4 * Builtin record command: Record the profile of a workload
5 * (or a CPU, or a PID) into the perf.data output file - for
6 * later analysis via perf report.
12 #include "util/util.h"
13 #include "util/parse-options.h"
14 #include "util/parse-events.h"
15 #include "util/string.h"
17 #include "util/header.h"
18 #include "util/event.h"
19 #include "util/debug.h"
20 #include "util/session.h"
21 #include "util/symbol.h"
26 static int fd
[MAX_NR_CPUS
][MAX_COUNTERS
];
28 static long default_interval
= 0;
30 static int nr_cpus
= 0;
31 static unsigned int page_size
;
32 static unsigned int mmap_pages
= 128;
33 static int freq
= 1000;
35 static const char *output_name
= "perf.data";
37 static unsigned int realtime_prio
= 0;
38 static int raw_samples
= 0;
39 static int system_wide
= 0;
40 static int profile_cpu
= -1;
41 static pid_t target_pid
= -1;
42 static pid_t child_pid
= -1;
43 static int inherit
= 1;
45 static int append_file
= 0;
46 static int call_graph
= 0;
47 static int inherit_stat
= 0;
48 static int no_samples
= 0;
49 static int sample_address
= 0;
50 static int multiplex
= 0;
51 static int multiplex_fd
= -1;
53 static long samples
= 0;
54 static struct timeval last_read
;
55 static struct timeval this_read
;
57 static u64 bytes_written
= 0;
59 static struct pollfd event_array
[MAX_NR_CPUS
* MAX_COUNTERS
];
61 static int nr_poll
= 0;
62 static int nr_cpu
= 0;
64 static int file_new
= 1;
66 static struct perf_session
*session
;
75 static struct mmap_data mmap_array
[MAX_NR_CPUS
][MAX_COUNTERS
];
77 static unsigned long mmap_read_head(struct mmap_data
*md
)
79 struct perf_event_mmap_page
*pc
= md
->base
;
88 static void mmap_write_tail(struct mmap_data
*md
, unsigned long tail
)
90 struct perf_event_mmap_page
*pc
= md
->base
;
93 * ensure all reads are done before we write the tail out.
99 static void write_output(void *buf
, size_t size
)
102 int ret
= write(output
, buf
, size
);
105 die("failed to write");
110 bytes_written
+= ret
;
114 static void write_event(event_t
*buf
, size_t size
)
117 * Add it to the list of DSOs, so that when we finish this
118 * record session we can pick the available build-ids.
120 if (buf
->header
.type
== PERF_RECORD_MMAP
)
121 dsos__findnew(buf
->mmap
.filename
);
123 write_output(buf
, size
);
126 static int process_synthesized_event(event_t
*event
)
128 write_event(event
, event
->header
.size
);
132 static void mmap_read(struct mmap_data
*md
)
134 unsigned int head
= mmap_read_head(md
);
135 unsigned int old
= md
->prev
;
136 unsigned char *data
= md
->base
+ page_size
;
141 gettimeofday(&this_read
, NULL
);
144 * If we're further behind than half the buffer, there's a chance
145 * the writer will bite our tail and mess up the samples under us.
147 * If we somehow ended up ahead of the head, we got messed up.
149 * In either case, truncate and restart at head.
156 timersub(&this_read
, &last_read
, &iv
);
157 msecs
= iv
.tv_sec
*1000 + iv
.tv_usec
/1000;
159 fprintf(stderr
, "WARNING: failed to keep up with mmap data."
160 " Last read %lu msecs ago.\n", msecs
);
163 * head points to a known good entry, start there.
