[PATCH v5 0/3] perf: add support for analyzing events for containers

[PATCH v5 0/3] perf: add support for analyzing events for containers

[Hari Bathini]

Currently, there is no trivial mechanism to analyze events based on
containers. perf -G can be used, but it will not filter events for the
containers created after perf is invoked, making it difficult to assess/
analyze performance issues of multiple containers at once.

This patch-set is aimed at addressing this limitation by introducing a
new PERF_RECORD_NAMESPACES event that records namespaces related info.
As containers are created with namespaces, the new data can be used to
in assessment/analysis of multiple containers.

The first patch introduces PERF_RECORD_NAMESPACES in kernel while the
second patch makes the corresponding changes in perf tool to read this
PERF_RECORD_NAMESPACES events. The third patch demonstrates analysis
of containers with this data by adding a cgroup identifier column in
perf report, which contains the cgroup namespace's device and inode
numbers. This is based on the assumption that each container is created
with it's own cgroup namespace. The third patch has scope for improvement
based on the conventions a container is attributed with, going forward.

---

Hari Bathini (3):
      perf: add PERF_RECORD_NAMESPACES to include namespaces related info
      perf tool: add PERF_RECORD_NAMESPACES to include namespaces related info
      perf tool: add cgroup identifier entry in perf report


 include/linux/perf_event.h            |    2 
 include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h       |   38 +++++++++
 kernel/events/core.c                  |  142 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 kernel/fork.c                         |    3 +
 kernel/nsproxy.c                      |    5 +
 tools/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h |   38 +++++++++
 tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c         |    1 
 tools/perf/builtin-diff.c             |    1 
 tools/perf/builtin-inject.c           |   14 +++
 tools/perf/builtin-kmem.c             |    1 
 tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c              |    2 
 tools/perf/builtin-lock.c             |    1 
 tools/perf/builtin-mem.c              |    1 
 tools/perf/builtin-record.c           |   33 +++++++-
 tools/perf/builtin-report.c           |    1 
 tools/perf/builtin-sched.c            |    1 
 tools/perf/builtin-script.c           |   41 +++++++++
 tools/perf/builtin-trace.c            |    3 -
 tools/perf/perf.h                     |    1 
 tools/perf/util/Build                 |    1 
 tools/perf/util/data-convert-bt.c     |    2 
 tools/perf/util/event.c               |  143 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 tools/perf/util/event.h               |   19 ++++
 tools/perf/util/evsel.c               |    3 +
 tools/perf/util/hist.c                |    7 ++
 tools/perf/util/hist.h                |    1 
 tools/perf/util/machine.c             |   34 ++++++++
 tools/perf/util/machine.h             |    3 +
 tools/perf/util/namespaces.c          |   27 ++++++
 tools/perf/util/namespaces.h          |   18 ++++
 tools/perf/util/session.c             |    7 ++
 tools/perf/util/sort.c                |   41 +++++++++
 tools/perf/util/sort.h                |    7 ++
 tools/perf/util/thread.c              |   44 ++++++++++
 tools/perf/util/thread.h              |    6 +
 tools/perf/util/tool.h                |    2 
 36 files changed, 679 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 tools/perf/util/namespaces.c
 create mode 100644 tools/perf/util/namespaces.h

[PATCH v5 1/3] perf: add PERF_RECORD_NAMESPACES to include namespaces related info

[Hari Bathini]

With the advert of container technologies like docker, that depend
on namespaces for isolation, there is a need for tracing support for
namespaces. This patch introduces new PERF_RECORD_NAMESPACES event
for tracing based on namespaces related info.

Signed-off-by: Hari Bathini <hbathini@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---

Changes from v4:
* Added nr_namespaces to PERF_RECORD_NAMESPACES record. Also added the
  name of the namespaces.


 include/linux/perf_event.h      |    2 +
 include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h |   38 ++++++++++
 kernel/events/core.c            |  142 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 kernel/fork.c                   |    3 +
 kernel/nsproxy.c                |    5 +
 5 files changed, 189 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/perf_event.h b/include/linux/perf_event.h
index 78ed810..063a99f 100644
--- a/include/linux/perf_event.h
+++ b/include/linux/perf_event.h
@@ -1110,6 +1110,7 @@ extern int perf_unregister_guest_info_callbacks(struct perf_guest_info_callbacks
 
 extern void perf_event_exec(void);
 extern void perf_event_comm(struct task_struct *tsk, bool exec);
+extern void perf_event_namespaces(struct task_struct *tsk);
 extern void perf_event_fork(struct task_struct *tsk);
 
 /* Callchains */
@@ -1313,6 +1314,7 @@ static inline int perf_unregister_guest_info_callbacks
 static inline void perf_event_mmap(struct vm_area_struct *vma)		{ }
 static inline void perf_event_exec(void)				{ }
 static inline void perf_event_comm(struct task_struct *tsk, bool exec)	{ }
+static inline void perf_event_namespaces(struct task_struct *tsk)	{ }
 static inline void perf_event_fork(struct task_struct *tsk)		{ }
 static inline void perf_event_init(void)				{ }
 static inline int  perf_swevent_get_recursion_context(void)		{ return -1; }
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h b/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
index c66a485..ee60f54 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
@@ -344,7 +344,8 @@ struct perf_event_attr {
 				use_clockid    :  1, /* use @clockid for time fields */
 				context_switch :  1, /* context switch data */
 				write_backward :  1, /* Write ring buffer from end to beginning */
-				__reserved_1   : 36;
+				namespaces     :  1, /* include namespaces data */
+				__reserved_1   : 35;
 
 	union {
 		__u32		wakeup_events;	  /* wakeup every n events */
@@ -610,6 +611,29 @@ struct perf_event_header {
 	__u16	size;
 };
 
+/*
+ * The maximum size of the name of each namespace
+ */
+#define NS_NAME_SIZE				8
+
+struct perf_ns_link_info {
+	char	name[NS_NAME_SIZE];
+	__u64	dev;
+	__u64	ino;
+};
+
+enum {
+	NET_NS_INDEX		= 0,
+	UTS_NS_INDEX		= 1,
+	IPC_NS_INDEX		= 2,
+	PID_NS_INDEX		= 3,
+	USER_NS_INDEX		= 4,
+	MNT_NS_INDEX		= 5,
+	CGROUP_NS_INDEX		= 6,
+
+	NAMESPACES_MAX,		/* maximum available namespaces */
+};
+
 enum perf_event_type {
 
 	/*
@@ -862,6 +886,18 @@ enum perf_event_type {
 	 */
 	PERF_RECORD_SWITCH_CPU_WIDE		= 15,
 
+	/*
+	 * struct {
+	 *	struct perf_event_header	header;
+	 *	u32				pid;
+	 *	u32				tid;
+	 *	u32				nr_namespaces;
+	 *	struct namespace_link_info	link_info[NAMESPACES_MAX];
+	 *	struct sample_id		sample_id;
+	 * };
+	 */
+	PERF_RECORD_NAMESPACES			= 16,
+
 	PERF_RECORD_MAX,			/* non-ABI */
 };
 
diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index 110b38a..15ebae1 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@
 #include <linux/filter.h>
 #include <linux/namei.h>
 #include <linux/parser.h>
+#include <linux/proc_ns.h>
+#include <linux/mount.h>
 
 #include "internal.h"
 
@@ -375,6 +377,7 @@ static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct pmu_event_list, pmu_sb_events);
 
 static atomic_t nr_mmap_events __read_mostly;
 static atomic_t nr_comm_events __read_mostly;
+static atomic_t nr_namespaces_events __read_mostly;
 static atomic_t nr_task_events __read_mostly;
 static atomic_t nr_freq_events __read_mostly;
 static atomic_t nr_switch_events __read_mostly;
@@ -3908,6 +3911,8 @@ static void unaccount_event(struct perf_event *event)
 		atomic_dec(&nr_mmap_events);
 	if (event->attr.comm)
 		atomic_dec(&nr_comm_events);
+	if (event->attr.namespaces)
+		atomic_dec(&nr_namespaces_events);
 	if (event->attr.task)
 		atomic_dec(&nr_task_events);
 	if (event->attr.freq)
@@ -6408,6 +6413,7 @@ static void perf_event_task(struct task_struct *task,
 void perf_event_fork(struct task_struct *task)
 {
 	perf_event_task(task, NULL, 1);
+	perf_event_namespaces(task);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -6510,6 +6516,135 @@ void perf_event_comm(struct task_struct *task, bool exec)
 }
 
