[PATCH v10 09/12] perf record: implement -z,--compression_level[=<n>] option

[Alexey Budankov]

Implemented -z,--compression_level[=<n>] option that enables compression
of mmaped kernel data buffers content in runtime during perf record
mode collection. Default option value is 1 (fastest compression).

Compression overhead has been measured for serial and AIO streaming
when profiling matrix multiplication workload:

    -------------------------------------------------------------
    | SERIAL			  | AIO-1                       |
----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-z | OVH(x) | ratio(x) size(MiB) | OVH(x) | ratio(x) size(MiB) |
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
| 0 | 1,00   | 1,000    179,424   | 1,00   | 1,000    187,527   |
| 1 | 1,04   | 8,427    181,148   | 1,01   | 8,474    188,562   |
| 2 | 1,07   | 8,055    186,953   | 1,03   | 7,912    191,773   |
| 3 | 1,04   | 8,283    181,908   | 1,03   | 8,220    191,078   |
| 5 | 1,09   | 8,101    187,705   | 1,05   | 7,780    190,065   |
| 8 | 1,05   | 9,217    179,191   | 1,12   | 6,111    193,024   |
-----------------------------------------------------------------

OVH = (Execution time with -z N) / (Execution time with -z 0)

ratio - compression ratio
size  - number of bytes that was compressed

	size ~= trace size x ratio

Signed-off-by: Alexey Budankov <alexey.budankov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt |  5 +++++
 tools/perf/builtin-record.c              | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 30 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
index 18fceb49434e..0567bacc2ae6 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
@@ -471,6 +471,11 @@ Also at some cases executing less trace write syscalls with bigger data size can
 shorter than executing more trace write syscalls with smaller data size thus lowering
 runtime profiling overhead.
 
+-z::
+--compression-level[=n]::
+Produce compressed trace using specified level n (default: 1 - fastest compression,
+22 - smallest trace)
+
 --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 2e083891affa..7258f2964a3b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -440,6 +440,26 @@ static int record__mmap_flush_parse(const struct option *opt,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+#ifdef HAVE_ZSTD_SUPPORT
+static unsigned int comp_level_default = 1;
+static int record__parse_comp_level(const struct option *opt,
+				    const char *str,
+				    int unset)
+{
+	struct record_opts *opts = (struct record_opts *)opt->value;
+
+	if (unset) {
+		opts->comp_level = 0;
+	} else {
+		if (str)
+			opts->comp_level = strtol(str, NULL, 0);
+		if (!opts->comp_level)
+			opts->comp_level = comp_level_default;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+#endif
 static unsigned int comp_level_max = 22;
 
 static int record__comp_enabled(struct record *rec)
@@ -2169,6 +2189,11 @@ static struct option __record_options[] = {
 	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),
+#ifdef HAVE_ZSTD_SUPPORT
+	OPT_CALLBACK_OPTARG('z', "compression-level", &record.opts, &comp_level_default,
+		     "n", "Produce compressed trace using specified level (default: 1 - fastest compression, 22 - smallest trace)",
+		     record__parse_comp_level),
+#endif
 	OPT_END()
 };
 
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