kernel-ark/tools/perf
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo ba21594cdd perf tools: Cross platform perf.data analysis support
There are still some problems related to loading vmlinux files,
but those are unrelated to the feature implemented in this
patch, so will get fixed in the next patches, but here are some
results:

1. collect perf.data file on a Fedora 12 machine, x86_64, 64-bit
userland

2. transfer it to a Debian Testing machine, PARISC64, 32-bit
userland

  acme@parisc:~/git/linux-2.6-tip$ perf buildid-list | head -5
  74f9930ee94475b6b3238caf3725a50d59cb994b [kernel.kallsyms]
  55fdd56670453ea66c011158c4b9d30179c1d049 /lib/modules/2.6.33-rc4-tip+/kernel/net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_MASQUERADE.ko
  41adff63c730890480980d5d8ba513f1c216a858 /lib/modules/2.6.33-rc4-tip+/kernel/net/ipv4/netfilter/iptable_nat.ko
  90a33def1077bb8e97b8a78546dc96c2de62df46 /lib/modules/2.6.33-rc4-tip+/kernel/net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_nat.ko
  984c7bea90ce1376d5c8e7ef43a781801286e62d /lib/modules/2.6.33-rc4-tip+/kernel/drivers/net/tun.ko

  acme@parisc:~/git/linux-2.6-tip$ perf buildid-list | tail -5
  22492f3753c6a67de5c7ccbd6b863390c92c0723 /usr/lib64/libXt.so.6.0.0
  353802bb7e1b895ba43507cc678f951e778e4c6f /usr/lib64/libMagickCore.so.2.0.0
  d10c2897558595efe7be8b0584cf7e6398bc776c /usr/lib64/libfprint.so.0.0.0
  a83ecfb519a788774a84d5ddde633c9ba56c03ab /home/acme/bin/perf
  d3ca765a8ecf257d263801d7ad8c49c189082317 /usr/lib64/libdwarf.so.0.0
  acme@parisc:~/git/linux-2.6-tip$

  acme@parisc:~/git/linux-2.6-tip$ perf report --sort comm
  The file [kernel.kallsyms] cannot be used, trying to use /proc/kallsyms...

  ^^^^ The problem related to vmlinux handling, it shouldn't be trying this
  ^^^^ rather alien /proc/kallsyms at all...

  /lib64/libpthread-2.10.2.so with build id 5c68f7afeb33309c78037e374b0deee84dd441f6 not found, continuing without symbols
  /lib64/libc-2.10.2.so with build id eb4ec8fa8b2a5eb18cad173c92f27ed8887ed1c1 not found, continuing without symbols
  /home/acme/bin/perf with build id a83ecfb519a788774a84d5ddde633c9ba56c03ab not found, continuing without symbols
  /usr/sbin/openvpn with build id f2037a091ef36b591187a858d75e203690ea9409 not found, continuing without symbols
  Failed to open /lib/modules/2.6.33-rc4-tip+/kernel/drivers/net/e1000e/e1000e.ko, continuing without symbols
  Failed to open /lib/modules/2.6.33-rc4-tip+/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwlcore.ko, continuing without symbols

  <SNIP more complaints about not finding the right build-ids,
        those will have to wait for 'perf archive' or plain
        copying what was collected by 'perf record' on the x86_64,
        source machine, see further below for an example of this >

  # Samples: 293085637
  #
  # Overhead          Command
  # ........  ...............
  #
      61.70%             find
      23.50%             perf
       5.86%          swapper
       3.12%             sshd
       2.39%             init
       0.87%             bash
       0.86%            sleep
       0.59%      dbus-daemon
       0.25%             hald
       0.24%   NetworkManager
       0.19%  hald-addon-rfki
       0.15%          openvpn
       0.07%             phy0
       0.07%         events/0
       0.05%          iwl3945
       0.05%         events/1
       0.03%      kondemand/0
  acme@parisc:~/git/linux-2.6-tip$

Which matches what we get when running the same command for the
same perf.data file on the F12, x86_64, source machine:

  [root@doppio linux-2.6-tip]# perf report --sort comm
  # Samples: 293085637
  #
  # Overhead          Command
  # ........  ...............
  #
      61.70%             find
      23.50%             perf
       5.86%          swapper
       3.12%             sshd
       2.39%             init
       0.87%             bash
       0.86%            sleep
       0.59%      dbus-daemon
       0.25%             hald
       0.24%   NetworkManager
       0.19%  hald-addon-rfki
       0.15%          openvpn
       0.07%             phy0
       0.07%         events/0
       0.05%          iwl3945
       0.05%         events/1
       0.03%      kondemand/0
  [root@doppio linux-2.6-tip]#

