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2009-09-21perf: Do the big rename: Performance Counters -> Performance EventsIngo Molnar
Bye-bye Performance Counters, welcome Performance Events! In the past few months the perfcounters subsystem has grown out its initial role of counting hardware events, and has become (and is becoming) a much broader generic event enumeration, reporting, logging, monitoring, analysis facility. Naming its core object 'perf_counter' and naming the subsystem 'perfcounters' has become more and more of a misnomer. With pending code like hw-breakpoints support the 'counter' name is less and less appropriate. All in one, we've decided to rename the subsystem to 'performance events' and to propagate this rename through all fields, variables and API names. (in an ABI compatible fashion) The word 'event' is also a bit shorter than 'counter' - which makes it slightly more convenient to write/handle as well. Thanks goes to Stephane Eranian who first observed this misnomer and suggested a rename. User-space tooling and ABI compatibility is not affected - this patch should be function-invariant. (Also, defconfigs were not touched to keep the size down.) This patch has been generated via the following script: FILES=$(find * -type f | grep -vE 'oprofile|[^K]config') sed -i \ -e 's/PERF_EVENT_/PERF_RECORD_/g' \ -e 's/PERF_COUNTER/PERF_EVENT/g' \ -e 's/perf_counter/perf_event/g' \ -e 's/nb_counters/nb_events/g' \ -e 's/swcounter/swevent/g' \ -e 's/tpcounter_event/tp_event/g' \ $FILES for N in $(find . -name perf_counter.[ch]); do M=$(echo $N | sed 's/perf_counter/perf_event/g') mv $N $M done FILES=$(find . -name perf_event.*) sed -i \ -e 's/COUNTER_MASK/REG_MASK/g' \ -e 's/COUNTER/EVENT/g' \ -e 's/\<event\>/event_id/g' \ -e 's/counter/event/g' \ -e 's/Counter/Event/g' \ $FILES ... to keep it as correct as possible. This script can also be used by anyone who has pending perfcounters patches - it converts a Linux kernel tree over to the new naming. We tried to time this change to the point in time where the amount of pending patches is the smallest: the end of the merge window. Namespace clashes were fixed up in a preparatory patch - and some stylistic fallout will be fixed up in a subsequent patch. ( NOTE: 'counters' are still the proper terminology when we deal with hardware registers - and these sed scripts are a bit over-eager in renaming them. I've undone some of that, but in case there's something left where 'counter' would be better than 'event' we can undo that on an individual basis instead of touching an otherwise nicely automated patch. ) Suggested-by: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com> Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Acked-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Reviewed-by: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com> Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de> Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> Cc: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Cc: Kyle McMartin <kyle@mcmartin.ca> Cc: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> Cc: <linux-arch@vger.kernel.org> LKML-Reference: <new-submission> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-09-04sparc: add basic support for 'perf'Jens Axboe
This wires up the perf_counter_open() syscall so that basic software support for perf is working. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-07-22Merge branch 'perf-counters-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/peterz/linux-2.6-perf * 'perf-counters-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/peterz/linux-2.6-perf: (31 commits) perf_counter tools: Give perf top inherit option perf_counter tools: Fix vmlinux symbol generation breakage perf_counter: Detect debugfs location perf_counter: Add tracepoint support to perf list, perf stat perf symbol: C++ demangling perf: avoid structure size confusion by using a fixed size perf_counter: Fix throttle/unthrottle event logging perf_counter: Improve perf stat and perf record option parsing perf_counter: PERF_SAMPLE_ID and inherited counters perf_counter: Plug more stack leaks perf: Fix stack data leak perf_counter: Remove unused variables perf_counter: Make call graph option consistent perf_counter: Add perf record option to log addresses perf_counter: Log vfork as a fork event perf_counter: Synthesize VDSO mmap event perf_counter: Make sure we dont leak kernel memory to userspace perf_counter tools: Fix index boundary check perf_counter: Fix the tracepoint channel to perfcounters perf_counter, x86: Extend perf_counter Pentium M support ...
