[PATCH 01/43] perf record: Implement --affinity=node|cpu option

From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
Date: Thu Feb 14 2019 - 19:46:01 EST


From: Alexey Budankov <alexey.budankov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Implement --affinity=node|cpu option for the record mode defaulting
to system affinity mask bouncing.

Signed-off-by: Alexey Budankov <alexey.budankov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/083f5422-ece9-10dd-8305-bf59c860f10f@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt | 5 +++++
tools/perf/builtin-record.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 23 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
index 02b4aa2621e7..8f0c2be34848 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
@@ -454,6 +454,11 @@ Use <n> control blocks in asynchronous (Posix AIO) trace writing mode (default:
Asynchronous mode is supported only when linking Perf tool with libc library
providing implementation for Posix AIO API.

+--affinity=mode::
+Set affinity mask of trace reading thread according to the policy defined by 'mode' value:
+ node - thread affinity mask is set to NUMA node cpu mask of the processed mmap buffer
+ cpu - thread affinity mask is set to cpu of the processed mmap buffer
+
--all-kernel::
Configure all used events to run in kernel space.

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index 3fdfbaebd95e..6c3719ac901d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -1656,6 +1656,21 @@ static int parse_clockid(const struct option *opt, const char *str, int unset)
return -1;
}

+static int record__parse_affinity(const struct option *opt, const char *str, int unset)
+{
+ struct record_opts *opts = (struct record_opts *)opt->value;
+
+ if (unset || !str)
+ return 0;
+
+ if (!strcasecmp(str, "node"))
+ opts->affinity = PERF_AFFINITY_NODE;
+ else if (!strcasecmp(str, "cpu"))
+ opts->affinity = PERF_AFFINITY_CPU;
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
static int record__parse_mmap_pages(const struct option *opt,
const char *str,
int unset __maybe_unused)
@@ -1964,6 +1979,9 @@ static struct option __record_options[] = {
&nr_cblocks_default, "n", "Use <n> control blocks in asynchronous trace writing mode (default: 1, max: 4)",
record__aio_parse),
#endif
+ OPT_CALLBACK(0, "affinity", &record.opts, "node|cpu",
+ "Set affinity mask of trace reading thread to NUMA node cpu mask or cpu of processed mmap buffer",
+ record__parse_affinity),
OPT_END()
};

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2.19.1