linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4] perf tools: add support for libpfm4

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 for Android: free password hash cracker in your pocket

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

Message-ID: <20200323105656.GC1534489@krava>
Date:   Mon, 23 Mar 2020 11:56:56 +0100
From:   Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
To:     Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>
Cc:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
        Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
        Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
        Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@...com>, Yonghong Song <yhs@...com>,
        Andrii Nakryiko <andriin@...com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Igor Lubashev <ilubashe@...mai.com>,
        Alexey Budankov <alexey.budankov@...ux.intel.com>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>,
        Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
        Jiwei Sun <jiwei.sun@...driver.com>,
        yuzhoujian <yuzhoujian@...ichuxing.com>,
        Kan Liang <kan.liang@...ux.intel.com>,
        Jin Yao <yao.jin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Leo Yan <leo.yan@...aro.org>,
        John Garry <john.garry@...wei.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        bpf@...r.kernel.org, linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org,
        Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] perf tools: add support for libpfm4

On Wed, Mar 18, 2020 at 09:11:34PM -0700, Ian Rogers wrote:
> This patch links perf with the libpfm4 library if it is available and
> NO_LIBPFM4 isn't passed to the build. The libpfm4 library contains hardware
> event tables for all processors supported by perf_events. It is a helper
> library that helps convert from a symbolic event name to the event
> encoding required by the underlying kernel interface. This
> library is open-source and available from: http://perfmon2.sf.net.
> 
> With this patch, it is possible to specify full hardware events
> by name. Hardware filters are also supported. Events must be
> specified via the --pfm-events and not -e option. Both options
> are active at the same time and it is possible to mix and match:
> 
> $ perf stat --pfm-events inst_retired:any_p:c=1:i -e cycles ....
> 
> v4 is a rebase on git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/acme/linux.git
>    branch perf/core and re-adds the tools/build/feature/test-libpfm4.c
>    missed in v3.

ugh.. I might have waited too long, but I can't apply it
anymore on Arnaldo's perf/core, sorry

jirka