kernel_optimize_test/tools/perf/scripts/python
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
..
bin perf script powerpc: Python script for hypervisor call statistics 2018-06-06 12:52:06 -03:00
Perf-Trace-Util perf scripts python: Add Python 3 support to EventClass.py 2018-07-11 10:01:50 -03:00
check-perf-trace.py
compaction-times.py
event_analyzing_sample.py License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
export-to-postgresql.py perf thread-stack: Represent jmps to the start of a different symbol 2019-02-06 10:00:40 -03:00
export-to-sqlite.py perf thread-stack: Represent jmps to the start of a different symbol 2019-02-06 10:00:40 -03:00
exported-sql-viewer.py perf script python: Remove explicit shebang from Python scripts 2019-01-25 15:12:10 +01:00
failed-syscalls-by-pid.py
futex-contention.py
intel-pt-events.py
mem-phys-addr.py perf script python: Add script to profile and resolve physical mem type 2018-01-12 11:06:57 -03:00
net_dropmonitor.py License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
netdev-times.py License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
powerpc-hcalls.py perf script powerpc: Python script for hypervisor call statistics 2018-06-06 12:52:06 -03:00
sched-migration.py perf script python: Remove explicit shebang from Python scripts 2019-01-25 15:12:10 +01:00
sctop.py
stackcollapse.py License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
stat-cpi.py perf script python: Remove explicit shebang from Python scripts 2019-01-25 15:12:10 +01:00
syscall-counts-by-pid.py
syscall-counts.py