Re: [GIT PULL 00/37] perf/core improvements and fixes

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Mon Nov 23 2015 - 03:16:56 EST



* Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Ingo,
>
> Please consider pulling, this was based on tip/perf/urgent and I did a
> test merge of tip/perf/core with tip/perf/urgent and then with this branch,
> haven't noticed problems,
>
> Best regards,
>
> - Arnaldo
>
> The following changes since commit e15bf88a44d1fcb685754b2868b1cd28927af3aa:
>
> Merge tag 'perf-urgent-for-mingo' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/acme/linux into perf/urgent (2015-11-18 06:56:48 +0100)
>
> are available in the git repository at:
>
> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/acme/linux.git tags/perf-core-for-mingo
>
> for you to fetch changes up to 2c6caff2b26fde8f3f87183f8c97f2cebfdbcb98:
>
> perf ui/gtk: Support folded callchains (2015-11-19 13:19:26 -0300)
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> perf/core improvements and fixes:
>
> User visible:
>
> - Allows BPF scriptlets specify arguments to be fetched using
> DWARF info, using a prologue generated at compile/build time (He Kuang, Wang Nan)
>
> - Allow attaching BPF scriptlets to module symbols (Wang Nan)
>
> - Allow attaching BPF scriptlets to userspace code using uprobe (Wang Nan)
>
> - BPF programs now can specify 'perf probe' tunables via its section name,
> separating key=val values using semicolons (Wang Nan)
>
> Testing some of these new BPF features:
>
> Use case: get callchains when receiving SSL packets, filter then in the
> kernel, at arbitrary place.
>
> # cat ssl.bpf.c
> #define SEC(NAME) __attribute__((section(NAME), used))
>
> struct pt_regs;
>
> SEC("func=__inet_lookup_established hnum")
> int func(struct pt_regs *ctx, int err, unsigned short port)
> {
> return err == 0 && port == 443;
> }
>
> char _license[] SEC("license") = "GPL";
> int _version SEC("version") = LINUX_VERSION_CODE;
> #
> # perf record -a -g -e ssl.bpf.c
> ^C[ perf record: Woken up 1 times to write data ]
> [ perf record: Captured and wrote 0.787 MB perf.data (3 samples) ]
> # perf script | head -30
> swapper 0 [000] 58783.268118: perf_bpf_probe:func: (ffffffff816a0f60) hnum=0x1bb
> 8a0f61 __inet_lookup_established (/lib/modules/4.3.0+/build/vmlinux)
> 896def ip_rcv_finish (/lib/modules/4.3.0+/build/vmlinux)
> 8976c2 ip_rcv (/lib/modules/4.3.0+/build/vmlinux)
> 855eba __netif_receive_skb_core (/lib/modules/4.3.0+/build/vmlinux)
> 8565d8 __netif_receive_skb (/lib/modules/4.3.0+/build/vmlinux)
> 8572a8 process_backlog (/lib/modules/4.3.0+/build/vmlinux)
> 856b11 net_rx_action (/lib/modules/4.3.0+/build/vmlinux)
> 2a284b __do_softirq (/lib/modules/4.3.0+/build/vmlinux)
> 2a2ba3 irq_exit (/lib/modules/4.3.0+/build/vmlinux)
> 96b7a4 do_IRQ (/lib/modules/4.3.0+/build/vmlinux)
> 969807 ret_from_intr (/lib/modules/4.3.0+/build/vmlinux)
> 2dede5 cpu_startup_entry (/lib/modules/4.3.0+/build/vmlinux)
> 95d5bc rest_init (/lib/modules/4.3.0+/build/vmlinux)
> 1163ffa start_kernel ([kernel.vmlinux].init.text)
> 11634d7 x86_64_start_reservations ([kernel.vmlinux].init.text)
> 1163623 x86_64_start_kernel ([kernel.vmlinux].init.text)
>
> qemu-system-x86 9178 [003] 58785.792417: perf_bpf_probe:func: (ffffffff816a0f60) hnum=0x1bb
> 8a0f61 __inet_lookup_established (/lib/modules/4.3.0+/build/vmlinux)
> 896def ip_rcv_finish (/lib/modules/4.3.0+/build/vmlinux)
> 8976c2 ip_rcv (/lib/modules/4.3.0+/build/vmlinux)
> 855eba __netif_receive_skb_core (/lib/modules/4.3.0+/build/vmlinux)
> 8565d8 __netif_receive_skb (/lib/modules/4.3.0+/build/vmlinux)
> 856660 netif_receive_skb_internal (/lib/modules/4.3.0+/build/vmlinux)
> 8566ec netif_receive_skb_sk (/lib/modules/4.3.0+/build/vmlinux)
> 430a br_handle_frame_finish ([bridge])
> 48bc br_handle_frame ([bridge])
> 855f44 __netif_receive_skb_core (/lib/modules/4.3.0+/build/vmlinux)
> 8565d8 __netif_receive_skb (/lib/modules/4.3.0+/build/vmlinux)
> #
>
> Use 'perf probe' various options to list functions, see what variables can
> be collected at any given point, experiment first collecting without a filter,
> then filter, use it together with 'perf trace', 'perf top', with or without
> callchains, if it explodes, please tell us!
