[PATCH 00/11] perf tool: Add PERF_SAMPLE_READ sample read support

From: Jiri Olsa
Date: Sat Oct 20 2012 - 10:36:03 EST


hi,
adding support to read sample values through the PERF_SAMPLE_READ
sample type. It's now possible to specify 'S' modifier for an event
and get its sample value by PERF_SAMPLE_READ.

For group the 'S' modifier will enable sampling only for the leader
and read all the group member by PERF_SAMPLE_READ smple type with
PERF_FORMAT_GROUP read format.

This patchset is based on group report patches by Namhyung Kim:
http://lwn.net/Articles/518569/

Example:
(making sample on cycles, reading both cycles and cache-misses
by PERF_SAMPLE_READ/PERF_FORMAT_GROUP)

# ./perf record -e '{cycles,cache-misses}:S' ls
...

# ./perf report --group --show-total-period --stdio
# ========
# captured on: Sat Oct 20 16:53:39 2012
...
# group: {cycles,cache-misses}
# ========
#
# Samples: 86 of event 'anon group { cycles, cache-misses }'
# Event count (approx.): 34863674
#
# Overhead Period Command Shared Object Symbol
# ................ ........................ ....... ................. ................................
#
16.56% 19.47% 5773450 475 ls [kernel.kallsyms] [k] native_sched_clock
10.87% 0.74% 3789088 18 ls [kernel.kallsyms] [k] rtl8169_interrupt
9.82% 15.86% 3423364 387 ls [kernel.kallsyms] [k] mark_lock
8.43% 17.75% 2938384 433 ls ld-2.14.90.so [.] do_lookup_x
6.79% 20.86% 2365622 509 ls ls [.] calculate_columns
6.36% 0.61% 2216808 15 ls [kernel.kallsyms] [k] lock_release
...


Attached patches:
01/11 perf: Add PERF_EVENT_IOC_ID ioctl to return event ID
02/11 perf: Do not get values from disabled counters in group format read
03/11 perf tool: Use PERF_EVENT_IOC_ID perf ioctl to read event id
04/11 perf tool: Add support for parsing PERF_SAMPLE_READ sample type
05/11 perf tool: Fix event ID retrieval for group format read case
06/11 perf tool: Add perf_evlist__id2sid function to get event ID related data
07/11 perf tool: Add PERF_SAMPLE_READ sample related processing
08/11 perf tool: Add 'S' event/group modifier to read sample value
09/11 perf test: Add parse events tests for leader sampling
10/11 perf tool: Display period values for all group members
11/11 perf record: Fix mmap error output condition


wbr,
jirka

Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Corey Ashford <cjashfor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/perf_event.h | 1 +
kernel/events/core.c | 27 ++++++++++++++++++---
tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt | 1 +
tools/perf/builtin-record.c | 3 ++-
tools/perf/ui/hist.c | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
tools/perf/util/event.h | 18 ++++++++++++++
tools/perf/util/evlist.c | 82 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
tools/perf/util/evlist.h | 4 ++++
tools/perf/util/evsel.c | 54 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
tools/perf/util/evsel.h | 4 ++++
tools/perf/util/parse-events-test.c | 117 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
tools/perf/util/parse-events.c | 6 +++++
tools/perf/util/parse-events.l | 2 +-
tools/perf/util/session.c | 110 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
14 files changed, 448 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)
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