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
,
127 struct perf_session
*self __used
)
129 write_event(event
, event
->header
.size
);
133 static void mmap_read(struct mmap_data
*md
)
135 unsigned int head
= mmap_read_head(md
);
136 unsigned int old
= md
->prev
;
137 unsigned char *data
= md
->base
+ page_size
;
142 gettimeofday(&this_read
, NULL
);
145 * If we're further behind than half the buffer, there's a chance
146 * the writer will bite our tail and mess up the samples under us.
148 * If we somehow ended up ahead of the head, we got messed up.
150 * In either case, truncate and restart at head.
157 timersub(&this_read
, &last_read
, &iv
);
158 msecs
= iv
.tv_sec
*1000 + iv
.tv_usec
/1000;
160 fprintf(stderr
, "WARNING: failed to keep up with mmap data."
161 " Last read %lu msecs ago.\n", msecs
);
164 * head points to a known good entry, start there.
169 last_read
= this_read
;
176 if ((old
& md
->mask
) + size
!= (head
& md
->mask
)) {
177 buf
= &data
[old
& md
->mask
];
178 size
= md
->mask
+ 1 - (old
& md
->mask
);
181 write_event(buf
, size
);
184 buf
= &data
[old
& md
->mask
];
188 write_event(buf
, size
);
191 mmap_write_tail(md
, old
);
194 static volatile int done
= 0;
195 static volatile int signr
= -1;
197 static void sig_handler(int sig
)
203 static void sig_atexit(void)
206 kill(child_pid
, SIGTERM
);
211 signal(signr
, SIG_DFL
);
212 kill(getpid(), signr
);
217 static struct perf_header_attr
*get_header_attr(struct perf_event_attr
*a
, int nr
)
219 struct perf_header_attr
*h_attr
;
221 if (nr
< session
->header
.attrs
) {
222 h_attr
= session
->header
.attr
[nr
];
224 h_attr
= perf_header_attr__new(a
);
226 if (perf_header__add_attr(&session
->header
, h_attr
) < 0) {
227 perf_header_attr__delete(h_attr
);
235 static void create_counter(int counter
, int cpu
, pid_t pid
)
237 char *filter
= filters
[counter
];
238 struct perf_event_attr
*attr
= attrs
+ counter
;
239 struct perf_header_attr
*h_attr
;
240 int track
= !counter
; /* only the first counter needs these */
249 attr
->read_format
= PERF_FORMAT_TOTAL_TIME_ENABLED
|
250 PERF_FORMAT_TOTAL_TIME_RUNNING
|
253 attr
->sample_type
|= PERF_SAMPLE_IP
| PERF_SAMPLE_TID
;
256 attr
->sample_type
|= PERF_SAMPLE_PERIOD
;
258 attr
->sample_freq
= freq
;
262 attr
->sample_freq
= 0;
265 attr
->inherit_stat
= 1;
268 attr
->sample_type
|= PERF_SAMPLE_ADDR
;
271 attr
->sample_type
|= PERF_SAMPLE_CALLCHAIN
;
274 attr
->sample_type
|= PERF_SAMPLE_TIME
;
275 attr
->sample_type
|= PERF_SAMPLE_RAW
;
276 attr
->sample_type
|= PERF_SAMPLE_CPU
;
281 attr
->inherit
= inherit
;
285 fd
[nr_cpu
][counter
] = sys_perf_event_open(attr
, pid
, cpu
, group_fd
, 0);
287 if (fd
[nr_cpu
][counter
] < 0) {
290 if (err
== EPERM
|| err
== EACCES
)
291 die("Permission error - are you root?\n");
292 else if (err
== ENODEV
&& profile_cpu
!= -1)
293 die("No such device - did you specify an out-of-range profile CPU?\n");
296 * If it's cycles then fall back to hrtimer
297 * based cpu-clock-tick sw counter, which
298 * is always available even if no PMU support:
300 if (attr
->type
== PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE
301 && attr
->config
== PERF_COUNT_HW_CPU_CYCLES
) {
304 warning(" ... trying to fall back to cpu-clock-ticks\n");
305 attr
->type
= PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE
;
306 attr
->config
= PERF_COUNT_SW_CPU_CLOCK
;
310 error("perfcounter syscall returned with %d (%s)\n",
311 fd
[nr_cpu
][counter
], strerror(err
));
313 #if defined(__i386__) || defined(__x86_64__)
314 if (attr
->type
== PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE
&& err
== EOPNOTSUPP
)
315 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");