>
> - Introduce a new callchain mode: "folded", that will list per line
> representations of all callchains for a give histogram entry, facilitating
> 'perf report' output processing by other tools, such as Brendan Gregg's
> flamegraph tools (Namhyung Kim)
>
> E.g:
>
> # perf report | grep -v ^# | head
> 18.37% 0.00% swapper [kernel.kallsyms] [k] cpu_startup_entry
> |
> ---cpu_startup_entry
> |
> |--12.07%--start_secondary
> |
> --6.30%--rest_init
> start_kernel
> x86_64_start_reservations
> x86_64_start_kernel
> #
>
> Becomes, in "folded" mode:
>
> # perf report -g folded | grep -v ^# | head -5
> 18.37% 0.00% swapper [kernel.kallsyms] [k] cpu_startup_entry
> 12.07% cpu_startup_entry;start_secondary
> 6.30% cpu_startup_entry;rest_init;start_kernel;x86_64_start_reservations;x86_64_start_kernel
> 16.90% 0.00% swapper [kernel.kallsyms] [k] call_cpuidle
> 11.23% call_cpuidle;cpu_startup_entry;start_secondary
> 5.67% call_cpuidle;cpu_startup_entry;rest_init;start_kernel;x86_64_start_reservations;x86_64_start_kernel
> 16.90% 0.00% swapper [kernel.kallsyms] [k] cpuidle_enter
> 11.23% cpuidle_enter;call_cpuidle;cpu_startup_entry;start_secondary
> 5.67% cpuidle_enter;call_cpuidle;cpu_startup_entry;rest_init;start_kernel;x86_64_start_reservations;x86_64_start_kernel
> 15.12% 0.00% swapper [kernel.kallsyms] [k] cpuidle_enter_state
> #
>
> The user can also select one of "count", "period" or "percent" as the first column.
>
> Infrastructure:
>
> - Fix multiple leaks found with valgrind and a refcount
> debugger (Masami Hiramatsu)
>
> - Add further 'perf test' entries for BPF and LLVM (Wang Nan)
>
> - Improve 'perf test' to suport subtests, so that the series of tests
> performed in the LLVM and BPF main tests appear in the default 'perf test'
> output (Wang Nan)
>
> - Move memdup() from tools/perf to tools/lib/string.c (Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo)
>
> - Adopt strtobool() from the kernel into tools/lib/ (Wang Nan)
>
> - Fix selftests_install tools/ Makefile rule (Kevin Hilman)
>
> Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo (3):
> perf test: Fix build of BPF and LLVM on older glibc libraries
> tools: Adopt memdup() from tools/perf, moving it to tools/lib/string.c
> perf tests: Pass the subtest index to each test routine
>
> He Kuang (1):
> perf bpf: Add prologue for BPF programs for fetching arguments
>
> Kevin Hilman (1):
> tools: Fix selftests_install Makefile rule
>
> Masami Hiramatsu (9):
> perf probe: Fix to free temporal Dwarf_Frame
> perf machine: Fix machine__findnew_module_map to put registered map
> perf machine: Fix machine__destroy_kernel_maps to drop vmlinux_maps references
> perf machine: Fix to destroy kernel maps when machine exits
> perf tools: Make perf_exec_path() always return malloc'd string
> perf tools: Fix to put new map after inserting to map_groups in dso__load_sym
> perf tools: Fix __dsos__addnew to put dso after adding it to the list
> perf tools: Fix machine__create_kernel_maps to put kernel dso refcount
> perf machine: Fix machine__findnew_module_map to put dso
>
> Namhyung Kim (9):
> perf report: Support folded callchain mode on --stdio
> perf callchain: Abstract callchain print function
> perf callchain: Add count fields to struct callchain_node
> perf report: Add callchain value option
> perf hists browser: Factor out hist_browser__show_callchain_list()
> perf hists browser: Support flat callchains
> perf hists browser: Support folded callchains
> perf ui/gtk: Support flat callchains
> perf ui/gtk: Support folded callchains
>
> Wang Nan (14):
> tools: Clone the kernel's strtobool function
> bpf tools: Load a program with different instances using preprocessor
> perf bpf: Add BPF_PROLOGUE config options for further patches
> perf bpf: Compile dwarf-regs.c if CONFIG_BPF_PROLOGUE is on
> perf bpf: Allow BPF program attach to uprobe events
> perf bpf: Allow attaching BPF programs to modules symbols
> perf bpf: Allow BPF program config probing options
> perf bpf: Generate prologue for BPF programs
> perf test: Test the BPF prologue adding infrastructure
