Merge tag 'perf-core-for-mingo' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/acme/linux into perf/core

Pull perf/core improvements and fixes from Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo:

New user selectable features:

  - Support recording running/enabled time in 'perf record' (Andi Kleen)

  - New tool: 'perf data' for converting perf.data to other formats,
    initially for the CTF (Common Trace Format) from LTTng (Jiri Olsa, Sebastian Siewior)

User visible changes:

  - Only insert blank duration bracket when tracing syscalls in 'perf trace' (Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo)

  - Filter out the trace pid when no threads are specified in 'perf trace' (Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo)

  - Add 'perf trace' man page entry for --event (Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo)

  - Dump stack on segfaults in 'perf trace' (Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo)

Infrastructure changes:

  - Introduce set_filter_pid and set_filter_pids methods in the evlist class (Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo)

  - Some perf_session untanglement patches, removing the need to pass a
    perf_session instance for things that are related to evlists, so that
    tools that don't deal with perf.data files like trace in live mode can
    make use of the ordered_events class (Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo)

Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>

33 files changed, 1063 insertions, 99 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/Build b/tools/perf/Build
index 976e03849f6d..b77370ef7005 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Build
+++ b/tools/perf/Build
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ perf-y += builtin-lock.o
 perf-y += builtin-kvm.o
 perf-y += builtin-inject.o
 perf-y += builtin-mem.o
+perf-y += builtin-data.o
 
 perf-$(CONFIG_AUDIT) += builtin-trace.o
 perf-$(CONFIG_LIBELF) += builtin-probe.o
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-data.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-data.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..be8fa1a0a97e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-data.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+perf-data(1)
+==============
+
+NAME
+----
+perf-data - Data file related processing
+
+SYNOPSIS
+--------
+[verse]
+'perf data' [<common options>] <command> [<options>]",
+
+DESCRIPTION
+-----------
+Data file related processing.
+
+COMMANDS
+--------
+convert::
+	Converts perf data file into another format (only CTF [1] format is support by now).
+	It's possible to set data-convert debug variable to get debug messages from conversion,
+	like:
+	  perf --debug data-convert data convert ...
+
+OPTIONS for 'convert'
+---------------------
+--to-ctf::
+	Triggers the CTF conversion, specify the path of CTF data directory.
+
+-i::
+	Specify input perf data file path.
+
+-v::
+--verbose::
+        Be more verbose (show counter open errors, etc).
+
+SEE ALSO
+--------
+linkperf:perf[1]
+[1] Common Trace Format - http://www.efficios.com/ctf
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
index 1c7e50f62b1f..cae75c11120f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
@@ -241,6 +241,9 @@ Capture machine state (registers) at interrupt, i.e., on counter overflows for
 each sample. List of captured registers depends on the architecture. This option
 is off by default.
 
+--running-time::
+Record running and enabled time for read events (:S)
+
 SEE ALSO
 --------
 linkperf:perf-stat[1], linkperf:perf-list[1]
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-trace.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-trace.txt
index 7e1b1f2bb83c..ba03fd5d1a54 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-trace.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-trace.txt
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ OPTIONS
 --uid=::
         Record events in threads owned by uid. Name or number.
 
+--filter-pids=::
+	Filter out events for these pids and for 'trace' itself (comma separated list).
+
 -v::
 --verbose=::
         Verbosity level.
@@ -115,6 +118,9 @@ the thread executes on the designated CPUs. Default is to monitor all CPUs.
 --syscalls::
 	Trace system calls. This options is enabled by default.
 
