[tip:perf/core] perf evsel: Add support for address filters

From: tip-bot for Mathieu Poirier
Date: Thu Sep 29 2016 - 14:15:39 EST


Commit-ID: 1e85748437ba5fd05abe5396d67062e0b4b502f2
Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/1e85748437ba5fd05abe5396d67062e0b4b502f2
Author: Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@xxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Fri, 16 Sep 2016 08:44:05 -0600
Committer: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Thu, 29 Sep 2016 11:16:59 -0300

perf evsel: Add support for address filters

This patch makes it possible to use the current filter framework with
address filters. That way address filters for HW tracers such as
CoreSight and Intel PT can be communicated to the kernel drivers.

Signed-off-by: Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1474037045-31730-4-git-send-email-mathieu.poirier@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/util/evsel.c | 5 +++++
tools/perf/util/evsel.h | 2 ++
tools/perf/util/parse-events.c | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
3 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index 3b4e7c4..380e84c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -1067,6 +1067,11 @@ int perf_evsel__append_tp_filter(struct perf_evsel *evsel, const char *filter)
return perf_evsel__append_filter(evsel, "(%s) && (%s)", filter);
}

+int perf_evsel__append_addr_filter(struct perf_evsel *evsel, const char *filter)
+{
+ return perf_evsel__append_filter(evsel, "%s,%s", filter);
+}
+
int perf_evsel__enable(struct perf_evsel *evsel)
{
int nthreads = thread_map__nr(evsel->threads);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
index 1f8c48f..b1503b0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
@@ -236,6 +236,8 @@ void perf_evsel__set_sample_id(struct perf_evsel *evsel,

int perf_evsel__set_filter(struct perf_evsel *evsel, const char *filter);
int perf_evsel__append_tp_filter(struct perf_evsel *evsel, const char *filter);
+int perf_evsel__append_addr_filter(struct perf_evsel *evsel,
+ const char *filter);
int perf_evsel__apply_filter(struct perf_evsel *evsel, int ncpus, int nthreads,
const char *filter);
int perf_evsel__enable(struct perf_evsel *evsel);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
index 16bf09c..33546c3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
@@ -1760,20 +1760,49 @@ foreach_evsel_in_last_glob(struct perf_evlist *evlist,
static int set_filter(struct perf_evsel *evsel, const void *arg)
{
const char *str = arg;
+ bool found = false;
+ int nr_addr_filters = 0;
+ struct perf_pmu *pmu = NULL;

- if (evsel == NULL || evsel->attr.type != PERF_TYPE_TRACEPOINT) {
- fprintf(stderr,
- "--filter option should follow a -e tracepoint option\n");
- return -1;
+ if (evsel == NULL)
+ goto err;
+
+ if (evsel->attr.type == PERF_TYPE_TRACEPOINT) {
+ if (perf_evsel__append_tp_filter(evsel, str) < 0) {
+ fprintf(stderr,
+ "not enough memory to hold filter string\n");
+ return -1;
+ }
+
+ return 0;
}

- if (perf_evsel__append_tp_filter(evsel, str) < 0) {
+ while ((pmu = perf_pmu__scan(pmu)) != NULL)
+ if (pmu->type == evsel->attr.type) {
+ found = true;
+ break;
+ }
+
+ if (found)
+ perf_pmu__scan_file(pmu, "nr_addr_filters",
+ "%d", &nr_addr_filters);
+
+ if (!nr_addr_filters)
+ goto err;
+
+ if (perf_evsel__append_addr_filter(evsel, str) < 0) {
fprintf(stderr,
"not enough memory to hold filter string\n");
return -1;
}

return 0;
+
+err:
+ fprintf(stderr,
+ "--filter option should follow a -e tracepoint or HW tracer option\n");
+
+ return -1;
}

int parse_filter(const struct option *opt, const char *str,