 /*
+ * namespaces tracking
+ */
+
+struct namespaces_event_id {
+	struct perf_event_header	header;
+
+	u32				pid;
+	u32				tid;
+	u32				nr_namespaces;
+	struct perf_ns_link_info	link_info[NAMESPACES_MAX];
+};
+
+struct perf_namespaces_event {
+	struct task_struct		*task;
+
+	struct namespaces_event_id	event_id;
+};
+
+static int perf_event_namespaces_match(struct perf_event *event)
+{
+	return event->attr.namespaces;
+}
+
+static void perf_fill_ns_link_info(struct perf_ns_link_info *ns_link_info,
+				   struct task_struct *task,
+				   const struct proc_ns_operations *ns_ops)
+{
+	struct path ns_path;
+	struct inode *ns_inode;
+	void *error;
+
+	error = ns_get_path(&ns_path, task, ns_ops);
+	if (!error) {
+		snprintf(ns_link_info->name, NS_NAME_SIZE,
+			 "%s", ns_path.dentry->d_iname);
+
+		ns_inode = ns_path.dentry->d_inode;
+		ns_link_info->dev = new_encode_dev(ns_inode->i_sb->s_dev);
+		ns_link_info->ino = ns_inode->i_ino;
+	}
+}
+
+static void perf_event_namespaces_output(struct perf_event *event,
+					 void *data)
+{
+	struct perf_namespaces_event *namespaces_event = data;
+	struct perf_output_handle handle;
+	struct perf_sample_data sample;
+	struct namespaces_event_id *ei;
+	struct task_struct *task = namespaces_event->task;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (!perf_event_namespaces_match(event))
+		return;
+
+	ei = &namespaces_event->event_id;
+	perf_event_header__init_id(&ei->header, &sample, event);
+	ret = perf_output_begin(&handle, event,	ei->header.size);
+	if (ret)
+		return;
+
+	ei->pid = perf_event_pid(event, task);
+	ei->tid = perf_event_tid(event, task);
+
+	ei->nr_namespaces = NAMESPACES_MAX;
+
+	perf_fill_ns_link_info(&ei->link_info[MNT_NS_INDEX],
+			       task, &mntns_operations);
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_USER_NS
+	perf_fill_ns_link_info(&ei->link_info[USER_NS_INDEX],
+			       task, &userns_operations);
+#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_NET_NS
+	perf_fill_ns_link_info(&ei->link_info[NET_NS_INDEX],
+			       task, &netns_operations);
+#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_UTS_NS
+	perf_fill_ns_link_info(&ei->link_info[UTS_NS_INDEX],
+			       task, &utsns_operations);
+#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_IPC_NS
+	perf_fill_ns_link_info(&ei->link_info[IPC_NS_INDEX],
+			       task, &ipcns_operations);
+#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_PID_NS
+	perf_fill_ns_link_info(&ei->link_info[PID_NS_INDEX],
+			       task, &pidns_operations);
+#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_CGROUPS
+	perf_fill_ns_link_info(&ei->link_info[CGROUP_NS_INDEX],
+			       task, &cgroupns_operations);
+#endif
+
+	perf_output_put(&handle, namespaces_event->event_id);
+
+	perf_event__output_id_sample(event, &handle, &sample);
+
+	perf_output_end(&handle);
+}
+
+void perf_event_namespaces(struct task_struct *task)
+{
+	struct perf_namespaces_event namespaces_event;
+
+	if (!atomic_read(&nr_namespaces_events))
+		return;
+
+	namespaces_event = (struct perf_namespaces_event){
+		.task	= task,
+		.event_id  = {
+			.header = {
+				.type = PERF_RECORD_NAMESPACES,
+				.misc = 0,
+				.size = sizeof(namespaces_event.event_id),
+			},
+			/* .pid */
+			/* .tid */
+			/* .nr_namespaces */
+			/* .link_info[NAMESPACES_MAX] */
+		},
+	};
+
+	perf_iterate_sb(perf_event_namespaces_output,
+			&namespaces_event,
+			NULL);
+}
+
+/*
  * mmap tracking
  */
 
@@ -9069,6 +9204,8 @@ static void account_event(struct perf_event *event)
 		atomic_inc(&nr_mmap_events);
 	if (event->attr.comm)
 		atomic_inc(&nr_comm_events);
+	if (event->attr.namespaces)
+		atomic_inc(&nr_namespaces_events);
 	if (event->attr.task)
 		atomic_inc(&nr_task_events);
 	if (event->attr.freq)
@@ -9614,6 +9751,11 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(perf_event_open,
 			return -EACCES;
 	}
 
+	if (attr.namespaces) {
+		if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
+			return -EACCES;
+	}
+
 	if (attr.freq) {
 		if (attr.sample_freq > sysctl_perf_event_sample_rate)
 			return -EINVAL;
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 11c5c8a..fd77e67 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -2289,6 +2289,9 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(unshare, unsigned long, unshare_flags)
 		free_fs_struct(new_fs);
 
 bad_unshare_out:
+	if (!err)
+		perf_event_namespaces(current);
+
 	return err;
 }
 
diff --git a/kernel/nsproxy.c b/kernel/nsproxy.c
index 782102e..4c25e6e 100644
--- a/kernel/nsproxy.c
+++ b/kernel/nsproxy.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include <linux/file.h>
 #include <linux/syscalls.h>
 #include <linux/cgroup.h>
+#include <linux/perf_event.h>
 
 static struct kmem_cache *nsproxy_cachep;
 
@@ -264,6 +265,10 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(setns, int, fd, int, nstype)
 	switch_task_namespaces(tsk, new_nsproxy);
 out:
 	fput(file);
+
+	if (!err)
+		perf_event_namespaces(tsk);
+
 	return err;
 }
 

[PATCH v5 2/3] perf tool: add PERF_RECORD_NAMESPACES to include namespaces related info

[Hari Bathini]

This patch updates perf tool to examine PERF_RECORD_NAMESPACES events
emitted by the kernel when fork, clone, setns or unshare are invoked.
Also, it synthesizes PERF_RECORD_NAMESPACES events for processes that
were running prior to invocation of perf record, the data for which
is taken from /proc/$PID/ns. These changes make way for analyzing
events with regard to namespaces.

Signed-off-by: Hari Bathini <hbathini@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---

Changes from v4:
* Added warning when nr_namespaces values of the kernel
  and perf tool mismatch.
* Improved printing of namespace records.


 tools/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h |   38 +++++++++
 tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c         |    1 
 tools/perf/builtin-diff.c             |    1 
 tools/perf/builtin-inject.c           |   14 +++
 tools/perf/builtin-kmem.c             |    1 
 tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c              |    2 
 tools/perf/builtin-lock.c             |    1 
 tools/perf/builtin-mem.c              |    1 
 tools/perf/builtin-record.c           |   33 +++++++-
 tools/perf/builtin-report.c           |    1 
 tools/perf/builtin-sched.c            |    1 
 tools/perf/builtin-script.c           |   41 +++++++++
 tools/perf/builtin-trace.c            |    3 -
 tools/perf/perf.h                     |    1 
 tools/perf/util/Build                 |    1 
 tools/perf/util/data-convert-bt.c     |    2 
 tools/perf/util/event.c               |  143 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 tools/perf/util/event.h               |   19 ++++
 tools/perf/util/evsel.c               |    3 +
 tools/perf/util/machine.c             |   34 ++++++++
 tools/perf/util/machine.h             |    3 +
 tools/perf/util/namespaces.c          |   27 ++++++
 tools/perf/util/namespaces.h          |   18 ++++
 tools/perf/util/session.c             |    7 ++
 tools/perf/util/thread.c              |   44 ++++++++++
 tools/perf/util/thread.h              |    6 +
 tools/perf/util/tool.h                |    2 
 27 files changed, 434 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 tools/perf/util/namespaces.c
 create mode 100644 tools/perf/util/namespaces.h

diff --git a/tools/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h b/tools/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
index c66a485..ee60f54 100644
--- a/tools/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
+++ b/tools/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
@@ -344,7 +344,8 @@ struct perf_event_attr {
 				use_clockid    :  1, /* use @clockid for time fields */
 				context_switch :  1, /* context switch data */
 				write_backward :  1, /* Write ring buffer from end to beginning */
-				__reserved_1   : 36;
+				namespaces     :  1, /* include namespaces data */
+				__reserved_1   : 35;
 
 	union {
 		__u32		wakeup_events;	  /* wakeup every n events */
@@ -610,6 +611,29 @@ struct perf_event_header {
 	__u16	size;
 };
 
