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From: tip-bot for Milian Wolff <tipbot@zytor.com>
To: linux-tip-commits@vger.kernel.org
Cc: tglx@linutronix.de, milian.wolff@kdab.com, namhyung@kernel.org,
	acme@redhat.com, jolsa@redhat.com, mingo@kernel.org,
	hpa@zytor.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [tip:perf/urgent] perf report: Include partial stacks unwound with libdw
Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2017 09:01:02 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <tip-5ea0416f51cc93436bbe497c62ab49fd9cb245b6@git.kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20170601210021.20046-1-milian.wolff@kdab.com>

Commit-ID:  5ea0416f51cc93436bbe497c62ab49fd9cb245b6
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/5ea0416f51cc93436bbe497c62ab49fd9cb245b6
Author:     Milian Wolff <milian.wolff@kdab.com>
AuthorDate: Thu, 1 Jun 2017 23:00:21 +0200
Committer:  Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
CommitDate: Mon, 5 Jun 2017 14:18:03 -0300

perf report: Include partial stacks unwound with libdw

So far the whole stack was thrown away when any error occurred before
the maximum stack depth was unwound. This is actually a very common
scenario though. The stacks that got unwound so far are still
interesting. This removes a large chunk of differences when comparing
perf script output for libunwind and libdw perf unwinding.

E.g. with libunwind:

~~~~~
heaptrack_gui  2228 135073.388524:     479408 cycles:
        ffffffff811749ed perf_iterate_ctx ([kernel.kallsyms])
        ffffffff81181662 perf_event_mmap ([kernel.kallsyms])
        ffffffff811cf5ed mmap_region ([kernel.kallsyms])
        ffffffff811cfe6b do_mmap ([kernel.kallsyms])
        ffffffff811b0dca vm_mmap_pgoff ([kernel.kallsyms])
        ffffffff811cdb0c sys_mmap_pgoff ([kernel.kallsyms])
        ffffffff81033acb sys_mmap ([kernel.kallsyms])
        ffffffff81631d37 entry_SYSCALL_64_fastpath ([kernel.kallsyms])
                   192ca mmap64 (/usr/lib/ld-2.25.so)
                    59a9 _dl_map_object_from_fd (/usr/lib/ld-2.25.so)
                    83d0 _dl_map_object (/usr/lib/ld-2.25.so)
                    cda1 openaux (/usr/lib/ld-2.25.so)
                   1834f _dl_catch_error (/usr/lib/ld-2.25.so)
                    cfe2 _dl_map_object_deps (/usr/lib/ld-2.25.so)
                    3481 dl_main (/usr/lib/ld-2.25.so)
                   17387 _dl_sysdep_start (/usr/lib/ld-2.25.so)
                    4d37 _dl_start (/usr/lib/ld-2.25.so)
                     d87 _start (/usr/lib/ld-2.25.so)

heaptrack_gui  2228 135073.388677:     611329 cycles:
                   1a3e0 strcmp (/usr/lib/ld-2.25.so)
                    82b2 _dl_map_object (/usr/lib/ld-2.25.so)
                    cda1 openaux (/usr/lib/ld-2.25.so)
                   1834f _dl_catch_error (/usr/lib/ld-2.25.so)
                    cfe2 _dl_map_object_deps (/usr/lib/ld-2.25.so)
                    3481 dl_main (/usr/lib/ld-2.25.so)
                   17387 _dl_sysdep_start (/usr/lib/ld-2.25.so)
                    4d37 _dl_start (/usr/lib/ld-2.25.so)
                     d87 _start (/usr/lib/ld-2.25.so)
~~~~~

With libdw without this patch:

~~~~~
heaptrack_gui  2228 135073.388524:     479408 cycles:
        ffffffff811749ed perf_iterate_ctx ([kernel.kallsyms])
        ffffffff81181662 perf_event_mmap ([kernel.kallsyms])
        ffffffff811cf5ed mmap_region ([kernel.kallsyms])
        ffffffff811cfe6b do_mmap ([kernel.kallsyms])
        ffffffff811b0dca vm_mmap_pgoff ([kernel.kallsyms])
        ffffffff811cdb0c sys_mmap_pgoff ([kernel.kallsyms])
        ffffffff81033acb sys_mmap ([kernel.kallsyms])
        ffffffff81631d37 entry_SYSCALL_64_fastpath ([kernel.kallsyms])

heaptrack_gui  2228 135073.388677:     611329 cycles:
~~~~~

With this patch applied, the libdw unwinder will produce the same
output as the libunwind unwinder.

Signed-off-by: Milian Wolff <milian.wolff@kdab.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170601210021.20046-1-milian.wolff@kdab.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
---
 tools/perf/util/unwind-libdw.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/unwind-libdw.c b/tools/perf/util/unwind-libdw.c
index 943a0629..b4c2012 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/unwind-libdw.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/unwind-libdw.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ int unwind__get_entries(unwind_entry_cb_t cb, void *arg,
 
 	err = dwfl_getthread_frames(ui->dwfl, thread->tid, frame_callback, ui);
 
-	if (err && !ui->max_stack)
+	if (err && ui->max_stack != max_stack)
 		err = 0;
 
 	/*

      parent reply	other threads:[~2017-06-07 16:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-06-01 21:00 [PATCH] perf report: include partial stacks unwound with libdw Milian Wolff
2017-06-02 14:59 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2017-06-07 16:01 ` tip-bot for Milian Wolff [this message]

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