Re: [PATCH 1/3] perf tools: Add callchain to ctf conversion

Jiri Olsa
2017-07-28T09:25:56Z

On Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 02:12:03PM -0400, Geneviève Bastien wrote:
> The field perf_callchain, if available, is added to the sampling
> events during the CTF conversion. It is an array of u64 values.
> The perf_callchain_size field contains the size of the array.
>
> It will allow the analysis of sampling data in trace visualization tools
> like Trace Compass. Possible analyses with those data: dynamic
> flamegraphs, correlation with other tracing data like a userspace trace.
>
> Here follows a babeltrace CTF output of a trace with callchain:
>
> $ babeltrace ./myctftrace
> [17:38:45.672760285] (+?.?????????) cycles:ppp: { cpu_id = 0 }, { perf_ip = 0xFFFFFFFF81063EE4, perf_tid = 25841, perf_pid = 25774, perf_period = 1, perf_callchain_size = 7, perf_callchain = [ [0] = 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFF80, [1] = 0xFFFFFFFF81063EE4, [2] = 0xFFFFFFFF8100C770, [3] = 0xFFFFFFFF81006EC6, [4] = 0xFFFFFFFF8118245E, [5] = 0xFFFFFFFF810A9224, [6] = 0xFFFFFFFF8164A4C6 ] }
> [17:38:45.672777672] (+0.000017387) cycles:ppp: { cpu_id = 0 }, { perf_ip = 0xFFFFFFFF81063EE4, perf_tid = 25841, perf_pid = 25774, perf_period = 1, perf_callchain_size = 8, perf_callchain = [ [0] = 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFF80, [1] = 0xFFFFFFFF81063EE4, [2] = 0xFFFFFFFF8100C770, [3] = 0xFFFFFFFF81006EC6, [4] = 0xFFFFFFFF8118245E, [5] = 0xFFFFFFFF810A9224, [6] = 0xFFFFFFFF8164A4C6, [7] = 0xFFFFFFFF8164ABAD ] }
> [17:38:45.672786700] (+0.000009028) cycles:ppp: { cpu_id = 0 }, { perf_ip = 0xFFFFFFFF81063EE4, perf_tid = 25841, perf_pid = 25774, perf_period = 70, perf_callchain_size = 3, perf_callchain = [ [0] = 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFF80, [1] = 0xFFFFFFFF81063EE4, [2] = 0xFFFFFFFF8100C770 ] }

missing one more hunk (attached) ;-)

I guess there's no need to resend, Arnaldo could remove it,
anyway for patchset:

Acked-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>

Is there already tracecompas change to display callchains and mmaps?

thanks,
jirka

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diff --git a/tools/perf/util/data-convert-bt.c b/tools/perf/util/data-convert-bt.c
index c47b0943ef88..2346cecb8ea2 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/data-convert-bt.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/data-convert-bt.c
@@ -596,7 +596,6 @@ static int add_generic_values(struct ctf_writer *cw,
* PERF_SAMPLE_TIME - not needed as we have it in
* ctf event header
* PERF_SAMPLE_READ - TODO
- * PERF_SAMPLE_CALLCHAIN - TODO
* PERF_SAMPLE_RAW - tracepoint fields are handled separately
* PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_STACK - TODO
* PERF_SAMPLE_REGS_USER - TODO