+/*
+ * The maximum size of the name of each namespace
+ */
+#define NS_NAME_SIZE				8
+
+struct perf_ns_link_info {
+	char	name[NS_NAME_SIZE];
+	__u64	dev;
+	__u64	ino;
+};
+
+enum {
+	NET_NS_INDEX		= 0,
+	UTS_NS_INDEX		= 1,
+	IPC_NS_INDEX		= 2,
+	PID_NS_INDEX		= 3,
+	USER_NS_INDEX		= 4,
+	MNT_NS_INDEX		= 5,
+	CGROUP_NS_INDEX		= 6,
+
+	NAMESPACES_MAX,		/* maximum available namespaces */
+};
+
 enum perf_event_type {
 
 	/*
@@ -862,6 +886,18 @@ enum perf_event_type {
 	 */
 	PERF_RECORD_SWITCH_CPU_WIDE		= 15,
 
+	/*
+	 * struct {
+	 *	struct perf_event_header	header;
+	 *	u32				pid;
+	 *	u32				tid;
+	 *	u32				nr_namespaces;
+	 *	struct namespace_link_info	link_info[NAMESPACES_MAX];
+	 *	struct sample_id		sample_id;
+	 * };
+	 */
+	PERF_RECORD_NAMESPACES			= 16,
+
 	PERF_RECORD_MAX,			/* non-ABI */
 };
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c b/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c
index ebb6283..1b63dc4 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c
@@ -393,6 +393,7 @@ int cmd_annotate(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 			.comm	= perf_event__process_comm,
 			.exit	= perf_event__process_exit,
 			.fork	= perf_event__process_fork,
+			.namespaces = perf_event__process_namespaces,
 			.ordered_events = true,
 			.ordering_requires_timestamps = true,
 		},
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c b/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c
index 9ff0db4..c52552f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c
@@ -354,6 +354,7 @@ static struct perf_tool tool = {
 	.exit	= perf_event__process_exit,
 	.fork	= perf_event__process_fork,
 	.lost	= perf_event__process_lost,
+	.namespaces = perf_event__process_namespaces,
 	.ordered_events = true,
 	.ordering_requires_timestamps = true,
 };
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-inject.c b/tools/perf/builtin-inject.c
index b9bc7e3..c5ddc73 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-inject.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-inject.c
@@ -333,6 +333,19 @@ static int perf_event__repipe_comm(struct perf_tool *tool,
 	return err;
 }
 
+static int perf_event__repipe_namespaces(struct perf_tool *tool,
+					 union perf_event *event,
+					 struct perf_sample *sample,
+					 struct machine *machine)
+{
+	int err;
+
+	err = perf_event__process_namespaces(tool, event, sample, machine);
+	perf_event__repipe(tool, event, sample, machine);
+
+	return err;
+}
+
 static int perf_event__repipe_exit(struct perf_tool *tool,
 				   union perf_event *event,
 				   struct perf_sample *sample,
@@ -660,6 +673,7 @@ static int __cmd_inject(struct perf_inject *inject)
 		session->itrace_synth_opts = &inject->itrace_synth_opts;
 		inject->itrace_synth_opts.inject = true;
 		inject->tool.comm	    = perf_event__repipe_comm;
+		inject->tool.namespaces	    = perf_event__repipe_namespaces;
 		inject->tool.exit	    = perf_event__repipe_exit;
 		inject->tool.id_index	    = perf_event__repipe_id_index;
 		inject->tool.auxtrace_info  = perf_event__process_auxtrace_info;
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-kmem.c b/tools/perf/builtin-kmem.c
index 915869e..7f9a6e5 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-kmem.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-kmem.c
@@ -964,6 +964,7 @@ static struct perf_tool perf_kmem = {
 	.comm		 = perf_event__process_comm,
 	.mmap		 = perf_event__process_mmap,
 	.mmap2		 = perf_event__process_mmap2,
+	.namespaces	 = perf_event__process_namespaces,
 	.ordered_events	 = true,
 };
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c b/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c
index 08fa88f..18e6c38 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c
@@ -1044,6 +1044,7 @@ static int read_events(struct perf_kvm_stat *kvm)
 	struct perf_tool eops = {
 		.sample			= process_sample_event,
 		.comm			= perf_event__process_comm,
+		.namespaces		= perf_event__process_namespaces,
 		.ordered_events		= true,
 	};
 	struct perf_data_file file = {
@@ -1348,6 +1349,7 @@ static int kvm_events_live(struct perf_kvm_stat *kvm,
 	kvm->tool.exit   = perf_event__process_exit;
 	kvm->tool.fork   = perf_event__process_fork;
 	kvm->tool.lost   = process_lost_event;
+	kvm->tool.namespaces  = perf_event__process_namespaces;
 	kvm->tool.ordered_events = true;
 	perf_tool__fill_defaults(&kvm->tool);
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-lock.c b/tools/perf/builtin-lock.c
index ce3bfb4..d750cca 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-lock.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-lock.c
@@ -858,6 +858,7 @@ static int __cmd_report(bool display_info)
 	struct perf_tool eops = {
 		.sample		 = process_sample_event,
 		.comm		 = perf_event__process_comm,
+		.namespaces	 = perf_event__process_namespaces,
 		.ordered_events	 = true,
 	};
 	struct perf_data_file file = {
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-mem.c b/tools/perf/builtin-mem.c
index cd7bc4d..430656c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-mem.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-mem.c
@@ -342,6 +342,7 @@ int cmd_mem(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 			.lost		= perf_event__process_lost,
 			.fork		= perf_event__process_fork,
 			.build_id	= perf_event__process_build_id,
+			.namespaces	= perf_event__process_namespaces,
 			.ordered_events	= true,
 		},
 		.input_name		 = "perf.data",
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index 4ec10e9..c184bfc 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -842,6 +842,9 @@ static int __cmd_record(struct record *rec, int argc, const char **argv)
 	signal(SIGTERM, sig_handler);
 	signal(SIGSEGV, sigsegv_handler);
 
+	if (rec->opts.record_namespaces)
+		tool->namespace_events = true;
+
 	if (rec->opts.auxtrace_snapshot_mode || rec->switch_output) {
 		signal(SIGUSR2, snapshot_sig_handler);
 		if (rec->opts.auxtrace_snapshot_mode)
@@ -949,6 +952,7 @@ static int __cmd_record(struct record *rec, int argc, const char **argv)
 	 */
 	if (forks) {
 		union perf_event *event;
+		pid_t tgid;
 
 		event = malloc(sizeof(event->comm) + machine->id_hdr_size);
 		if (event == NULL) {
@@ -962,10 +966,28 @@ static int __cmd_record(struct record *rec, int argc, const char **argv)
 		 * cannot see a correct process name for those events.
 		 * Synthesize COMM event to prevent it.
 		 */
-		perf_event__synthesize_comm(tool, event,
-					    rec->evlist->workload.pid,
-					    process_synthesized_event,
-					    machine);
+		tgid = perf_event__synthesize_comm(tool, event,
+						   rec->evlist->workload.pid,
+						   process_synthesized_event,
+						   machine);
+		free(event);
+
+		if (tgid == -1)
+			goto out_child;
+
+		event = malloc(sizeof(event->namespaces) + machine->id_hdr_size);
+		if (event == NULL) {
+			err = -ENOMEM;
+			goto out_child;
+		}
+
+		/*
+		 * Synthesize NAMESPACES event for the command specified.
+		 */
+		perf_event__synthesize_namespaces(tool, event,
+						  rec->evlist->workload.pid,
+						  tgid, process_synthesized_event,
+						  machine);
 		free(event);
 
