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Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2016 12:56:08 +0800
From: "Wangnan (F)" <wangnan0@...wei.com>
To: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>
CC: <jolsa@...hat.com>, <namhyung@...nel.org>,
<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <pi3orama@....com>,
Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>,
Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>,
Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>,
Zefan Li <lizefan@...wei.com>, He Kuang <hekuang@...wei.com>,
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 3/7] perf record: Split output into multiple files via
'--switch-output'
On 2016/4/28 5:32, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> Em Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 06:59:50PM +0000, Wang Nan escreveu:
>> Allow 'perf record' to split its output into multiple files.
>>
>> For example:
> I squashed:
>
> -> 360 T 04/20 Wang Nan (1.7K) ├─>[PATCH v6 6/7]
> perf record: Re-synthesize tracking events after output switching
>
> Into this patch, so that we don't have the problem in the bisection
> history where samples don't get resolved to the existing threads not
> synthesized in the perf.data.N where N > the first timestamp.
>
> Please holler if you disagree, I doubt you will tho :-)
Sorry for the late. I'm okay for your work.
Thank you.
> - Arnaldo
>
>
>> # ~/perf record -a --timestamp-filename --switch-output &
>> [1] 10763
>> # kill -s SIGUSR2 10763
>> [ perf record: dump data: Woken up 1 times ]
>> # [ perf record: Dump perf.data.2015122622314468 ]
>>
>> # kill -s SIGUSR2 10763
>> [ perf record: dump data: Woken up 1 times ]
>> # [ perf record: Dump perf.data.2015122622314762 ]
>>
>> # kill -s SIGUSR2 10763
>> [ perf record: dump data: Woken up 1 times ]
>> #[ perf record: Dump perf.data.2015122622315171 ]
>>
>> # fg
>> perf record -a --timestamp-filename --switch-output
>> ^C[ perf record: Woken up 1 times to write data ]
>> [ perf record: Dump perf.data.2015122622315513 ]
>> [ perf record: Captured and wrote 0.014 MB perf.data.<timestamp> (296 samples) ]
>>
>> # ls -l
>> total 920
>> -rw------- 1 root root 797692 Dec 26 22:31 perf.data.2015122622314468
>> -rw------- 1 root root 59960 Dec 26 22:31 perf.data.2015122622314762
>> -rw------- 1 root root 59912 Dec 26 22:31 perf.data.2015122622315171
>> -rw------- 1 root root 19220 Dec 26 22:31 perf.data.2015122622315513
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Wang Nan <wangnan0@...wei.com>
>> Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
>> Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>
>> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>
>> Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>
>> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
>> Cc: Zefan Li <lizefan@...wei.com>
>> Cc: pi3orama@....com
>> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1460643725-167413-3-git-send-email-wangnan0@huawei.com
>> Signed-off-by: He Kuang <hekuang@...wei.com>
>> [ Added man page entry ]
>> Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
>> ---
>> tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt | 8 ++++++++
>> tools/perf/builtin-record.c | 33 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
>> 2 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
>> index 19aa175..a77a431 100644
>> --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
>> +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
>> @@ -347,6 +347,14 @@ Configure all used events to run in kernel space.
>> --all-user::
>> Configure all used events to run in user space.
>>
>> +--switch-output::
>> +Generate multiple perf.data files, timestamp prefixed, switching to a new one
>> +when receiving a SIGUSR2.
>> +
>> +A possible use case is to, given an external event, slice the perf.data file
>> +that gets then processed, possibly via a perf script, to decide if that
>> +particular perf.data snapshot should be kept or not.
>> +
>> SEE ALSO
>> --------
>> linkperf:perf-stat[1], linkperf:perf-list[1]
>> diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
>> index f4710c8..72246e2 100644
>> --- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
>> +++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
>> @@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ struct record {
>> bool no_buildid_cache_set;
>> bool buildid_all;
>> bool timestamp_filename;
>> + bool switch_output;
>> unsigned long long samples;
>> };
>>
>> @@ -130,6 +131,7 @@ static volatile int child_finished;
>>
>> static volatile int auxtrace_record__snapshot_started;
>> static DEFINE_TRIGGER(auxtrace_snapshot_trigger);
>> +static DEFINE_TRIGGER(switch_output_trigger);
>>
>> static void sig_handler(int sig)
>> {
>> @@ -650,9 +652,12 @@ static int __cmd_record(struct record *rec, int argc, const char **argv)
>> signal(SIGINT, sig_handler);
>> signal(SIGTERM, sig_handler);
>>
>> - if (rec->opts.auxtrace_snapshot_mode) {
>> + if (rec->opts.auxtrace_snapshot_mode || rec->switch_output) {
>> signal(SIGUSR2, snapshot_sig_handler);
>> - trigger_on(&auxtrace_snapshot_trigger);
>> + if (rec->opts.auxtrace_snapshot_mode)
>> + trigger_on(&auxtrace_snapshot_trigger);
>> + if (rec->switch_output)
>> + trigger_on(&switch_output_trigger);
>> } else {
>> signal(SIGUSR2, SIG_IGN);
>> }
>> @@ -782,11 +787,13 @@ static int __cmd_record(struct record *rec, int argc, const char **argv)
>> }
>>
>> trigger_ready(&auxtrace_snapshot_trigger);
>> + trigger_ready(&switch_output_trigger);
>> for (;;) {
>> unsigned long long hits = rec->samples;
>>
>> if (record__mmap_read_all(rec) < 0) {
>> trigger_error(&auxtrace_snapshot_trigger);
>> + trigger_error(&switch_output_trigger);
>> err = -1;
>> goto out_child;
>> }
>> @@ -802,6 +809,22 @@ static int __cmd_record(struct record *rec, int argc, const char **argv)
>> }
>> }
>>
>> + if (trigger_is_hit(&switch_output_trigger)) {
>> + trigger_ready(&switch_output_trigger);
>> +
>> + if (!quiet)
>> + fprintf(stderr, "[ perf record: dump data: Woken up %ld times ]\n",
>> + waking);
>> + waking = 0;
>> + fd = record__switch_output(rec, false);
>> + if (fd < 0) {
>> + pr_err("Failed to switch to new file\n");
>> + trigger_error(&switch_output_trigger);
>> + err = fd;
>> + goto out_child;
>> + }
>> + }
>> +
>> if (hits == rec->samples) {
>> if (done || draining)
>> break;
>> @@ -830,6 +853,7 @@ static int __cmd_record(struct record *rec, int argc, const char **argv)
>> }
>> }
>> trigger_off(&auxtrace_snapshot_trigger);
>> + trigger_off(&switch_output_trigger);
>>
>> if (forks && workload_exec_errno) {
>> char msg[STRERR_BUFSIZE];
>> @@ -1263,6 +1287,8 @@ struct option __record_options[] = {
>> "Record build-id of all DSOs regardless of hits"),
>> OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "timestamp-filename", &record.timestamp_filename,
>> "append timestamp to output filename"),
>> + OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "switch-output", &record.switch_output,
>> + "Switch output when receive SIGUSR2"),
>> OPT_END()
>> };
>>
>> @@ -1417,4 +1443,7 @@ static void snapshot_sig_handler(int sig __maybe_unused)
>> if (auxtrace_record__snapshot_start(record.itr))
>> trigger_error(&auxtrace_snapshot_trigger);
>> }
>> +
>> + if (trigger_is_ready(&switch_output_trigger))
>> + trigger_hit(&switch_output_trigger);
>> }
>> --
>> 1.8.3.4
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