perf record: Increase mmap buffering default
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1 /*
2 * perf record: Record the profile of a workload (or a CPU, or a PID) into
3 * the perf.data output file - for later analysis via perf report.
4 */
5 #include "perf.h"
6 #include "builtin.h"
7 #include "util/util.h"
8 #include "util/parse-options.h"
9 #include "util/parse-events.h"
10 #include "util/string.h"
12 #include <unistd.h>
13 #include <sched.h>
15 #define ALIGN(x, a) __ALIGN_MASK(x, (typeof(x))(a)-1)
16 #define __ALIGN_MASK(x, mask) (((x)+(mask))&~(mask))
18 static int default_interval = 100000;
19 static int event_count[MAX_COUNTERS];
21 static int fd[MAX_NR_CPUS][MAX_COUNTERS];
22 static int nr_cpus = 0;
23 static unsigned int page_size;
24 static unsigned int mmap_pages = 128;
25 static int output;
26 static const char *output_name = "perf.data";
27 static int group = 0;
28 static unsigned int realtime_prio = 0;
29 static int system_wide = 0;
30 static pid_t target_pid = -1;
31 static int inherit = 1;
32 static int force = 0;
33 static int append_file = 0;
35 const unsigned int default_count[] = {
36 1000000,
37 1000000,
38 10000,
39 10000,
40 1000000,
41 10000,
44 struct mmap_data {
45 int counter;
46 void *base;
47 unsigned int mask;
48 unsigned int prev;
51 static unsigned int mmap_read_head(struct mmap_data *md)
53 struct perf_counter_mmap_page *pc = md->base;
54 int head;
56 head = pc->data_head;
57 rmb();
59 return head;
62 static long events;
63 static struct timeval last_read, this_read;
65 static void mmap_read(struct mmap_data *md)
67 unsigned int head = mmap_read_head(md);
68 unsigned int old = md->prev;
69 unsigned char *data = md->base + page_size;
70 unsigned long size;
71 void *buf;
72 int diff;
74 gettimeofday(&this_read, NULL);
77 * If we're further behind than half the buffer, there's a chance
78 * the writer will bite our tail and screw up the events under us.
80 * If we somehow ended up ahead of the head, we got messed up.
82 * In either case, truncate and restart at head.
84 diff = head - old;
85 if (diff > md->mask / 2 || diff < 0) {
86 struct timeval iv;
87 unsigned long msecs;
89 timersub(&this_read, &last_read, &iv);
90 msecs = iv.tv_sec*1000 + iv.tv_usec/1000;
92 fprintf(stderr, "WARNING: failed to keep up with mmap data."
93 " Last read %lu msecs ago.\n", msecs);
96 * head points to a known good entry, start there.
98 old = head;
101 last_read = this_read;
103 if (old != head)
104 events++;
106 size = head - old;
108 if ((old & md->mask) + size != (head & md->mask)) {
109 buf = &data[old & md->mask];
110 size = md->mask + 1 - (old & md->mask);
111 old += size;
112 while (size) {
113 int ret = write(output, buf, size);
114 if (ret < 0) {
115 perror("failed to write");
116 exit(-1);
118 size -= ret;
119 buf += ret;
123 buf = &data[old & md->mask];
124 size = head - old;
125 old += size;
126 while (size) {
127 int ret = write(output, buf, size);
128 if (ret < 0) {
129 perror("failed to write");
130 exit(-1);
132 size -= ret;
133 buf += ret;
136 md->prev = old;
139 static volatile int done = 0;
141 static void sig_handler(int sig)
143 done = 1;
146 static struct pollfd event_array[MAX_NR_CPUS * MAX_COUNTERS];
147 static struct mmap_data mmap_array[MAX_NR_CPUS][MAX_COUNTERS];
149 static int nr_poll;
150 static int nr_cpu;
152 struct mmap_event {
153 struct perf_event_header header;
154 __u32 pid;
155 __u32 tid;
156 __u64 start;
157 __u64 len;
158 __u64 pgoff;
159 char filename[PATH_MAX];
162 struct comm_event {
163 struct perf_event_header header;
164 __u32 pid;
165 __u32 tid;
166 char comm[16];
169 static void pid_synthesize_comm_event(pid_t pid, int full)
171 struct comm_event comm_ev;
172 char filename[PATH_MAX];
173 char bf[BUFSIZ];
174 int fd, ret;
175 size_t size;
176 char *field, *sep;
177 DIR *tasks;
178 struct dirent dirent, *next;
180 snprintf(filename, sizeof(filename), "/proc/%d/stat", pid);
182 fd = open(filename, O_RDONLY);
183 if (fd < 0) {
184 fprintf(stderr, "couldn't open %s\n", filename);
185 exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
