[PATCH v1 4/4] perf script: enable printing of branch stack

From: Stephane Eranian
Date: Wed Aug 19 2015 - 04:39:31 EST


This patch improves perf script by enabling printing of the
branch stack via the 'brstack' argument to the field selection
option -F. The option is off by default and operates only if the
perf.data file has branch stack content.

The branches are printed in to/from pairs. the most recent branch
is printed first. The number of branch entries vary based on the
underlying hardware are filtering used.

Signed-off-by: Stephane Eranian <eranian@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt | 2 +-
tools/perf/builtin-script.c | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++++-
2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt
index 4b0acf4..fd95384 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ OPTIONS
--fields::
Comma separated list of fields to print. Options are:
comm, tid, pid, time, cpu, event, trace, ip, sym, dso, addr, symoff,
- srcline, period, iregs, flags.
+ srcline, period, iregs, brstack, flags.
Field list can be prepended with the type, trace, sw or hw,
to indicate to which event type the field list applies.
e.g., -f sw:comm,tid,time,ip,sym and -f trace:time,cpu,trace
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
index 3fed110..9ac7140 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ enum perf_output_field {
PERF_OUTPUT_SRCLINE = 1U << 12,
PERF_OUTPUT_PERIOD = 1U << 13,
PERF_OUTPUT_IREGS = 1U << 14,
+ PERF_OUTPUT_BRSTACK = 1U << 15,
};

struct output_option {
@@ -69,6 +70,7 @@ struct output_option {
{.str = "srcline", .field = PERF_OUTPUT_SRCLINE},
{.str = "period", .field = PERF_OUTPUT_PERIOD},
{.str = "iregs", .field = PERF_OUTPUT_IREGS},
+ {.str = "brstack", .field = PERF_OUTPUT_BRSTACK},
};

/* default set to maintain compatibility with current format */
@@ -419,6 +421,22 @@ static void print_sample_start(struct perf_sample *sample,
}
}

+static void print_sample_brstack(union perf_event *event __maybe_unused,
+ struct perf_sample *sample,
+ struct thread *thread __maybe_unused,
+ struct perf_event_attr *attr __maybe_unused)
+{
+ struct branch_stack *br = sample->branch_stack;
+ u64 i;
+
+ if (!(br && br->nr))
+ return;
+
+ for (i = 0; i < br->nr; i++) {
+ printf(" 0x%"PRIx64"/0x%"PRIx64" ", br->entries[i].from, br->entries[i].to);
+ }
+}
+
static void print_sample_addr(union perf_event *event,
struct perf_sample *sample,
struct thread *thread,
@@ -554,6 +572,9 @@ static void process_event(union perf_event *event, struct perf_sample *sample,
if (PRINT_FIELD(IREGS))
print_sample_iregs(event, sample, thread, attr);

+ if (PRINT_FIELD(BRSTACK))
+ print_sample_brstack(event, sample, thread, attr);
+
printf("\n");
}

@@ -1656,7 +1677,7 @@ int cmd_script(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
"comma separated output fields prepend with 'type:'. "
"Valid types: hw,sw,trace,raw. "
"Fields: comm,tid,pid,time,cpu,event,trace,ip,sym,dso,"
- "addr,symoff,period,iregs,flags", parse_output_fields),
+ "addr,symoff,period,iregs,brstack,flags", parse_output_fields),
OPT_BOOLEAN('a', "all-cpus", &system_wide,
"system-wide collection from all CPUs"),
OPT_STRING('S', "symbols", &symbol_conf.sym_list_str, "symbol[,symbol...]",
--
1.9.1

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