Re: Support for Perf CTF traces now in master (was Re: FW: [RFC 0/5] perf tools: Add perf data CTF conversion)

From: JÃrÃmie Galarneau
Date: Mon Dec 01 2014 - 12:28:19 EST


On Fri, Nov 28, 2014 at 6:26 AM, Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 06:37:21PM +0100, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote:
>> * Alexandre Montplaisir | 2014-11-12 17:14:45 [-0500]:
>
> SNIP
>
>>
>> >This was based on the most recent file format I was aware of, we will
>> >update it accordingly if required.
>> >
>> >Testing welcome!
>>
>> I pushed the perf changes I mentioned to
>>
>> git://git.breakpoint.cc/bigeasy/linux.git ctf_convert_7
>>
>
> from perf data convert point of view (and libbabeltrace).. ;-)
>
> I tried to convert big perf.data (2GB) and my laptop got stuck
> for few minutes.. the reason is that perf allocated too much memory
>
> I needed to add occasional bt_ctf_stream_flush into the
> processing (patch attached)
>
> What I do now is checking if we processed given amount of events
> for the stream and once the value is crossed I flush it.
>
> My question is if there's a way to find out the allocated memory
> for the stream? It'd be nicer to setup maximum allocation size
> rather than the number of events.
>

Not currently, although I agree that this would be a nice feature.
Perhaps by setting a maximal packet size, CTF Writer could handle the
automatic flushing.

Thoughts?

