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Date:	Fri, 3 Jul 2009 11:43:01 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Li Zefan <lizf@...fujitsu.com>
Cc:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>,
	Eduard - Gabriel Munteanu <eduard.munteanu@...ux360.ro>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] kmemtrace: print binary output only if 'bin' option
	is set


* Li Zefan <lizf@...fujitsu.com> wrote:

> Currently by default the output of kmemtrace is binary format 
> instead of human-readable output.
> 
> This patch makes the following changes:
>   - We'll see human-readable output by default
>   - We'll see binary output if 'bin' option is set
> 
> Note: you may probably need to explicitly disable context-info binary
>       output:
> 
> 	# echo 0 > options/context-info
> 	# echo 1 > options/bin
> 	# cat trace_pipe
> 
> v2:
> - use %pF to print call_site
> 
> Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <lizf@...fujitsu.com>
> Acked-by: Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
> Acked-by: Eduard - Gabriel Munteanu <eduard.munteanu@...ux360.ro>
> ---
>  kernel/trace/kmemtrace.c |  120 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
>  1 files changed, 90 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)

Applied to tip:tracing/core (for .32), thanks guys!

Btw., any progress on turning kmemtrace into a 'perf kmemtrace' kind 
of tool? It would be really cool: mixing it with PMU events would 
enhance it to a large degree and there's various good output modes 
implemented in tools/perf/ that would make analysis rather 
expressive and flexible.

For that we'd have to extend PERF_TYPE_TRACEPOINT to do samples as 
well. See kernel/perf_counter.c, include/linux/perf_counter.h, etc.

For example, using call-graphs one can get output like the one 
attached below. (it shows the SLAB profile details from a hackbench 
run, a graph form.)

	Ingo

#
# (39812 samples)
#
# Overhead  Symbol
# ........  ......
#
    23.58%  [k] _spin_lock
                |          
                |--9.77%-- get_partial_node
                |          |          
                |          |--8.76%-- __slab_alloc
                |          |          |          
                |          |          |--5.22%-- kmem_cache_alloc_node
                |          |          |          __alloc_skb
                |          |          |          sock_alloc_send_pskb
                |          |          |          __sk_free
                |          |          |          unix_stream_sendmsg
                |          |          |          __sock_recvmsg
                |          |          |          sock_aio_read
                |          |          |          do_sync_write
                |          |          |          vfs_write
                |          |          |          sys_write
                |          |          |          sysenter_dispatch
                |          |          |          0xf7f07430
                |          |          |          0xffe8255000000014
                |          |          |          
                |          |           --3.54%-- __kmalloc_node_track_caller
                |          |                     __alloc_skb
                |          |                     sock_alloc_send_pskb
                |          |                     __sk_free
                |          |                     unix_stream_sendmsg
                |          |                     __sock_recvmsg
                |          |                     sock_aio_read
                |          |                     do_sync_write
                |          |                     vfs_write
                |          |                     sys_write
                |          |                     sysenter_dispatch
                |          |                     0xf7f07430
                |          |                     0xffe8255000000014
                |          |          
                |           --1.00%-- get_any_partial
                |                     __slab_alloc
                |                     |          
                |                     |--0.56%-- kmem_cache_alloc_node
                |                     |          __alloc_skb
                |                     |          sock_alloc_send_pskb
                |                     |          __sk_free
                |                     |          unix_stream_sendmsg
                |                     |          __sock_recvmsg
                |                     |          sock_aio_read
                |                     |          do_sync_write
                |                     |          vfs_write
                |                     |          sys_write
                |                     |          sysenter_dispatch
                |                     |          0xf7f07430
                |                     |          0xffe8255000000014
                |                     |          
                |                      --0.44%-- __kmalloc_node_track_caller
                |                                __alloc_skb
                |                                sock_alloc_send_pskb
                |                                __sk_free
                |                                unix_stream_sendmsg
                |                                __sock_recvmsg
                |                                sock_aio_read
                |                                do_sync_write
                |                                vfs_write
                |                                sys_write
                |                                sysenter_dispatch
                |                                0xf7f07430
                |                                0xffe8255000000014
                |          
                |--9.51%-- add_partial
                |          __slab_free
                |          |          
                |          |--5.60%-- kmem_cache_free
                |          |          |          
                |          |          |--5.60%-- skb_tstamp_tx
                |          |          |          skb_tstamp_tx
                |          |          |          unix_stream_recvmsg
                |          |          |          sock_aio_read
                |          |          |          sys_getsockopt
                |          |          |          do_sync_read
                |          |          |          vfs_read
                |          |          |          sys_read
                |          |          |          sysenter_dispatch
                |          |          |          0xf7f07430
                |          |          |          0x9000007d0
                |          |          |          
                |          |           --0.00%-- __d_free
                |          |                     d_free
                |          |                     d_kill
                |          |                     dput
                |          |                     __fput
                |          |                     fput
                |          |                     filp_close
                |          |                     put_files_struct
                |          |                     exit_files
                |          |                     do_exit
                |          |                     do_group_exit
                |          |                     sys_exit_group
                |          |                     sysenter_dispatch
                |          |          
                |           --3.91%-- kfree
                |                     |          
                |                     |--3.91%-- pskb_expand_head
                |                     |          __pskb_pull_tail
                |                     |          kfree_skb
                |                     |          skb_tstamp_tx
                |                     |          unix_stream_recvmsg
                |                     |          sock_aio_read
                |                     |          sys_getsockopt
                |                     |          do_sync_read
                |                     |          vfs_read
                |                     |          sys_read
                |                     |          sysenter_dispatch
                |                     |          0xf7f07430
                |                     |          0x9000007d0
                |                     |          
                |                      --0.00%-- free_counter_rcu
                |                                __rcu_process_callbacks
                |                                rcu_process_callbacks
                |                                __do_softirq
                |                                call_softirq
                |                                do_softirq
                |                                irq_exit
                |                                smp_apic_timer_interrupt
                |                                apic_timer_interrupt
                |                                0xf7f07430
                |                                0x9000007d0
                |          
                |--2.04%-- unix_stream_sendmsg
                |          __sock_recvmsg
                |          sock_aio_read
                |          do_sync_write
                |          vfs_write
                |          sys_write
                |          sysenter_dispatch
                |          0xf7f07430
                |          |          
                |          |--2.03%-- 0xffe8255000000014
                |          |          
                |           --0.01%-- 0x700000006
                |          
                |--1.26%-- task_rq_lock
                |          try_to_wake_up
                |          default_wake_function
                |          |          
                |          |--1.26%-- autoremove_wake_function
                |          |          __wake_up_common
                |          |          __wake_up_sync_key
                |          |          |          
[...]
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