kernel_optimize_test/kernel
Frederic Weisbecker e49a5bd381 perf: Use hot regs with software sched switch/migrate events
Scheduler's task migration events don't work because they always
pass NULL regs perf_sw_event(). The event hence gets filtered
in perf_swevent_add().

Scheduler's context switches events use task_pt_regs() to get
the context when the event occured which is a wrong thing to
do as this won't give us the place in the kernel where we went
to sleep but the place where we left userspace. The result is
even more wrong if we switch from a kernel thread.

Use the hot regs snapshot for both events as they belong to the
non-interrupt/exception based events family. Unlike page faults
or so that provide the regs matching the exact origin of the event,
we need to save the current context.

This makes the task migration event working and fix the context
switch callchains and origin ip.

Example: perf record -a -e cs

Before:

    10.91%      ksoftirqd/0                  0  [k] 0000000000000000
                |
                --- (nil)
                    perf_callchain
                    perf_prepare_sample
                    __perf_event_overflow
                    perf_swevent_overflow
                    perf_swevent_add
                    perf_swevent_ctx_event
                    do_perf_sw_event
                    __perf_sw_event
                    perf_event_task_sched_out
                    schedule
                    run_ksoftirqd
                    kthread
                    kernel_thread_helper

After:

    23.77%  hald-addon-stor  [kernel.kallsyms]  [k] schedule
            |
            --- schedule
               |
               |--60.00%-- schedule_timeout
               |          wait_for_common
               |          wait_for_completion
               |          blk_execute_rq
               |          scsi_execute
               |          scsi_execute_req
               |          sr_test_unit_ready
               |          |
               |          |--66.67%-- sr_media_change
               |          |          media_changed
               |          |          cdrom_media_changed
               |          |          sr_block_media_changed
               |          |          check_disk_change
               |          |          cdrom_open

v2: Always build perf_arch_fetch_caller_regs() now that software
events need that too. They don't need it from modules, unlike trace
events, so we keep the EXPORT_SYMBOL in trace_event_perf.c

Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-04-01 08:26:31 +02:00
..
gcov microblaze: Enable GCOV_PROFILE_ALL 2009-09-21 14:29:21 +02:00
irq Merge branch 'irq-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2010-03-26 15:09:06 -07:00
power mm/pm: force GFP_NOIO during suspend/hibernation and resume 2010-03-06 11:26:26 -08:00
time time: Fix accumulation bug triggered by long delay. 2010-03-23 16:41:01 +01:00
trace perf: Correctly align perf event tracing buffer 2010-04-01 08:26:30 +02:00
.gitignore
acct.c copy_signal() cleanup: kill taskstats_tgid_init() and acct_init_pacct() 2010-03-12 15:52:39 -08:00
async.c
audit_tree.c new helper: iterate_mounts() 2010-03-03 14:07:57 -05:00
audit_watch.c Audit: reorganize struct audit_watch to save 8 bytes 2009-09-24 03:50:25 -04:00
audit.c Fix misspelling of "should" and "shouldn't" in comments. 2010-02-05 12:22:30 +01:00
audit.h Fix rule eviction order for AUDIT_DIR 2009-06-24 00:02:38 -04:00
auditfilter.c Audit: clean up all op= output to include string quoting 2009-06-24 00:00:52 -04:00
auditsc.c Lose the first argument of audit_inode_child() 2010-02-08 14:38:36 -05:00
backtracetest.c
bounds.c kbuild: move bounds.h to include/generated 2009-12-12 13:08:14 +01:00
capability.c capabilities: Use RCU to protect task lookup in sys_capget 2009-12-10 09:42:48 +11:00
cgroup_freezer.c cgroups: let ss->can_attach and ss->attach do whole threadgroups at a time 2009-09-24 07:20:58 -07:00
cgroup.c cgroups: remove duplicate include 2010-03-24 16:31:19 -07:00
compat.c
configs.c
cpu.c kernel/cpu.c: delete deprecated definition in cpu_up() 2010-03-06 11:26:28 -08:00
cpuset.c cpuset: alloc nodemask_t on the heap rather than the stack 2010-03-24 16:31:21 -07:00
cred-internals.h
cred.c kernel/cred.c: use kmem_cache_free 2010-02-03 10:21:57 +11:00
delayacct.c headers: taskstats_kern.h trim 2009-09-18 09:48:52 -07:00
dma.c
early_res.c early_res: Need to save the allocation name in drop_range_partial() 2010-03-01 23:23:02 -08:00
elfcore.c elf coredump: add extended numbering support 2010-03-06 11:26:46 -08:00
exec_domain.c
exit.c Merge branch 'core-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2010-03-13 14:43:01 -08:00
extable.c
fork.c Merge branch 'core-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2010-03-13 14:43:01 -08:00
freezer.c sched: fix nr_uninterruptible accounting of frozen tasks really 2009-07-18 14:19:53 +02:00
futex_compat.c futex: Protect pid lookup in compat code with RCU 2009-12-09 14:22:14 +01:00
futex.c futex: Handle futex value corruption gracefully 2010-02-03 15:13:22 +01:00
groups.c groups: move code to kernel/groups.c 2009-06-16 19:47:48 -07:00
hrtimer.c hrtimers: Convert to raw_spinlocks 2009-12-14 23:55:34 +01:00
hung_task.c softlockup: Fix hung_task_check_count sysctl 2009-11-27 06:21:57 +01:00
hw_breakpoint.c Merge branch 'perf/core' into perf/urgent 2010-03-04 11:47:52 +01:00
itimer.c itimers: Fix racy writes to cpu_itimer fields 2009-11-18 16:32:12 +01:00
kallsyms.c hw-breakpoints: Fix broken hw-breakpoint sample module 2009-11-10 11:23:29 +01:00
Kconfig.freezer
Kconfig.hz
Kconfig.locks mutex: Better control mutex adaptive spinning config 2009-12-03 11:50:11 +01:00
Kconfig.preempt
kexec.c percpu: add __percpu sparse annotations to core kernel subsystems 2010-02-17 11:17:38 +09:00
kfifo.c kfifo: Don't use integer as NULL pointer 2010-02-16 15:11:08 -08:00
kgdb.c Merge branch 'core-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2010-02-04 16:07:41 -08:00
kmod.c kmod: fix resource leak in call_usermodehelper_pipe() 2010-01-11 09:34:04 -08:00
kprobes.c kprobes: Calculate the index correctly when freeing the out-of-line execution slot 2010-03-11 14:06:16 +01:00
ksysfs.c Merge branch 'for-next' into for-linus 2010-03-08 16:55:37 +01:00
kthread.c cpuset: fix the problem that cpuset_mem_spread_node() returns an offline node 2010-03-24 16:31:21 -07:00
latencytop.c
lockdep_internals.h lockdep: BFS cleanup 2009-07-24 10:53:29 +02:00
lockdep_proc.c seq_file: constify seq_operations 2009-09-23 07:39:29 -07:00
lockdep_states.h
lockdep.c Merge branch 'perf-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2010-03-18 16:52:46 -07:00
Makefile elf coredump: replace ELF_CORE_EXTRA_* macros by functions 2010-03-06 11:26:45 -08:00
module.c sysfs: Use sysfs_attr_init and sysfs_bin_attr_init on module dynamic attributes 2010-03-07 17:04:51 -08:00
mutex-debug.c headers: remove sched.h from interrupt.h 2009-10-11 11:20:58 -07:00
mutex-debug.h locking: Implement new raw_spinlock 2009-12-14 23:55:32 +01:00
mutex.c mutex: Better control mutex adaptive spinning config 2009-12-03 11:50:11 +01:00
mutex.h
notifier.c sched: Use lockdep-based checking on rcu_dereference() 2010-02-25 10:34:26 +01:00
ns_cgroup.c cgroups: let ss->can_attach and ss->attach do whole threadgroups at a time 2009-09-24 07:20:58 -07:00
nsproxy.c nsproxy: remove INIT_NSPROXY() 2010-03-12 15:52:40 -08:00
padata.c padata: Allocate the cpumask for the padata instance 2010-03-04 13:30:22 +08:00
panic.c panic: fix panic_timeout accuracy when running on a hypervisor 2010-03-06 11:26:33 -08:00
params.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial 2010-03-12 16:04:50 -08:00
perf_event.c perf: Use hot regs with software sched switch/migrate events 2010-04-01 08:26:31 +02:00
