Re: [PATCH 00/35] perf intel-pt: Add support for tracing virtual machine user space on the host

From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
Date: Mon Jul 18 2022 - 11:28:30 EST


Em Mon, Jul 11, 2022 at 12:31:43PM +0300, Adrian Hunter escreveu:
> Hi
>
> Here are patches to support decoding an Intel PT trace that contains data
> from virtual machine userspace.
>
> This is done by adding functionality to perf inject to be able to inject
> sideband events needed for decoding, into the perf.data file recorded on
> the host. That is, inject events from a perf.data file recorded in a
> virtual machine into a perf.data file recorded on the host at the same
> time.
>
> For more details, see the example in the documentation added in the last
> patch.
>
> Note there was already support for tracing virtual machines kernel-only:
>
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-intel-pt.txt?h=v5.19-rc1#n1221
>
> or the special case of tracing KVM self tests:
>
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-intel-pt.txt?h=v5.19-rc1#n1403
>
> For general information about Intel PT also see the wiki page:
>
> https://perf.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Perf_tools_support_for_Intel%C2%AE_Processor_Trace
>
> The patches fall into 5 groups:
> 1. the first patch is a fix
> 2. the next 22 patches are preparation
> 3. the main patch is "perf inject: Add support for injecting guest
> sideband events"
> 4. 3 more preparation patches
> 5. Intel PT decoding changes
>
> The patches are mostly small except for "perf inject: Add support for
> injecting guest sideband events". However the code there adds new
> functionality, does not affect existing functionality and is consequently
> pretty self-contained.

Applied locally, going thru tests.

- Arnaldo

>
> Adrian Hunter (35):
> perf tools: Fix dso_id inode generation comparison
> perf tools: Export dsos__for_each_with_build_id()
> perf ordered_events: Add ordered_events__last_flush_time()
> perf tools: Export perf_event__process_finished_round()
> perf tools: Factor out evsel__id_hdr_size()
> perf tools: Add perf_event__synthesize_id_sample()
> perf script: Add --dump-unsorted-raw-trace option
> perf buildid-cache: Add guestmount'd files to the build ID cache
> perf buildid-cache: Do not require purge files to also be in the file system
> perf tools: Add machine_pid and vcpu to id_index
> perf session: Create guest machines from id_index
> perf tools: Add guest_cpu to hypervisor threads
> perf tools: Add machine_pid and vcpu to perf_sample
> perf tools: Use sample->machine_pid to find guest machine
> perf script: Add machine_pid and vcpu
> perf dlfilter: Add machine_pid and vcpu
> perf auxtrace: Add machine_pid and vcpu to auxtrace_error
> perf script python: Add machine_pid and vcpu
> perf script python: intel-pt-events: Add machine_pid and vcpu
> perf tools: Remove also guest kcore_dir with host kcore_dir
> perf tools: Make has_kcore_dir() work also for guest kcore_dir
> perf tools: Automatically use guest kcore_dir if present
> perf tools: Add reallocarray_as_needed()
> perf inject: Add support for injecting guest sideband events
> perf machine: Use realloc_array_as_needed() in machine__set_current_tid()
> perf tools: Handle injected guest kernel mmap event
> perf tools: Add perf_event__is_guest()
> perf intel-pt: Remove guest_machine_pid
> perf intel-pt: Add some more logging to intel_pt_walk_next_insn()
> perf intel-pt: Track guest context switches
> perf intel-pt: pt disable sync switch
> perf intel-pt: Determine guest thread from guest sideband
> perf intel-pt: Add machine_pid and vcpu to auxtrace_error
> perf intel-pt: Use guest pid/tid etc in guest samples
> perf intel-pt: Add documentation for tracing guest machine user space
>
> tools/lib/perf/include/internal/evsel.h | 4 +
> tools/lib/perf/include/perf/event.h | 7 +
> tools/perf/Documentation/perf-dlfilter.txt | 22 +
> tools/perf/Documentation/perf-inject.txt | 17 +
> tools/perf/Documentation/perf-intel-pt.txt | 181 +++-
> tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt | 10 +-
> tools/perf/builtin-inject.c | 1043 +++++++++++++++++++-
> tools/perf/builtin-script.c | 19 +
> tools/perf/include/perf/perf_dlfilter.h | 8 +
> tools/perf/scripts/python/intel-pt-events.py | 32 +-
> tools/perf/util/auxtrace.c | 30 +-
> tools/perf/util/auxtrace.h | 4 +
> tools/perf/util/build-id.c | 80 +-
> tools/perf/util/build-id.h | 16 +-
> tools/perf/util/data.c | 43 +-
> tools/perf/util/data.h | 1 +
> tools/perf/util/dlfilter.c | 2 +
> tools/perf/util/dso.h | 6 +
> tools/perf/util/dsos.c | 10 +-
> tools/perf/util/event.h | 23 +
> tools/perf/util/evlist.c | 42 +-
> tools/perf/util/evsel.c | 27 +
> tools/perf/util/evsel.h | 2 +
> tools/perf/util/intel-pt.c | 183 +++-
> tools/perf/util/machine.c | 41 +-
> tools/perf/util/machine.h | 2 +
> tools/perf/util/ordered-events.h | 6 +
> .../util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c | 15 +-
> tools/perf/util/session.c | 111 ++-
> tools/perf/util/session.h | 4 +
> tools/perf/util/symbol.c | 6 +-
> tools/perf/util/synthetic-events.c | 98 +-
> tools/perf/util/synthetic-events.h | 2 +
> tools/perf/util/thread.c | 1 +
> tools/perf/util/thread.h | 1 +
> tools/perf/util/util.c | 70 +-
> tools/perf/util/util.h | 15 +
> 37 files changed, 2029 insertions(+), 155 deletions(-)
>
>
> Regards
> Adrian

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- Arnaldo