 		perf_evlist__start_workload(rec->evlist);
@@ -1387,6 +1409,7 @@ static struct record record = {
 		.fork		= perf_event__process_fork,
 		.exit		= perf_event__process_exit,
 		.comm		= perf_event__process_comm,
+		.namespaces	= perf_event__process_namespaces,
 		.mmap		= perf_event__process_mmap,
 		.mmap2		= perf_event__process_mmap2,
 		.ordered_events	= true,
@@ -1501,6 +1524,8 @@ static struct option __record_options[] = {
 			  "opts", "AUX area tracing Snapshot Mode", ""),
 	OPT_UINTEGER(0, "proc-map-timeout", &record.opts.proc_map_timeout,
 			"per thread proc mmap processing timeout in ms"),
+	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "namespaces", &record.opts.record_namespaces,
+		    "Record namespaces events"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "switch-events", &record.opts.record_switch_events,
 		    "Record context switch events"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN_FLAG(0, "all-kernel", &record.opts.all_kernel,
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
index 06cc759..3e17c46 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
@@ -694,6 +694,7 @@ int cmd_report(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 			.mmap		 = perf_event__process_mmap,
 			.mmap2		 = perf_event__process_mmap2,
 			.comm		 = perf_event__process_comm,
+			.namespaces	 = perf_event__process_namespaces,
 			.exit		 = perf_event__process_exit,
 			.fork		 = perf_event__process_fork,
 			.lost		 = perf_event__process_lost,
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c b/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c
index 5b134b0..37965ff 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c
@@ -3167,6 +3167,7 @@ int cmd_sched(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 		.tool = {
 			.sample		 = perf_sched__process_tracepoint_sample,
 			.comm		 = perf_event__process_comm,
+			.namespaces	 = perf_event__process_namespaces,
 			.lost		 = perf_event__process_lost,
 			.fork		 = perf_sched__process_fork_event,
 			.ordered_events = true,
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
index 2f3ff69..32af2d3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
@@ -830,6 +830,7 @@ struct perf_script {
 	bool			show_task_events;
 	bool			show_mmap_events;
 	bool			show_switch_events;
+	bool			show_namespaces_events;
 	bool			allocated;
 	struct cpu_map		*cpus;
 	struct thread_map	*threads;
@@ -1118,6 +1119,41 @@ static int process_comm_event(struct perf_tool *tool,
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static int process_namespaces_event(struct perf_tool *tool,
+				    union perf_event *event,
+				    struct perf_sample *sample,
+				    struct machine *machine)
+{
+	struct thread *thread;
+	struct perf_script *script = container_of(tool, struct perf_script, tool);
+	struct perf_session *session = script->session;
+	struct perf_evsel *evsel = perf_evlist__id2evsel(session->evlist, sample->id);
+	int ret = -1;
+
+	thread = machine__findnew_thread(machine, event->namespaces.pid,
+					 event->namespaces.tid);
+	if (thread == NULL) {
+		pr_debug("problem processing NAMESPACES event, skipping it.\n");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	if (perf_event__process_namespaces(tool, event, sample, machine) < 0)
+		goto out;
+
+	if (!evsel->attr.sample_id_all) {
+		sample->cpu = 0;
+		sample->time = 0;
+		sample->tid = event->namespaces.tid;
+		sample->pid = event->namespaces.pid;
+	}
+	print_sample_start(sample, thread, evsel);
+	perf_event__fprintf(event, stdout);
+	ret = 0;
+out:
+	thread__put(thread);
+	return ret;
+}
+
 static int process_fork_event(struct perf_tool *tool,
 			      union perf_event *event,
 			      struct perf_sample *sample,
@@ -1293,6 +1329,8 @@ static int __cmd_script(struct perf_script *script)
 	}
 	if (script->show_switch_events)
 		script->tool.context_switch = process_switch_event;
+	if (script->show_namespaces_events)
+		script->tool.namespaces = process_namespaces_event;
 
 	ret = perf_session__process_events(script->session);
 
@@ -2097,6 +2135,7 @@ int cmd_script(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 			.mmap		 = perf_event__process_mmap,
 			.mmap2		 = perf_event__process_mmap2,
 			.comm		 = perf_event__process_comm,
+			.namespaces	 = perf_event__process_namespaces,
 			.exit		 = perf_event__process_exit,
 			.fork		 = perf_event__process_fork,
 			.attr		 = process_attr,
@@ -2180,6 +2219,8 @@ int cmd_script(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 		    "Show the mmap events"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('\0', "show-switch-events", &script.show_switch_events,
 		    "Show context switch events (if recorded)"),
+	OPT_BOOLEAN('\0', "show-namespaces-events", &script.show_namespaces_events,
+		    "Show namespaces events (if recorded)"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('f', "force", &file.force, "don't complain, do it"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "ns", &nanosecs,
 		    "Use 9 decimal places when displaying time"),
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
index 206bf72..fc1d8fa 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
@@ -2414,8 +2414,9 @@ static int trace__replay(struct trace *trace)
 	trace->tool.exit	  = perf_event__process_exit;
 	trace->tool.fork	  = perf_event__process_fork;
 	trace->tool.attr	  = perf_event__process_attr;
-	trace->tool.tracing_data = perf_event__process_tracing_data;
+	trace->tool.tracing_data  = perf_event__process_tracing_data;
 	trace->tool.build_id	  = perf_event__process_build_id;
+	trace->tool.namespaces	  = perf_event__process_namespaces;
 
 	trace->tool.ordered_events = true;
 	trace->tool.ordering_requires_timestamps = true;
diff --git a/tools/perf/perf.h b/tools/perf/perf.h
index 1c27d94..806c216 100644
--- a/tools/perf/perf.h
+++ b/tools/perf/perf.h
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ struct record_opts {
 	bool	     running_time;
 	bool	     full_auxtrace;
 	bool	     auxtrace_snapshot_mode;
+	bool	     record_namespaces;
 	bool	     record_switch_events;
 	bool	     all_kernel;
 	bool	     all_user;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/Build b/tools/perf/util/Build
index 3840e3a..59eb10d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/Build
+++ b/tools/perf/util/Build
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ libperf-y += pstack.o
 libperf-y += session.o
 libperf-$(CONFIG_AUDIT) += syscalltbl.o
 libperf-y += ordered-events.o
+libperf-y += namespaces.o
 libperf-y += comm.o
 libperf-y += thread.o
 libperf-y += thread_map.o
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/data-convert-bt.c b/tools/perf/util/data-convert-bt.c
index 7123f4d..1fcacf1 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/data-convert-bt.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/data-convert-bt.c
@@ -1468,6 +1468,7 @@ int bt_convert__perf2ctf(const char *input, const char *path,
 			.lost            = perf_event__process_lost,
 			.tracing_data    = perf_event__process_tracing_data,
 			.build_id        = perf_event__process_build_id,
+			.namespaces      = perf_event__process_namespaces,
 			.ordered_events  = true,
 			.ordering_requires_timestamps = true,
 		},
@@ -1479,6 +1480,7 @@ int bt_convert__perf2ctf(const char *input, const char *path,
 		c.tool.comm = process_comm_event;
 		c.tool.exit = process_exit_event;
 		c.tool.fork = process_fork_event;
+		c.tool.namespaces = process_namespaces_event;
 	}
 
 	perf_config(convert__config, &c);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/event.c b/tools/perf/util/event.c
index 8ab0d7d..0ac1a8d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/event.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/event.c
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ static const char *perf_event__names[] = {
 	[PERF_RECORD_LOST_SAMPLES]		= "LOST_SAMPLES",
 	[PERF_RECORD_SWITCH]			= "SWITCH",
 	[PERF_RECORD_SWITCH_CPU_WIDE]		= "SWITCH_CPU_WIDE",
+	[PERF_RECORD_NAMESPACES]		= "NAMESPACES",
 	[PERF_RECORD_HEADER_ATTR]		= "ATTR",
 	[PERF_RECORD_HEADER_EVENT_TYPE]		= "EVENT_TYPE",
 	[PERF_RECORD_HEADER_TRACING_DATA]	= "TRACING_DATA",
@@ -203,6 +204,74 @@ pid_t perf_event__synthesize_comm(struct perf_tool *tool,
 	return tgid;
 }
 