JÃrÃmie

> thanks,
> jirka
>
>
>
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/data-bt.c b/tools/perf/util/data-bt.c
> index c5720e13d8f1..981e8ff2c32a 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/data-bt.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/data-bt.c
> @@ -39,10 +39,15 @@ struct evsel_priv {
>
> #define MAX_CPUS 4096
>
> +struct ctf_stream {
> + struct bt_ctf_stream *stream;
> + u64 count;
> +};
> +
> struct ctf_writer {
> /* writer primitives */
> struct bt_ctf_writer *writer;
> - struct bt_ctf_stream *stream[MAX_CPUS];
> + struct ctf_stream *stream[MAX_CPUS];
> struct bt_ctf_stream_class *stream_class;
> struct bt_ctf_clock *clock;
> u32 last_cpu;
> @@ -377,6 +382,73 @@ static int add_generic_values(struct ctf_writer *cw,
> return 0;
> }
>
> +#define STREAM_FLUSH_COUNT 1000
> +
> +static bool is_flush_needed(struct ctf_stream *cstream)
> +{
> + return cstream && (cstream->count >= STREAM_FLUSH_COUNT);
> +}
> +
> +static int flush_stream(struct ctf_writer *cw, int cpu)
> +{
> + struct ctf_stream *cstream = cw->stream[cpu];
> + int err = 0;
> +
> + if (cstream) {
> + err = bt_ctf_stream_flush(cstream->stream);
> + if (err)
> + pr_err("CTF stream %d flush failed\n", cpu);
> +
> + cstream->count = 0;
> + }
> +
> + return err;
> +}
> +
> +static int create_stream(struct ctf_writer *cw, int cpu)
> +{
> + struct ctf_stream *cstream;
> + struct bt_ctf_field *pkt_ctx;
> + struct bt_ctf_field *cpu_field;
> + struct bt_ctf_stream *stream;
> + u32 i = cpu;
> + int ret;
> +
> + cstream = zalloc(sizeof(*cstream));
> + if (!cstream) {
> + pr_err("Failed to allocate ctf stream\n");
> + return -1;
> + }
> +
> + stream = bt_ctf_writer_create_stream(cw->writer, cw->stream_class);
> + if (!stream)
> + return -1;
> +
> + pkt_ctx = bt_ctf_stream_get_packet_context(stream);
> + if (!pkt_ctx) {
> + pr_err("Failed to obtain packet context\n");
> + return -1;
> + }
> +
> + cpu_field = bt_ctf_field_structure_get_field(pkt_ctx, "cpu_id");
> + bt_ctf_field_put(pkt_ctx);
> + if (!cpu_field) {
> + pr_err("Failed to obtain cpu field\n");
> + return -1;
> + }
> +
> + ret = bt_ctf_field_unsigned_integer_set_value(cpu_field, i);
> + if (ret) {
> + pr_err("Failed to update CPU number\n");
> + return -1;
> + }
> + bt_ctf_field_put(cpu_field);
> +
> + cstream->stream = stream;
> + cw->stream[i] = cstream;
> + return 0;
> +}
> +
> static int process_sample_event(struct perf_tool *tool,
> union perf_event *_event __maybe_unused,
> struct perf_sample *sample,
> @@ -431,40 +503,14 @@ static int process_sample_event(struct perf_tool *tool,
> cpu = 0;
> }
>
> - if (!cw->stream[cpu]) {
> - struct bt_ctf_field *pkt_ctx;
> - struct bt_ctf_field *cpu_field;
> - struct bt_ctf_stream *stream;
> - u32 i = sample->cpu;
> -
> - stream = bt_ctf_writer_create_stream(cw->writer, cw->stream_class);
> - if (!stream)
> - return -1;
> -
> - pkt_ctx = bt_ctf_stream_get_packet_context(stream);
> - if (!pkt_ctx) {
> - pr_err("Failed to obtain packet context\n");
> - return -1;
> - }
> -
> - cpu_field = bt_ctf_field_structure_get_field(pkt_ctx, "cpu_id");
> - bt_ctf_field_put(pkt_ctx);
> - if (!cpu_field) {
> - pr_err("Failed to obtain cpu field\n");
> - return -1;
> - }
> + if (!cw->stream[cpu] && create_stream(cw, cpu))
> + return -1;
>
> - ret = bt_ctf_field_unsigned_integer_set_value(cpu_field, i);
> - if (ret) {
> - pr_err("Failed to update CPU number\n");
> - return -1;
> - }
> - bt_ctf_field_put(cpu_field);
> + if (is_flush_needed(cw->stream[cpu]))
> + flush_stream(cw, cpu);
>
> - cw->stream[i] = stream;
> - }
> -
> - bt_ctf_stream_append_event(cw->stream[cpu], event);
> + cw->stream[cpu]->count++;
> + bt_ctf_stream_append_event(cw->stream[cpu]->stream, event);
> bt_ctf_event_put(event);
> return 0;
> }
> @@ -745,8 +791,12 @@ static void ctf_writer__cleanup(struct ctf_writer *cw)
> ctf_writer__cleanup_data(cw);
>
> bt_ctf_clock_put(cw->clock);
> - for (i = 0; i < MAX_CPUS; i++)
> - bt_ctf_stream_put(cw->stream[i]);
> + for (i = 0; i < MAX_CPUS; i++) {
> + if (cw->stream[i]) {
> + bt_ctf_stream_put(cw->stream[i]->stream);
> + free(cw->stream[i]);
> + }
> + }
> bt_ctf_stream_class_put(cw->stream_class);
> bt_ctf_writer_put(cw->writer);
>
> @@ -862,6 +912,9 @@ int bt_convert__perf2ctf(const char *input, const char *path)
> if (!session)
> goto free_writer;
>
> + ordered_events__set_alloc_size(&session->ordered_events,
> + 100*1024*1024);
> +
> /* CTF writer env/clock setup */
> if (ctf_writer__setup_env(cw, session))
> goto free_session;
> @@ -872,15 +925,10 @@ int bt_convert__perf2ctf(const char *input, const char *path)
>
> err = perf_session__process_events(session, &c.tool);
> if (!err) {
> - int i;
> + int cpu;
>
> - for (i = 0; i < MAX_CPUS; i++) {
> - if (cw->stream[i]) {
> - err = bt_ctf_stream_flush(cw->stream[i]);
> - if (err)
> - pr_err("CTF stream %d flush failed\n", i);
> - }
> - }
> + for (cpu = 0; cpu < MAX_CPUS; cpu++)
> + flush_stream(cw, cpu);
> }
>
> fprintf(stderr,



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JÃrÃmie Galarneau
EfficiOS Inc.
http://www.efficios.com
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