[PATCH V3 0/6] perf dlfilter: Add dlfilter-show-cycles

From: Adrian Hunter
Date: Wed Oct 27 2021 - 04:03:52 EST


Hi

The issue with V1 was that the IPC information used to accumulate cycle
counts has a lower granularity because it is output only when the cycle
count correlates to the IP of the event i.e. only when the IPC is exactly
correct.

To enable more frequent updates to the cycle count, itrace option 'A' is
added, which specifies that IPC information can be approximate.

In addition there are some new miscellaneous patches.


Changes in V3:

perf intel-pt: Support itrace A option to approximate IPC
Expanded explanation of the loss of accuracy of IPC with 'A' option.

Added Reviewed-by: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>


Changes in V2:

perf dlfilter: Add dlfilter-show-cycles
Separate counts for branches, instructions or other events.

New patches:
perf auxtrace: Add missing Z option to ITRACE_HELP
perf auxtrace: Add itrace A option to approximate IPC
perf intel-pt: Support itrace A option to approximate IPC
perf auxtrace: Add itrace d+o option to direct debug log to stdout
perf intel-pt: Support itrace d+o option to direct debug log to stdout


Adrian Hunter (6):
perf auxtrace: Add missing Z option to ITRACE_HELP
perf auxtrace: Add itrace A option to approximate IPC
perf intel-pt: Support itrace A option to approximate IPC
perf dlfilter: Add dlfilter-show-cycles
perf auxtrace: Add itrace d+o option to direct debug log to stdout
perf intel-pt: Support itrace d+o option to direct debug log to stdout

tools/perf/Documentation/itrace.txt | 2 +
tools/perf/Documentation/perf-intel-pt.txt | 28 ++++
tools/perf/Makefile.perf | 2 +-
tools/perf/dlfilters/dlfilter-show-cycles.c | 144 +++++++++++++++++++++
tools/perf/util/auxtrace.c | 3 +
tools/perf/util/auxtrace.h | 6 +
.../perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-decoder.c | 1 +
.../perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-decoder.h | 1 +
tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-log.c | 8 +-
tools/perf/util/intel-pt.c | 21 ++-
10 files changed, 205 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 tools/perf/dlfilters/dlfilter-show-cycles.c


Regards
Adrian