+static void perf_event__get_ns_link_info(pid_t pid, const char *ns,
+					 struct perf_ns_link_info *ns_link_info)
+{
+	struct stat64 st;
+	char proc_ns[128];
+
+	snprintf(ns_link_info->name, NS_NAME_SIZE, "%s", ns);
+
+	sprintf(proc_ns, "/proc/%u/ns/%s", pid, ns);
+	if (stat64(proc_ns, &st) == 0) {
+		ns_link_info->dev = st.st_dev;
+		ns_link_info->ino = st.st_ino;
+	}
+}
+
+int perf_event__synthesize_namespaces(struct perf_tool *tool,
+				      union perf_event *event,
+				      pid_t pid, pid_t tgid,
+				      perf_event__handler_t process,
+				      struct machine *machine)
+{
+	struct perf_ns_link_info *ns_link_info;
+
+	if (!tool->namespace_events)
+		return 0;
+
+	memset(&event->namespaces, 0,
+	       sizeof(event->namespaces) + machine->id_hdr_size);
+
+	event->namespaces.pid = tgid;
+	event->namespaces.tid = pid;
+
+	event->namespaces.nr_namespaces = NAMESPACES_MAX;
+
+	ns_link_info = event->namespaces.link_info;
+
+	perf_event__get_ns_link_info(pid, "mnt",
+				     &ns_link_info[MNT_NS_INDEX]);
+
+	perf_event__get_ns_link_info(pid, "net",
+				     &ns_link_info[NET_NS_INDEX]);
+
+	perf_event__get_ns_link_info(pid, "uts",
+				     &ns_link_info[UTS_NS_INDEX]);
+
+	perf_event__get_ns_link_info(pid, "ipc",
+				     &ns_link_info[IPC_NS_INDEX]);
+
+	perf_event__get_ns_link_info(pid, "pid",
+				     &ns_link_info[PID_NS_INDEX]);
+
+	perf_event__get_ns_link_info(pid, "user",
+				     &ns_link_info[USER_NS_INDEX]);
+
+	perf_event__get_ns_link_info(pid, "cgroup",
+				     &ns_link_info[CGROUP_NS_INDEX]);
+
+	event->namespaces.header.type = PERF_RECORD_NAMESPACES;
+
+	event->namespaces.header.size = (sizeof(event->namespaces) +
+					 machine->id_hdr_size);
+
+	if (perf_tool__process_synth_event(tool, event, machine, process) != 0)
+		return -1;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int perf_event__synthesize_fork(struct perf_tool *tool,
 				       union perf_event *event,
 				       pid_t pid, pid_t tgid, pid_t ppid,
@@ -434,8 +503,9 @@ int perf_event__synthesize_modules(struct perf_tool *tool,
 static int __event__synthesize_thread(union perf_event *comm_event,
 				      union perf_event *mmap_event,
 				      union perf_event *fork_event,
+				      union perf_event *namespaces_event,
 				      pid_t pid, int full,
-					  perf_event__handler_t process,
+				      perf_event__handler_t process,
 				      struct perf_tool *tool,
 				      struct machine *machine,
 				      bool mmap_data,
@@ -455,6 +525,11 @@ static int __event__synthesize_thread(union perf_event *comm_event,
 		if (tgid == -1)
 			return -1;
 
+		if (perf_event__synthesize_namespaces(tool, namespaces_event, pid,
+						      tgid, process, machine) < 0)
+			return -1;
+
+
 		return perf_event__synthesize_mmap_events(tool, mmap_event, pid, tgid,
 							  process, machine, mmap_data,
 							  proc_map_timeout);
@@ -488,6 +563,11 @@ static int __event__synthesize_thread(union perf_event *comm_event,
 		if (perf_event__synthesize_fork(tool, fork_event, _pid, tgid,
 						ppid, process, machine) < 0)
 			break;
+
+		if (perf_event__synthesize_namespaces(tool, namespaces_event, _pid,
+						      tgid, process, machine) < 0)
+			break;
+
 		/*
 		 * Send the prepared comm event
 		 */
@@ -516,6 +596,7 @@ int perf_event__synthesize_thread_map(struct perf_tool *tool,
 				      unsigned int proc_map_timeout)
 {
 	union perf_event *comm_event, *mmap_event, *fork_event;
+	union perf_event *namespaces_event;
 	int err = -1, thread, j;
 
 	comm_event = malloc(sizeof(comm_event->comm) + machine->id_hdr_size);
@@ -530,10 +611,15 @@ int perf_event__synthesize_thread_map(struct perf_tool *tool,
 	if (fork_event == NULL)
 		goto out_free_mmap;
 
+	namespaces_event = malloc(sizeof(namespaces_event->namespaces) +
+				  machine->id_hdr_size);
+	if (namespaces_event == NULL)
+		goto out_free_fork;
+
 	err = 0;
 	for (thread = 0; thread < threads->nr; ++thread) {
 		if (__event__synthesize_thread(comm_event, mmap_event,
-					       fork_event,
+					       fork_event, namespaces_event,
 					       thread_map__pid(threads, thread), 0,
 					       process, tool, machine,
 					       mmap_data, proc_map_timeout)) {
@@ -559,7 +645,7 @@ int perf_event__synthesize_thread_map(struct perf_tool *tool,
 			/* if not, generate events for it */
 			if (need_leader &&
 			    __event__synthesize_thread(comm_event, mmap_event,
-						       fork_event,
+						       fork_event, namespaces_event,
 						       comm_event->comm.pid, 0,
 						       process, tool, machine,
 						       mmap_data, proc_map_timeout)) {
@@ -568,6 +654,8 @@ int perf_event__synthesize_thread_map(struct perf_tool *tool,
 			}
 		}
 	}
+	free(namespaces_event);
+out_free_fork:
 	free(fork_event);
 out_free_mmap:
 	free(mmap_event);
@@ -587,6 +675,7 @@ int perf_event__synthesize_threads(struct perf_tool *tool,
 	char proc_path[PATH_MAX];
 	struct dirent *dirent;
 	union perf_event *comm_event, *mmap_event, *fork_event;
+	union perf_event *namespaces_event;
 	int err = -1;
 
 	if (machine__is_default_guest(machine))
@@ -604,11 +693,16 @@ int perf_event__synthesize_threads(struct perf_tool *tool,
 	if (fork_event == NULL)
 		goto out_free_mmap;
 
+	namespaces_event = malloc(sizeof(namespaces_event->namespaces) +
+				  machine->id_hdr_size);
+	if (namespaces_event == NULL)
+		goto out_free_fork;
+
 	snprintf(proc_path, sizeof(proc_path), "%s/proc", machine->root_dir);
 	proc = opendir(proc_path);
 
 	if (proc == NULL)
-		goto out_free_fork;
+		goto out_free_namespaces;
 
 	while ((dirent = readdir(proc)) != NULL) {
 		char *end;
@@ -620,13 +714,16 @@ int perf_event__synthesize_threads(struct perf_tool *tool,
  		 * We may race with exiting thread, so don't stop just because
  		 * one thread couldn't be synthesized.
  		 */
-		__event__synthesize_thread(comm_event, mmap_event, fork_event, pid,
-					   1, process, tool, machine, mmap_data,
+		__event__synthesize_thread(comm_event, mmap_event, fork_event,
+					   namespaces_event, pid, 1, process,
+					   tool, machine, mmap_data,
 					   proc_map_timeout);
 	}
 
 	err = 0;
 	closedir(proc);
+out_free_namespaces:
+	free(namespaces_event);
 out_free_fork:
 	free(fork_event);
 out_free_mmap:
@@ -1008,6 +1105,29 @@ size_t perf_event__fprintf_comm(union perf_event *event, FILE *fp)
 	return fprintf(fp, "%s: %s:%d/%d\n", s, event->comm.comm, event->comm.pid, event->comm.tid);
 }
 
+size_t perf_event__fprintf_namespaces(union perf_event *event, FILE *fp)
+{
+	size_t ret = 0;
+	struct perf_ns_link_info *ns_link_info;
+	u32 nr_namespaces, idx;
+
+	ns_link_info = event->namespaces.link_info;
+	nr_namespaces = event->namespaces.nr_namespaces;
+
+	ret += fprintf(fp, " %d/%d - nr_namespaces: %u [",
+		       event->namespaces.pid,
+		       event->namespaces.tid,
+		       nr_namespaces);
+
+	for (idx = 0; idx < nr_namespaces; idx++)
+		ret  += fprintf(fp, "%s: %lu/0x%lx%s", ns_link_info[idx].name,
+				(u64)ns_link_info[idx].dev,
+				(u64)ns_link_info[idx].ino,
+				((idx + 1) != nr_namespaces) ? ", " : "]\n\n");
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
 int perf_event__process_comm(struct perf_tool *tool __maybe_unused,
 			     union perf_event *event,
 			     struct perf_sample *sample,
@@ -1016,6 +1136,14 @@ int perf_event__process_comm(struct perf_tool *tool __maybe_unused,
 	return machine__process_comm_event(machine, event, sample);
 }
 
