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Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2014 11:47:37 +0300
From: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>
To: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>
CC: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>,
Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>,
Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...il.com>,
Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 04/16] perf tools: Add a thread stack for synthesizing
call chains
On 23/10/14 23:51, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> Em Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 01:45:12PM +0300, Adrian Hunter escreveu:
>> Add a thread stack for synthesizing call chains from call
>> and return events.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>
>> ---
>> tools/perf/Makefile.perf | 2 +
>> tools/perf/util/event.h | 26 +++++++
>> tools/perf/util/thread-stack.c | 151 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>> tools/perf/util/thread-stack.h | 32 +++++++++
>> tools/perf/util/thread.c | 3 +
>> tools/perf/util/thread.h | 3 +
>> 6 files changed, 217 insertions(+)
>> create mode 100644 tools/perf/util/thread-stack.c
>> create mode 100644 tools/perf/util/thread-stack.h
>>
>> diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
>> index 262916f..5bbe1ff 100644
>> --- a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
>> +++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
>> @@ -304,6 +304,7 @@ LIB_H += ui/util.h
>> LIB_H += ui/ui.h
>> LIB_H += util/data.h
>> LIB_H += util/kvm-stat.h
>> +LIB_H += util/thread-stack.h
>>
>> LIB_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)util/abspath.o
>> LIB_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)util/alias.o
>> @@ -380,6 +381,7 @@ LIB_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)util/srcline.o
>> LIB_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)util/data.o
>> LIB_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)util/tsc.o
>> LIB_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)util/cloexec.o
>> +LIB_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)util/thread-stack.o
>>
>> LIB_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)ui/setup.o
>> LIB_OBJS += $(OUTPUT)ui/helpline.o
>> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/event.h b/tools/perf/util/event.h
>> index c89518e..e84f929 100644
>> --- a/tools/perf/util/event.h
>> +++ b/tools/perf/util/event.h
>> @@ -143,6 +143,32 @@ struct branch_stack {
>> struct branch_entry entries[0];
>> };
>>
>> +enum {
>> + PERF_FLAG_BRANCH = 1ULL << 0,
>> + PERF_FLAG_CALL = 1ULL << 1,
>> + PERF_FLAG_RETURN = 1ULL << 2,
>> + PERF_FLAG_CONDITIONAL = 1ULL << 3,
>> + PERF_FLAG_SYSCALLRET = 1ULL << 4,
>> + PERF_FLAG_ASYNC = 1ULL << 5,
>> + PERF_FLAG_INTERRUPT = 1ULL << 6,
>> + PERF_FLAG_TX_ABORT = 1ULL << 7,
>> + PERF_FLAG_TRACE_BEGIN = 1ULL << 8,
>> + PERF_FLAG_TRACE_END = 1ULL << 9,
>> + PERF_FLAG_IN_TX = 1ULL << 10,
>> +};
>> +
>> +#define PERF_BRANCH_MASK (\
>> + PERF_FLAG_BRANCH |\
>> + PERF_FLAG_CALL |\
>> + PERF_FLAG_RETURN |\
>> + PERF_FLAG_CONDITIONAL |\
>> + PERF_FLAG_SYSCALLRET |\
>> + PERF_FLAG_ASYNC |\
>> + PERF_FLAG_INTERRUPT |\
>> + PERF_FLAG_TX_ABORT |\
>> + PERF_FLAG_TRACE_BEGIN |\
>> + PERF_FLAG_TRACE_END)
>> +
>> struct perf_sample {
>> u64 ip;
>> u32 pid, tid;
>> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/thread-stack.c b/tools/perf/util/thread-stack.c
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 0000000..c1ca2a9
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/tools/perf/util/thread-stack.c
>> @@ -0,0 +1,151 @@
>> +/*
>> + * thread-stack.c: Synthesize a thread's stack using call / return events
>> + * Copyright (c) 2014, Intel Corporation.
>> + *
>> + * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
>> + * under the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public License,
>> + * version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
>> + *
>> + * This program is distributed in the hope it will be useful, but WITHOUT
>> + * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
>> + * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for
>> + * more details.
>> + *
>> + */
>> +
>> +#include "thread.h"
>> +#include "event.h"
>> +#include "util.h"
>> +#include "thread-stack.h"
>> +
>> +#define STACK_GROWTH 4096
>> +
>> +struct thread_stack_entry {
>> + u64 ret_addr;
>> +};
>> +
>> +struct thread_stack {
>> + struct thread_stack_entry *stack;
>> + size_t cnt;
>> + size_t sz;
>> + u64 trace_nr;
>> +};
>> +
>> +static void thread_stack__grow(struct thread_stack *ts)
>> +{
>> + struct thread_stack_entry *new_stack;
>> + size_t sz, new_sz;
>> +
>> + new_sz = ts->sz + STACK_GROWTH;
>> + sz = new_sz * sizeof(struct thread_stack_entry);
>> + new_stack = realloc(ts->stack, sz);
>> + if (new_stack) {
>> + ts->stack = new_stack;
>> + ts->sz = new_sz;
>> + }
>> +}
>> +
>> +static struct thread_stack *thread_stack__new(void)
>> +{
>> + struct thread_stack *ts;
>> +
>> + ts = zalloc(sizeof(struct thread_stack));
>> + if (!ts)
>> + return NULL;
>> +
>> + thread_stack__grow(ts);
>> + if (!ts->stack) {
>> + free(ts);
>> + return NULL;
>> + }
>> +
>> + return ts;
>> +}
>> +
>> +static void thread_stack__push(struct thread_stack *ts, u64 ret_addr)
>> +{
>> + if (ts->cnt == ts->sz) {
>> + thread_stack__grow(ts);
>> + if (ts->cnt == ts->sz)
>> + ts->cnt = 0;
>> + }
>> +
>> + ts->stack[ts->cnt++].ret_addr = ret_addr;
>> +}
>
> So can you elaborate on the use case, i.e. this silently trows the
> existing stack contents away if it doesn't grow, looks strange :-\
>
> Merits some explanation about why this is OK, to say the least.
I considered the call stack to be augmenting the information so not worth
failing the whole session over. Equally memory allocation failure is likely
to be fatal anyway due to oom-killers or other allocations failing.
But it could certainly print a warning, so I will add that.
>
>> +
>> +static void thread_stack__pop(struct thread_stack *ts, u64 ret_addr)
>> +{
>> + if (!ts->cnt)
>> + return;
>> +
>> + if (ts->stack[ts->cnt - 1].ret_addr == ret_addr) {
>> + ts->cnt -= 1;
>> + } else {
>> + size_t i = ts->cnt - 1;
>> +
>> + while (i--) {
>> + if (ts->stack[i].ret_addr == ret_addr) {
>> + ts->cnt = i;
>> + return;
>> + }
>> + }
>> + }
>> +}
>> +
>> +void thread_stack__event(struct thread *thread, u32 flags, u64 from_ip,
>> + u64 to_ip, u16 insn_len, u64 trace_nr)
>> +{
>> + if (!thread)
>> + return;
>> +
>> + if (!thread->ts) {
>> + thread->ts = thread_stack__new();
>> + if (!thread->ts)
>> + return;
>> + thread->ts->trace_nr = trace_nr;
>> + }
>> +
>> + if (trace_nr != thread->ts->trace_nr) {
>> + thread->ts->trace_nr = trace_nr;
>> + thread->ts->cnt = 0;
>> + }
>> +
>> + if (flags & PERF_FLAG_CALL) {
>> + u64 ret_addr;
>> +
>> + if (!to_ip)
>> + return;
>> + ret_addr = from_ip + insn_len;
>> + if (ret_addr == to_ip)
>> + return; /* Zero-length calls are excluded */
>> + thread_stack__push(thread->ts, ret_addr);
>> + } else if (flags & PERF_FLAG_RETURN) {
>> + if (!from_ip)
>> + return;
>> + thread_stack__pop(thread->ts, to_ip);
>> + }
>> +}
>> +
>> +void thread_stack__free(struct thread *thread)
>> +{
>> + if (thread->ts) {
>> + zfree(&thread->ts->stack);
>> + zfree(&thread->ts);
>> + }
>> +}
>> +
>> +void thread_stack__sample(struct thread *thread, struct ip_callchain *chain,
>> + size_t sz, u64 ip)
>> +{
>> + size_t i;
>> +
>> + if (!thread || !thread->ts)
>> + chain->nr = 1;
>> + else
>> + chain->nr = min(sz, thread->ts->cnt + 1);
>> +
>> + chain->ips[0] = ip;
>> +
>> + for (i = 1; i < chain->nr; i++)
>> + chain->ips[i] = thread->ts->stack[thread->ts->cnt - i].ret_addr;
>> +}
>> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/thread-stack.h b/tools/perf/util/thread-stack.h
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 0000000..c0ba4cf
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/tools/perf/util/thread-stack.h
>> @@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
>> +/*
>> + * thread-stack.h: Synthesize a thread's stack using call / return events
>> + * Copyright (c) 2014, Intel Corporation.
>> + *
>> + * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
>> + * under the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public License,
>> + * version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
>> + *
>> + * This program is distributed in the hope it will be useful, but WITHOUT
>> + * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
>> + * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for
>> + * more details.
>> + *
>> + */
>> +
>> +#ifndef __PERF_THREAD_STACK_H
>> +#define __PERF_THREAD_STACK_H
>> +
>> +#include <sys/types.h>
>> +
>> +#include <linux/types.h>
>> +
>> +struct thread;
>> +struct ip_callchain;
>> +
>> +void thread_stack__event(struct thread *thread, u32 flags, u64 from_ip,
>> + u64 to_ip, u16 insn_len, u64 trace_nr);
>> +void thread_stack__sample(struct thread *thread, struct ip_callchain *chain,
>> + size_t sz, u64 ip);
>> +void thread_stack__free(struct thread *thread);
>> +
>> +#endif
>> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/thread.c b/tools/perf/util/thread.c
>> index 2b7b2d9..4e3418d 100644
>> --- a/tools/perf/util/thread.c
>> +++ b/tools/perf/util/thread.c
>> @@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
>> #include <string.h>
>> #include "session.h"
>> #include "thread.h"
>> +#include "thread-stack.h"
>> #include "util.h"
>> #include "debug.h"
>> #include "comm.h"
>> @@ -66,6 +67,8 @@ void thread__delete(struct thread *thread)
>> {
>> struct comm *comm, *tmp;
>>
>> + thread_stack__free(thread);
>> +
>> if (thread->mg) {
>> map_groups__put(thread->mg);
>> thread->mg = NULL;
>> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/thread.h b/tools/perf/util/thread.h
>> index 8c75fa7..a057820 100644
>> --- a/tools/perf/util/thread.h
>> +++ b/tools/perf/util/thread.h
>> @@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
>> #include "symbol.h"
>> #include <strlist.h>
>>
>> +struct thread_stack;
>> +
>> struct thread {
>> union {
>> struct rb_node rb_node;
>> @@ -25,6 +27,7 @@ struct thread {
>> int comm_len;
>>
>> void *priv;
>> + struct thread_stack *ts;
>> };
>>
>> struct machine;
>> --
>> 1.9.1
>
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