Make perf script easier to use for itrace

Andi Kleen
2018-08-29T17:18:48Z

Implement a range of improvements to make it easier to look
at itrace traces with perf script. Nothing here couldn't be done
before with some additional scripting, but add simple high
level options to make it easier to use.

% perf record -e intel_pt//k -a sleep 1

Show function calls:

% perf script --call-trace
perf 900 [000] 194167.205652203: ([kernel.kallsyms]) perf_pmu_enable
perf 900 [000] 194167.205652203: ([kernel.kallsyms]) __x86_indirect_thunk_rax
perf 900 [000] 194167.205652203: ([kernel.kallsyms]) event_filter_match
perf 900 [000] 194167.205652203: ([kernel.kallsyms]) group_sched_in
perf 900 [000] 194167.205652203: ([kernel.kallsyms]) __x86_indirect_thunk_rax
perf 900 [000] 194167.205652203: ([kernel.kallsyms]) event_sched_in.isra.107
perf 900 [000] 194167.205652203: ([kernel.kallsyms]) perf_event_set_state.part.71
perf 900 [000] 194167.205652203: ([kernel.kallsyms]) perf_event_update_time
perf 900 [000] 194167.205652203: ([kernel.kallsyms]) perf_pmu_disable
perf 900 [000] 194167.205652203: ([kernel.kallsyms]) perf_log_itrace_start
perf 900 [000] 194167.205652203: ([kernel.kallsyms]) __x86_indirect_thunk_rax
perf 900 [000] 194167.205652203: ([kernel.kallsyms]) perf_event_update_userpage

Show function calls and returns:

% perf script --call-ret-trace
perf 900 [000] 194167.205652203: tr strt ([unknown]) pt_config
perf 900 [000] 194167.205652203: return ([kernel.kallsyms]) pt_config
perf 900 [000] 194167.205652203: return ([kernel.kallsyms]) pt_event_add
perf 900 [000] 194167.205652203: call ([kernel.kallsyms]) perf_pmu_enable
perf 900 [000] 194167.205652203: return ([kernel.kallsyms]) perf_pmu_nop_void
perf 900 [000] 194167.205652203: return ([kernel.kallsyms]) event_sched_in.isra.107
perf 900 [000] 194167.205652203: call ([kernel.kallsyms]) __x86_indirect_thunk_rax
perf 900 [000] 194167.205652203: return ([kernel.kallsyms]) perf_pmu_nop_int
perf 900 [000] 194167.205652203: return ([kernel.kallsyms]) group_sched_in
perf 900 [000] 194167.205652203: call ([kernel.kallsyms]) event_filter_match
perf 900 [000] 194167.205652203: return ([kernel.kallsyms]) event_filter_match
perf 900 [000] 194167.205652203: call ([kernel.kallsyms]) group_sched_in

Show instruction traces (using XED):

% perf script --itrace=i0ns --ns -F +insn,-event,-period | xed -F insn: -A -64
swapper 0 [000] 117276.429606186: ffffffff81010486 pt_config ([kernel.kallsyms]) nopl %eax, (%rax,%rax,1)
swapper 0 [000] 117276.429606186: ffffffff8101048b pt_config ([kernel.kallsyms]) add $0x10, %rsp
swapper 0 [000] 117276.429606186: ffffffff8101048f pt_config ([kernel.kallsyms]) popq %rbx
swapper 0 [000] 117276.429606186: ffffffff81010490 pt_config ([kernel.kallsyms]) popq %rbp
swapper 0 [000] 117276.429606186: ffffffff81010491 pt_config ([kernel.kallsyms]) popq %r12
swapper 0 [000] 117276.429606186: ffffffff81010493 pt_config ([kernel.kallsyms]) popq %r13
swapper 0 [000] 117276.429606186: ffffffff81010495 pt_config ([kernel.kallsyms]) popq %r14
swapper 0 [000] 117276.429606186: ffffffff81010497 pt_config ([kernel.kallsyms]) popq %r15
swapper 0 [000] 117276.429606186: ffffffff81010499 pt_config ([kernel.kallsyms]) retq

Filter by a ftrace style graph function:

% perf script --graph-function group_sched_in --call-trace
perf 900 [000] 194167.205652203: ([kernel.kallsyms]) group_sched_in
perf 900 [000] 194167.205652203: ([kernel.kallsyms]) __x86_indirect_thunk_rax
perf 900 [000] 194167.205652203: ([kernel.kallsyms]) event_sched_in.isra.107
perf 900 [000] 194167.205652203: ([kernel.kallsyms]) perf_event_set_state.part.71
perf 900 [000] 194167.205652203: ([kernel.kallsyms]) perf_event_update_time
perf 900 [000] 194167.205652203: ([kernel.kallsyms]) perf_pmu_disable
perf 900 [000] 194167.205652203: ([kernel.kallsyms]) perf_log_itrace_start
perf 900 [000] 194167.205652203: ([kernel.kallsyms]) __x86_indirect_thunk_rax
perf 900 [000] 194167.205652203: ([kernel.kallsyms]) perf_event_update_userpage
perf 900 [000] 194167.205652203: ([kernel.kallsyms]) calc_timer_values
perf 900 [000] 194167.205652203: ([kernel.kallsyms]) sched_clock_cpu
perf 900 [000] 194167.205652203: ([kernel.kallsyms]) __x86_indirect_thunk_rax
perf 900 [000] 194167.205652203: ([kernel.kallsyms]) arch_perf_update_userpage
perf 900 [000] 194167.205652203: ([kernel.kallsyms]) __fentry__
perf 900 [000] 194167.205652203: ([kernel.kallsyms]) using_native_sched_clock
perf 900 [000] 194167.205652203: ([kernel.kallsyms]) sched_clock_stable
perf 900 [000] 194167.205652203: ([kernel.kallsyms]) perf_pmu_enable
perf 900 [000] 194167.205652203: ([kernel.kallsyms]) __x86_indirect_thunk_rax

Also available in
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ak/linux-misc.git pt/easy-script-2

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