From: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
To: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>,
Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>,
James Clark <james.clark@linaro.org>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>,
Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>,
LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
linux-perf-users@vger.kernel.org,
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>,
Indu Bhagat <indu.bhagat@oracle.com>,
Jens Remus <jremus@linux.ibm.com>,
Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>,
linux-trace-kernel@vger.kernel.org, bpf@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v3 4/5] perf script: Display PERF_RECORD_CALLCHAIN_DEFERRED
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2025 23:00:17 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251114070018.160330-5-namhyung@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251114070018.160330-1-namhyung@kernel.org>
Handle the deferred callchains in the script output.
$ perf script
...
pwd 2312 121.163435: 249113 cpu/cycles/P:
ffffffff845b78d8 __build_id_parse.isra.0+0x218 ([kernel.kallsyms])
ffffffff83bb5bf6 perf_event_mmap+0x2e6 ([kernel.kallsyms])
ffffffff83c31959 mprotect_fixup+0x1e9 ([kernel.kallsyms])
ffffffff83c31dc5 do_mprotect_pkey+0x2b5 ([kernel.kallsyms])
ffffffff83c3206f __x64_sys_mprotect+0x1f ([kernel.kallsyms])
ffffffff845e6692 do_syscall_64+0x62 ([kernel.kallsyms])
ffffffff8360012f entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76 ([kernel.kallsyms])
b00000006 [unknown] ([unknown])
pwd 2312 121.163447: DEFERRED CALLCHAIN
7f18fe337fa7 mprotect+0x7 (/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2)
7f18fe330e0f _dl_sysdep_start+0x7f (/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2)
7f18fe331448 _dl_start_user+0x0 (/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2)
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
---
tools/perf/builtin-script.c | 89 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 89 insertions(+)
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
index cf0040bbaba9cbc9..3b2896350bad2924 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
@@ -2719,6 +2719,93 @@ static int process_sample_event(const struct perf_tool *tool,
return ret;
}
+static int process_deferred_sample_event(const struct perf_tool *tool,
+ union perf_event *event,
+ struct perf_sample *sample,
+ struct evsel *evsel,
+ struct machine *machine)
+{
+ struct perf_script *scr = container_of(tool, struct perf_script, tool);
+ struct perf_event_attr *attr = &evsel->core.attr;
+ struct evsel_script *es = evsel->priv;
+ unsigned int type = output_type(attr->type);
+ struct addr_location al;
+ FILE *fp = es->fp;
+ int ret = 0;
+
+ if (output[type].fields == 0)
+ return 0;
+
+ /* Set thread to NULL to indicate addr_al and al are not initialized */
+ addr_location__init(&al);
+
+ if (perf_time__ranges_skip_sample(scr->ptime_range, scr->range_num,
+ sample->time)) {
+ goto out_put;
+ }
+
+ if (debug_mode) {
+ if (sample->time < last_timestamp) {
+ pr_err("Samples misordered, previous: %" PRIu64
+ " this: %" PRIu64 "\n", last_timestamp,
+ sample->time);
+ nr_unordered++;
+ }
+ last_timestamp = sample->time;
+ goto out_put;
+ }
+
+ if (filter_cpu(sample))
+ goto out_put;
+
+ if (machine__resolve(machine, &al, sample) < 0) {
+ pr_err("problem processing %d event, skipping it.\n",
+ event->header.type);
+ ret = -1;
+ goto out_put;
+ }
+
+ if (al.filtered)
+ goto out_put;
+
+ if (!show_event(sample, evsel, al.thread, &al, NULL))
+ goto out_put;
+
+ if (evswitch__discard(&scr->evswitch, evsel))
+ goto out_put;
+
+ perf_sample__fprintf_start(scr, sample, al.thread, evsel,
+ PERF_RECORD_CALLCHAIN_DEFERRED, fp);
+ fprintf(fp, "DEFERRED CALLCHAIN");
+
+ if (PRINT_FIELD(IP)) {
+ struct callchain_cursor *cursor = NULL;
+
+ if (symbol_conf.use_callchain && sample->callchain) {
+ cursor = get_tls_callchain_cursor();
+ if (thread__resolve_callchain(al.thread, cursor, evsel,
+ sample, NULL, NULL,
+ scripting_max_stack)) {
+ pr_info("cannot resolve deferred callchains\n");
+ cursor = NULL;
+ }
+ }
+
+ fputc(cursor ? '\n' : ' ', fp);
+ sample__fprintf_sym(sample, &al, 0, output[type].print_ip_opts,
+ cursor, symbol_conf.bt_stop_list, fp);
+ }
+
+ fprintf(fp, "\n");
+
+ if (verbose > 0)
+ fflush(fp);
+
+out_put:
+ addr_location__exit(&al);
+ return ret;
+}
+
// Used when scr->per_event_dump is not set
static struct evsel_script es_stdout;
@@ -4320,6 +4407,7 @@ int cmd_script(int argc, const char **argv)
perf_tool__init(&script.tool, !unsorted_dump);
script.tool.sample = process_sample_event;
+ script.tool.callchain_deferred = process_deferred_sample_event;
script.tool.mmap = perf_event__process_mmap;
script.tool.mmap2 = perf_event__process_mmap2;
script.tool.comm = perf_event__process_comm;
@@ -4346,6 +4434,7 @@ int cmd_script(int argc, const char **argv)
script.tool.throttle = process_throttle_event;
script.tool.unthrottle = process_throttle_event;
script.tool.ordering_requires_timestamps = true;
+ script.tool.merge_deferred_callchains = false;
session = perf_session__new(&data, &script.tool);
if (IS_ERR(session))
return PTR_ERR(session);
--
2.52.0.rc1.455.g30608eb744-goog
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-11-14 7:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-11-14 7:00 [PATCHSET v3 0/5] perf tools: Add deferred callchain support Namhyung Kim
2025-11-14 7:00 ` [PATCH v3 1/5] tools headers UAPI: Sync linux/perf_event.h for deferred callchains Namhyung Kim
2025-11-14 7:00 ` [PATCH v3 2/5] perf tools: Minimal DEFERRED_CALLCHAIN support Namhyung Kim
2025-11-14 17:52 ` Ian Rogers
2025-11-14 19:07 ` Namhyung Kim
2025-11-14 7:00 ` [PATCH v3 3/5] perf record: Enable defer_callchain for user callchains Namhyung Kim
2025-11-14 17:59 ` Ian Rogers
2025-11-14 18:09 ` Ian Rogers
2025-11-14 18:12 ` Ian Rogers
2025-11-14 19:15 ` Namhyung Kim
2025-11-14 18:30 ` Steven Rostedt
2025-11-14 18:49 ` Ian Rogers
2025-11-14 19:20 ` Namhyung Kim
2025-11-14 7:00 ` Namhyung Kim [this message]
2025-11-14 18:18 ` [PATCH v3 4/5] perf script: Display PERF_RECORD_CALLCHAIN_DEFERRED Ian Rogers
2025-11-14 7:00 ` [PATCH v3 5/5] perf tools: Merge deferred user callchains Namhyung Kim
2025-11-14 18:36 ` Ian Rogers
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