Re: [PATCH v5 0/4] perf tools: Add printing perf_event_attr `config` and `id` symbol in perf_event_attr__fprintf()

From: Namhyung Kim
Date: Sat Jun 24 2023 - 19:38:50 EST

On Thu, Jun 22, 2023 at 10:46 PM Yang Jihong <yangjihong1@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Add printing perf_event_attr `config` and `id` symbol to improve the readability of debugging information.
>
> Before:
>
> # perf --debug verbose=2 record -e cycles,cpu-clock,sched:sched_switch,branch-load-misses,r101,mem:0x0 -C 0 true
> <SNIP>
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> perf_event_attr:
> size 136
> { sample_period, sample_freq } 4000
> sample_type IP|TID|TIME|CPU|PERIOD|IDENTIFIER
> read_format ID
> disabled 1
> inherit 1
> freq 1
> sample_id_all 1
> exclude_guest 1
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> sys_perf_event_open: pid -1 cpu 0 group_fd -1 flags 0x8 = 5
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> perf_event_attr:
> type 1
> size 136
> { sample_period, sample_freq } 4000
> sample_type IP|TID|TIME|CPU|PERIOD|IDENTIFIER
> read_format ID
> disabled 1
> inherit 1
> freq 1
> sample_id_all 1
> exclude_guest 1
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> sys_perf_event_open: pid -1 cpu 0 group_fd -1 flags 0x8 = 6
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> perf_event_attr:
> type 2
> size 136
> config 0x143
> { sample_period, sample_freq } 1
> sample_type IP|TID|TIME|CPU|PERIOD|RAW|IDENTIFIER
> read_format ID
> disabled 1
> inherit 1
> sample_id_all 1
> exclude_guest 1
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> sys_perf_event_open: pid -1 cpu 0 group_fd -1 flags 0x8 = 7
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> perf_event_attr:
> type 3
> size 136
> config 0x10005
> { sample_period, sample_freq } 4000
> sample_type IP|TID|TIME|CPU|PERIOD|IDENTIFIER
> read_format ID
> disabled 1
> inherit 1
> freq 1
> sample_id_all 1
> exclude_guest 1
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> sys_perf_event_open: pid -1 cpu 0 group_fd -1 flags 0x8 = 9
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> perf_event_attr:
> type 4
> size 136
> config 0x101
> { sample_period, sample_freq } 4000
> sample_type IP|TID|TIME|CPU|PERIOD|IDENTIFIER
> read_format ID
> disabled 1
> inherit 1
> freq 1
> sample_id_all 1
> exclude_guest 1
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> sys_perf_event_open: pid -1 cpu 0 group_fd -1 flags 0x8 = 10
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> perf_event_attr:
> type 5
> size 136
> { sample_period, sample_freq } 1
> sample_type IP|TID|TIME|CPU|IDENTIFIER
> read_format ID
> disabled 1
> inherit 1
> sample_id_all 1
> exclude_guest 1
> bp_type 3
> { bp_len, config2 } 0x4
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> <SNIP>
>
> After:
>
> # perf --debug verbose=2 record -e cycles,cpu-clock,sched:sched_switch,branch-load-misses,r101,mem:0x0 -C 0 true
> <SNIP>
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> perf_event_attr:
> type 0 (PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE)
> size 136
> config 0 (PERF_COUNT_HW_CPU_CYCLES)
> { sample_period, sample_freq } 4000
> sample_type IP|TID|TIME|CPU|PERIOD|IDENTIFIER
> read_format ID
> disabled 1
> inherit 1
> freq 1
> sample_id_all 1
> exclude_guest 1
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> sys_perf_event_open: pid -1 cpu 0 group_fd -1 flags 0x8 = 5
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> perf_event_attr:
> type 1 (PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE)
> size 136
> config 0 (PERF_COUNT_SW_CPU_CLOCK)
> { sample_period, sample_freq } 4000
> sample_type IP|TID|TIME|CPU|PERIOD|IDENTIFIER
> read_format ID
> disabled 1
> inherit 1
> freq 1
> sample_id_all 1
> exclude_guest 1
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> sys_perf_event_open: pid -1 cpu 0 group_fd -1 flags 0x8 = 6
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> perf_event_attr:
> type 2 (PERF_TYPE_TRACEPOINT)
> size 136
> config 0x143 (sched:sched_switch)
> { sample_period, sample_freq } 1
> sample_type IP|TID|TIME|CPU|PERIOD|RAW|IDENTIFIER
> read_format ID
> disabled 1
> inherit 1
> sample_id_all 1
> exclude_guest 1
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> sys_perf_event_open: pid -1 cpu 0 group_fd -1 flags 0x8 = 7
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> perf_event_attr:
> type 3 (PERF_TYPE_HW_CACHE)
> size 136
> config 0x10005 (PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_RESULT_MISS | PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_OP_READ | PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_BPU)
> { sample_period, sample_freq } 4000
> sample_type IP|TID|TIME|CPU|PERIOD|IDENTIFIER
> read_format ID
> disabled 1
> inherit 1
> freq 1
> sample_id_all 1
> exclude_guest 1
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> sys_perf_event_open: pid -1 cpu 0 group_fd -1 flags 0x8 = 9
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> perf_event_attr:
> type 4 (PERF_TYPE_RAW)
> size 136
> config 0x101
> { sample_period, sample_freq } 4000
> sample_type IP|TID|TIME|CPU|PERIOD|IDENTIFIER
> read_format ID
> disabled 1
> inherit 1
> freq 1
> sample_id_all 1
> exclude_guest 1
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> sys_perf_event_open: pid -1 cpu 0 group_fd -1 flags 0x8 = 10
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> perf_event_attr:
> type 5 (PERF_TYPE_BREAKPOINT)
> size 136
> config 0
> { sample_period, sample_freq } 1
> sample_type IP|TID|TIME|CPU|IDENTIFIER
> read_format ID
> disabled 1
> inherit 1
> sample_id_all 1
> exclude_guest 1
> bp_type 3
> { bp_len, config2 } 0x4
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> sys_perf_event_open: pid -1 cpu 0 group_fd -1 flags 0x8 = 11
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> perf_event_attr:
> type 1 (PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE)
> size 136
> config 0x9 (PERF_COUNT_SW_DUMMY)
> { sample_period, sample_freq } 4000
> sample_type IP|TID|TIME|CPU|PERIOD|IDENTIFIER
> read_format ID
> inherit 1
> mmap 1
> comm 1
> freq 1
> task 1
> sample_id_all 1
> mmap2 1
> comm_exec 1
> ksymbol 1
> bpf_event 1
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> sys_perf_event_open: pid -1 cpu 0 group_fd -1 flags 0x8 = 12
> <SNIP>
>
> Yang Jihong (4):
> perf trace-event-info: Add tracepoint_id_to_name() helper
> perf tools: Extend PRINT_ATTRf to support printing of members with a
> value of 0
> perf tools: Add printing perf_event_attr type symbol in
> perf_event_attr__fprintf()
> perf tools: Add printing perf_event_attr config symbol in
> perf_event_attr__fprintf()

Applied to perf-tools-next after fixing 4/4, thanks!