linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 0/2] perf stat: Support --all-kernel and --all-user

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Mon, 30 Sep 2019 11:21:36 -0700
From:   Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
Cc:     Jin Yao <yao.jin@...ux.intel.com>, acme@...nel.org,
        jolsa@...nel.org, peterz@...radead.org, mingo@...hat.com,
        alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com, Linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kan.liang@...el.com, yao.jin@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 0/2] perf stat: Support --all-kernel and --all-user

On Sun, Sep 29, 2019 at 05:29:13PM +0200, Jiri Olsa wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 25, 2019 at 10:02:16AM +0800, Jin Yao wrote:
> > This patch series supports the new options "--all-kernel" and "--all-user"
> > in perf-stat.
> > 
> > For example,
> > 
> > root@kbl:~# perf stat -e cycles,instructions --all-kernel --all-user -a -- sleep 1
> > 
> >  Performance counter stats for 'system wide':
> > 
> >         19,156,665      cycles:k
> >          7,265,342      instructions:k            #    0.38  insn per cycle
> >      4,511,186,293      cycles:u
> >        121,881,436      instructions:u            #    0.03  insn per cycle
> 
> hi,
> I think we should follow --all-kernel/--all-user behaviour from record
> command, adding extra events seems like unnecesary complexity to me

I think it's useful. Makes it easy to do kernel/user break downs.
perf record should support the same.

-Andi