[PATCH v11 00/11] perf: Support the deferred unwinding infrastructure

From: Steven Rostedt
Date: Wed Jun 25 2025 - 19:19:41 EST


This is based on top of the deferred unwind core patch series:

https://lore.kernel.org/linux-trace-kernel/20250625225600.555017347@xxxxxxxxxxx/

This series implements the perf interface to use deferred user space stack
tracing. This version fixes a few issues from v10.

Changes since v10: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-trace-kernel/20250614024605.597728558@xxxxxxxxxxx/

- Rebased on v11 of the core patches

- Added another smp_mb() between the call to perf_event_callchain_deferred()
and clearing of cpu_unwind->processing.

- Update using the renamed function that was renamed from
unwind_deferred_trace() to unwind_user_faultable() in the core
series.

Josh Poimboeuf (5):
perf: Remove get_perf_callchain() init_nr argument
perf: Have get_perf_callchain() return NULL if crosstask and user are set
perf: Simplify get_perf_callchain() user logic
perf: Skip user unwind if the task is a kernel thread
perf: Support deferred user callchains

Namhyung Kim (4):
perf tools: Minimal CALLCHAIN_DEFERRED support
perf record: Enable defer_callchain for user callchains
perf script: Display PERF_RECORD_CALLCHAIN_DEFERRED
perf tools: Merge deferred user callchains

Steven Rostedt (2):
perf: Use current->flags & PF_KTHREAD instead of current->mm == NULL
perf: Support deferred user callchains for per CPU events

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include/linux/perf_event.h | 14 +-
include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h | 19 +-
kernel/bpf/stackmap.c | 8 +-
kernel/events/callchain.c | 49 ++--
kernel/events/core.c | 426 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
tools/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h | 19 +-
tools/lib/perf/include/perf/event.h | 7 +
tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt | 5 +
tools/perf/builtin-script.c | 92 +++++++
tools/perf/util/callchain.c | 24 ++
tools/perf/util/callchain.h | 3 +
tools/perf/util/event.c | 1 +
tools/perf/util/evlist.c | 1 +
tools/perf/util/evlist.h | 1 +
tools/perf/util/evsel.c | 39 +++
tools/perf/util/evsel.h | 1 +
tools/perf/util/machine.c | 1 +
tools/perf/util/perf_event_attr_fprintf.c | 1 +
tools/perf/util/sample.h | 3 +-
tools/perf/util/session.c | 78 ++++++
tools/perf/util/tool.c | 2 +
tools/perf/util/tool.h | 4 +-
22 files changed, 763 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-)