2009-07-10Merge branch 'perfcounters-fixes-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'perfcounters-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (50 commits) perf report: Add "Fractal" mode output - support callchains with relative overhead rate perf_counter tools: callchains: Manage the cumul hits on the fly perf report: Change default callchain parameters perf report: Use a modifiable string for default callchain options perf report: Warn on callchain output request from non-callchain file x86: atomic64: Inline atomic64_read() again x86: atomic64: Clean up atomic64_sub_and_test() and atomic64_add_negative() x86: atomic64: Improve atomic64_xchg() x86: atomic64: Export APIs to modules x86: atomic64: Improve atomic64_read() x86: atomic64: Code atomic(64)_read and atomic(64)_set in C not CPP x86: atomic64: Fix unclean type use in atomic64_xchg() x86: atomic64: Make atomic_read() type-safe x86: atomic64: Reduce size of functions x86: atomic64: Improve atomic64_add_return() x86: atomic64: Improve cmpxchg8b() x86: atomic64: Improve atomic64_read() x86: atomic64: Move the 32-bit atomic64_t implementation to a .c file x86: atomic64: The atomic64_t data type should be 8 bytes aligned on 32-bit too perf report: Annotate variable initialization ...
2009-07-10perf_counter: Add P6 PMU supportVince Weaver
Add basic P6 PMU support. The P6 uses the EVNTSEL0 EN bit to enable/disable both its counters. We use this for the global enable/disable, and clear all config bits (except EN) to disable individual counters. Actual ia32 hardware doesn't support lfence, so use a locked op without side-effect to implement a full barrier. perf stat and perf record seem to function correctly. [a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl: cleanups and complete the enable/disable code] Signed-off-by: Vince Weaver <vince@deater.net> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> LKML-Reference: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0907081718450.2715@pianoman.cluster.toy> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-07-04Merge branch 'for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kyle/parisc-2.6 * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kyle/parisc-2.6: (27 commits) parisc: use generic atomic64 on 32-bit parisc: superio: fix build breakage parisc: Fix PCI resource allocation on non-PAT SBA machines parisc: perf: wire up sys_perf_counter_open parisc: add task_pt_regs macro parisc: wire sys_perf_counter_open to sys_ni_syscall parisc: inventory.c, fix bloated stack frame parisc: processor.c, fix bloated stack frame parisc: fix compile warning in mm/init.c parisc: remove dead code from sys_parisc32.c parisc: wire up rt_tgsigqueueinfo parisc: ensure broadcast tlb purge runs single threaded parisc: fix "delay!" timer handling parisc: fix mismatched parenthesis in memcpy.c parisc: Fix gcc 4.4 warning in lba_pci.c parisc: add parameter to read_cr16() parisc: decode_exc.c should include kernel.h parisc: remove obsolete hw_interrupt_type parisc: fix irq compile bugs in arch/parisc/kernel/irq.c parisc: advertise PCI devs after "assign_resources" ... Manually fixed up trivial conflicts in tools/perf/perf.h due to addition of SH vs HPPA perf-counter support.
2009-07-03parisc: perf: wire up sys_perf_counter_openKyle McMartin
Signed-off-by: Kyle McMartin <kyle@mcmartin.ca>
2009-07-01Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lethal/sh-2.6Linus Torvalds
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lethal/sh-2.6: sh: LCDC dcache flush for deferred io sh: Fix compiler error and include the definition of IS_ERR_VALUE sh: re-add LCDC fbdev support to the Migo-R defconfig sh: fix se7724 ceu names sh: ms7724se: Enable sh_eth in defconfig. arch/sh/boards/mach-se/7206/io.c: Remove unnecessary semicolons sh: ms7724se: Add sh_eth support nommu: provide follow_pfn(). sh: Kill off unused DEBUG_BOOTMEM symbol. perf_counter tools: add cpu_relax()/rmb() definitions for sh. sh64: Hook up page fault events for software perf counters. sh: Hook up page fault events for software perf counters. sh: make set_perf_counter_pending() static inline. clocksource: sh_tmu: Make undefined TCOR behaviour less undefined.