168 last_read
= this_read
;
175 if ((old
& md
->mask
) + size
!= (head
& md
->mask
)) {
176 buf
= &data
[old
& md
->mask
];
177 size
= md
->mask
+ 1 - (old
& md
->mask
);
180 write_event(buf
, size
);
183 buf
= &data
[old
& md
->mask
];
187 write_event(buf
, size
);
190 mmap_write_tail(md
, old
);
193 static volatile int done
= 0;
194 static volatile int signr
= -1;
196 static void sig_handler(int sig
)
202 static void sig_atexit(void)
205 kill(child_pid
, SIGTERM
);
210 signal(signr
, SIG_DFL
);
211 kill(getpid(), signr
);
216 static struct perf_header_attr
*get_header_attr(struct perf_event_attr
*a
, int nr
)
218 struct perf_header_attr
*h_attr
;
220 if (nr
< session
->header
.attrs
) {
221 h_attr
= session
->header
.attr
[nr
];
223 h_attr
= perf_header_attr__new(a
);
225 if (perf_header__add_attr(&session
->header
, h_attr
) < 0) {
226 perf_header_attr__delete(h_attr
);
234 static void create_counter(int counter
, int cpu
, pid_t pid
)
236 char *filter
= filters
[counter
];
237 struct perf_event_attr
*attr
= attrs
+ counter
;
238 struct perf_header_attr
*h_attr
;
239 int track
= !counter
; /* only the first counter needs these */
248 attr
->read_format
= PERF_FORMAT_TOTAL_TIME_ENABLED
|
249 PERF_FORMAT_TOTAL_TIME_RUNNING
|
252 attr
->sample_type
|= PERF_SAMPLE_IP
| PERF_SAMPLE_TID
;
255 attr
->sample_type
|= PERF_SAMPLE_PERIOD
;
257 attr
->sample_freq
= freq
;
261 attr
->sample_freq
= 0;
264 attr
->inherit_stat
= 1;
267 attr
->sample_type
|= PERF_SAMPLE_ADDR
;
270 attr
->sample_type
|= PERF_SAMPLE_CALLCHAIN
;
273 attr
->sample_type
|= PERF_SAMPLE_TIME
;
274 attr
->sample_type
|= PERF_SAMPLE_RAW
;
275 attr
->sample_type
|= PERF_SAMPLE_CPU
;
280 attr
->inherit
= (cpu
< 0) && inherit
;
284 fd
[nr_cpu
][counter
] = sys_perf_event_open(attr
, pid
, cpu
, group_fd
, 0);
286 if (fd
[nr_cpu
][counter
] < 0) {
289 if (err
== EPERM
|| err
== EACCES
)
290 die("Permission error - are you root?\n");
291 else if (err
== ENODEV
&& profile_cpu
!= -1)
292 die("No such device - did you specify an out-of-range profile CPU?\n");
295 * If it's cycles then fall back to hrtimer
296 * based cpu-clock-tick sw counter, which
297 * is always available even if no PMU support:
299 if (attr
->type
== PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE
300 && attr
->config
== PERF_COUNT_HW_CPU_CYCLES
) {
303 warning(" ... trying to fall back to cpu-clock-ticks\n");
304 attr
->type
= PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE
;
305 attr
->config
= PERF_COUNT_SW_CPU_CLOCK
;
309 error("perfcounter syscall returned with %d (%s)\n",
310 fd
[nr_cpu
][counter
], strerror(err
));
312 #if defined(__i386__) || defined(__x86_64__)
313 if (attr
->type
== PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE
&& err
== EOPNOTSUPP
)
314 die("No hardware sampling interrupt available. No APIC? If so then you can boot the kernel with the \"lapic\" boot parameter to force-enable it.\n");
317 die("No CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS=y kernel support configured?\n");
321 h_attr
= get_header_attr(attr
, counter
);
326 if (memcmp(&h_attr
->attr
, attr
, sizeof(*attr
))) {
327 fprintf(stderr
, "incompatible append\n");
332 if (read(fd
[nr_cpu
][counter
], &read_data
, sizeof(read_data
)) == -1) {
333 perror("Unable to read perf file descriptor\n");
337 if (perf_header_attr__add_id(h_attr
