linux-kernel - [PATCH v3 12/23] perf: add ITRACE_START record to indicate that tracing has started

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Message-Id: <1407734392-31097-13-git-send-email-alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>
Date:	Mon, 11 Aug 2014 08:19:41 +0300
From:	Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Robert Richter <rric@...nel.org>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>,
	Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>, kan.liang@...el.com,
	Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3 12/23] perf: add ITRACE_START record to indicate that tracing has started

For counters such as instruction tracing, it is useful for the decoder
to know which tasks are running when the event is first scheduled in,
before the first sched_switch.

Signed-off-by: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>
---
 include/linux/perf_event.h      |  3 +++
 include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h | 11 +++++++++++
 kernel/events/core.c            | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 55 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/linux/perf_event.h b/include/linux/perf_event.h
index cb8c92e041..46137cb4d6 100644
--- a/include/linux/perf_event.h
+++ b/include/linux/perf_event.h
@@ -126,6 +126,9 @@ struct hw_perf_event {
 			/* for tp_event->class */
 			struct list_head	tp_list;
 		};
+		struct { /* itrace */
+			int			itrace_started;
+		};
 #ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_HW_BREAKPOINT
 		struct { /* breakpoint */
 			/*
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h b/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
index b14b1f57c1..500e18b8e9 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
@@ -758,6 +758,17 @@ enum perf_event_type {
 	 */
 	PERF_RECORD_AUX				= 11,
 
+	/*
+	 * Indicates that instruction trace has started
+	 *
+	 * struct {
+	 *	struct perf_event_header	header;
+	 *	u32				pid;
+	 *	u32				tid;
+	 * };
+	 */
+	PERF_RECORD_ITRACE_START		= 12,
+
 	PERF_RECORD_MAX,			/* non-ABI */
 };
 
diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index 2de7d40cb6..d4b5e33b74 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -1671,6 +1671,7 @@ static void perf_set_shadow_time(struct perf_event *event,
 #define MAX_INTERRUPTS (~0ULL)
 
 static void perf_log_throttle(struct perf_event *event, int enable);
+static void perf_log_itrace_start(struct perf_event *event);
 
 static int
 event_sched_in(struct perf_event *event,
@@ -1705,6 +1706,8 @@ event_sched_in(struct perf_event *event,
 
 	perf_pmu_disable(event->pmu);
 
+	perf_log_itrace_start(event);
+
 	if (event->pmu->add(event, PERF_EF_START)) {
 		event->state = PERF_EVENT_STATE_INACTIVE;
 		event->oncpu = -1;
@@ -5524,6 +5527,44 @@ static void perf_log_throttle(struct perf_event *event, int enable)
 	perf_output_end(&handle);
 }
 
+static void perf_log_itrace_start(struct perf_event *event)
+{
+	struct perf_output_handle handle;
+	struct perf_sample_data sample;
+	struct perf_aux_event {
+		struct perf_event_header        header;
+		u32				pid;
+		u32				tid;
+	} rec;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (event->parent)
+		event = event->parent;
+
+	if (!(event->pmu->capabilities & PERF_PMU_CAP_ITRACE) ||
+	    event->hw.itrace_started)
+		return;
+
+	event->hw.itrace_started = 1;
+
+	rec.header.type	= PERF_RECORD_ITRACE_START;
+	rec.header.misc	= 0;
+	rec.header.size	= sizeof(rec);
+	rec.pid	= perf_event_pid(event, current);
+	rec.tid	= perf_event_tid(event, current);
+
+	perf_event_header__init_id(&rec.header, &sample, event);
+	ret = perf_output_begin(&handle, event, rec.header.size);
+
+	if (ret)
+		return;
+
+	perf_output_put(&handle, rec);
+	perf_event__output_id_sample(event, &handle, &sample);
+
+	perf_output_end(&handle);
+}
+
 /*
  * Generic event overflow handling, sampling.
  */
-- 
2.1.0.rc1

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