[PATCH v3 0/5] perf report: Show inline stack

[Jin Yao]

v3: Iterate on RIPs of all callchain entries to check if the RIP is in
    inline functions.

    Reverse the order of the inliner printout if necessary.

    Provide new options "--inline-line" / "--inline-name" to print
    inline function name or print inline function source line.

v2: Thanks so much for Arnaldo's comments!
    The modifications are:

    1. Divide v1 patch "perf report: Find the inline stack for a
       given address" into 2 patches:
       a. perf report: Refactor common code in srcline.c
       b. perf report: Find the inline stack for a given address

       Some function names are changed:
       dso_name_get -> dso__name
       ilist_apend -> inline_list__append
       get_inline_node -> dso__parse_addr_inlines
       free_inline_node -> inline_node__delete

    2. Since the function name are changed, update following patches
       accordingly.
       a. perf report: Show inline stack in stdio mode
       b. perf report: Show inline stack in browser mode

    3. Rebase to latest perf/core branch. This patch is impacted.
       a. perf report: Create a new option "--inline"

v1: Initial post

It would be useful for perf to support a mode to query the
inline stack for callgraph addresses. This would simplify
finding the right code in code that does a lot of inlining.

For example, the c code:

static inline void f3(void)
{
        int i;
        for (i = 0; i < 1000;) {

                if(i%2)
                        i++;
                else
                        i++;
        }
        printf("hello f3\n");   /* D */
}

/* < CALLCHAIN: f2 <- f1 > */
static inline void f2(void)
{
        int i;
        for (i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
                f3();   /* C */
        }
}

/* < CALLCHAIN: f1 <- main > */
static inline void f1(void)
{
        int i;
        for (i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
                f2();   /* B */
        }
}

/* < CALLCHAIN: main <- TOP > */
int main()
{
        struct timeval tv;
        time_t start, end;

        gettimeofday(&tv, NULL);
        start = end = tv.tv_sec;
        while((end - start) < 5) {
                f1();   /* A */
                gettimeofday(&tv, NULL);
                end = tv.tv_sec;
        }
        return 0;
}

The printed inline stack is:

0.05%  test2    test2              [.] main
       |
       ---/home/perf-dev/lck-2867/test/test2.c:27 (inline)
          /home/perf-dev/lck-2867/test/test2.c:35 (inline)
          /home/perf-dev/lck-2867/test/test2.c:45 (inline)
          /home/perf-dev/lck-2867/test/test2.c:61 (inline)

I tag A/B/C/D in above c code to indicate the source line,
actually the inline stack is equal to:

0.05%  test2    test2              [.] main
       |
       ---D
          C
          B
          A

Jin Yao (5):
  perf report: Refactor common code in srcline.c
  perf report: Find the inline stack for a given address
  perf report: Create new inline options
  perf report: Show inline stack in stdio mode
  perf report: Show inline stack in browser mode

 tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt |   8 ++
 tools/perf/builtin-report.c              |   4 +
 tools/perf/ui/browsers/hists.c           | 170 ++++++++++++++++++++--
 tools/perf/ui/stdio/hist.c               |  75 +++++++++-
 tools/perf/util/hist.c                   |   5 +
 tools/perf/util/sort.h                   |   1 +
 tools/perf/util/srcline.c                | 237 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c             |   5 +
 tools/perf/util/symbol.h                 |   6 +-
 tools/perf/util/util.h                   |  16 +++
 10 files changed, 489 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)

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