, read_data
.id
) < 0) {
338 pr_warning("Not enough memory to add id\n");
342 assert(fd
[nr_cpu
][counter
] >= 0);
343 fcntl(fd
[nr_cpu
][counter
], F_SETFL
, O_NONBLOCK
);
346 * First counter acts as the group leader:
348 if (group
&& group_fd
== -1)
349 group_fd
= fd
[nr_cpu
][counter
];
350 if (multiplex
&& multiplex_fd
== -1)
351 multiplex_fd
= fd
[nr_cpu
][counter
];
353 if (multiplex
&& fd
[nr_cpu
][counter
] != multiplex_fd
) {
355 ret
= ioctl(fd
[nr_cpu
][counter
], PERF_EVENT_IOC_SET_OUTPUT
, multiplex_fd
);
358 event_array
[nr_poll
].fd
= fd
[nr_cpu
][counter
];
359 event_array
[nr_poll
].events
= POLLIN
;
362 mmap_array
[nr_cpu
][counter
].counter
= counter
;
363 mmap_array
[nr_cpu
][counter
].prev
= 0;
364 mmap_array
[nr_cpu
][counter
].mask
= mmap_pages
*page_size
- 1;
365 mmap_array
[nr_cpu
][counter
].base
= mmap(NULL
, (mmap_pages
+1)*page_size
,
366 PROT_READ
|PROT_WRITE
, MAP_SHARED
, fd
[nr_cpu
][counter
], 0);
367 if (mmap_array
[nr_cpu
][counter
].base
== MAP_FAILED
) {
368 error("failed to mmap with %d (%s)\n", errno
, strerror(errno
));
373 if (filter
!= NULL
) {
374 ret
= ioctl(fd
[nr_cpu
][counter
],
375 PERF_EVENT_IOC_SET_FILTER
, filter
);
377 error("failed to set filter with %d (%s)\n", errno
,
383 ioctl(fd
[nr_cpu
][counter
], PERF_EVENT_IOC_ENABLE
);
386 static void open_counters(int cpu
, pid_t pid
)
391 for (counter
= 0; counter
< nr_counters
; counter
++)
392 create_counter(counter
, cpu
, pid
);
397 static void atexit_header(void)
399 session
->header
.data_size
+= bytes_written
;
401 perf_header__write(&session
->header
, output
, true);
404 static int __cmd_record(int argc
, const char **argv
)
411 unsigned long waking
= 0;
413 page_size
= sysconf(_SC_PAGE_SIZE
);
414 nr_cpus
= sysconf(_SC_NPROCESSORS_ONLN
);
415 assert(nr_cpus
<= MAX_NR_CPUS
);
416 assert(nr_cpus
>= 0);
419 signal(SIGCHLD
, sig_handler
);
420 signal(SIGINT
, sig_handler
);
422 if (!stat(output_name
, &st
) && st
.st_size
) {
423 if (!force
&& !append_file
) {
424 fprintf(stderr
, "Error, output file %s exists, use -A to append or -f to overwrite.\n",
432 flags
= O_CREAT
|O_RDWR
;
438 output
= open(output_name
, flags
, S_IRUSR
|S_IWUSR
);
440 perror("failed to create output file");
444 session
= perf_session__new(output_name
, O_WRONLY
, force
);
445 if (session
== NULL
) {
446 pr_err("Not enough memory for reading perf file header\n");
451 err
= perf_header__read(&session
->header
, output
);
457 perf_header__set_feat(&session
->header
, HEADER_TRACE_INFO
);
459 for (i
= 0; i
< nr_counters
; i
++) {
460 if (attrs
[i
].sample_type
& PERF_SAMPLE_RAW
) {
461 perf_header__set_feat(&session
->header
, HEADER_TRACE_INFO
);
467 atexit(atexit_header
);
474 open_counters(profile_cpu
, pid
);
476 if (profile_cpu
!= -1) {
477 open_counters(profile_cpu
, target_pid
);
479 for (i
= 0; i
< nr_cpus
; i
++)
480 open_counters(i
, target_pid
);
485 err
= perf_header__write(&session
->header
, output
, false);
491 event__synthesize_thread(pid
, process_synthesized_event
);
493 event__synthesize_threads(process_synthesized_event
);
495 if (target_pid
== -1 && argc
) {
498 die("failed to fork");
501 if (execvp(argv
[0], (char **)argv
)) {
507 * Wait a bit for the execv'ed child to appear
508 * and be updated in /proc
509 * FIXME: Do you know a less heuristical solution?