2009-07-01perf_counter tools: Add more warnings and fix/annotate themIngo Molnar
Enable -Wextra. This found a few real bugs plus a number of signed/unsigned type mismatches/uncleanlinesses. It also required a few annotations All things considered it was still worth it so lets try with this enabled for now. Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> LKML-Reference: <new-submission> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-06-30Merge branch 'perfcounters-fixes-for-linus' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip * 'perfcounters-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (47 commits) perf report: Add --symbols parameter perf report: Add --comms parameter perf report: Add --dsos parameter perf_counter tools: Adjust only prelinked symbol's addresses perf_counter: Provide a way to enable counters on exec perf_counter tools: Reduce perf stat measurement overhead/skew perf stat: Use percentages for scaling output perf_counter, x86: Update x86_pmu after WARN() perf stat: Micro-optimize the code: memcpy is only required if no event is selected and !null_run perf stat: Improve output perf stat: Fix multi-run stats perf stat: Add -n/--null option to run without counters perf_counter tools: Remove dead code perf_counter: Complete counter swap perf report: Print sorted callchains per histogram entries perf_counter tools: Prepare a small callchain framework perf record: Fix unhandled io return value perf_counter tools: Add alias for 'l1d' and 'l1i' perf-report: Add bare minimum PERF_EVENT_READ parsing perf-report: Add modes for inherited stats and no-samples ...
2009-06-26perf_counter tools: Prepare a small callchain frameworkFrederic Weisbecker
We plan to display the callchains depending on some user-configurable parameters. To gather the callchains stats from the recorded stream in a fast way, this patch introduces an ad hoc radix tree adapted for callchains and also a rbtree to sort these callchains once we have gathered every events from the stream. Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> LKML-Reference: <1246026481-8314-2-git-send-email-fweisbec@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-06-25perf_counter tools: Rework the file formatPeter Zijlstra
Create a structured file format that includes the full perf_counter_attr and all its relevant counter IDs so that the reporting program has full information. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> LKML-Reference: <new-submission> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-06-25perf_counter tools: add cpu_relax()/rmb() definitions for sh.Paul Mundt
Simple cpu_relax()/rmb() stubs that perf needs, which were inadvertently omitted from the sh HAVE_PERF_COUNTERS patch. Signed-off-by: Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>
2009-06-22[S390] Enable tick based perf_counter on s390.Martin Schwidefsky
Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
2009-06-19perf_counter tools: Define and use our own u64, s64 etc. definitionsPaul Mackerras
On 64-bit powerpc, __u64 is defined to be unsigned long rather than unsigned long long. This causes compiler warnings every time we print a __u64 value with %Lx. Rather than changing __u64, we define our own u64 to be unsigned long long on all architectures, and similarly s64 as signed long long. For consistency we also define u32, s32, u16, s16, u8 and s8. These definitions are put in a new header, types.h, because these definitions are needed in util/string.h and util/symbol.h. The main change here is the mechanical change of __[us]{64,32,16,8} to remove the "__". The other changes are: * Create types.h * Include types.h in perf.h, util/string.h and util/symbol.h * Add types.h to the LIB_H definition in Makefile * Added (u64) casts in process_overflow_event() and print_sym_table() to kill two remaining warnings. Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Cc: benh@kernel.crashing.org LKML-Reference: <19003.33494.495844.956580@cargo.ozlabs.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-06-19perf_counter tools: Add a data file headerPeter Zijlstra
Add a data file header so we can transfer data between record and report. LKML-Reference: <new-submission> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-06-12perf_counter: Add forward/backward attribute ABI compatibilityPeter Zijlstra
Provide for means of extending the perf_counter_attr in a 'natural' way. We allow growing the structure by appending fields at the end by specifying the full structure size inside it. When a new kernel sees a smaller (old) structure, it will 0 pad the tail. When an old kernel sees a larger (new) structure, it will verify the tail consists of 0s, otherwise fail. If we fail due to a size-mismatch, we return -E2BIG and write the kernel's native attribe size back into the provided structure. Furthermore, add some attribute verification, so that we'll fail counter creation when unknown bits are present (PERF_SAMPLE, PERF_FORMAT, or in the __reserved fields). (This ABI detail is introduced while keeping the existing syscall ABI.) Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> LKML-Reference: <new-submission> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-06-06perf_counter tools: Move from Documentation/perf_counter/ to tools/perf/Ingo Molnar
Several people have suggested that 'perf' has become a full-fledged tool that should be moved out of Documentation/. Move it to the (new) tools/ directory. Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> LKML-Reference: <new-submission> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>