318 die("No CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS=y kernel support configured?\n");
322 h_attr
= get_header_attr(attr
, counter
);
327 if (memcmp(&h_attr
->attr
, attr
, sizeof(*attr
))) {
328 fprintf(stderr
, "incompatible append\n");
333 if (read(fd
[nr_cpu
][counter
], &read_data
, sizeof(read_data
)) == -1) {
334 perror("Unable to read perf file descriptor\n");
338 if (perf_header_attr__add_id(h_attr
, read_data
.id
) < 0) {
339 pr_warning("Not enough memory to add id\n");
343 assert(fd
[nr_cpu
][counter
] >= 0);
344 fcntl(fd
[nr_cpu
][counter
], F_SETFL
, O_NONBLOCK
);
347 * First counter acts as the group leader:
349 if (group
&& group_fd
== -1)
350 group_fd
= fd
[nr_cpu
][counter
];
351 if (multiplex
&& multiplex_fd
== -1)
352 multiplex_fd
= fd
[nr_cpu
][counter
];
354 if (multiplex
&& fd
[nr_cpu
][counter
] != multiplex_fd
) {
356 ret
= ioctl(fd
[nr_cpu
][counter
], PERF_EVENT_IOC_SET_OUTPUT
, multiplex_fd
);
359 event_array
[nr_poll
].fd
= fd
[nr_cpu
][counter
];
360 event_array
[nr_poll
].events
= POLLIN
;
363 mmap_array
[nr_cpu
][counter
].counter
= counter
;
364 mmap_array
[nr_cpu
][counter
].prev
= 0;
365 mmap_array
[nr_cpu
][counter
].mask
= mmap_pages
*page_size
- 1;
366 mmap_array
[nr_cpu
][counter
].base
= mmap(NULL
, (mmap_pages
+1)*page_size
,
367 PROT_READ
|PROT_WRITE
, MAP_SHARED
, fd
[nr_cpu
][counter
], 0);
368 if (mmap_array
[nr_cpu
][counter
].base
== MAP_FAILED
) {
369 error("failed to mmap with %d (%s)\n", errno
, strerror(errno
));
374 if (filter
!= NULL
) {
375 ret
= ioctl(fd
[nr_cpu
][counter
],
376 PERF_EVENT_IOC_SET_FILTER
, filter
);
378 error("failed to set filter with %d (%s)\n", errno
,
384 ioctl(fd
[nr_cpu
][counter
], PERF_EVENT_IOC_ENABLE
);
387 static void open_counters(int cpu
, pid_t pid
)
392 for (counter
= 0; counter
< nr_counters
; counter
++)
393 create_counter(counter
, cpu
, pid
);
398 static void atexit_header(void)
400 session
->header
.data_size
+= bytes_written
;
402 perf_header__write(&session
->header
, output
, true);
405 static int __cmd_record(int argc
, const char **argv
)
412 unsigned long waking
= 0;
413 int child_ready_pipe
[2], go_pipe
[2];
414 const bool forks
= target_pid
== -1 && argc
> 0;
417 page_size
= sysconf(_SC_PAGE_SIZE
);
418 nr_cpus
= sysconf(_SC_NPROCESSORS_ONLN
);
419 assert(nr_cpus
<= MAX_NR_CPUS
);
420 assert(nr_cpus
>= 0);
423 signal(SIGCHLD
, sig_handler
);
424 signal(SIGINT
, sig_handler
);
426 if (forks
&& (pipe(child_ready_pipe
) < 0 || pipe(go_pipe
) < 0)) {
427 perror("failed to create pipes");
431 if (!stat(output_name
, &st
) && st
.st_size
) {
434 pr_err("Error, output file %s exists, use -A "
435 "to append or -f to overwrite.\n",
440 char oldname
[PATH_MAX
];
441 snprintf(oldname
, sizeof(oldname
), "%s.old",
444 rename(output_name
, oldname
);
450 flags
= O_CREAT
|O_RDWR
;
456 output
= open(output_name
, flags
, S_IRUSR
|S_IWUSR
);
458 perror("failed to create output file");
462 session
= perf_session__new(output_name
, O_WRONLY
, force
);
463 if (session
== NULL
) {
464 pr_err("Not enough memory for reading perf file header\n");
469 err
= perf_header__read(&session
->header
, output
);
475 perf_header__set_feat(&session
->header
, HEADER_TRACE_INFO
);
477 for (i
= 0; i
< nr_counters
; i
++) {
478 if (attrs
[i
].sample_type
& PERF_SAMPLE_RAW
) {
479 perf_header__set_feat(&session
->header
, HEADER_TRACE_INFO
);
485 atexit(atexit_header
);
490 perror("failed to fork");
495 close(child_ready_pipe
[0]);
497 fcntl(go_pipe
[0], F_SETFD
, FD_CLOEXEC
);
500 * Do a dummy execvp to get the PLT entry resolved,
501 * so we avoid the resolver overhead on the real
504 execvp("", (char **)argv
);
507 * Tell the parent we're ready to go
509 close(child_ready_pipe
[1]);
512 * Wait until the parent tells us to go.
