linux-kernel - [PATCH v5 0/3] perf: add support for analyzing events for containers

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Date:   Tue, 17 Jan 2017 19:46:58 +0530
From:   Hari Bathini <hbathini@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:     ast@...com, peterz@...radead.org,
        lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, acme@...nel.org,
        alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com, mingo@...hat.com
Cc:     daniel@...earbox.net, rostedt@...dmis.org,
        Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        ebiederm@...ssion.com, sargun@...gun.me,
        Aravinda Prasad <aravinda@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        brendan.d.gregg@...il.com, jolsa@...hat.com
Subject: [PATCH v5 0/3] perf: add support for analyzing events for containers

Currently, there is no trivial mechanism to analyze events based on
containers. perf -G can be used, but it will not filter events for the
containers created after perf is invoked, making it difficult to assess/
analyze performance issues of multiple containers at once.

This patch-set is aimed at addressing this limitation by introducing a
new PERF_RECORD_NAMESPACES event that records namespaces related info.
As containers are created with namespaces, the new data can be used to
in assessment/analysis of multiple containers.

The first patch introduces PERF_RECORD_NAMESPACES in kernel while the
second patch makes the corresponding changes in perf tool to read this
PERF_RECORD_NAMESPACES events. The third patch demonstrates analysis
of containers with this data by adding a cgroup identifier column in
perf report, which contains the cgroup namespace's device and inode
numbers. This is based on the assumption that each container is created
with it's own cgroup namespace. The third patch has scope for improvement
based on the conventions a container is attributed with, going forward.

---

Hari Bathini (3):
      perf: add PERF_RECORD_NAMESPACES to include namespaces related info
      perf tool: add PERF_RECORD_NAMESPACES to include namespaces related info
      perf tool: add cgroup identifier entry in perf report


 include/linux/perf_event.h            |    2 
 include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h       |   38 +++++++++
 kernel/events/core.c                  |  142 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 kernel/fork.c                         |    3 +
 kernel/nsproxy.c                      |    5 +
 tools/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h |   38 +++++++++
 tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c         |    1 
 tools/perf/builtin-diff.c             |    1 
 tools/perf/builtin-inject.c           |   14 +++
 tools/perf/builtin-kmem.c             |    1 
 tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c              |    2 
 tools/perf/builtin-lock.c             |    1 
 tools/perf/builtin-mem.c              |    1 
 tools/perf/builtin-record.c           |   33 +++++++-
 tools/perf/builtin-report.c           |    1 
 tools/perf/builtin-sched.c            |    1 
 tools/perf/builtin-script.c           |   41 +++++++++
 tools/perf/builtin-trace.c            |    3 -
 tools/perf/perf.h                     |    1 
 tools/perf/util/Build                 |    1 
 tools/perf/util/data-convert-bt.c     |    2 
 tools/perf/util/event.c               |  143 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 tools/perf/util/event.h               |   19 ++++
 tools/perf/util/evsel.c               |    3 +
 tools/perf/util/hist.c                |    7 ++
 tools/perf/util/hist.h                |    1 
 tools/perf/util/machine.c             |   34 ++++++++
 tools/perf/util/machine.h             |    3 +
 tools/perf/util/namespaces.c          |   27 ++++++
 tools/perf/util/namespaces.h          |   18 ++++
 tools/perf/util/session.c             |    7 ++
 tools/perf/util/sort.c                |   41 +++++++++
 tools/perf/util/sort.h                |    7 ++
 tools/perf/util/thread.c              |   44 ++++++++++
 tools/perf/util/thread.h              |    6 +
 tools/perf/util/tool.h                |    2 
 36 files changed, 679 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 tools/perf/util/namespaces.c
 create mode 100644 tools/perf/util/namespaces.h