> perf test: Fix 'perf test BPF' when it fails to find a suitable vmlinux
> perf bpf: Use same BPF program if arguments are identical
> perf test: Print result for each LLVM subtest
> perf test: Print result for each BPF subtest
> perf test: Mute test cases error messages if verbose == 0
>
> tools/Makefile | 2 +-
> tools/include/linux/string.h | 11 +
> tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.c | 146 ++++++++-
> tools/lib/bpf/libbpf.h | 64 ++++
> tools/lib/string.c | 62 ++++
> tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt | 14 +-
> tools/perf/MANIFEST | 2 +
> tools/perf/arch/x86/include/arch-tests.h | 8 +-
> tools/perf/arch/x86/tests/insn-x86.c | 2 +-
> tools/perf/arch/x86/tests/intel-cqm.c | 2 +-
> tools/perf/arch/x86/tests/perf-time-to-tsc.c | 2 +-
> tools/perf/arch/x86/tests/rdpmc.c | 2 +-
> tools/perf/arch/x86/util/Build | 1 +
> tools/perf/builtin-report.c | 4 +-
> tools/perf/config/Makefile | 12 +
> tools/perf/tests/.gitignore | 1 +
> tools/perf/tests/Build | 9 +-
> tools/perf/tests/attr.c | 2 +-
> tools/perf/tests/bp_signal.c | 2 +-
> tools/perf/tests/bp_signal_overflow.c | 2 +-
> tools/perf/tests/bpf-script-test-prologue.c | 35 +++
> tools/perf/tests/bpf.c | 93 ++++--
> tools/perf/tests/builtin-test.c | 112 ++++++-
> tools/perf/tests/code-reading.c | 2 +-
> tools/perf/tests/dso-data.c | 6 +-
> tools/perf/tests/dwarf-unwind.c | 2 +-
> tools/perf/tests/evsel-roundtrip-name.c | 2 +-
> tools/perf/tests/evsel-tp-sched.c | 2 +-
> tools/perf/tests/fdarray.c | 4 +-
> tools/perf/tests/hists_cumulate.c | 2 +-
> tools/perf/tests/hists_filter.c | 2 +-
> tools/perf/tests/hists_link.c | 2 +-
> tools/perf/tests/hists_output.c | 2 +-
> tools/perf/tests/keep-tracking.c | 2 +-
> tools/perf/tests/kmod-path.c | 2 +-
> tools/perf/tests/llvm.c | 75 +++--
> tools/perf/tests/llvm.h | 2 +
> tools/perf/tests/mmap-basic.c | 2 +-
> tools/perf/tests/mmap-thread-lookup.c | 2 +-
> tools/perf/tests/openat-syscall-all-cpus.c | 2 +-
> tools/perf/tests/openat-syscall-tp-fields.c | 2 +-
> tools/perf/tests/openat-syscall.c | 2 +-
> tools/perf/tests/parse-events.c | 2 +-
> tools/perf/tests/parse-no-sample-id-all.c | 2 +-
> tools/perf/tests/perf-record.c | 2 +-
> tools/perf/tests/pmu.c | 2 +-
> tools/perf/tests/python-use.c | 3 +-
> tools/perf/tests/sample-parsing.c | 2 +-
> tools/perf/tests/sw-clock.c | 2 +-
> tools/perf/tests/switch-tracking.c | 2 +-
> tools/perf/tests/task-exit.c | 2 +-
> tools/perf/tests/tests.h | 89 +++---
> tools/perf/tests/thread-map.c | 2 +-
> tools/perf/tests/thread-mg-share.c | 2 +-
> tools/perf/tests/topology.c | 2 +-
> tools/perf/tests/vmlinux-kallsyms.c | 2 +-
> tools/perf/ui/browsers/hists.c | 315 +++++++++++++++++--
> tools/perf/ui/gtk/hists.c | 148 ++++++++-
> tools/perf/ui/stdio/hist.c | 94 +++++-
> tools/perf/util/Build | 7 +
> tools/perf/util/bpf-loader.c | 434 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> tools/perf/util/bpf-loader.h | 4 +
> tools/perf/util/bpf-prologue.c | 455 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> tools/perf/util/bpf-prologue.h | 34 ++
> tools/perf/util/callchain.c | 135 +++++++-
> tools/perf/util/callchain.h | 28 +-
> tools/perf/util/dso.c | 2 +
> tools/perf/util/exec_cmd.c | 21 +-
> tools/perf/util/exec_cmd.h | 5 +-
> tools/perf/util/help.c | 6 +-
> tools/perf/util/include/linux/string.h | 3 -
> tools/perf/util/machine.c | 17 +-
> tools/perf/util/probe-event.c | 7 +-
> tools/perf/util/probe-finder.c | 9 +-
> tools/perf/util/string.c | 16 -
> tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c | 2 +
> tools/perf/util/util.c | 3 +-
> 77 files changed, 2286 insertions(+), 282 deletions(-)
> create mode 100644 tools/include/linux/string.h
> create mode 100644 tools/lib/string.c
> create mode 100644 tools/perf/tests/bpf-script-test-prologue.c
> create mode 100644 tools/perf/util/bpf-prologue.c
> create mode 100644 tools/perf/util/bpf-prologue.h
> delete mode 100644 tools/perf/util/include/linux/string.h

Pulled into tip:perf/core, thanks a lot Arnaldo!

Ingo
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