512 event__synthesize_thread(pid
,
513 process_synthesized_event
);
520 struct sched_param param
;
522 param
.sched_priority
= realtime_prio
;
523 if (sched_setscheduler(0, SCHED_FIFO
, ¶m
)) {
524 pr_err("Could not set realtime priority.\n");
532 for (i
= 0; i
< nr_cpu
; i
++) {
533 for (counter
= 0; counter
< nr_counters
; counter
++) {
534 if (mmap_array
[i
][counter
].base
)
535 mmap_read(&mmap_array
[i
][counter
]);
539 if (hits
== samples
) {
542 err
= poll(event_array
, nr_poll
, -1);
547 for (i
= 0; i
< nr_cpu
; i
++) {
548 for (counter
= 0; counter
< nr_counters
; counter
++)
549 ioctl(fd
[i
][counter
], PERF_EVENT_IOC_DISABLE
);
554 fprintf(stderr
, "[ perf record: Woken up %ld times to write data ]\n", waking
);
557 * Approximate RIP event size: 24 bytes.
560 "[ perf record: Captured and wrote %.3f MB %s (~%lld samples) ]\n",
561 (double)bytes_written
/ 1024.0 / 1024.0,
568 static const char * const record_usage
[] = {
569 "perf record [<options>] [<command>]",
570 "perf record [<options>] -- <command> [<options>]",
574 static const struct option options
[] = {
575 OPT_CALLBACK('e', "event", NULL
, "event",
576 "event selector. use 'perf list' to list available events",
578 OPT_CALLBACK(0, "filter", NULL
, "filter",
579 "event filter", parse_filter
),
580 OPT_INTEGER('p', "pid", &target_pid
,
581 "record events on existing pid"),
582 OPT_INTEGER('r', "realtime", &realtime_prio
,
583 "collect data with this RT SCHED_FIFO priority"),
584 OPT_BOOLEAN('R', "raw-samples", &raw_samples
,
585 "collect raw sample records from all opened counters"),
586 OPT_BOOLEAN('a', "all-cpus", &system_wide
,
587 "system-wide collection from all CPUs"),
588 OPT_BOOLEAN('A', "append", &append_file
,
589 "append to the output file to do incremental profiling"),
590 OPT_INTEGER('C', "profile_cpu", &profile_cpu
,
591 "CPU to profile on"),
592 OPT_BOOLEAN('f', "force", &force
,
593 "overwrite existing data file"),
594 OPT_LONG('c', "count", &default_interval
,
595 "event period to sample"),
596 OPT_STRING('o', "output", &output_name
, "file",
598 OPT_BOOLEAN('i', "inherit", &inherit
,
599 "child tasks inherit counters"),
600 OPT_INTEGER('F', "freq", &freq
,
601 "profile at this frequency"),
602 OPT_INTEGER('m', "mmap-pages", &mmap_pages
,
603 "number of mmap data pages"),
604 OPT_BOOLEAN('g', "call-graph", &call_graph
,
605 "do call-graph (stack chain/backtrace) recording"),
606 OPT_BOOLEAN('v', "verbose", &verbose
,
607 "be more verbose (show counter open errors, etc)"),
608 OPT_BOOLEAN('s', "stat", &inherit_stat
,
609 "per thread counts"),
610 OPT_BOOLEAN('d', "data", &sample_address
,
612 OPT_BOOLEAN('n', "no-samples", &no_samples
,
614 OPT_BOOLEAN('M', "multiplex", &multiplex
,
615 "multiplex counter output in a single channel"),
619 int cmd_record(int argc
, const char **argv
, const char *prefix __used
)
625 argc
= parse_options(argc
, argv
, options
, record_usage
,
626 PARSE_OPT_STOP_AT_NON_OPTION
);
627 if (!argc
&& target_pid
== -1 && !system_wide
)
628 usage_with_options(record_usage
, options
);
632 attrs
[0].type
= PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE
;
633 attrs
[0].config
= PERF_COUNT_HW_CPU_CYCLES
;
637 * User specified count overrides default frequency.
639 if (default_interval
)
642 default_interval
= freq
;
644 fprintf(stderr
, "frequency and count are zero, aborting\n");
648 for (counter
= 0; counter
< nr_counters
; counter
++) {
649 if (attrs
[counter
].sample_period
)
652 attrs
[counter
].sample_period
= default_interval
;
655 return __cmd_record(argc
, argv
);