The other modes work as well, modulo the problem with vmlinux:

  acme@parisc:~/git/linux-2.6-tip$ perf report --sort comm,dso 2> /dev/null | head -15
  # Samples: 293085637
  #
  # Overhead          Command                      Shared Object
  # ........  ...............  .................................
  #
      35.11%             find                   ffffffff81002b5a
      18.25%             perf                   ffffffff8102235f
      16.17%             find  libc-2.10.2.so
       9.07%             find  find
       5.80%          swapper                   ffffffff8102235f
       3.95%             perf  libc-2.10.2.so
       2.33%             init                   ffffffff810091b9
       1.65%             sshd  libcrypto.so.0.9.8k
       1.35%             find  [e1000e]
       0.68%            sleep  libc-2.10.2.so
  acme@parisc:~/git/linux-2.6-tip$

And the lack of the right buildids:

  acme@parisc:~/git/linux-2.6-tip$ perf report --sort comm,dso,symbol 2> /dev/null | head -15
  # Samples: 293085637
  #
  # Overhead          Command                      Shared Object  Symbol
  # ........  ...............  .................................  ......
  #
      35.11%             find                   ffffffff81002b5a  [k] 0xffffffff81002b5a
      18.25%             perf                   ffffffff8102235f  [k] 0xffffffff8102235f
      16.17%             find  libc-2.10.2.so                     [.] 0x00000000045782
       9.07%             find  find                               [.] 0x0000000000fb0e
       5.80%          swapper                   ffffffff8102235f  [k] 0xffffffff8102235f
       3.95%             perf  libc-2.10.2.so                     [.] 0x0000000007f398
       2.33%             init                   ffffffff810091b9  [k] 0xffffffff810091b9
       1.65%             sshd  libcrypto.so.0.9.8k                [.] 0x00000000105440
       1.35%             find  [e1000e]                           [k] 0x00000000010948
       0.68%            sleep  libc-2.10.2.so                     [.] 0x0000000011ad5b
  acme@parisc:~/git/linux-2.6-tip$

But if we:

  acme@parisc:~/git/linux-2.6-tip$ ls ~/.debug
  ls: cannot access /home/acme/.debug: No such file or directory
  acme@parisc:~/git/linux-2.6-tip$ mkdir -p ~/.debug/lib64/libc-2.10.2.so/
  acme@parisc:~/git/linux-2.6-tip$ scp doppio:.debug/lib64/libc-2.10.2.so/* ~/.debug/lib64/libc-2.10.2.so/
  acme@doppio's password:
  eb4ec8fa8b2a5eb18cad173c92f27ed8887ed1c1	             100% 1783KB 714.7KB/s   00:02
  acme@parisc:~/git/linux-2.6-tip$ mkdir -p ~/.debug/.build-id/eb
  acme@parisc:~/git/linux-2.6-tip$ ln -s ../../lib64/libc-2.10.2.so/eb4ec8fa8b2a5eb18cad173c92f27ed8887ed1c1 ~/.debug/.build-id/eb/4ec8fa8b2a5eb18cad173c92f27ed8887ed1c1
  acme@parisc:~/git/linux-2.6-tip$ perf report --dsos libc-2.10.2.so 2> /dev/null
  # dso: libc-2.10.2.so
  # Samples: 64281170
  #
  # Overhead          Command  Symbol
  # ........  ...............  ......
  #
      14.98%             perf  [.] __GI_strcmp
      12.30%             find  [.] __GI_memmove
       9.25%             find  [.] _int_malloc
       7.60%             find  [.] _IO_vfprintf_internal
       6.10%             find  [.] _IO_new_file_xsputn
       6.02%             find  [.] __GI_close
       3.08%             find  [.] _IO_file_overflow_internal
       3.08%             find  [.] malloc_consolidate
       3.08%             find  [.] _int_free
       3.08%             find  [.] __strchrnul
       3.08%             find  [.] __getdents64
       3.08%             find  [.] __write_nocancel
       3.08%            sleep  [.] __GI__dl_addr
       3.08%             sshd  [.] __libc_select
       3.08%             find  [.] _IO_new_file_write
       3.07%             find  [.] _IO_new_do_write
       3.06%             find  [.] __GI___errno_location
       3.05%             find  [.] __GI___libc_malloc
       3.04%             perf  [.] __GI_memcpy
       1.71%             find  [.] __fprintf_chk
       1.29%             bash  [.] __gconv_transform_utf8_internal
       0.79%      dbus-daemon  [.] __GI_strlen
  #
  # (For a higher level overview, try: perf report --sort comm,dso)
  #
  acme@parisc:~/git/linux-2.6-tip$

Which matches what we get on the source, F12, x86_64 machine:

