linux.git/tools/perf, branch v3.15-rc6

perf tests x86: Fix stack map lookup in dwarf unwind test

2014-04-30T15:02:31+00:00

Previous commit 'perf x86: Fix perf to use non-executable stack, again'
moved stack map into MAP__VARIABLE map type again. Fixing the dwarf
unwind test stack map lookup appropriately.

Cc: Corey Ashford 
Cc: David Ahern 
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker 
Cc: Ingo Molnar 
Cc: Namhyung Kim 
Cc: Paul Mackerras 
Cc: Peter Zijlstra 
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo 
Cc: Jean Pihet 
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-ttzyhbe4zls24z7ednkmhvxl@git.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa

perf x86: Fix perf to use non-executable stack, again

2014-04-30T15:02:30+00:00

arch/x86/tests/regs_load.S is missing the linker note about the stack
requirements, therefore making the linker fall back to an executable
stack. As this object gets linked against the final perf binary, it'll
needlessly end up with an executable stack. Fix this by adding the
appropriate linker note.

Also add a global linker flag to prevent future regressions, as
suggested by Jiri. This way perf won't get an executable stack even if
we fail to add the .GNU-stack linker note to future assembler files.
Though, doing so might create regressions the other way around, when
(statically) linking against libraries needing an executable stack.
But, apparently, regressing in that direction is wanted as it is an
indicator of poor code quality -- or just missing linker notes.

Fixes: 3c8b06f981 ("perf tests x86: Introduce perf_regs_load function")

Signed-off-by: Mathias Krause 
Acked-by: Ingo Molnar 
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo 
Cc: Paul Mackerras 
Cc: Peter Zijlstra 
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1398617466-22749-1-git-send-email-minipli@googlemail.com
Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa

perf machine: Search for modules in %s/lib/modules/%s

2014-04-30T14:49:29+00:00

Modules installed outside of the kernel's build system should go into
"%s/lib/modules/%s/extra", but at present, perf will only look at them
when they are in "%s/lib/modules/%s/kernel". Lets encourage good
citizenship by relaxing this requirement to "%s/lib/modules/%s". This
way open source modules that are out-of-tree have no incentive to start
populating a directory reserved for in-kernel modules and I can stop
hex-editing my system's perf binary when profiling OSS out-of-tree
modules.

Feedback from Namhyung Kim correctly revealed that the hex-edits that I
had been doing meant that perf was also traversing the build and source
symlinks in %s/lib/modules/%s. That is undesireable, so we explicitly
exclude them from traversal with a minor tweak to the traversal routine.

Signed-off-by: Richard Yao 
Acked-by: Namhyung kim 
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1398532675-13684-1-git-send-email-ryao@gentoo.org
Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa

perf tests: Add static build make test

2014-04-30T14:48:57+00:00

Adding test for building static perf build into the automated
suite. Also available via following commands:

  $ make -f tests/make make_static
  - make_static: cd . && make -f Makefile DESTDIR=/tmp/tmp.7u5MlB4njo LDFLAGS=-static
  $ make -f tests/make make_static_O
  - make_static_O: cd . && make -f Makefile O=/tmp/tmp.Ay6r3wEmtX DESTDIR=/tmp/tmp.vK0KQwO0Vi LDFLAGS=-static

Acked-by: David Ahern 
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo 
Cc: Corey Ashford 
Cc: David Ahern 
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker 
Cc: Ingo Molnar 
Cc: Namhyung Kim 
Cc: Paul Mackerras 
Cc: Peter Zijlstra 
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1398760413-7574-1-git-send-email-jolsa@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa

perf tools: Fix bfd dependency libraries detection

2014-04-30T14:48:50+00:00

There's false assumption in the library detection code
assuming -liberty and -lz are always present once bfd
is detected. The fails on Ubuntu (14.04) as reported
by Ingo.

Forcing the bdf dependency libraries detection any
time bfd library is detected.

Reported-by: Ingo Molnar 
Tested-by: Ingo Molnar 
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo 
Cc: Corey Ashford 
Cc: David Ahern 
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker 
Cc: Ingo Molnar 
Cc: Namhyung Kim 
Cc: Paul Mackerras 
Cc: Peter Zijlstra 
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1398676935-6615-1-git-send-email-jolsa@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa

perf tools: Use LDFLAGS instead of ALL_LDFLAGS

2014-04-30T14:48:39+00:00

We no longer use ALL_LDFLAGS, Replacing with LDFLAGS.

Acked-by: Namhyung Kim 
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo 
Cc: Corey Ashford 
Cc: David Ahern 
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker 
Cc: Ingo Molnar 
Cc: Namhyung Kim 
Cc: Paul Mackerras 
Cc: Peter Zijlstra 
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1398675770-3109-1-git-send-email-jolsa@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa

perf tools: Disable libdw unwind for all but x86 arch

2014-04-23T11:19:18+00:00

So far there's only x86 libdw unwind support merged in perf.
Disable it on all other architectures in case libdw unwind
support is detected in system.

Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo 
Cc: Corey Ashford 
Cc: David Ahern 
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker 
Cc: Ingo Molnar 
Cc: Jean Pihet 
Cc: Josh Boyer 
Cc: Namhyung Kim 
Cc: Paul Mackerras 
Cc: Peter Zijlstra 
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1397988006-14158-1-git-send-email-jolsa@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa

perf tests x86: Fix memory leak in sample_ustack()

2014-04-23T11:19:01+00:00

The buf is not freed, when kernel failed to get stack map
and return.

Signed-off-by: Masanari Iida 
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1398091024-7901-1-git-send-email-standby24x7@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa

perf tools: Improve error reporting

2014-04-19T22:15:12+00:00

In the current version, when using perf record, if something goes
wrong in tools/perf/builtin-record.c:375
  session = perf_session__new(file, false, NULL);

The error message:
"Not enough memory for reading per file header"

is issued. This error message seems to be outdated and is not very
helpful. This patch proposes to replace this error message by
"Perf session creation failed"

I believe this issue has been brought to lkml:
https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/2/24/458
although this patch only tackles a (small) part of the issue.

Additionnaly, this patch improves error reporting in
tools/perf/util/data.c open_file_write.

Currently, if the call to open fails, the user is unaware of it.
This patch logs the error, before returning the error code to
the caller.

Reported-by: Will Deacon 
Signed-off-by: Adrien BAK 
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1397786443.3093.4.camel@beast
[ Reorganize the changelog into paragraphs ]
[ Added empty line after fd declaration in open_file_write ]
Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa

perf tools: Adjust symbols in VDSO

2014-04-19T22:15:11+00:00

pert-report doesn't resolve function names in VDSO:

$ perf report --stdio -g flat,0.0,15,callee --sort pid
...
            8.76%
               0x7fff6b1fe861
               __gettimeofday
               ACE_OS::gettimeofday()
...

In this case symbol values should be adjusted the same way as for executables,
relocatable objects and prelinked libraries.

After fix:

$ perf report --stdio -g flat,0.0,15,callee --sort pid
...
            8.76%
               __vdso_gettimeofday
               __gettimeofday
               ACE_OS::gettimeofday()

Signed-off-by: Vladimir Nikulichev 
Tested-by: Namhyung Kim 
Reviewed-by: Adrian Hunter 
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/969812.163009436-sendEmail@nvs
Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa