[tip:perf/core] perf tools: Construct LBR call chain
From: tip-bot for Kan Liang
Date: Wed Feb 18 2015 - 12:19:11 EST
Commit-ID: 384b60557b5522fcb99646f0eb6e7a344cdb94c6
Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/384b60557b5522fcb99646f0eb6e7a344cdb94c6
Author: Kan Liang <kan.liang@xxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Mon, 5 Jan 2015 13:23:05 -0500
Committer: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Wed, 18 Feb 2015 17:16:18 +0100
perf tools: Construct LBR call chain
LBR call stack only has user-space callchains. It is output in the
PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_STACK data format. For kernel callchains, it's
still in the form of PERF_SAMPLE_CALLCHAIN.
The perf tool has to handle both data sources to construct a
complete callstack.
For the "perf report -D" option, both lbr and fp information will be
displayed.
A new call chain recording option "lbr" is introduced into the perf
tool for LBR call stack. The user can use --call-graph lbr to get
the call stack information from hardware.
Here are some examples.
When profiling bc(1) on Fedora 19:
echo 'scale=2000; 4*a(1)' > cmd; perf record --call-graph lbr bc -l < cmd
If enabling LBR, perf report output looks like:
50.36% bc bc [.] bc_divide
|
--- bc_divide
execute
run_code
yyparse
main
__libc_start_main
_start
33.66% bc bc [.] _one_mult
|
--- _one_mult
bc_divide
execute
run_code
yyparse
main
__libc_start_main
_start
7.62% bc bc [.] _bc_do_add
|
--- _bc_do_add
|
|--99.89%-- 0x2000186a8
--0.11%-- [...]
6.83% bc bc [.] _bc_do_sub
|
--- _bc_do_sub
|
|--99.94%-- bc_add
| execute
| run_code
| yyparse
| main
| __libc_start_main
| _start
--0.06%-- [...]
0.46% bc libc-2.17.so [.] __memset_sse2
|
--- __memset_sse2
|
|--54.13%-- bc_new_num
| |
| |--51.00%-- bc_divide
| | execute
| | run_code
| | yyparse
| | main
| | __libc_start_main
| | _start
| |
| |--30.46%-- _bc_do_sub
| | bc_add
| | execute
| | run_code
| | yyparse
| | main
| | __libc_start_main
| | _start
| |
| --18.55%-- _bc_do_add
| bc_add
| execute
| run_code
| yyparse
| main
| __libc_start_main
| _start
|
--45.87%-- bc_divide
execute
run_code
yyparse
main
__libc_start_main
_start
If using FP, perf report output looks like:
echo 'scale=2000; 4*a(1)' > cmd; perf record --call-graph fp bc -l < cmd
50.49% bc bc [.] bc_divide
|
--- bc_divide
33.57% bc bc [.] _one_mult
|
--- _one_mult
7.61% bc bc [.] _bc_do_add
|
--- _bc_do_add
0x2000186a8
6.88% bc bc [.] _bc_do_sub
|
--- _bc_do_sub
0.42% bc libc-2.17.so [.] __memcpy_ssse3_back
|
--- __memcpy_ssse3_back
If using LBR, perf report -D output looks like:
3458145275743 0x2fd750 [0xd8]: PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE(IP, 0x2): 9748/9748: 0x408ea8 period: 609644 addr: 0
... LBR call chain: nr:8
..... 0: fffffffffffffe00
..... 1: 0000000000408e50
..... 2: 000000000040a458
..... 3: 000000000040562e
..... 4: 0000000000408590
..... 5: 00000000004022c0
..... 6: 00000000004015dd
..... 7: 0000003d1cc21b43
... FP chain: nr:2
..... 0: fffffffffffffe00
..... 1: 0000000000408ea8
... thread: bc:9748
...... dso: /usr/bin/bc
The LBR call stack has the following known limitations:
- Zero length calls are not filtered out by the hardware
- Exception handing such as setjmp/longjmp will have calls/returns not
match
- Pushing different return address onto the stack will have
calls/returns not match
- If callstack is deeper than the LBR, only the last entries are
captured
Tested-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Kan Liang <kan.liang@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>
Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Don Zickus <dzickus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Simon Que <sque@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1420482185-29830-3-git-send-email-kan.liang@xxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/util/evsel.h | 4 ++
tools/perf/util/machine.c | 102 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
tools/perf/util/session.c | 64 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
3 files changed, 153 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
index 3862274..dcf202a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
@@ -355,4 +355,8 @@ for ((_evsel) = list_entry((_leader)->node.next, struct perf_evsel, node); \
(_evsel) && (_evsel)->leader == (_leader); \
(_evsel) = list_entry((_evsel)->node.next, struct perf_evsel, node))
+static inline bool has_branch_callstack(struct perf_evsel *evsel)
+{
+ return evsel->attr.branch_sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_CALL_STACK;
+}
#endif /* __PERF_EVSEL_H */
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/machine.c b/tools/perf/util/machine.c
index 1bca3a9..9e0f60a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/machine.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/machine.c
@@ -1502,18 +1502,100 @@ static int remove_loops(struct branch_entry *l, int nr)
return nr;
}
-static int thread__resolve_callchain_sample(struct thread *thread,
- struct ip_callchain *chain,
- struct branch_stack *branch,
- struct symbol **parent,
- struct addr_location *root_al,
- int max_stack)
+/*
+ * Recolve LBR callstack chain sample
+ * Return:
+ * 1 on success get LBR callchain information
+ * 0 no available LBR callchain information, should try fp
+ * negative error code on other errors.
+ */
+static int resolve_lbr_callchain_sample(struct thread *thread,
+ struct perf_sample *sample,
+ struct symbol **parent,
+ struct addr_location *root_al,
+ int max_stack)
{
+ struct ip_callchain *chain = sample->callchain;
+ int chain_nr = min(max_stack, (int)chain->nr);
+ int i, j, err;
+ u64 ip;
+
+ for (i = 0; i < chain_nr; i++) {
+ if (chain->ips[i] == PERF_CONTEXT_USER)
+ break;
+ }
+
+ /* LBR only affects the user callchain */
+ if (i != chain_nr) {
+ struct branch_stack *lbr_stack = sample->branch_stack;
+ int lbr_nr = lbr_stack->nr;
+ /*
+ * LBR callstack can only get user call chain.
+ * The mix_chain_nr is kernel call chain
+ * number plus LBR user call chain number.
+ * i is kernel call chain number,
+ * 1 is PERF_CONTEXT_USER,
+ * lbr_nr + 1 is the user call chain number.
+ * For details, please refer to the comments
+ * in callchain__printf
+ */
+ int mix_chain_nr = i + 1 + lbr_nr + 1;
+
+ if (mix_chain_nr > PERF_MAX_STACK_DEPTH + PERF_MAX_BRANCH_DEPTH) {
+ pr_warning("corrupted callchain. skipping...\n");
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ for (j = 0; j < mix_chain_nr; j++) {
+ if (callchain_param.order == ORDER_CALLEE) {
+ if (j < i + 1)
+ ip = chain->ips[j];
+ else if (j > i + 1)
+ ip = lbr_stack->entries[j - i - 2].from;
+ else
+ ip = lbr_stack->entries[0].to;
+ } else {
+ if (j < lbr_nr)
+ ip = lbr_stack->entries[lbr_nr - j - 1].from;
+ else if (j > lbr_nr)
+ ip = chain->ips[i + 1 - (j - lbr_nr)];
+ else
+ ip = lbr_stack->entries[0].to;
+ }
+
+ err = add_callchain_ip(thread, parent, root_al, false, ip);
+ if (err)
+ return (err < 0) ? err : 0;
+ }
+ return 1;
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static int thread__resolve_callchain_sample(struct thread *thread,
+ struct perf_evsel *evsel,
+ struct perf_sample *sample,
+ struct symbol **parent,
+ struct addr_location *root_al,
+ int max_stack)
+{
+ struct branch_stack *branch = sample->branch_stack;
+ struct ip_callchain *chain = sample->callchain;
int chain_nr = min(max_stack, (int)chain->nr);
int i, j, err;
int skip_idx = -1;
int first_call = 0;
+ callchain_cursor_reset(&callchain_cursor);
+
+ if (has_branch_callstack(evsel)) {
+ err = resolve_lbr_callchain_sample(thread, sample, parent,
+ root_al, max_stack);
+ if (err)
+ return (err < 0) ? err : 0;
+ }
+
/*
* Based on DWARF debug information, some architectures skip
* a callchain entry saved by the kernel.