187 if (read(fd, bf, sizeof(bf)) < 0) {
188 fprintf(stderr, "couldn't read %s\n", filename);
189 exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
191 close(fd);
193 /* 9027 (cat) R 6747 9027 6747 34816 9027 ... */
194 memset(&comm_ev, 0, sizeof(comm_ev));
195 field = strchr(bf, '(');
196 if (field == NULL)
197 goto out_failure;
198 sep = strchr(++field, ')');
199 if (sep == NULL)
200 goto out_failure;
201 size = sep - field;
202 memcpy(comm_ev.comm, field, size++);
204 comm_ev.pid = pid;
205 comm_ev.header.type = PERF_EVENT_COMM;
206 size = ALIGN(size, sizeof(uint64_t));
207 comm_ev.header.size = sizeof(comm_ev) - (sizeof(comm_ev.comm) - size);
209 if (!full) {
210 comm_ev.tid = pid;
212 ret = write(output, &comm_ev, comm_ev.header.size);
213 if (ret < 0) {
214 perror("failed to write");
215 exit(-1);
217 return;
220 snprintf(filename, sizeof(filename), "/proc/%d/task", pid);
222 tasks = opendir(filename);
223 while (!readdir_r(tasks, &dirent, &next) && next) {
224 char *end;
225 pid = strtol(dirent.d_name, &end, 10);
226 if (*end)
227 continue;
229 comm_ev.tid = pid;
231 ret = write(output, &comm_ev, comm_ev.header.size);
232 if (ret < 0) {
233 perror("failed to write");
234 exit(-1);
237 closedir(tasks);
238 return;
240 out_failure:
241 fprintf(stderr, "couldn't get COMM and pgid, malformed %s\n",
242 filename);
243 exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
246 static void pid_synthesize_mmap_events(pid_t pid)
248 char filename[PATH_MAX];
249 FILE *fp;
251 snprintf(filename, sizeof(filename), "/proc/%d/maps", pid);
253 fp = fopen(filename, "r");
254 if (fp == NULL) {
255 fprintf(stderr, "couldn't open %s\n", filename);
256 exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
258 while (1) {
259 char bf[BUFSIZ], *pbf = bf;
260 struct mmap_event mmap_ev = {
261 .header.type = PERF_EVENT_MMAP,
263 int n;
264 size_t size;
265 if (fgets(bf, sizeof(bf), fp) == NULL)
266 break;
268 /* 00400000-0040c000 r-xp 00000000 fd:01 41038 /bin/cat */
269 n = hex2u64(pbf, &mmap_ev.start);
270 if (n < 0)
271 continue;
272 pbf += n + 1;
273 n = hex2u64(pbf, &mmap_ev.len);
274 if (n < 0)
275 continue;
276 pbf += n + 3;
277 if (*pbf == 'x') { /* vm_exec */
278 char *execname = strrchr(bf, ' ');
280 if (execname == NULL || execname[1] != '/')
281 continue;
283 execname += 1;
284 size = strlen(execname);
285 execname[size - 1] = '\0'; /* Remove \n */
286 memcpy(mmap_ev.filename, execname, size);
287 size = ALIGN(size, sizeof(uint64_t));
288 mmap_ev.len -= mmap_ev.start;
289 mmap_ev.header.size = (sizeof(mmap_ev) -
290 (sizeof(mmap_ev.filename) - size));
291 mmap_ev.pid = pid;
292 mmap_ev.tid = pid;
294 if (write(output, &mmap_ev, mmap_ev.header.size) < 0) {
295 perror("failed to write");
296 exit(-1);
301 fclose(fp);
304 static void synthesize_events(void)
306 DIR *proc;
307 struct dirent dirent, *next;
309 proc = opendir("/proc");
311 while (!readdir_r(proc, &dirent, &next) && next) {
312 char *end;
313 pid_t pid;
315 pid = strtol(dirent.d_name, &end, 10);
316 if (*end) /* only interested in proper numerical dirents */
317 continue;
319 pid_synthesize_comm_event(pid, 1);
320 pid_synthesize_mmap_events(pid);
323 closedir(proc);
326 static void open_counters(int cpu, pid_t pid)
328 struct perf_counter_attr attr;
329 int counter, group_fd;
330 int track = 1;
332 if (pid > 0) {
333 pid_synthesize_comm_event(pid, 0);
334 pid_synthesize_mmap_events(pid);
337 group_fd = -1;
338 for (counter = 0; counter < nr_counters; counter++) {
340 memset(&attr, 0, sizeof(attr));
341 attr.config = event_id[counter];
342 attr.sample_period = event_count[counter];
343 attr.sample_type = PERF_SAMPLE_IP | PERF_SAMPLE_TID;
344 attr.mmap = track;
345 attr.comm = track;
346 attr.inherit = (cpu < 0) && inherit;
348 track = 0; // only the first counter needs these
350 fd[nr_cpu][counter] =
351 sys_perf_counter_open(&attr, pid, cpu, group_fd, 0);
353 if (fd[nr_cpu][counter] < 0) {
354 int err = errno;
355 printf("kerneltop error: syscall returned with %d (%s)\n",
356 fd[nr_cpu][counter], strerror(err));
357 if (err == EPERM)
358 printf("Are you root?\n");
359 exit(-1);
