If the kernel is compiled with gcc 4.6.0 which supports -mfentry,
then use that instead of mcount.
With mcount, frame pointers are forced with the -pg option and we
get something like:
<can_vma_merge_before>:
55 push %rbp
48 89 e5 mov %rsp,%rbp
53 push %rbx
41 51 push %r9
e8 fe 6a 39 00 callq ffffffff81483d00 <mcount>
31 c0 xor %eax,%eax
48 89 fb mov %rdi,%rbx
48 89 d7 mov %rdx,%rdi
48 33 73 30 xor 0x30(%rbx),%rsi
48 f7 c6 ff ff ff f7 test $0xfffffffff7ffffff,%rsi
With -mfentry, frame pointers are no longer forced and the call looks
like this:
<can_vma_merge_before>:
e8 33 af 37 00 callq ffffffff81461b40 <__fentry__>
53 push %rbx
48 89 fb mov %rdi,%rbx
31 c0 xor %eax,%eax
48 89 d7 mov %rdx,%rdi
41 51 push %r9
48 33 73 30 xor 0x30(%rbx),%rsi
48 f7 c6 ff ff ff f7 test $0xfffffffff7ffffff,%rsi
This adds the ftrace hook at the beginning of the function before a
frame is set up, and allows the function callbacks to be able to access
parameters. As kprobes now can use function tracing (at least on x86)
this speeds up the kprobe hooks that are at the beginning of the
function.
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20120807194100.130477900@goodmis.org
Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Thanks to Andi Kleen, gcc 4.6.0 now supports -mfentry for x86
(and hopefully soon for other archs). What this does is to have
the function profiler start at the beginning of the function
instead of after the stack is set up. As plain -pg (mcount) is
called after the stack is set up, and in some cases can have issues
with the function graph tracer. It also requires frame pointers to
be enabled.
The -mfentry now calls __fentry__ at the beginning of the function.
This allows for compiling without frame pointers and even has the
ability to access parameters if needed.
If the architecture and the compiler both support -mfentry then
use that instead.
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20120807194059.392617243@goodmis.org
Acked-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz>
Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Pull perf/core improvements and fixes from Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo:
* Fix include order for bison/flex-generated C files, from Ben Hutchings
* Build fixes and documentation corrections from David Ahern
* Group parsing support, from Jiri Olsa
* UI/gtk refactorings and improvements from Namhyung Kim
* NULL deref fix for perf script, from Namhyung Kim
* Assorted cleanups from Robert Richter
* Let O= makes handle relative paths, from Steven Rostedt
* perf script python fixes, from Feng Tang.
* Improve 'perf lock' error message when the needed tracepoints
are not present, from David Ahern.
* Initial bash completion support, from Frederic Weisbecker
* Allow building without libelf, from Namhyung Kim.
* Support DWARF CFI based unwind to have callchains when %bp
based unwinding is not possible, from Jiri Olsa.
* Symbol resolution fixes, while fixing support PPC64 files with an .opt ELF
section was the end goal, several fixes for code that handles all
architectures and cleanups are included, from Cody Schafer.
* Add a description for the JIT interface, from Andi Kleen.
* Assorted fixes for Documentation and build in 32 bit, from Robert Richter
* Add support for non-tracepoint events in perf script python, from Feng Tang
* Cache the libtraceevent event_format associated to each evsel early, so that we
avoid relookups, i.e. calling pevent_find_event repeatedly when processing
tracepoint events.
[ This is to reduce the surface contact with libtraceevents and make clear what
is that the perf tools needs from that lib: so far parsing the common and per
event fields. ]
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Pull ftrace updates from Steve Rostedt:
" This patch series extends ftrace function tracing utility to be
more dynamic for its users. It allows for data passing to the callback
functions, as well as reading regs as if a breakpoint were to trigger
at function entry.
The main goal of this patch series was to allow kprobes to use ftrace
as an optimized probe point when a probe is placed on an ftrace nop.
