[PATCH 06/12] perf: Add attribute to filter out callchains

From: Jiri Olsa
Date: Tue Aug 07 2012 - 09:22:05 EST


From: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@xxxxxxxxx>

Introducing following bits to the the perf_event_attr struct:
- exclude_callchain_kernel to filter out kernel callchain
from the sample dump
- exclude_callchain_user to filter out user callchain
from the sample dump

We need to be able to disable standard user callchain dump
when we use the dwarf cfi callchain mode, because frame
pointer based user callchains are useless in this mode.

Implementing also exclude_callchain_kernel to have complete
set of options.

Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Arun Sharma <asharma@xxxxxx>
Cc: Benjamin Redelings <benjamin.redelings@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Corey Ashford <cjashfor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Frank Ch. Eigler <fche@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Robert Richter <robert.richter@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Tom Zanussi <tzanussi@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ulrich Drepper <drepper@xxxxxxxxx>
[ Added kernel callchains filtering ]
Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/perf_event.h | 5 ++++-
kernel/events/callchain.c | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
2 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/perf_event.h b/include/linux/perf_event.h
index d1d25f6..297ca3d 100644
--- a/include/linux/perf_event.h
+++ b/include/linux/perf_event.h
@@ -268,7 +268,10 @@ struct perf_event_attr {
exclude_host : 1, /* don't count in host */
exclude_guest : 1, /* don't count in guest */

- __reserved_1 : 43;
+ exclude_callchain_kernel : 1, /* exclude kernel callchains */
+ exclude_callchain_user : 1, /* exclude user callchains */
+
+ __reserved_1 : 41;

union {
__u32 wakeup_events; /* wakeup every n events */
diff --git a/kernel/events/callchain.c b/kernel/events/callchain.c
index 98d4597..c772061 100644
--- a/kernel/events/callchain.c
+++ b/kernel/events/callchain.c
@@ -159,6 +159,11 @@ perf_callchain(struct perf_event *event, struct pt_regs *regs)
int rctx;
struct perf_callchain_entry *entry;

+ int kernel = !event->attr.exclude_callchain_kernel;
+ int user = !event->attr.exclude_callchain_user;
+
+ if (!kernel && !user)
+ return NULL;

entry = get_callchain_entry(&rctx);
if (rctx == -1)
@@ -169,24 +174,29 @@ perf_callchain(struct perf_event *event, struct pt_regs *regs)

entry->nr = 0;

- if (!user_mode(regs)) {
+ if (kernel && !user_mode(regs)) {
perf_callchain_store(entry, PERF_CONTEXT_KERNEL);
perf_callchain_kernel(entry, regs);
- if (current->mm)
- regs = task_pt_regs(current);
- else
- regs = NULL;
}

- if (regs) {
- /*
- * Disallow cross-task user callchains.
- */
- if (event->ctx->task && event->ctx->task != current)
- goto exit_put;
-
- perf_callchain_store(entry, PERF_CONTEXT_USER);
- perf_callchain_user(entry, regs);
+ if (user) {
+ if (!user_mode(regs)) {
+ if (current->mm)
+ regs = task_pt_regs(current);
+ else
+ regs = NULL;
+ }
+
+ if (regs) {
+ /*
+ * Disallow cross-task user callchains.
+ */
+ if (event->ctx->task && event->ctx->task != current)
+ goto exit_put;
+
+ perf_callchain_store(entry, PERF_CONTEXT_USER);
+ perf_callchain_user(entry, regs);
+ }
}

exit_put:
--
1.7.11.2

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