361 assert(fd[nr_cpu][counter] >= 0);
362 fcntl(fd[nr_cpu][counter], F_SETFL, O_NONBLOCK);
365 * First counter acts as the group leader:
367 if (group && group_fd == -1)
368 group_fd = fd[nr_cpu][counter];
370 event_array[nr_poll].fd = fd[nr_cpu][counter];
371 event_array[nr_poll].events = POLLIN;
372 nr_poll++;
374 mmap_array[nr_cpu][counter].counter = counter;
375 mmap_array[nr_cpu][counter].prev = 0;
376 mmap_array[nr_cpu][counter].mask = mmap_pages*page_size - 1;
377 mmap_array[nr_cpu][counter].base = mmap(NULL, (mmap_pages+1)*page_size,
378 PROT_READ, MAP_SHARED, fd[nr_cpu][counter], 0);
379 if (mmap_array[nr_cpu][counter].base == MAP_FAILED) {
380 printf("kerneltop error: failed to mmap with %d (%s)\n",
381 errno, strerror(errno));
382 exit(-1);
385 nr_cpu++;
388 static int __cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv)
390 int i, counter;
391 struct stat st;
392 pid_t pid;
393 int flags;
394 int ret;
396 page_size = sysconf(_SC_PAGE_SIZE);
397 nr_cpus = sysconf(_SC_NPROCESSORS_ONLN);
398 assert(nr_cpus <= MAX_NR_CPUS);
399 assert(nr_cpus >= 0);
401 if (!stat(output_name, &st) && !force && !append_file) {
402 fprintf(stderr, "Error, output file %s exists, use -A to append or -f to overwrite.\n",
403 output_name);
404 exit(-1);
407 flags = O_CREAT|O_RDWR;
408 if (append_file)
409 flags |= O_APPEND;
410 else
411 flags |= O_TRUNC;
413 output = open(output_name, flags, S_IRUSR|S_IWUSR);
414 if (output < 0) {
415 perror("failed to create output file");
416 exit(-1);
419 if (!system_wide) {
420 open_counters(-1, target_pid != -1 ? target_pid : 0);
421 } else for (i = 0; i < nr_cpus; i++)
422 open_counters(i, target_pid);
424 signal(SIGCHLD, sig_handler);
425 signal(SIGINT, sig_handler);
427 if (target_pid == -1 && argc) {
428 pid = fork();
429 if (pid < 0)
430 perror("failed to fork");
432 if (!pid) {
433 if (execvp(argv[0], (char **)argv)) {
434 perror(argv[0]);
435 exit(-1);
440 if (realtime_prio) {
441 struct sched_param param;
443 param.sched_priority = realtime_prio;
444 if (sched_setscheduler(0, SCHED_FIFO, &param)) {
445 printf("Could not set realtime priority.\n");
446 exit(-1);
450 if (system_wide)
451 synthesize_events();
453 while (!done) {
454 int hits = events;
456 for (i = 0; i < nr_cpu; i++) {
457 for (counter = 0; counter < nr_counters; counter++)
458 mmap_read(&mmap_array[i][counter]);
461 if (hits == events)
462 ret = poll(event_array, nr_poll, 100);
465 return 0;
468 static const char * const record_usage[] = {
469 "perf record [<options>] [<command>]",
470 "perf record [<options>] -- <command> [<options>]",
471 NULL
474 static char events_help_msg[EVENTS_HELP_MAX];
476 static const struct option options[] = {
477 OPT_CALLBACK('e', "event", NULL, "event",
478 events_help_msg, parse_events),
479 OPT_INTEGER('p', "pid", &target_pid,
480 "record events on existing pid"),
481 OPT_INTEGER('r', "realtime", &realtime_prio,
482 "collect data with this RT SCHED_FIFO priority"),
483 OPT_BOOLEAN('a', "all-cpus", &system_wide,
484 "system-wide collection from all CPUs"),
485 OPT_BOOLEAN('A', "append", &append_file,
486 "append to the output file to do incremental profiling"),
487 OPT_BOOLEAN('f', "force", &force,
488 "overwrite existing data file"),
489 OPT_INTEGER('c', "count", &default_interval,
490 "event period to sample"),
491 OPT_STRING('o', "output", &output_name, "file",
492 "output file name"),
493 OPT_BOOLEAN('i', "inherit", &inherit,
494 "child tasks inherit counters"),
495 OPT_INTEGER('m', "mmap-pages", &mmap_pages,
496 "number of mmap data pages"),
497 OPT_END()
500 int cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
502 int counter;
504 create_events_help(events_help_msg);
506 argc = parse_options(argc, argv, options, record_usage, 0);
507 if (!argc && target_pid == -1 && !system_wide)
508 usage_with_options(record_usage, options);
510 if (!nr_counters) {
511 nr_counters = 1;
512 event_id[0] = 0;
515 for (counter = 0; counter < nr_counters; counter++) {
516 if (event_count[counter])
517 continue;
519 event_count[counter] = default_interval;
522 return __cmd_record(argc, argv);