514 if (read(go_pipe
[0], &buf
, 1) == -1)
515 perror("unable to read pipe");
517 execvp(argv
[0], (char **)argv
);
528 close(child_ready_pipe
[1]);
531 * wait for child to settle
533 if (read(child_ready_pipe
[0], &buf
, 1) == -1) {
534 perror("unable to read pipe");
537 close(child_ready_pipe
[0]);
541 if ((!system_wide
&& !inherit
) || profile_cpu
!= -1) {
542 open_counters(profile_cpu
, target_pid
);
544 for (i
= 0; i
< nr_cpus
; i
++)
545 open_counters(i
, target_pid
);
549 err
= perf_header__write(&session
->header
, output
, false);
554 if (!system_wide
&& profile_cpu
== -1)
555 event__synthesize_thread(pid
, process_synthesized_event
,
558 event__synthesize_threads(process_synthesized_event
, session
);
561 struct sched_param param
;
563 param
.sched_priority
= realtime_prio
;
564 if (sched_setscheduler(0, SCHED_FIFO
, ¶m
)) {
565 pr_err("Could not set realtime priority.\n");
579 for (i
= 0; i
< nr_cpu
; i
++) {
580 for (counter
= 0; counter
< nr_counters
; counter
++) {
581 if (mmap_array
[i
][counter
].base
)
582 mmap_read(&mmap_array
[i
][counter
]);
586 if (hits
== samples
) {
589 err
= poll(event_array
, nr_poll
, -1);
594 for (i
= 0; i
< nr_cpu
; i
++) {
595 for (counter
= 0; counter
< nr_counters
; counter
++)
596 ioctl(fd
[i
][counter
], PERF_EVENT_IOC_DISABLE
);
601 fprintf(stderr
, "[ perf record: Woken up %ld times to write data ]\n", waking
);
604 * Approximate RIP event size: 24 bytes.
607 "[ perf record: Captured and wrote %.3f MB %s (~%lld samples) ]\n",
608 (double)bytes_written
/ 1024.0 / 1024.0,
615 static const char * const record_usage
[] = {
616 "perf record [<options>] [<command>]",
617 "perf record [<options>] -- <command> [<options>]",
621 static const struct option options
[] = {
622 OPT_CALLBACK('e', "event", NULL
, "event",
623 "event selector. use 'perf list' to list available events",
625 OPT_CALLBACK(0, "filter", NULL
, "filter",
626 "event filter", parse_filter
),
627 OPT_INTEGER('p', "pid", &target_pid
,
628 "record events on existing pid"),
629 OPT_INTEGER('r', "realtime", &realtime_prio
,
630 "collect data with this RT SCHED_FIFO priority"),
631 OPT_BOOLEAN('R', "raw-samples", &raw_samples
,
632 "collect raw sample records from all opened counters"),
633 OPT_BOOLEAN('a', "all-cpus", &system_wide
,
634 "system-wide collection from all CPUs"),
635 OPT_BOOLEAN('A', "append", &append_file
,
636 "append to the output file to do incremental profiling"),
637 OPT_INTEGER('C', "profile_cpu", &profile_cpu
,
638 "CPU to profile on"),
639 OPT_BOOLEAN('f', "force", &force
,
640 "overwrite existing data file"),
641 OPT_LONG('c', "count", &default_interval
,
642 "event period to sample"),
643 OPT_STRING('o', "output", &output_name
, "file",
645 OPT_BOOLEAN('i', "inherit", &inherit
,
646 "child tasks inherit counters"),
647 OPT_INTEGER('F', "freq", &freq
,
648 "profile at this frequency"),
649 OPT_INTEGER('m', "mmap-pages", &mmap_pages
,
650 "number of mmap data pages"),
651 OPT_BOOLEAN('g', "call-graph", &call_graph
,
652 "do call-graph (stack chain/backtrace) recording"),
653 OPT_BOOLEAN('v', "verbose", &verbose
,
654 "be more verbose (show counter open errors, etc)"),
655 OPT_BOOLEAN('s', "stat", &inherit_stat
,
656 "per thread counts"),
657 OPT_BOOLEAN('d', "data", &sample_address
,
659 OPT_BOOLEAN('n', "no-samples", &no_samples
,
661 OPT_BOOLEAN('M', "multiplex", &multiplex
,
662 "multiplex counter output in a single channel"),
666 int cmd_record(int argc
, const char **argv
, const char *prefix __used
)
670 argc
= parse_options(argc
, argv
, options
, record_usage
,
671 PARSE_OPT_STOP_AT_NON_OPTION
);
672 if (!argc
&& target_pid
== -1 && !system_wide
&& profile_cpu
== -1)
673 usage_with_options(record_usage
, options
);
679 attrs
[0].type
= PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE
;
680 attrs
[0].config
= PERF_COUNT_HW_CPU_CYCLES
;
684 * User specified count overrides default frequency.
686 if (default_interval
)
689 default_interval
= freq
;
691 fprintf(stderr
, "frequency and count are zero, aborting\n");
695 for (counter
= 0; counter
< nr_counters
; counter
++) {
696 if (attrs
[counter
].sample_period
)
699 attrs
[counter
].sample_period
= default_interval
;
702 return __cmd_record(argc
, argv
);