+--event::
+	Trace other events, see 'perf list' for a complete list.
+
 PAGEFAULTS
 ----------
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf.txt
index 1e8e400b4493..2b131776363e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf.txt
@@ -13,11 +13,16 @@ SYNOPSIS
 OPTIONS
 -------
 --debug::
-	Setup debug variable (just verbose for now) in value
+	Setup debug variable (see list below) in value
 	range (0, 10). Use like:
 	  --debug verbose   # sets verbose = 1
 	  --debug verbose=2 # sets verbose = 2
 
+	List of debug variables allowed to set:
+	  verbose          - general debug messages
+	  ordered-events   - ordered events object debug messages
+	  data-convert     - data convert command debug messages
+
 --buildid-dir::
 	Setup buildid cache directory. It has higher priority than
 	buildid.dir config file option.
diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
index efc5158738f4..ec4c063ed9f3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
@@ -68,7 +68,9 @@ include config/utilities.mak
 # for reading the x32 mode 32-bit compatibility VDSO in 64-bit mode
 #
 # Define NO_ZLIB if you do not want to support compressed kernel modules
-
+#
+# Define NO_LIBBABELTRACE if you do not want libbabeltrace support
+# for CTF data format.
 
 ifeq ($(srctree),)
 srctree := $(patsubst %/,%,$(dir $(shell pwd)))
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-data.c b/tools/perf/builtin-data.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9705ba7e4c16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-data.c
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+#include <linux/compiler.h>
+#include "builtin.h"
+#include "perf.h"
+#include "debug.h"
+#include "parse-options.h"
+#include "data-convert-bt.h"
+
+typedef int (*data_cmd_fn_t)(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
+
+struct data_cmd {
+	const char	*name;
+	const char	*summary;
+	data_cmd_fn_t	fn;
+};
+
+static struct data_cmd data_cmds[];
+
+#define for_each_cmd(cmd) \
+	for (cmd = data_cmds; cmd && cmd->name; cmd++)
+
+static const struct option data_options[] = {
+	OPT_END()
+};
+
+static const char * const data_usage[] = {
+	"perf data [<common options>] <command> [<options>]",
+	NULL
+};
+
+static void print_usage(void)
+{
+	struct data_cmd *cmd;
+
+	printf("Usage:\n");
+	printf("\t%s\n\n", data_usage[0]);
+	printf("\tAvailable commands:\n");
+
+	for_each_cmd(cmd) {
+		printf("\t %s\t- %s\n", cmd->name, cmd->summary);
+	}
+
+	printf("\n");
+}
+
+static const char * const data_convert_usage[] = {
+	"perf data convert [<options>]",
+	NULL
+};
+
+static int cmd_data_convert(int argc, const char **argv,
+			    const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
+{
+	const char *to_ctf     = NULL;
+	const struct option options[] = {
+		OPT_INCR('v', "verbose", &verbose, "be more verbose"),
+		OPT_STRING('i', "input", &input_name, "file", "input file name"),
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBBABELTRACE_SUPPORT
+		OPT_STRING(0, "to-ctf", &to_ctf, NULL, "Convert to CTF format"),
+#endif
+		OPT_END()
+	};
+
+#ifndef HAVE_LIBBABELTRACE_SUPPORT
+	pr_err("No conversion support compiled in.\n");
+	return -1;
+#endif
+
+	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, options,
+			     data_convert_usage, 0);
+	if (argc) {
+		usage_with_options(data_convert_usage, options);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	if (to_ctf) {
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBBABELTRACE_SUPPORT
+		return bt_convert__perf2ctf(input_name, to_ctf);
+#else
+		pr_err("The libbabeltrace support is not compiled in.\n");
+		return -1;
+#endif
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static struct data_cmd data_cmds[] = {
+	{ "convert", "converts data file between formats", cmd_data_convert },
+	{ NULL },
+};
+
+int cmd_data(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
+{
+	struct data_cmd *cmd;
+	const char *cmdstr;
+
+	/* No command specified. */
+	if (argc < 2)
+		goto usage;
+
+	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, data_options, data_usage,
+			     PARSE_OPT_STOP_AT_NON_OPTION);
+	if (argc < 1)
+		goto usage;
+
+	cmdstr = argv[0];
+
+	for_each_cmd(cmd) {
+		if (strcmp(cmd->name, cmdstr))
+			continue;
+
+		return cmd->fn(argc, argv, prefix);
+	}
+
+	pr_err("Unknown command: %s\n", cmdstr);
+usage:
+	print_usage();
+	return -1;
+}
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index d0d02a811ecd..4fdad06d37db 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -839,6 +839,8 @@ struct option __record_options[] = {
 		    "use per-thread mmaps"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('I', "intr-regs", &record.opts.sample_intr_regs,
 		    "Sample machine registers on interrupt"),
+	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "running-time", &record.opts.running_time,
+		    "Record running/enabled time of read (:S) events"),
 	OPT_END()
 };
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c b/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c
index 891c3930080e..7ce296618717 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c
@@ -1473,9 +1473,9 @@ static int perf_sched__read_events(struct perf_sched *sched,
 			goto out_delete;
 		}
 