+int perf_event__process_namespaces(struct perf_tool *tool __maybe_unused,
+				   union perf_event *event,
+				   struct perf_sample *sample,
+				   struct machine *machine)
+{
+	return machine__process_namespaces_event(machine, event, sample);
+}
+
 int perf_event__process_lost(struct perf_tool *tool __maybe_unused,
 			     union perf_event *event,
 			     struct perf_sample *sample,
@@ -1196,6 +1324,9 @@ size_t perf_event__fprintf(union perf_event *event, FILE *fp)
 	case PERF_RECORD_MMAP:
 		ret += perf_event__fprintf_mmap(event, fp);
 		break;
+	case PERF_RECORD_NAMESPACES:
+		ret += perf_event__fprintf_namespaces(event, fp);
+		break;
 	case PERF_RECORD_MMAP2:
 		ret += perf_event__fprintf_mmap2(event, fp);
 		break;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/event.h b/tools/perf/util/event.h
index c735c53..09fde83 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/event.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/event.h
@@ -39,6 +39,13 @@ struct comm_event {
 	char comm[16];
 };
 
+struct namespaces_event {
+	struct perf_event_header header;
+	u32 pid, tid;
+	u32 nr_namespaces;
+	struct perf_ns_link_info link_info[NAMESPACES_MAX];
+};
+
 struct fork_event {
 	struct perf_event_header header;
 	u32 pid, ppid;
@@ -485,6 +492,7 @@ union perf_event {
 	struct mmap_event		mmap;
 	struct mmap2_event		mmap2;
 	struct comm_event		comm;
+	struct namespaces_event		namespaces;
 	struct fork_event		fork;
 	struct lost_event		lost;
 	struct lost_samples_event	lost_samples;
@@ -587,6 +595,10 @@ int perf_event__process_switch(struct perf_tool *tool,
 			       union perf_event *event,
 			       struct perf_sample *sample,
 			       struct machine *machine);
+int perf_event__process_namespaces(struct perf_tool *tool,
+				   union perf_event *event,
+				   struct perf_sample *sample,
+				   struct machine *machine);
 int perf_event__process_mmap(struct perf_tool *tool,
 			     union perf_event *event,
 			     struct perf_sample *sample,
@@ -636,6 +648,12 @@ pid_t perf_event__synthesize_comm(struct perf_tool *tool,
 				  perf_event__handler_t process,
 				  struct machine *machine);
 
+int perf_event__synthesize_namespaces(struct perf_tool *tool,
+				      union perf_event *event,
+				      pid_t pid, pid_t tgid,
+				      perf_event__handler_t process,
+				      struct machine *machine);
+
 int perf_event__synthesize_mmap_events(struct perf_tool *tool,
 				       union perf_event *event,
 				       pid_t pid, pid_t tgid,
@@ -653,6 +671,7 @@ size_t perf_event__fprintf_itrace_start(union perf_event *event, FILE *fp);
 size_t perf_event__fprintf_switch(union perf_event *event, FILE *fp);
 size_t perf_event__fprintf_thread_map(union perf_event *event, FILE *fp);
 size_t perf_event__fprintf_cpu_map(union perf_event *event, FILE *fp);
+size_t perf_event__fprintf_namespaces(union perf_event *event, FILE *fp);
 size_t perf_event__fprintf(union perf_event *event, FILE *fp);
 
 u64 kallsyms__get_function_start(const char *kallsyms_filename,
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index 04e536a..e94f807 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -932,6 +932,9 @@ void perf_evsel__config(struct perf_evsel *evsel, struct record_opts *opts,
 	attr->mmap2 = track && !perf_missing_features.mmap2;
 	attr->comm  = track;
 
+	if (opts->record_namespaces)
+		attr->namespaces  = track;
+
 	if (opts->record_switch_events)
 		attr->context_switch = track;
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/machine.c b/tools/perf/util/machine.c
index 9b33bef..b526013 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/machine.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/machine.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <symbol/kallsyms.h>
 #include "unwind.h"
 #include "linux/hash.h"
+#include "asm/bug.h"
 
 static void __machine__remove_thread(struct machine *machine, struct thread *th, bool lock);
 
@@ -482,6 +483,37 @@ int machine__process_comm_event(struct machine *machine, union perf_event *event
 	return err;
 }
 
+int machine__process_namespaces_event(struct machine *machine __maybe_unused,
+				      union perf_event *event,
+				      struct perf_sample *sample __maybe_unused)
+{
+	struct thread *thread = machine__findnew_thread(machine,
+							event->namespaces.pid,
+							event->namespaces.tid);
+	int err = 0;
+
+	WARN_ONCE(event->namespaces.nr_namespaces > NAMESPACES_MAX,
+		  "\nWARNING: kernel seems to support more namespaces than perf"
+		  " tool.\nTry updating the perf tool..\n\n");
+
+	WARN_ONCE(event->namespaces.nr_namespaces < NAMESPACES_MAX,
+		  "\nWARNING: perf tool seems to support more namespaces than"
+		  " the kernel.\nTry updating the kernel..\n\n");
+
+	if (dump_trace)
+		perf_event__fprintf_namespaces(event, stdout);
+
+	if (thread == NULL ||
+	    thread__set_namespaces(thread, sample->time, &event->namespaces)) {
+		dump_printf("problem processing PERF_RECORD_NAMESPACES, skipping event.\n");
+		err = -1;
+	}
+
+	thread__put(thread);
+
+	return err;
+}
+
 int machine__process_lost_event(struct machine *machine __maybe_unused,
 				union perf_event *event, struct perf_sample *sample __maybe_unused)
 {
@@ -1519,6 +1551,8 @@ int machine__process_event(struct machine *machine, union perf_event *event,
 		ret = machine__process_comm_event(machine, event, sample); break;
 	case PERF_RECORD_MMAP:
 		ret = machine__process_mmap_event(machine, event, sample); break;
+	case PERF_RECORD_NAMESPACES:
+		ret = machine__process_namespaces_event(machine, event, sample); break;
 	case PERF_RECORD_MMAP2:
 		ret = machine__process_mmap2_event(machine, event, sample); break;
 	case PERF_RECORD_FORK:
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/machine.h b/tools/perf/util/machine.h
index 354de6e..e494368 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/machine.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/machine.h
@@ -97,6 +97,9 @@ int machine__process_itrace_start_event(struct machine *machine,
 					union perf_event *event);
 int machine__process_switch_event(struct machine *machine,
 				  union perf_event *event);
+int machine__process_namespaces_event(struct machine *machine,
+				      union perf_event *event,
+				      struct perf_sample *sample);
 int machine__process_mmap_event(struct machine *machine, union perf_event *event,
 				struct perf_sample *sample);
 int machine__process_mmap2_event(struct machine *machine, union perf_event *event,
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/namespaces.c b/tools/perf/util/namespaces.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3f4d602
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/util/namespaces.c
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#include "namespaces.h"
+#include "util.h"
+#include "event.h"
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+struct namespaces *namespaces__new(struct namespaces_event *event)
+{
+	struct namespaces *namespaces = zalloc(sizeof(*namespaces));
+
+	if (!namespaces)
+		return NULL;
+
+	namespaces->end_time = -1;
+
+	if (event) {
+		memcpy(namespaces->link_info, event->link_info,
+		       sizeof(namespaces->link_info));
+	}
+
+	return namespaces;
+}
+
+void namespaces__free(struct namespaces *namespaces)
+{
+	free(namespaces);
+}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/namespaces.h b/tools/perf/util/namespaces.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..91922a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/util/namespaces.h
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#ifndef __PERF_NAMESPACES_H
+#define __PERF_NAMESPACES_H
+
+#include "../perf.h"
+#include <linux/list.h>
+
+struct namespaces_event;
+
+struct namespaces {
+	struct list_head list;
+	u64 end_time;
+	struct perf_ns_link_info link_info[NAMESPACES_MAX];
+};
+
+struct namespaces *namespaces__new(struct namespaces_event *event);
+void namespaces__free(struct namespaces *namespaces);
+
+#endif  /* __PERF_NAMESPACES_H */
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/session.c b/tools/perf/util/session.c
index f268201..3ce081e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/session.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/session.c
@@ -1239,6 +1239,8 @@ static int machines__deliver_event(struct machines *machines,
 		return tool->mmap2(tool, event, sample, machine);
 	case PERF_RECORD_COMM:
 		return tool->comm(tool, event, sample, machine);
+	case PERF_RECORD_NAMESPACES:
+		return tool->namespaces(tool, event, sample, machine);
 	case PERF_RECORD_FORK:
 		return tool->fork(tool, event, sample, machine);
 	case PERF_RECORD_EXIT:
@@ -1494,6 +1496,11 @@ int perf_session__register_idle_thread(struct perf_session *session)
 		err = -1;
 	}
 
