kernel_optimize_test/tools
Adrian Hunter f08046cb30 perf thread-stack: Represent jmps to the start of a different symbol
The compiler might optimize a call/ret combination by making it a jmp.
However the thread-stack does not presently cater for that, so that such
control flow is not visible in the call graph. Make it visible by
recording on the stack a branch to the start of a different symbol.
Note, that means when a ret pops the stack, all jmps must be popped off
first.

Example:

  $ cat jmp-to-fn.c
  __attribute__((noinline)) int bar(void)
  {
          return -1;
  }

  __attribute__((noinline)) int foo(void)
  {
          return bar() + 1;
  }

  int main()
  {
          return foo();
  }
  $ gcc -ggdb3 -Wall -Wextra -O2 -o jmp-to-fn jmp-to-fn.c
  $ objdump -d jmp-to-fn
  <SNIP>
  0000000000001040 <main>:
      1040:       31 c0                   xor    %eax,%eax
      1042:       e9 09 01 00 00          jmpq   1150 <foo>
  <SNIP>
  0000000000001140 <bar>:
      1140:       b8 ff ff ff ff          mov    $0xffffffff,%eax
      1145:       c3                      retq
  <SNIP>
  0000000000001150 <foo>:
      1150:       31 c0                   xor    %eax,%eax
      1152:       e8 e9 ff ff ff          callq  1140 <bar>
      1157:       83 c0 01                add    $0x1,%eax
      115a:       c3                      retq
  <SNIP>
  $ perf record -o jmp-to-fn.perf.data -e intel_pt/cyc/u ./jmp-to-fn
  [ perf record: Woken up 1 times to write data ]
  [ perf record: Captured and wrote 0,017 MB jmp-to-fn.perf.data ]
  $ perf script -i jmp-to-fn.perf.data --itrace=be -s ~/libexec/perf-core/scripts/python/export-to-sqlite.py jmp-to-fn.db branches calls
  2019-01-08 13:24:58.783069 Creating database...
  2019-01-08 13:24:58.794650 Writing records...
  2019-01-08 13:24:59.008050 Adding indexes
  2019-01-08 13:24:59.015802 Done
  $  ~/libexec/perf-core/scripts/python/exported-sql-viewer.py jmp-to-fn.db

Before:

    main
        -> bar

After:

    main
        -> foo
            -> bar

Committer testing:

Install the python2-pyside package, then select these menu options
on the GUI:

   "Reports"
      "Context sensitive callgraphs"

Then go on expanding the symbols, to get, full picture when doing this
on a fedora:29 with gcc version 8.2.1 20181215 (Red Hat 8.2.1-6) (GCC):

jmp-to-fn
  PID:TID
    _start                (ld-2.28.so)
      __libc_start_main
        main
          foo
            bar

To verify that indeed, this fixes the problem.

Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190109091835.5570-5-adrian.hunter@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2019-02-06 10:00:40 -03:00
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arch powerpc fixes for 5.0 #3 2019-01-19 05:55:42 +12:00
bpf tools: bpftool: Cleanup license mess 2019-01-18 15:26:54 -08:00
build perf build: Don't unconditionally link the libbfd feature test to -liberty and -lz 2018-12-21 09:42:46 -03:00
cgroup
crypto
firewire
firmware
gpio tools gpio: Allow overriding CFLAGS 2018-12-28 16:33:08 -03:00
hv
iio tools iio: Override CFLAGS assignments 2019-01-04 12:54:49 -03:00
include Merge branch 'perf/urgent' into perf/core, to pick up fixes 2019-02-04 08:45:42 +01:00
kvm/kvm_stat
laptop
leds
lib Merge branch 'perf/urgent' into perf/core, to pick up fixes 2019-02-04 08:45:42 +01:00
memory-model
nfsd
objtool
pci
pcmcia
perf perf thread-stack: Represent jmps to the start of a different symbol 2019-02-06 10:00:40 -03:00
power perf/core improvements and fixes: 2019-01-03 14:05:16 +01:00
scripts
spi
testing proc: fix /proc/net/* after setns(2) 2019-02-01 15:46:22 -08:00
thermal/tmon tools thermal tmon: Use -O3 instead of -O1 if available 2019-01-04 12:54:49 -03:00
time
usb
virtio
vm tools/vm/page_owner: use page_owner_sort in the use example 2019-01-08 17:15:11 -08:00
wmi
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