  [root@doppio linux-2.6-tip]# perf report --dsos libc-2.10.2.so
  # dso: libc-2.10.2.so
  # Samples: 64281170
  #
  # Overhead          Command  Symbol
  # ........  ...............  ......
  #
      14.98%             perf  [.] __GI_strcmp
      12.30%             find  [.] __GI_memmove
       9.25%             find  [.] _int_malloc
       7.60%             find  [.] _IO_vfprintf_internal
       6.10%             find  [.] _IO_new_file_xsputn
       6.02%             find  [.] __GI_close
       3.08%             find  [.] _IO_file_overflow_internal
       3.08%             find  [.] malloc_consolidate
       3.08%             find  [.] _int_free
       3.08%             find  [.] __strchrnul
       3.08%             find  [.] __getdents64
       3.08%             find  [.] __write_nocancel
       3.08%            sleep  [.] __GI__dl_addr
       3.08%             sshd  [.] __libc_select
       3.08%             find  [.] _IO_new_file_write
       3.07%             find  [.] _IO_new_do_write
       3.06%             find  [.] __GI___errno_location
       3.05%             find  [.] __GI___libc_malloc
       3.04%             perf  [.] __GI_memcpy
       1.71%             find  [.] __fprintf_chk
       1.29%             bash  [.] __gconv_transform_utf8_internal
       0.79%      dbus-daemon  [.] __GI_strlen
  #
  # (For a higher level overview, try: perf report --sort comm,dso)
  #
  [root@doppio linux-2.6-tip]#

So I think this is really, really nice in that it demonstrates
the portability of perf.data files and the use of build-ids
accross such aliens worlds :-)

There are some things to fix tho, like the bitmap on the header,
but things are looking good.

Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Cc: Frédéric Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
LKML-Reference: <1263478990-8200-2-git-send-email-acme@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2010-01-16 10:58:45 +01:00
..
bench perf sched: Fix build failure on sparc 2009-12-14 08:59:12 +01:00
Documentation perf: Fix few typos + cosmetics 2010-01-13 17:39:44 +01:00
scripts/perl perf trace/scripting: List available scripts 2009-12-15 10:31:32 +01:00
util perf tools: Cross platform perf.data analysis support 2010-01-16 10:58:45 +01:00
.gitignore perf tools: Add perf.data to .gitignore 2009-11-24 16:37:01 +01:00
builtin-annotate.c perf tools: Don't cast RIP to pointers 2010-01-16 10:58:45 +01:00
builtin-bench.c perf bench: Add "all" pseudo subsystem and "all" pseudo suite 2009-12-14 08:51:19 +01:00
builtin-buildid-list.c perf buildid-list: No need to process the header sections again 2010-01-13 10:09:15 +01:00
builtin-diff.c perf tools: Don't cast RIP to pointers 2010-01-16 10:58:45 +01:00
builtin-help.c perf: Make cmd_to_page() function more compact 2010-01-13 10:53:51 +01:00
builtin-kmem.c perf tools: Don't cast RIP to pointers 2010-01-16 10:58:45 +01:00
builtin-list.c perf list: Fix large list output by using the pager 2009-08-13 09:05:48 +02:00
builtin-probe.c perf probe: Support --line option to show probable source-code lines 2010-01-13 10:09:14 +01:00
builtin-record.c perf tools: Encode kernel module mappings in perf.data 2010-01-13 17:39:43 +01:00
builtin-report.c perf tools: Don't cast RIP to pointers 2010-01-16 10:58:45 +01:00
builtin-sched.c perf tools: Don't cast RIP to pointers 2010-01-16 10:58:45 +01:00
builtin-stat.c perf tools: Fix --pid option for stat 2010-01-13 10:09:08 +01:00
builtin-timechart.c perf session: Remove redundant prefix & suffix from perf_event_ops 2009-12-28 09:03:35 +01:00
builtin-top.c perf top: Fix code typo in prompt_symbol() 2010-01-13 17:39:44 +01:00
builtin-trace.c perf tools: Don't cast RIP to pointers 2010-01-16 10:58:45 +01:00
builtin.h perf diff: Introduce tool to show performance difference 2009-12-15 08:50:29 +01:00
command-list.txt perf diff: Introduce tool to show performance difference 2009-12-15 08:50:29 +01:00
CREDITS perf_counter tools: Add CREDITS file for Git contributors 2009-06-24 19:54:29 +02:00
design.txt perf: Fix few typos + cosmetics 2010-01-13 17:39:44 +01:00
Makefile Merge branch 'perf/urgent' into perf/core 2010-01-13 10:08:50 +01:00
perf.c perf tools: Mount debugfs automatically 2009-12-28 10:36:36 +01:00
perf.h perf tools: Allow building for ARM 2009-12-11 13:50:21 +01:00