,
"child tasks inherit counters"),
+ OPT_INTEGER('F', "freq", &freq,
+ "profile at this frequency"),
OPT_INTEGER('m', "mmap-pages", &mmap_pages,
"number of mmap data pages"),
OPT_END()
@@ -540,6 +544,10 @@ int cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
event_id[0] = 0;
}

+ if (freq) {
+ default_interval = freq;
+ freq = 1;
+ }
for (counter = 0; counter < nr_counters; counter++) {
if (event_count[counter])
continue;
diff --git a/Documentation/perf_counter/builtin-top.c b/Documentation/perf_counter/builtin-top.c
index 28cbde4..2fee595 100644
--- a/Documentation/perf_counter/builtin-top.c
+++ b/Documentation/perf_counter/builtin-top.c
@@ -74,8 +74,8 @@ static int nr_cpus = 0;
static unsigned int realtime_prio = 0;
static int group = 0;
static unsigned int page_size;
-static unsigned int mmap_pages = 16;
-static int freq = 0;
+static unsigned int mmap_pages = 16;
+static int freq = 0;

static char *sym_filter;
static unsigned long filter_start;
@@ -212,8 +212,13 @@ static void print_sym_table(void)
events_per_sec,
100.0 - (100.0*((events_per_sec-kevents_per_sec)/events_per_sec)));

- if (nr_counters == 1)
- printf("%d ", event_count[0]);
+ if (nr_counters == 1) {
+ printf("%d", event_count[0]);
+ if (freq)
+ printf("Hz ");
+ else
+ printf(" ");
+ }

for (counter = 0; counter < nr_counters; counter++) {
if (counter)
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