[RFC 00/10] perf: Add build id parsing fault detection/fix

[Jiri Olsa]

hi,
this *RFC* patchset adds support to detect faults during
mmap2's build id parsing and a way to fix such maps in
generated perf.data.

It adds support to record build id faults count for session
and store it in perf.data and perf inject support to find
these maps and reads build ids for them in user space.

It's probably best explained by the workflow:

  Record data with --buildid-mmap option:

    # perf record --buildid-mmap ...
    ...
    [ perf record: Woken up 1 times to write data ]
    [ perf record: Failed to parse 4 build ids]
    [ perf record: Captured and wrote 0.008 MB perf.data ]

  Check if there's any build id fault reported:

    # perf report --header-only
    ...
    # build id mmap stats: FAULTS 4, LOST 0, NOT FIXED

  There is, check the stats:

    # perf report --stat

    Aggregated stats:
             TOTAL events:        104
                      ....
           BUILD_ID fails:          4  (14.3%)

  Yep, let's fix it:

    # perf inject --buildid-mmap2 -i perf.data -o perf-fixed.data

  And verify:

    # perf report -i perf-fixed.data --stats

    Aggregated stats:
               TOTAL events:        104
                        ....

  Good, let's see how many we fixed:

    # perf report --header-only -i perf-fixed.data
    ...
    # build id mmap stats: FAULTS 4, LOST 0, FIXED(4)


I don't have a good way to test it, just by artificially
adding the faults in kernel code, but Ian and Namhyung
might have setup that could generate that.. would be great
to have a perf test for this.

Also available in here:
  git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jolsa/perf.git
  perf/buildid_stats

thoughts?

thanks,
jirka


---
Jiri Olsa (10):
      perf: Track build id faults for mmap2 event
      perf: Move build_id_parse to check only regular files
      perf: Add new read_format bit to read build id faults
      perf: Add new read_format bit to read lost events
      tools: Sync perf_event.h uapi
      libperf: Do not allow PERF_FORMAT_GROUP in perf_evsel__read
      perf record: Add support to read build id fails
      perf record: Add new HEADER_BUILD_ID_MMAP feature
      perf report: Display build id fails stats
      perf inject: Add --buildid-mmap2 option to fix failed build ids

 include/linux/perf_event.h                         |  2 ++
 include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h                    | 20 +++++++++++++-------
 kernel/events/core.c                               | 49 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
 kernel/events/ring_buffer.c                        |  3 +++
 tools/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h              | 20 +++++++++++++-------
 tools/lib/perf/evsel.c                             | 10 ++++++++++
 tools/lib/perf/include/perf/evsel.h                | 11 ++++++++++-
 tools/perf/Documentation/perf-inject.txt           |  3 +++
 tools/perf/Documentation/perf.data-file-format.txt | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 tools/perf/builtin-inject.c                        | 45 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 tools/perf/builtin-record.c                        | 97 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 tools/perf/builtin-report.c                        | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 tools/perf/util/env.h                              |  6 ++++++
 tools/perf/util/evsel.c                            | 12 ++++++++++++
 tools/perf/util/header.c                           | 80 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 tools/perf/util/header.h                           |  1 +
 tools/perf/util/map.h                              | 15 +++++++++++++++
 tools/perf/util/perf_event_attr_fprintf.c          |  3 ++-
 18 files changed, 407 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)