[PATCH v2] perf tools: Enable pre-event inherit setting by config terms

From: Wang Nan
Date: Mon Oct 26 2015 - 04:25:38 EST


This patch allows perf record setting event's attr.inherit bit by
config terms like:

# perf record -e cycles/no-inherit/ ...
# perf record -e cycles/inherit/ ...

So user can control inherit bit for each event separately.

In following example, a.out fork()s in main then do some complex
CPU intensive computations in both of its children.

Basic result with and without inherit:

# perf record -e cycles -e instructions ./a.out
[ perf record: Woken up 9 times to write data ]
[ perf record: Captured and wrote 2.205 MB perf.data (47920 samples) ]
# perf report --stdio
# ...
# Samples: 23K of event 'cycles'
# Event count (approx.): 23641752891
...
# Samples: 24K of event 'instructions'
# Event count (approx.): 30428312415


# perf record -i -e cycles -e instructions ./a.out
[ perf record: Woken up 5 times to write data ]
[ perf record: Captured and wrote 1.111 MB perf.data (24019 samples) ]
...
# Samples: 12K of event 'cycles'
# Event count (approx.): 11699501775
...
# Samples: 12K of event 'instructions'
# Event count (approx.): 15058023559

Cancel inherit for one event when globally enable:

# perf record -e cycles/no-inherit/ -e instructions ./a.out
[ perf record: Woken up 7 times to write data ]
[ perf record: Captured and wrote 1.660 MB perf.data (36004 samples) ]
...
# Samples: 12K of event 'cycles/no-inherit/'
# Event count (approx.): 11895759282
...
# Samples: 24K of event 'instructions'
# Event count (approx.): 30668000441

Enable inherit for one event when globally disable:

# perf record -i -e cycles/inherit/ -e instructions ./a.out
[ perf record: Woken up 7 times to write data ]
[ perf record: Captured and wrote 1.654 MB perf.data (35868 samples) ]
...
# Samples: 23K of event 'cycles/inherit/'
# Event count (approx.): 23285400229
...
# Samples: 11K of event 'instructions'
# Event count (approx.): 14969050259

Signed-off-by: Wang Nan <wangnan0@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Li Zefan <lizefan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: pi3orama@xxxxxxx
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/ebpf-4pmd0fwehnida1xvo7x1snls@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
---
tools/perf/util/evsel.c | 9 +++++++++
tools/perf/util/evsel.h | 2 ++
tools/perf/util/parse-events.c | 14 ++++++++++++++
tools/perf/util/parse-events.h | 2 ++
tools/perf/util/parse-events.l | 2 ++
5 files changed, 29 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index ab05fa5..3ac4ee9c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -652,6 +652,15 @@ static void apply_config_terms(struct perf_evsel *evsel,
case PERF_EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_STACK_USER:
dump_size = term->val.stack_user;
break;
+ case PERF_EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_INHERIT:
+ /*
+ * attr->inherit should has already been set by
+ * perf_evsel__config. If user explicitly set
+ * inherit using config terms, override global
+ * opt->no_inherit setting.
+ */
+ attr->inherit = term->val.inherit ? 1 : 0;
+ break;
default:
break;
}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
index 02a5fed..9ba483a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ enum {
PERF_EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_TIME,
PERF_EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_CALLGRAPH,
PERF_EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_STACK_USER,
+ PERF_EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_INHERIT,
PERF_EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_MAX,
};

@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@ struct perf_evsel_config_term {
bool time;
char *callgraph;
u64 stack_user;
+ u64 inherit;
} val;
};

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
index 06ff8d6..10a9467 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
@@ -740,6 +740,12 @@ do { \
case PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_STACKSIZE:
CHECK_TYPE_VAL(NUM);
break;
+ case PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_INHERIT:
+ CHECK_TYPE_VAL(NUM);
+ break;
+ case PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_NOINHERIT:
+ CHECK_TYPE_VAL(NUM);
+ break;
case PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_NAME:
CHECK_TYPE_VAL(STR);
break;
@@ -775,6 +781,8 @@ static int config_term_tracepoint(struct perf_event_attr *attr,
switch (term->type_term) {
case PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_CALLGRAPH:
case PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_STACKSIZE:
+ case PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_INHERIT:
+ case PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_NOINHERIT:
return config_term_common(attr, term, err);
default:
if (err) {
@@ -838,6 +846,12 @@ do { \
case PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_STACKSIZE:
ADD_CONFIG_TERM(STACK_USER, stack_user, term->val.num);
break;
+ case PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_INHERIT:
+ ADD_CONFIG_TERM(INHERIT, inherit, term->val.num ? 1 : 0);
+ break;
+ case PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_NOINHERIT:
+ ADD_CONFIG_TERM(INHERIT, inherit, term->val.num ? 0 : 1);
+ break;
default:
break;
}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h
index fbb16c7..765018a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ enum {
PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_TIME,
PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_CALLGRAPH,
PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_STACKSIZE,
+ PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_NOINHERIT,
+ PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_INHERIT
};

struct parse_events_term {
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.l b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.l
index 5e5d31a..cf330eb 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.l
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.l
@@ -189,6 +189,8 @@ branch_type { return term(yyscanner, PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_BRANCH_SAMPLE_TYPE
time { return term(yyscanner, PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_TIME); }
call-graph { return term(yyscanner, PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_CALLGRAPH); }
stack-size { return term(yyscanner, PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_STACKSIZE); }
+inherit { return term(yyscanner, PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_INHERIT); }
+no-inherit { return term(yyscanner, PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_NOINHERIT); }
, { return ','; }
"/" { BEGIN(INITIAL); return '/'; }
{name_minus} { return str(yyscanner, PE_NAME); }
--
1.8.3.4

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