[PATCH v2 06/15] perf ftrace: add option '-m/--buffer-size' to set per-cpu buffer size

From: Changbin Du
Date: Sat Jun 27 2020 - 09:38:10 EST


This adds an option '-m/--buffer-size' to allow us set the size of per-cpu
tracing buffer.

Signed-off-by: Changbin Du <changbin.du@xxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/Documentation/perf-ftrace.txt | 4 ++++
tools/perf/builtin-ftrace.c | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 26 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-ftrace.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-ftrace.txt
index fd1776deebd7..a18d640e90bb 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-ftrace.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-ftrace.txt
@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ OPTIONS
Ranges of CPUs are specified with -: 0-2.
Default is to trace on all online CPUs.

+-m::
+--buffer-size::
+ Set the size of per-cpu tracing buffer in KB.
+
-T::
--trace-funcs=::
Only trace functions given by the argument. Multiple functions
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-ftrace.c b/tools/perf/builtin-ftrace.c
index 003efa756322..e45496012611 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-ftrace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-ftrace.c
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ struct perf_ftrace {
struct list_head nograph_funcs;
int graph_depth;
unsigned initial_delay;
+ unsigned buffer_size_kb;
};

struct filter_entry {
@@ -321,6 +322,20 @@ static int set_tracing_depth(struct perf_ftrace *ftrace)
return 0;
}

+static int set_tracing_buffer_size_kb(struct perf_ftrace *ftrace)
+{
+ int ret;
+
+ if (ftrace->buffer_size_kb == 0)
+ return 0;
+
+ ret = write_tracing_file_int("buffer_size_kb", ftrace->buffer_size_kb);
+ if (ret < 0)
+ return ret;
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
static int __cmd_ftrace(struct perf_ftrace *ftrace, int argc, const char **argv)
{
char *trace_file;
@@ -385,6 +400,11 @@ static int __cmd_ftrace(struct perf_ftrace *ftrace, int argc, const char **argv)
goto out_reset;
}

+ if (set_tracing_buffer_size_kb(ftrace) < 0) {
+ pr_err("failed to set tracing per-cpu buffer size\n");
+ goto out_reset;
+ }
+
if (write_tracing_file("current_tracer", ftrace->tracer) < 0) {
pr_err("failed to set current_tracer to %s\n", ftrace->tracer);
goto out_reset;
@@ -555,6 +575,8 @@ int cmd_ftrace(int argc, const char **argv)
"Max depth for function graph tracer"),
OPT_UINTEGER('d', "delay", &ftrace.initial_delay,
"ms to wait before starting tracing after program start"),
+ OPT_UINTEGER('m', "buffer-size", &ftrace.buffer_size_kb,
+ "size of per cpu buffer in kb"),
OPT_END()
};

--
2.25.1