[PATCH v5 3/9] tools, perf, script: Add --insn-trace for instruction decoding

[Andi Kleen]

From: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Add a --insn-trace short hand option for decoding and disassembling
instruction streams for intel_pt. This automatically pipes the
output into the xed disassembler to generate disassembled instructions.
This just makes this use model much nicer to use

Before

% perf record -e intel_pt// ...
% perf script --itrace=i0ns --ns -F +insn,-event,-period | xed -F insn: -A -64
   swapper     0 [000] 117276.429606186:  ffffffff81010486 pt_config ([kernel.kallsyms])          nopl  %eax, (%rax,%rax,1)
   swapper     0 [000] 117276.429606186:  ffffffff8101048b pt_config ([kernel.kallsyms])          add $0x10, %rsp
   swapper     0 [000] 117276.429606186:  ffffffff8101048f pt_config ([kernel.kallsyms])          popq  %rbx
   swapper     0 [000] 117276.429606186:  ffffffff81010490 pt_config ([kernel.kallsyms])          popq  %rbp
   swapper     0 [000] 117276.429606186:  ffffffff81010491 pt_config ([kernel.kallsyms])          popq  %r12
   swapper     0 [000] 117276.429606186:  ffffffff81010493 pt_config ([kernel.kallsyms])          popq  %r13
   swapper     0 [000] 117276.429606186:  ffffffff81010495 pt_config ([kernel.kallsyms])          popq  %r14
   swapper     0 [000] 117276.429606186:  ffffffff81010497 pt_config ([kernel.kallsyms])          popq  %r15
   swapper     0 [000] 117276.429606186:  ffffffff81010499 pt_config ([kernel.kallsyms])          retq
   swapper     0 [000] 117276.429606186:  ffffffff8101063e pt_event_add ([kernel.kallsyms])               cmpl  $0x1, 0x1b0(%rbx)
   swapper     0 [000] 117276.429606186:  ffffffff81010645 pt_event_add ([kernel.kallsyms])               mov $0xffffffea, %eax
   swapper     0 [000] 117276.429606186:  ffffffff8101064a pt_event_add ([kernel.kallsyms])               mov $0x0, %edx
   swapper     0 [000] 117276.429606186:  ffffffff8101064f pt_event_add ([kernel.kallsyms])               popq  %rbx
   swapper     0 [000] 117276.429606186:  ffffffff81010650 pt_event_add ([kernel.kallsyms])               cmovnz %edx, %eax
   swapper     0 [000] 117276.429606186:  ffffffff81010653 pt_event_add ([kernel.kallsyms])               jmp 0xffffffff81010635
   swapper     0 [000] 117276.429606186:  ffffffff81010635 pt_event_add ([kernel.kallsyms])               retq
   swapper     0 [000] 117276.429606186:  ffffffff8115e687 event_sched_in.isra.107 ([kernel.kallsyms])            test %eax, %eax

Now

% perf record -e intel_pt// ...
% perf script --insn-trace --xed
... same output ...

Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

--

v2: Add separate --xed option
---
 tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt |  7 +++++++
 tools/perf/builtin-script.c              | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 30 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt
index afdafe2110a1..00c655ab4968 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt
@@ -383,6 +383,13 @@ include::itrace.txt[]
 	will be printed. Each entry has function name and file/line. Enabled by
 	default, disable with --no-inline.
 
+--insn-trace::
+	Show instruction stream for intel_pt traces. Combine with --xed to
+	show disassembly.
+
+--xed::
+	Run xed disassembler on output. Requires installing the xed disassembler.
+
 SEE ALSO
 --------
 linkperf:perf-record[1], linkperf:perf-script-perl[1],
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
index 49d84c85e846..61d7ce8fe250 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
+#include <subcmd/pager.h>
 
 #include "sane_ctype.h"
 
@@ -3074,6 +3075,24 @@ static int perf_script__process_auxtrace_info(struct perf_tool *tool,
 #define perf_script__process_auxtrace_info 0
 #endif
 
+static int parse_insn_trace(const struct option *opt __maybe_unused,
+			    const char *str __maybe_unused,
+			    int unset __maybe_unused)
+{
+	parse_output_fields(NULL, "+insn,-event,-period", 0);
+	itrace_parse_synth_opts(opt, "i0ns", 0);
+	nanosecs = true;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int parse_xed(const struct option *opt __maybe_unused,
+		     const char *str __maybe_unused,
+		     int unset __maybe_unused)
+{
+	force_pager("xed -F insn: -A -64 | less");
+	return 0;
+}
+
 int cmd_script(int argc, const char **argv)
 {
 	bool show_full_info = false;
@@ -3158,6 +3177,10 @@ int cmd_script(int argc, const char **argv)
 		    "system-wide collection from all CPUs"),
 	OPT_STRING('S', "symbols", &symbol_conf.sym_list_str, "symbol[,symbol...]",
 		   "only consider these symbols"),
+	OPT_CALLBACK_OPTARG(0, "insn-trace", &itrace_synth_opts, NULL, NULL,
+			"Decode instructions from itrace", parse_insn_trace),
+	OPT_CALLBACK_OPTARG(0, "xed", NULL, NULL, NULL,
+			"Run xed disassembler on output", parse_xed),
 	OPT_STRING(0, "stop-bt", &symbol_conf.bt_stop_list_str, "symbol[,symbol...]",
 		   "Stop display of callgraph at these symbols"),
 	OPT_STRING('C', "cpu", &cpu_list, "cpu", "list of cpus to profile"),
-- 
2.17.1