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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 3/5] perf record: Enable defer_callchain for user callchains
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2025 23:00:16 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251114070018.160330-4-namhyung@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251114070018.160330-1-namhyung@kernel.org>

And add the missing feature detection logic to clear the flag on old
kernels.

  $ perf record -g -vv true
  ...
  ------------------------------------------------------------
  perf_event_attr:
    type                             0 (PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE)
    size                             136
    config                           0 (PERF_COUNT_HW_CPU_CYCLES)
    { sample_period, sample_freq }   4000
    sample_type                      IP|TID|TIME|CALLCHAIN|PERIOD
    read_format                      ID|LOST
    disabled                         1
    inherit                          1
    mmap                             1
    comm                             1
    freq                             1
    enable_on_exec                   1
    task                             1
    sample_id_all                    1
    mmap2                            1
    comm_exec                        1
    ksymbol                          1
    bpf_event                        1
    defer_callchain                  1
    defer_output                     1
  ------------------------------------------------------------
  sys_perf_event_open: pid 162755  cpu 0  group_fd -1  flags 0x8
  sys_perf_event_open failed, error -22
  switching off deferred callchain support

Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
---
 tools/perf/util/evsel.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 tools/perf/util/evsel.h |  1 +
 2 files changed, 25 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index 244b3e44d090d413..f5652d00b457d096 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -1061,6 +1061,14 @@ static void __evsel__config_callchain(struct evsel *evsel, struct record_opts *o
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (param->record_mode == CALLCHAIN_FP && !attr->exclude_callchain_user) {
+		/*
+		 * Enable deferred callchains optimistically.  It'll be switched
+		 * off later if the kernel doesn't support it.
+		 */
+		attr->defer_callchain = 1;
+	}
+
 	if (function) {
 		pr_info("Disabling user space callchains for function trace event.\n");
 		attr->exclude_callchain_user = 1;
@@ -1511,6 +1519,7 @@ void evsel__config(struct evsel *evsel, struct record_opts *opts,
 	attr->mmap2    = track && !perf_missing_features.mmap2;
 	attr->comm     = track;
 	attr->build_id = track && opts->build_id;
+	attr->defer_output = track;
 
 	/*
 	 * ksymbol is tracked separately with text poke because it needs to be
@@ -2199,6 +2208,10 @@ static int __evsel__prepare_open(struct evsel *evsel, struct perf_cpu_map *cpus,
 
 static void evsel__disable_missing_features(struct evsel *evsel)
 {
+	if (perf_missing_features.defer_callchain && evsel->core.attr.defer_callchain)
+		evsel->core.attr.defer_callchain = 0;
+	if (perf_missing_features.defer_callchain && evsel->core.attr.defer_output)
+		evsel->core.attr.defer_output = 0;
 	if (perf_missing_features.inherit_sample_read && evsel->core.attr.inherit &&
 	    (evsel->core.attr.sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_READ))
 		evsel->core.attr.inherit = 0;
@@ -2473,6 +2486,13 @@ static bool evsel__detect_missing_features(struct evsel *evsel, struct perf_cpu
 
 	/* Please add new feature detection here. */
 
+	attr.defer_callchain = true;
+	if (has_attr_feature(&attr, /*flags=*/0))
+		goto found;
+	perf_missing_features.defer_callchain = true;
+	pr_debug2("switching off deferred callchain support\n");
+	attr.defer_callchain = false;
+
 	attr.inherit = true;
 	attr.sample_type = PERF_SAMPLE_READ | PERF_SAMPLE_TID;
 	if (has_attr_feature(&attr, /*flags=*/0))
@@ -2584,6 +2604,10 @@ static bool evsel__detect_missing_features(struct evsel *evsel, struct perf_cpu
 	errno = old_errno;
 
 check:
+	if ((evsel->core.attr.defer_callchain || evsel->core.attr.defer_output) &&
+	    perf_missing_features.defer_callchain)
+		return true;
+
 	if (evsel->core.attr.inherit &&
 	    (evsel->core.attr.sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_READ) &&
 	    perf_missing_features.inherit_sample_read)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
index 3ae4ac8f9a37e009..a08130ff2e47a887 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
@@ -221,6 +221,7 @@ struct perf_missing_features {
 	bool branch_counters;
 	bool aux_action;
 	bool inherit_sample_read;
+	bool defer_callchain;
 };
 
 extern struct perf_missing_features perf_missing_features;
-- 
2.52.0.rc1.455.g30608eb744-goog


  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 ` Namhyung Kim [this message]
2025-11-14 17:59   ` [PATCH v3 3/5] perf record: Enable defer_callchain for user callchains 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 ` [PATCH v3 4/5] perf script: Display PERF_RECORD_CALLCHAIN_DEFERRED Namhyung Kim
2025-11-14 18:18   ` 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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