With lots of help from Masami Hiramatsu, and going through lots of
iterations, we finally came up with a good solution. "
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Build currently fails:
$ make -C tools/perf O=/tmp/pbuild NO_LIBELF=1
util/symbol.c: In function ‘dso__load’:
util/symbol.c:1128:27: error: ‘struct symsrc’ has no member named ‘dynsym’
CC /tmp/pbuild/util/pager.o
make: *** [/tmp/pbuild/util/symbol.o] Error 1
make: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
Moving the dynsym reference to symbol-elf.c reveals that NO_LIBELF requires
NO_LIBUNWIND:
$ make -C tools/perf O=/tmp/pbuild NO_LIBELF=1
LINK /tmp/pbuild/perf
/tmp/pbuild/libperf.a(unwind.o): In function `elf_section_offset':
/opt/sw/ahern/perf.git/tools/perf/util/unwind.c:176: undefined reference to `elf_begin'
/opt/sw/ahern/perf.git/tools/perf/util/unwind.c:181: undefined reference to `gelf_getehdr'
/tmp/pbuild/libperf.a(unwind.o): In function `elf_section_by_name':
/opt/sw/ahern/perf.git/tools/perf/util/unwind.c:157: undefined reference to `elf_nextscn'
/opt/sw/ahern/perf.git/tools/perf/util/unwind.c:160: undefined reference to `gelf_getshdr'
/opt/sw/ahern/perf.git/tools/perf/util/unwind.c:161: undefined reference to `elf_strptr'
/tmp/pbuild/libperf.a(unwind.o): In function `elf_section_offset':
/opt/sw/ahern/perf.git/tools/perf/util/unwind.c:190: undefined reference to `elf_end'
/tmp/pbuild/libperf.a(unwind.o): In function `read_unwind_spec':
/opt/sw/ahern/perf.git/tools/perf/util/unwind.c:190: undefined reference to `elf_end'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [/tmp/pbuild/perf] Error 1
make: Leaving directory `/opt/sw/ahern/perf.git/tools/perf'
This patch fixes both.
Reviewed-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1345391234-71906-1-git-send-email-dsahern@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
If GTK2 development packages are not installed, make is rather noisy:
$ make -C tools/perf O=/tmp/pbuild
Package gtk+-2.0 was not found in the pkg-config search path.
Perhaps you should add the directory containing `gtk+-2.0.pc'
to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable
No package 'gtk+-2.0' found
make: Entering directory `/opt/sw/ahern/perf.git/tools/perf'
Makefile:593: GTK2 not found, disables GTK2 support. Please install gtk2-devel or libgtk2.0-dev
PERF_VERSION = 3.6.rc1.205.gdb146f.dirty
make: Leaving directory `/opt/sw/ahern/perf.git/tools/perf'
Package gtk+-2.0 was not found in the pkg-config search path.
Perhaps you should add the directory containing `gtk+-2.0.pc'
to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable
No package 'gtk+-2.0' found
make: Entering directory `/opt/sw/ahern/perf.git/tools/perf'
Makefile:593: GTK2 not found, disables GTK2 support. Please install gtk2-devel or libgtk2.0-dev
...
Silence the pkg-config errors. Aftewards:
$ make -C tools/perf O=/tmp/pbuild
make: Entering directory `/opt/sw/ahern/perf.git/tools/perf'
Makefile:593: GTK2 not found, disables GTK2 support. Please install gtk2-devel or libgtk2.0-dev
PERF_VERSION = 3.6.rc1.206.gd43ff9.dirty
make: Leaving directory `/opt/sw/ahern/perf.git/tools/perf'
make: Entering directory `/opt/sw/ahern/perf.git/tools/perf'
Makefile:593: GTK2 not found, disables GTK2 support. Please install gtk2-devel or libgtk2.0-dev
...
Signed-off-by: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Pekka Enberg <penberg@kernel.org>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Pekka Enberg <penberg@kernel.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1345391202-71865-1-git-send-email-dsahern@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Masami Hiramatsu
Josh Triplett
Yuanhan Liu
Steven Rostedt
Ingo Molnar
Namhyung Kim
Ben Hutchings
David Ahern
Namhyung Kim
Robert Richter