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* [PATCH 00/12] perf kvm: Add live mode for analyzing events
@ 2012-10-08 17:17 David Ahern
  2012-10-08 17:17 ` [PATCH 01/12] perf evlist: restore some methods removed in an earlier cleanup David Ahern
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From: David Ahern @ 2012-10-08 17:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: acme, linux-kernel; +Cc: mingo, peterz, fweisbec, David Ahern

perf kvm stat currently requires back to back record and report
commands to see stats. e.g.,

  perf kvm stat record -p $pid -- sleep 1
  perf kvm stat report

This is rather inconvenvient for on box monitoring of a VM. This
patch introduces a 'live' mode that in effect combines the record
plus report into one command. e.g., to monitor a single VM:
 
  perf kvm stat live -p $pid

Same stats options for the record+report path work with the live mode.
Display rate defaults to 1 and can be changed using the -d option.

The command works fine for low event rates, but as the number of events
increases (e.g., building a kernel in a 4-vcpu VM or nested virtualization)
the ordered samples code is failing. e.g,

  ...
  Total Samples:76309, Total events handled time:1121314.04us.

  Warning: Timestamp below last timeslice flush
  Failed to process event

This is on a 16-cpu server. For the kernel build in a 4 vcpu VM I am seeing on
the order of 50,000+ events per second and in the case of nested virtualization
(at least this one use case) I am seeing on the order of 100,000+ events per
second. Not surprising it's having problems keeping up.

I'll continue poking around the ordered samples code, but wanted to kick
this out in case someone has ideas or objections to the approach.

David Ahern (12):
  perf evlist: restore some methods removed in an earlier cleanup
  perf evlist: move tracepoint processing code to evlist.c
  perf evlist: add initialzation function for tracepoints
  perf session: export a few functions for event processing
  perf top: move CONSOLE_CLEAR to header file
  perf kvm: remove typecast in init_kvm_event_record
  perf kvm: handle realloc failures
  perf kvm: add braces around multi-line statements
  perf kvm: split out tracepoints from record args
  perf kvm: total count is a u64, print as so
  perf kvm: only process events for vcpus of interest
  perf kvm: add live mode

 tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c  |  717 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 tools/perf/builtin-top.c  |    2 -
 tools/perf/util/evlist.c  |  120 ++++++++
 tools/perf/util/evlist.h  |   10 +
 tools/perf/util/header.c  |   39 ---
 tools/perf/util/session.c |   15 +-
 tools/perf/util/session.h |    9 +
 tools/perf/util/top.h     |    2 +
 8 files changed, 819 insertions(+), 95 deletions(-)

-- 
1.7.10.1


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2012-10-08 17:17 [PATCH 00/12] perf kvm: Add live mode for analyzing events David Ahern
2012-10-08 17:17 ` [PATCH 01/12] perf evlist: restore some methods removed in an earlier cleanup David Ahern
2012-10-08 17:17 ` [PATCH 02/12] perf evlist: move tracepoint processing code to evlist.c David Ahern
2012-10-08 17:17 ` [PATCH 03/12] perf evlist: add initialzation function for tracepoints David Ahern
2012-10-08 17:17 ` [PATCH 04/12] perf session: export a few functions for event processing David Ahern
2012-10-08 17:17 ` [PATCH 05/12] perf top: move CONSOLE_CLEAR to header file David Ahern
2012-10-08 17:17 ` [PATCH 06/12] perf kvm: remove typecast in init_kvm_event_record David Ahern
2012-10-09 17:38   ` [tip:perf/core] perf kvm: Remove " tip-bot for David Ahern
2012-10-08 17:17 ` [PATCH 07/12] perf kvm: handle realloc failures David Ahern
2012-10-08 20:19   ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2012-10-08 20:34     ` David Ahern
2012-10-08 21:38       ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2012-10-08 17:17 ` [PATCH 08/12] perf kvm: add braces around multi-line statements David Ahern
2012-10-09 17:40   ` [tip:perf/core] perf kvm: Add " tip-bot for David Ahern
2012-10-08 17:17 ` [PATCH 09/12] perf kvm: split out tracepoints from record args David Ahern
2012-10-17  8:19   ` Xiao Guangrong
2012-10-17 13:38     ` David Ahern
2012-10-08 17:17 ` [PATCH 10/12] perf kvm: total count is a u64, print as so David Ahern
2012-10-09 17:39   ` [tip:perf/core] perf kvm: Total " tip-bot for David Ahern
2012-10-08 17:17 ` [PATCH 11/12] perf kvm: only process events for vcpus of interest David Ahern
2012-10-09 17:37   ` [tip:perf/core] perf kvm: Only " tip-bot for David Ahern
2012-10-08 17:17 ` [PATCH 12/12] perf kvm: add live mode David Ahern
2012-10-08 20:35   ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2012-10-08 20:54     ` David Ahern
2012-10-08 21:44       ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2012-10-08 21:57         ` David Ahern

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