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

[Namhyung Kim]

On Tue, Jun 22, 2021 at 8:39 AM Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> 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:

Depending on the failure, it might not need to be fixed.
Say, one process mmapped a file A and succeeded.
And then another process mmaped the same file A,
but it failed to get a build-id (mmap itself was ok).
And vice versa is fine too.

So even if it sees failures, we didn't lose anything.

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

Not sure this is really needed since `perf inject -j`
can add BUILD_ID records without fixing MMAP2.

>
>   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(-)
>