pid_namespace.c pid_ns: zap_pid_ns_processes: use SEND_SIG_NOINFO instead of force_sig() 2010-03-12 15:52:40 -08:00
pid.c Merge branch 'core-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2010-03-13 14:43:01 -08:00
pm_qos_params.c pm_qos: clean up racy global "name" variable 2009-10-14 15:31:10 +02:00
posix-cpu-timers.c Merge branch 'timers-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2010-03-26 15:10:38 -07:00
posix-timers.c posix-timers.c: Don't export local functions 2010-02-05 14:54:10 +01:00
printk.c printk: avoid warning when CONFIG_PRINTK is disabled 2010-03-06 11:26:33 -08:00
profile.c kernel/profile.c: Switch /proc/irq/prof_cpu_mask to seq_file 2009-09-20 20:15:40 +02:00
ptrace.c ptrace: Fix ptrace_regset() comments and diagnose errors specifically 2010-02-23 13:45:26 -08:00
range.c x86: Change range end to start+size 2010-02-10 17:47:17 -08:00
rcupdate.c rcu: Make rcu_read_lock_bh_held() allow for disabled BH 2010-03-16 09:57:49 +01:00
rcutiny.c rcu: Eliminate unneeded function wrapping 2009-11-22 18:58:16 +01:00
rcutorture.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/percpu 2010-03-03 07:34:18 -08:00
rcutree_plugin.h rcu: Fix holdoff for accelerated GPs for last non-dynticked CPU 2010-02-28 09:17:42 +01:00
rcutree_trace.c rcu: Stop overflowing signed integers 2010-02-25 10:34:57 +01:00
rcutree.c rcu: Fix accelerated grace periods for last non-dynticked CPU 2010-02-27 09:53:52 +01:00
rcutree.h rcu: Increase RCU CPU stall timeouts if PROVE_RCU 2010-03-11 13:38:01 +01:00
relay.c splice: comparing unsigned int < 0 2010-03-06 11:26:32 -08:00
res_counter.c memcg: some modification to softlimit under hierarchical memory reclaim. 2009-10-01 16:11:13 -07:00
resource.c resources: add interfaces that return conflict information 2010-03-23 13:33:50 -07:00
rtmutex_common.h
rtmutex-debug.c sched: Convert pi_lock to raw_spinlock 2009-12-14 23:55:33 +01:00
rtmutex-debug.h
rtmutex-tester.c
rtmutex.c rtmutes: Convert rtmutex.lock to raw_spinlock 2009-12-14 23:55:33 +01:00
rtmutex.h
rwsem.c
sched_clock.c sched: Fix cpu_clock() in NMIs, on !CONFIG_HAVE_UNSTABLE_SCHED_CLOCK 2009-12-15 09:04:36 +01:00
sched_cpupri.c Merge branch 'for-next' into for-linus 2010-03-08 16:55:37 +01:00
sched_cpupri.h sched: Convert cpupri lock to raw_spinlock 2009-12-14 23:55:33 +01:00
sched_debug.c sched: Convert rq->lock to raw_spinlock 2009-12-14 23:55:33 +01:00
sched_fair.c sched, rcu: Fix rcu_dereference() for RCU-lockdep 2010-03-01 09:29:58 +01:00
sched_features.h sched: Discard some old bits 2009-12-09 10:03:07 +01:00
sched_idletask.c sched: Remove the sched_class load_balance methods 2010-01-21 13:40:09 +01:00
sched_rt.c Merge branch 'sched-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2010-03-13 14:46:18 -08:00
sched_stats.h
sched.c sched: Use proper type in sched_getaffinity() 2010-03-17 10:48:49 +01:00
seccomp.c
semaphore.c
signal.c kernel core: use helpers for rlimits 2010-03-06 11:26:33 -08:00
slow-work-debugfs.c SLOW_WORK: Move slow_work's proc file to debugfs 2009-12-01 08:20:31 -08:00
slow-work.c Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ebiederm/sysctl-2.6 2009-12-08 07:38:50 -08:00
slow-work.h SLOW_WORK: Move slow_work's proc file to debugfs 2009-12-01 08:20:31 -08:00
smp.c generic-ipi: Optimize accesses by using DEFINE_PER_CPU_SHARED_ALIGNED for IPI data 2010-01-18 09:02:59 +01:00
softirq.c hrtimer, softirq: Fix hrtimer->softirq trampoline 2010-02-03 18:17:40 +01:00
softlockup.c softlockup: Stop spurious softlockup messages due to overflow 2010-03-21 19:30:13 +01:00
spinlock.c locking: Cleanup the name space completely 2009-12-14 23:55:33 +01:00
srcu.c rcu: Introduce lockdep-based checking to RCU read-side primitives 2010-02-25 09:40:59 +01:00
stacktrace.c
stop_machine.c percpu: add __percpu sparse annotations to core kernel subsystems 2010-02-17 11:17:38 +09:00
sys_ni.c Add generic sys_ipc wrapper 2010-03-12 15:52:32 -08:00
sys.c Add generic sys_olduname() 2010-03-12 15:52:32 -08:00
sysctl_binary.c Switch may_open() and break_lease() to passing O_... 2010-03-03 13:00:21 -05:00
sysctl_check.c ipv4 05/05: add sysctl to accept packets with local source addresses 2009-12-03 12:14:38 -08:00
sysctl.c sysctl extern cleanup: lockdep 2010-03-12 15:53:10 -08:00
taskstats.c const: struct nla_policy 2010-02-18 14:30:18 -08:00
test_kprobes.c
time.c Revert "time: Remove xtime_cache" 2009-12-22 14:10:37 -08:00
timeconst.pl
timer.c timer stats: Fix del_timer_sync() and try_to_del_timer_sync() 2010-03-12 19:11:29 +01:00
tracepoint.c trivial: fix typo "to to" in multiple files 2009-09-21 15:14:55 +02:00
tsacct.c mm: clean up mm_counter 2010-03-06 11:26:23 -08:00
uid16.c headers: utsname.h redux 2009-09-23 18:13:10 -07:00
up.c
user_namespace.c
user-return-notifier.c core: Clean up user return notifers use of per_cpu 2009-12-02 10:22:59 +01:00
user.c sched: Remove USER_SCHED 2010-01-21 13:40:18 +01:00
utsname_sysctl.c sysctl kernel: Remove binary sysctl logic 2009-11-12 02:04:55 -08:00
utsname.c utsns: extract creeate_uts_ns() 2009-06-18 13:03:55 -07:00
wait.c locking, sched: Give waitqueue spinlocks their own lockdep classes 2009-08-10 14:43:09 +02:00
workqueue.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/wq 2009-12-10 09:35:44 -08:00