kernel_optimize_test/tools
Dima Kogan f7380c12ec perf script perl: Perl scripts now get a backtrace, like the python ones
We have some infrastructure to use perl or python to analyze logs
generated by perf.  Prior to this patch, only the python tools had
access to backtrace information.  This patch makes this information
available to perl scripts as well.  Example:

  Let's look at malloc() calls made by the seq utility.  First we
  create a probe point:

      $ perf probe -x /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 malloc
      Added new events:
      ...

  Now we run seq, while monitoring malloc() calls with perf

      $ perf record --call-graph=dwarf -e probe_libc:malloc seq 5
      1
      2
      3
      4
      5
      [ perf record: Woken up 1 times to write data ]
      [ perf record: Captured and wrote 0.064 MB perf.data (6 samples) ]

  We can use perf to look at its log to see the malloc calls and the backtrace

      $ perf script
      seq 14195 [000] 1927993.748254: probe_libc:malloc: (7f9ff8edd320) bytes=0x22
                  7f9ff8edd320 malloc (/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc-2.22.so)
                  7f9ff8e8eab0 set_binding_values.part.0 (/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc-2.22.so)
                  7f9ff8e8eda1 __bindtextdomain (/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc-2.22.so)
                        401b22 main (/usr/bin/seq)
                  7f9ff8e82610 __libc_start_main (/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc-2.22.so)
                        402799 _start (/usr/bin/seq)
      ...

  We can also use the scripting facilities.  We create a skeleton perl
  script that simply prints out the events

      $ perf script -g perl
      generated Perl script: perf-script.pl

  We can then use this script to see the malloc() calls with a
  backtrace.  Prior to this patch, the backtrace was not available to
  the perl scripts.

      $ perf script -s perf-script.pl
      probe_libc::malloc  0 1927993.748254260  14195 seq   __probe_ip=140325052863264, bytes=34
              [7f9ff8edd320] malloc
              [7f9ff8e8eab0] set_binding_values.part.0
              [7f9ff8e8eda1] __bindtextdomain
              [401b22] main
              [7f9ff8e82610] __libc_start_main
              [402799] _start
      ...

Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/87mvphzld0.fsf@secretsauce.net
Signed-off-by: Dima Kogan <dima@secretsauce.net>
2016-03-30 11:14:09 -03:00
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arch
build tools build: Use .s extension for preprocessed assembler code 2016-03-03 11:10:37 -03:00
cgroup
firewire
hv tools: hv: vss: fix the write()'s argument: error -> vss_msg 2015-12-14 19:15:05 -08:00
iio
include tools include: Copy linux/stringify.h from the kernel 2016-03-23 15:14:27 -03:00
laptop/freefall
lguest
lib perf/core improvements and fixes: 2016-03-24 08:30:25 +01:00
net tools/net: Use include/uapi with __EXPORTED_HEADERS__ 2015-11-15 17:24:33 -05:00
nfsd
perf perf script perl: Perl scripts now get a backtrace, like the python ones 2016-03-30 11:14:09 -03:00
power tools/power turbostat: fix various build warnings 2016-03-03 11:10:39 -03:00
scripts tools: Move utilities.mak from perf to tools/scripts/ 2016-03-18 13:57:20 -03:00
spi spi: spidev_test: Fix typo in error message 2015-12-08 17:58:56 +00:00
testing selftests/x86: Add an iopl test 2016-03-17 09:49:26 +01:00
thermal/tmon
time
usb usb: patches for v4.4 merge window 2015-10-22 17:19:33 -07:00
virtio tools/virtio: add ringtest utilities 2016-01-26 10:18:30 +02:00
vm tools/vm/page-types.c: support KPF_IDLE 2015-11-20 16:17:32 -08:00
Makefile Merge branch 'perf-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2016-01-14 11:39:09 -08:00