+	if (thread == NULL || thread__set_namespaces(thread, 0, NULL)) {
+		pr_err("problem inserting idle task.\n");
+		err = -1;
+	}
+
 	/* machine__findnew_thread() got the thread, so put it */
 	thread__put(thread);
 	return err;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/thread.c b/tools/perf/util/thread.c
index f5af87f..b9fe432 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/thread.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/thread.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include "thread-stack.h"
 #include "util.h"
 #include "debug.h"
+#include "namespaces.h"
 #include "comm.h"
 #include "unwind.h"
 
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ struct thread *thread__new(pid_t pid, pid_t tid)
 		thread->tid = tid;
 		thread->ppid = -1;
 		thread->cpu = -1;
+		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&thread->namespaces_list);
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&thread->comm_list);
 
 		comm_str = malloc(32);
@@ -66,7 +68,8 @@ struct thread *thread__new(pid_t pid, pid_t tid)
 
 void thread__delete(struct thread *thread)
 {
-	struct comm *comm, *tmp;
+	struct namespaces *namespaces, *tmp_namespaces;
+	struct comm *comm, *tmp_comm;
 
 	BUG_ON(!RB_EMPTY_NODE(&thread->rb_node));
 
@@ -76,7 +79,12 @@ void thread__delete(struct thread *thread)
 		map_groups__put(thread->mg);
 		thread->mg = NULL;
 	}
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(comm, tmp, &thread->comm_list, list) {
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(namespaces, tmp_namespaces,
+				 &thread->namespaces_list, list) {
+		list_del(&namespaces->list);
+		namespaces__free(namespaces);
+	}
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(comm, tmp_comm, &thread->comm_list, list) {
 		list_del(&comm->list);
 		comm__free(comm);
 	}
@@ -104,6 +112,38 @@ void thread__put(struct thread *thread)
 	}
 }
 
+struct namespaces *thread__namespaces(const struct thread *thread)
+{
+	if (list_empty(&thread->namespaces_list))
+		return NULL;
+
+	return list_first_entry(&thread->namespaces_list, struct namespaces, list);
+}
+
+int thread__set_namespaces(struct thread *thread, u64 timestamp,
+			   struct namespaces_event *event)
+{
+	struct namespaces *new, *curr = thread__namespaces(thread);
+
+	new = namespaces__new(event);
+	if (!new)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	list_add(&new->list, &thread->namespaces_list);
+
+	if (timestamp && curr) {
+		/*
+		 * setns syscall must have changed few or all the namespaces
+		 * of this thread. Update end time for the namespaces
+		 * previously used.
+		 */
+		curr = list_next_entry(new, list);
+		curr->end_time = timestamp;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 struct comm *thread__comm(const struct thread *thread)
 {
 	if (list_empty(&thread->comm_list))
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/thread.h b/tools/perf/util/thread.h
index 99263cb..b18b5a2 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/thread.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/thread.h
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ struct thread {
 	bool			comm_set;
 	int			comm_len;
 	bool			dead; /* if set thread has exited */
+	struct list_head	namespaces_list;
 	struct list_head	comm_list;
 	u64			db_id;
 
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ struct thread {
 };
 
 struct machine;
+struct namespaces;
 struct comm;
 
 struct thread *thread__new(pid_t pid, pid_t tid);
@@ -62,6 +64,10 @@ static inline void thread__exited(struct thread *thread)
 	thread->dead = true;
 }
 
+struct namespaces *thread__namespaces(const struct thread *thread);
+int thread__set_namespaces(struct thread *thread, u64 timestamp,
+			   struct namespaces_event *event);
+
 int __thread__set_comm(struct thread *thread, const char *comm, u64 timestamp,
 		       bool exec);
 static inline int thread__set_comm(struct thread *thread, const char *comm,
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/tool.h b/tools/perf/util/tool.h
index ac2590a..829471a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/tool.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/tool.h
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ struct perf_tool {
 	event_op	mmap,
 			mmap2,
 			comm,
+			namespaces,
 			fork,
 			exit,
 			lost,
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@ struct perf_tool {
 	event_op3	auxtrace;
 	bool		ordered_events;
 	bool		ordering_requires_timestamps;
+	bool		namespace_events;
 };
 
 #endif /* __PERF_TOOL_H */

[PATCH v5 3/3] perf tool: add cgroup identifier entry in perf report

[Hari Bathini]

This patch introduces a cgroup identifier entry field in perf report to
identify or distinguish data of different cgroups. It uses the device
number and inode number of cgroup namespace, included in perf data with
the new PERF_RECORD_NAMESPACES event, as cgroup identifier. With the
assumption that each container is created with it's own cgroup namespace,
this allows assessment/analysis of multiple containers at once.

Shown below is the output of perf report, sorted based on cgroup id, on
a system that was running three containers at the time of perf record
and clearly showing one of the containers' considerable use of kernel
memory in comparison with others:


	$ perf report -s cgroup_id,sample --stdio
	#
	# Total Lost Samples: 0
	#
	# Samples: 2K of event 'kmem:kmalloc'
	# Event count (approx.): 2176
	#
	# Overhead  cgroup id (dev/inode)       Samples
	# ........  .....................  ............
	#
	    89.20%  3/0xf00000cf                   1941
	     3.31%  3/0xeffffffb                     72
	     3.08%  3/0xf00000d0                     67
	     2.25%  3/0xf00000d1                     49
	     2.16%  0/0x0                            47

Signed-off-by: Hari Bathini <hbathini@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 tools/perf/util/hist.c |    7 +++++++
 tools/perf/util/hist.h |    1 +
 tools/perf/util/sort.c |   41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 tools/perf/util/sort.h |    7 +++++++
 4 files changed, 56 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/hist.c b/tools/perf/util/hist.c
index 6770a96..9996e0c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/hist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/hist.c
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #include "build-id.h"
 #include "hist.h"
 #include "session.h"
+#include "namespaces.h"
 #include "sort.h"
 #include "evlist.h"
 #include "evsel.h"
@@ -168,6 +169,7 @@ void hists__calc_col_len(struct hists *hists, struct hist_entry *h)
 		hists__set_unres_dso_col_len(hists, HISTC_MEM_DADDR_DSO);
 	}
 
+	hists__new_col_len(hists, HISTC_CGROUP_ID, 20);
 	hists__new_col_len(hists, HISTC_CPU, 3);
 	hists__new_col_len(hists, HISTC_SOCKET, 6);
 	hists__new_col_len(hists, HISTC_MEM_LOCKED, 6);
@@ -573,9 +575,14 @@ __hists__add_entry(struct hists *hists,
 		   bool sample_self,
 		   struct hist_entry_ops *ops)
 {
+	struct namespaces *ns = thread__namespaces(al->thread);
 	struct hist_entry entry = {
 		.thread	= al->thread,
 		.comm = thread__comm(al->thread),
+		.cgroup_id = {
+			.dev = ns ? ns->link_info[CGROUP_NS_INDEX].dev : 0,
+			.ino = ns ? ns->link_info[CGROUP_NS_INDEX].ino : 0,
+		},
 		.ms = {
 			.map	= al->map,
 			.sym	= al->sym,
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/hist.h b/tools/perf/util/hist.h
index d4b6514..d7696fd 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/hist.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/hist.h
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ enum hist_column {
 	HISTC_DSO,
 	HISTC_THREAD,
 	HISTC_COMM,
+	HISTC_CGROUP_ID,
 	HISTC_PARENT,
 	HISTC_CPU,
 	HISTC_SOCKET,
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/sort.c b/tools/perf/util/sort.c
index df622f4..9f5f404 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/sort.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/sort.c
@@ -536,6 +536,46 @@ struct sort_entry sort_cpu = {
 	.se_width_idx	= HISTC_CPU,
 };
 