@@ -1521,8 +1603,6 @@ static int thread__resolve_callchain_sample(struct thread *thread,
if (chain->nr < PERF_MAX_STACK_DEPTH)
skip_idx = arch_skip_callchain_idx(thread, chain);
- callchain_cursor_reset(&callchain_cursor);
-
/*
* Add branches to call stack for easier browsing. This gives
* more context for a sample than just the callers.
@@ -1623,9 +1703,9 @@ int thread__resolve_callchain(struct thread *thread,
struct addr_location *root_al,
int max_stack)
{
- int ret = thread__resolve_callchain_sample(thread, sample->callchain,
- sample->branch_stack,
- parent, root_al, max_stack);
+ int ret = thread__resolve_callchain_sample(thread, evsel,
+ sample, parent,
+ root_al, max_stack);
if (ret)
return ret;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/session.c b/tools/perf/util/session.c
index 0baf75f..504b7e6 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/session.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/session.c
@@ -553,15 +553,67 @@ int perf_session_queue_event(struct perf_session *s, union perf_event *event,
return 0;
}
-static void callchain__printf(struct perf_sample *sample)
+static void callchain__lbr_callstack_printf(struct perf_sample *sample)
{
+ struct ip_callchain *callchain = sample->callchain;
+ struct branch_stack *lbr_stack = sample->branch_stack;
+ u64 kernel_callchain_nr = callchain->nr;
unsigned int i;
- printf("... chain: nr:%" PRIu64 "\n", sample->callchain->nr);
+ for (i = 0; i < kernel_callchain_nr; i++) {
+ if (callchain->ips[i] == PERF_CONTEXT_USER)
+ break;
+ }
+
+ if ((i != kernel_callchain_nr) && lbr_stack->nr) {
+ u64 total_nr;
+ /*
+ * LBR callstack can only get user call chain,
+ * i is kernel call chain number,
+ * 1 is PERF_CONTEXT_USER.
+ *
+ * The user call chain is stored in LBR registers.
+ * LBR are pair registers. The caller is stored
+ * in "from" register, while the callee is stored
+ * in "to" register.
+ * For example, there is a call stack
+ * "A"->"B"->"C"->"D".
+ * The LBR registers will recorde like
+ * "C"->"D", "B"->"C", "A"->"B".
+ * So only the first "to" register and all "from"
+ * registers are needed to construct the whole stack.
+ */
+ total_nr = i + 1 + lbr_stack->nr + 1;
+ kernel_callchain_nr = i + 1;
+
+ printf("... LBR call chain: nr:%" PRIu64 "\n", total_nr);
+
+ for (i = 0; i < kernel_callchain_nr; i++)
+ printf("..... %2d: %016" PRIx64 "\n",
+ i, callchain->ips[i]);
+
+ printf("..... %2d: %016" PRIx64 "\n",
+ (int)(kernel_callchain_nr), lbr_stack->entries[0].to);
+ for (i = 0; i < lbr_stack->nr; i++)
+ printf("..... %2d: %016" PRIx64 "\n",
+ (int)(i + kernel_callchain_nr + 1), lbr_stack->entries[i].from);
+ }
+}
+
+static void callchain__printf(struct perf_evsel *evsel,
+ struct perf_sample *sample)
+{
+ unsigned int i;
+ struct ip_callchain *callchain = sample->callchain;
+
+ if (has_branch_callstack(evsel))
+ callchain__lbr_callstack_printf(sample);
+
+ printf("... FP chain: nr:%" PRIu64 "\n", callchain->nr);
- for (i = 0; i < sample->callchain->nr; i++)
+ for (i = 0; i < callchain->nr; i++)
printf("..... %2d: %016" PRIx64 "\n",
- i, sample->callchain->ips[i]);
+ i, callchain->ips[i]);
}
static void branch_stack__printf(struct perf_sample *sample)
@@ -718,9 +770,9 @@ static void dump_sample(struct perf_evsel *evsel, union perf_event *event,
sample_type = evsel->attr.sample_type;
if (sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_CALLCHAIN)
- callchain__printf(sample);
+ callchain__printf(evsel, sample);
- if (sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_STACK)
+ if ((sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_STACK) && !has_branch_callstack(evsel))
branch_stack__printf(sample);
if (sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_REGS_USER)
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