[PATCH] perf sched timehist: Add --next option

From: Brendan Gregg
Date: Mon Mar 13 2017 - 21:57:04 EST


The --next option shows the next task for each context switch, providing
more context for the sequence of scheduler events.

$ perf sched timehist --next | head
Samples do not have callchains.
time cpu task name wait time sch delay run time
[tid/pid] (msec) (msec) (msec)
--------------- ------ ------------------------------ --------- --------- ---------
1136374.793792 [0000] <idle> 0.000 0.000 0.000 next: rngd[1524]
1136374.793801 [0000] rngd[1524] 0.000 0.000 0.009 next: swapper/0[0]
1136374.794048 [0007] <idle> 0.000 0.000 0.000 next: yes[30884]
1136374.794066 [0007] yes[30884] 0.000 0.000 0.018 next: swapper/7[0]
1136374.794126 [0002] <idle> 0.000 0.000 0.000 next: rngd[1524]
1136374.794140 [0002] rngd[1524] 0.325 0.006 0.013 next: swapper/2[0]
1136374.794281 [0003] <idle> 0.000 0.000 0.000 next: perf[31070]

Signed-off-by: Brendan Gregg <bgregg@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/Documentation/perf-sched.txt | 4 ++++
tools/perf/builtin-sched.c | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
2 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-sched.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-sched.txt
index d33dedd..a092a24 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-sched.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-sched.txt
@@ -132,6 +132,10 @@ OPTIONS for 'perf sched timehist'
--migrations::
Show migration events.

+-n::
+--next::
+ Show next task.
+
-I::
--idle-hist::
Show idle-related events only.
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c b/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c
index b94cf0d..fedc8f2 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c
@@ -221,6 +221,7 @@ struct perf_sched {
unsigned int max_stack;
bool show_cpu_visual;
bool show_wakeups;
+ bool show_next;
bool show_migrations;
bool show_state;
u64 skipped_samples;
@@ -1897,14 +1898,18 @@ static char task_state_char(struct thread *thread, int state)
}

static void timehist_print_sample(struct perf_sched *sched,
+ struct perf_evsel *evsel,
struct perf_sample *sample,
struct addr_location *al,
struct thread *thread,
u64 t, int state)
{
struct thread_runtime *tr = thread__priv(thread);
+ const char *next_comm = perf_evsel__strval(evsel, sample, "next_comm");
+ const u32 next_pid = perf_evsel__intval(evsel, sample, "next_pid");
u32 max_cpus = sched->max_cpu + 1;
char tstr[64];
+ char nstr[30];
u64 wait_time;

timestamp__scnprintf_usec(t, tstr, sizeof(tstr));
@@ -1937,7 +1942,13 @@ static void timehist_print_sample(struct perf_sched *sched,
if (sched->show_state)
printf(" %5c ", task_state_char(thread, state));

- if (sched->show_wakeups)
+ if (sched->show_next) {
+ snprintf(nstr, sizeof(nstr), "next: %s[%d]", next_comm,
+ next_pid);
+ printf(" %-*s", comm_width, nstr);
+ }
+
+ if (sched->show_wakeups && !sched->show_next)
printf(" %-*s", comm_width, "");

if (thread->tid == 0)
@@ -2531,7 +2542,8 @@ static int timehist_sched_change_event(struct perf_tool *tool,
}

if (!sched->summary_only)
- timehist_print_sample(sched, sample, &al, thread, t, state);
+ timehist_print_sample(sched, evsel, sample, &al, thread, t,
+ state);

out:
if (sched->hist_time.start == 0 && t >= ptime->start)
@@ -3340,6 +3352,7 @@ int cmd_sched(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
OPT_BOOLEAN('S', "with-summary", &sched.summary,
"Show all syscalls and summary with statistics"),
OPT_BOOLEAN('w', "wakeups", &sched.show_wakeups, "Show wakeup events"),
+ OPT_BOOLEAN('n', "next", &sched.show_next, "Show next task"),
OPT_BOOLEAN('M', "migrations", &sched.show_migrations, "Show migration events"),
OPT_BOOLEAN('V', "cpu-visual", &sched.show_cpu_visual, "Add CPU visual"),
OPT_BOOLEAN('I', "idle-hist", &sched.idle_hist, "Show idle events only"),
@@ -3437,10 +3450,16 @@ int cmd_sched(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
if (argc)
usage_with_options(timehist_usage, timehist_options);
}
- if (sched.show_wakeups && sched.summary_only) {
- pr_err(" Error: -s and -w are mutually exclusive.\n");
+ if ((sched.show_wakeups || sched.show_next) &&
+ sched.summary_only) {
+ pr_err(" Error: -s and -[n|w] are mutually exclusive.\n");
parse_options_usage(timehist_usage, timehist_options, "s", true);
- parse_options_usage(NULL, timehist_options, "w", true);
+ if (sched.show_wakeups)
+ parse_options_usage(NULL, timehist_options, "w",
+ true);
+ if (sched.show_next)
+ parse_options_usage(NULL, timehist_options, "n",
+ true);
return -EINVAL;
}

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2.7.4