[PATCH v5 3/5] perf: script: add field 'disasm' to display mnemonic instructions

From: Changbin Du
Date: Mon Jan 22 2024 - 06:33:38 EST


In addition to the 'insn' field, this adds a new field 'disasm' to
display mnemonic instructions instead of the raw code.

$ sudo perf script -F +disasm
perf-exec 1443864 [006] 2275506.209848: psb: psb offs: 0 0 [unknown] ([unknown])
perf-exec 1443864 [006] 2275506.209848: cbr: cbr: 41 freq: 4100 MHz (114%) 0 [unknown] ([unknown])
ls 1443864 [006] 2275506.209905: 1 branches:uH: 7f216b426100 _start+0x0 (/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ld-2.31.so) movq %rsp, %rdi
ls 1443864 [006] 2275506.209908: 1 branches:uH: 7f216b426103 _start+0x3 (/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ld-2.31.so) callq _dl_start+0x0

Signed-off-by: Changbin Du <changbin.du@xxxxxxxxxx>

---
v2:
- update Documentation.
---
tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt | 13 +++++++------
tools/perf/builtin-script.c | 8 +++++++-
2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt
index ff9a52e44688..578fa59f51a5 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt
@@ -132,9 +132,10 @@ OPTIONS
Comma separated list of fields to print. Options are:
comm, tid, pid, time, cpu, event, trace, ip, sym, dso, dsoff, addr, symoff,
srcline, period, iregs, uregs, brstack, brstacksym, flags, bpf-output,
- brstackinsn, brstackinsnlen, brstackoff, callindent, insn, insnlen, synth,
- phys_addr, metric, misc, srccode, ipc, data_page_size, code_page_size, ins_lat,
- machine_pid, vcpu, cgroup, retire_lat.
+ brstackinsn, brstackinsnlen, brstackoff, callindent, insn, disasm,
+ insnlen, synth, phys_addr, metric, misc, srccode, ipc, data_page_size,
+ code_page_size, ins_lat, machine_pid, vcpu, cgroup, retire_lat.
+
Field list can be prepended with the type, trace, sw or hw,
to indicate to which event type the field list applies.
e.g., -F sw:comm,tid,time,ip,sym and -F trace:time,cpu,trace
@@ -217,9 +218,9 @@ OPTIONS
Instruction Trace decoding. For calls and returns, it will display the
name of the symbol indented with spaces to reflect the stack depth.

- When doing instruction trace decoding insn and insnlen give the
- instruction bytes and the instruction length of the current
- instruction.
+ When doing instruction trace decoding, insn, disasm and insnlen give the
+ instruction bytes, disassembled instructions (requires libcapstone support)
+ and the instruction length of the current instruction respectively.

The synth field is used by synthesized events which may be created when
Instruction Trace decoding.
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
index 4817a37f16e2..4ac9670704ff 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ enum perf_output_field {
PERF_OUTPUT_CGROUP = 1ULL << 39,
PERF_OUTPUT_RETIRE_LAT = 1ULL << 40,
PERF_OUTPUT_DSOFF = 1ULL << 41,
+ PERF_OUTPUT_DISASM = 1ULL << 42,
};

struct perf_script {
@@ -190,6 +191,7 @@ struct output_option {
{.str = "bpf-output", .field = PERF_OUTPUT_BPF_OUTPUT},
{.str = "callindent", .field = PERF_OUTPUT_CALLINDENT},
{.str = "insn", .field = PERF_OUTPUT_INSN},
+ {.str = "disasm", .field = PERF_OUTPUT_DISASM},
{.str = "insnlen", .field = PERF_OUTPUT_INSNLEN},
{.str = "brstackinsn", .field = PERF_OUTPUT_BRSTACKINSN},
{.str = "brstackoff", .field = PERF_OUTPUT_BRSTACKOFF},
@@ -1515,6 +1517,10 @@ static int perf_sample__fprintf_insn(struct perf_sample *sample,
printed += fprintf(fp, " insn: ");
printed += sample__fprintf_insn_raw(sample, fp);
}
+ if (PRINT_FIELD(DISASM) && sample->insn_len) {
+ printed += fprintf(fp, "\t\t");
+ printed += sample__fprintf_insn(sample, thread, machine, fp);
+ }
if (PRINT_FIELD(BRSTACKINSN) || PRINT_FIELD(BRSTACKINSNLEN))
printed += perf_sample__fprintf_brstackinsn(sample, thread, attr, machine, fp);

@@ -3900,7 +3906,7 @@ int cmd_script(int argc, const char **argv)
"Fields: comm,tid,pid,time,cpu,event,trace,ip,sym,dso,dsoff,"
"addr,symoff,srcline,period,iregs,uregs,brstack,"
"brstacksym,flags,data_src,weight,bpf-output,brstackinsn,"
- "brstackinsnlen,brstackoff,callindent,insn,insnlen,synth,"
+ "brstackinsnlen,brstackoff,callindent,insn,disasm,insnlen,synth,"
"phys_addr,metric,misc,srccode,ipc,tod,data_page_size,"
"code_page_size,ins_lat,machine_pid,vcpu,cgroup,retire_lat",
parse_output_fields),
--
2.25.1