+/* --sort cgroup_id */
+
+static int64_t _sort__cgroup_dev_cmp(u64 left_dev, u64 right_dev)
+{
+	return (int64_t)(right_dev - left_dev);
+}
+
+static int64_t _sort__cgroup_inode_cmp(u64 left_ino, u64 right_ino)
+{
+	return (int64_t)(right_ino - left_ino);
+}
+
+static int64_t
+sort__cgroup_id_cmp(struct hist_entry *left, struct hist_entry *right)
+{
+	int64_t ret;
+
+	ret = _sort__cgroup_dev_cmp(right->cgroup_id.dev, left->cgroup_id.dev);
+	if (ret != 0)
+		return ret;
+
+	return _sort__cgroup_inode_cmp(right->cgroup_id.ino,
+				       left->cgroup_id.ino);
+}
+
+static int hist_entry__cgroup_id_snprintf(struct hist_entry *he,
+					  char *bf, size_t size,
+					  unsigned int width __maybe_unused)
+{
+	return repsep_snprintf(bf, size, "%lu/0x%lx", he->cgroup_id.dev,
+			       he->cgroup_id.ino);
+}
+
+struct sort_entry sort_cgroup_id = {
+	.se_header      = "cgroup id (dev/inode)",
+	.se_cmp	        = sort__cgroup_id_cmp,
+	.se_snprintf    = hist_entry__cgroup_id_snprintf,
+	.se_width_idx	= HISTC_CGROUP_ID,
+};
+
 /* --sort socket */
 
 static int64_t
@@ -1418,6 +1458,7 @@ static struct sort_dimension common_sort_dimensions[] = {
 	DIM(SORT_GLOBAL_WEIGHT, "weight", sort_global_weight),
 	DIM(SORT_TRANSACTION, "transaction", sort_transaction),
 	DIM(SORT_TRACE, "trace", sort_trace),
+	DIM(SORT_CGROUP_ID, "cgroup_id", sort_cgroup_id),
 };
 
 #undef DIM
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/sort.h b/tools/perf/util/sort.h
index 7aff317..68a5abb 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/sort.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/sort.h
@@ -54,6 +54,11 @@ struct he_stat {
 	u32			nr_events;
 };
 
+struct namespace_id {
+	u64			dev;
+	u64			ino;
+};
+
 struct hist_entry_diff {
 	bool	computed;
 	union {
@@ -91,6 +96,7 @@ struct hist_entry {
 	struct map_symbol	ms;
 	struct thread		*thread;
 	struct comm		*comm;
+	struct namespace_id	cgroup_id;
 	u64			ip;
 	u64			transaction;
 	s32			socket;
@@ -211,6 +217,7 @@ enum sort_type {
 	SORT_GLOBAL_WEIGHT,
 	SORT_TRANSACTION,
 	SORT_TRACE,
+	SORT_CGROUP_ID,
 
 	/* branch stack specific sort keys */
 	__SORT_BRANCH_STACK,

Re: [PATCH v5 2/3] perf tool: add PERF_RECORD_NAMESPACES to include namespaces related info

[Jiri Olsa]

On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 07:47:38PM +0530, Hari Bathini wrote:
> This patch updates perf tool to examine PERF_RECORD_NAMESPACES events
> emitted by the kernel when fork, clone, setns or unshare are invoked.
> Also, it synthesizes PERF_RECORD_NAMESPACES events for processes that
> were running prior to invocation of perf record, the data for which
> is taken from /proc/$PID/ns. These changes make way for analyzing
> events with regard to namespaces.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Hari Bathini <hbathini@linux.vnet.ibm.com>

could you please rebase this on latest Arnaldo's perf/core?
I've got following conflicts:

patching file tools/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
patching file tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c
patching file tools/perf/builtin-diff.c
patching file tools/perf/builtin-inject.c
patching file tools/perf/builtin-kmem.c
Hunk #1 succeeded at 965 (offset 1 line).
patching file tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c
patching file tools/perf/builtin-lock.c
patching file tools/perf/builtin-mem.c
patching file tools/perf/builtin-record.c
Hunk #1 FAILED at 842.
Hunk #2 succeeded at 982 (offset 33 lines).
Hunk #3 succeeded at 996 (offset 33 lines).
Hunk #4 succeeded at 1515 (offset 109 lines).
Hunk #5 succeeded at 1630 (offset 109 lines).
1 out of 5 hunks FAILED -- saving rejects to file tools/perf/builtin-record.c.rej
patching file tools/perf/builtin-report.c
patching file tools/perf/builtin-sched.c
Hunk #1 succeeded at 3272 (offset 105 lines).
patching file tools/perf/builtin-script.c
Hunk #5 FAILED at 2219.
1 out of 5 hunks FAILED -- saving rejects to file tools/perf/builtin-script.c.rej
patching file tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
Hunk #1 succeeded at 2415 (offset 1 line).
patching file tools/perf/perf.h
patching file tools/perf/util/Build
patching file tools/perf/util/data-convert-bt.c
patching file tools/perf/util/event.c
patching file tools/perf/util/event.h
patching file tools/perf/util/evsel.c
patching file tools/perf/util/machine.c
Hunk #2 succeeded at 502 (offset 19 lines).
Hunk #3 succeeded at 1570 (offset 19 lines).
patching file tools/perf/util/machine.h
patching file tools/perf/util/namespaces.c
patching file tools/perf/util/namespaces.h
patching file tools/perf/util/session.c
patching file tools/perf/util/thread.c
patching file tools/perf/util/thread.h
patching file tools/perf/util/tool.h


thanks,
jirka

Re: [PATCH v5 1/3] perf: add PERF_RECORD_NAMESPACES to include namespaces related info

[Peter Zijlstra]

On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 07:47:22PM +0530, Hari Bathini wrote:
> With the advert of container technologies like docker, that depend
> on namespaces for isolation, there is a need for tracing support for
> namespaces. This patch introduces new PERF_RECORD_NAMESPACES event
> for tracing based on namespaces related info.

This fails to mention the whole namespace of namespaces issue Eric
brought up. Where are we on that, and or why isn't it required?

> +/*
> + * The maximum size of the name of each namespace
> + */
> +#define NS_NAME_SIZE				8
> +
> +struct perf_ns_link_info {
> +	char	name[NS_NAME_SIZE];

Do we really need a name? why?

> +	__u64	dev;
> +	__u64	ino;
> +};
> +

Re: [PATCH v5 1/3] perf: add PERF_RECORD_NAMESPACES to include namespaces related info

[Hari Bathini]

Hi Peter,


On Wednesday 18 January 2017 07:56 PM, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 07:47:22PM +0530, Hari Bathini wrote:
>> With the advert of container technologies like docker, that depend
>> on namespaces for isolation, there is a need for tracing support for
>> namespaces. This patch introduces new PERF_RECORD_NAMESPACES event
>> for tracing based on namespaces related info.
> This fails to mention the whole namespace of namespaces issue Eric

IIUC, Eric wanted to have device info saved for each namespace separately
to avoid the need for a namespace of namespaces in future.

> brought up. Where are we on that, and or why isn't it required?


I did address that in v4 and haven't changed it in v5.
I am not sure if it needs any mentioning in the changelog..

>> +/*
>> + * The maximum size of the name of each namespace
>> + */
>> +#define NS_NAME_SIZE				8
>> +
>> +struct perf_ns_link_info {
>> +	char	name[NS_NAME_SIZE];
> Do we really need a name? why?

Helps print new namespaces info along with name without any changes in
perf tool. Avoids hard-coding names too..

Thanks
Hari

Re: [PATCH v5 1/3] perf: add PERF_RECORD_NAMESPACES to include namespaces related info

[Peter Zijlstra]

On Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 09:26:32PM +0530, Hari Bathini wrote:
> Hi Peter,
> 
> 
> On Wednesday 18 January 2017 07:56 PM, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> >On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 07:47:22PM +0530, Hari Bathini wrote:
> >>With the advert of container technologies like docker, that depend
> >>on namespaces for isolation, there is a need for tracing support for
> >>namespaces. This patch introduces new PERF_RECORD_NAMESPACES event
> >>for tracing based on namespaces related info.
> >This fails to mention the whole namespace of namespaces issue Eric
> 
> IIUC, Eric wanted to have device info saved for each namespace separately
> to avoid the need for a namespace of namespaces in future.
> 
> >brought up. Where are we on that, and or why isn't it required?
> 
> 
> I did address that in v4 and haven't changed it in v5.
> I am not sure if it needs any mentioning in the changelog..

I would certainly have liked mention of the issue and its (non)
solution. It shows we thought about it and will help our older selves
remember.