-		sched->nr_events      = session->stats.nr_events[0];
-		sched->nr_lost_events = session->stats.total_lost;
-		sched->nr_lost_chunks = session->stats.nr_events[PERF_RECORD_LOST];
+		sched->nr_events      = session->evlist->stats.nr_events[0];
+		sched->nr_lost_events = session->evlist->stats.total_lost;
+		sched->nr_lost_chunks = session->evlist->stats.nr_events[PERF_RECORD_LOST];
 	}
 
 	if (psession)
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
index c4c7eac69de4..5fb8723c7128 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
@@ -716,7 +716,7 @@ static void perf_event__process_sample(struct perf_tool *tool,
 
 	if (!machine) {
 		pr_err("%u unprocessable samples recorded.\r",
-		       top->session->stats.nr_unprocessable_samples++);
+		       top->session->evlist->stats.nr_unprocessable_samples++);
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -856,7 +856,7 @@ static void perf_top__mmap_read_idx(struct perf_top *top, int idx)
 			hists__inc_nr_events(evsel__hists(evsel), event->header.type);
 			machine__process_event(machine, event, &sample);
 		} else
-			++session->stats.nr_unknown_events;
+			++session->evlist->stats.nr_unknown_events;
 next_event:
 		perf_evlist__mmap_consume(top->evlist, idx);
 	}
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
index b1c1df9bfb26..5cd8497445fe 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-trace.c
@@ -1229,6 +1229,10 @@ struct trace {
 	const char 		*last_vfs_getname;
 	struct intlist		*tid_list;
 	struct intlist		*pid_list;
+	struct {
+		size_t		nr;
+		pid_t		*entries;
+	}			filter_pids;
 	double			duration_filter;
 	double			runtime_ms;
 	struct {
@@ -1840,7 +1844,11 @@ static int trace__event_handler(struct trace *trace, struct perf_evsel *evsel,
 {
 	trace__printf_interrupted_entry(trace, sample);
 	trace__fprintf_tstamp(trace, sample->time, trace->output);
-	fprintf(trace->output, "(%9.9s): %s:", " ", evsel->name);
+
+	if (trace->trace_syscalls)
+		fprintf(trace->output, "(         ): ");
+
+	fprintf(trace->output, "%s:", evsel->name);
 
 	if (evsel->tp_format) {
 		event_format__fprintf(evsel->tp_format, sample->cpu,
@@ -2084,10 +2092,39 @@ static int perf_evlist__add_pgfault(struct perf_evlist *evlist,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static void trace__handle_event(struct trace *trace, union perf_event *event, struct perf_sample *sample)
+{
+	const u32 type = event->header.type;
+	struct perf_evsel *evsel;
+
+	if (!trace->full_time && trace->base_time == 0)
+		trace->base_time = sample->time;
+
+	if (type != PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE) {
+		trace__process_event(trace, trace->host, event, sample);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	evsel = perf_evlist__id2evsel(trace->evlist, sample->id);
+	if (evsel == NULL) {
+		fprintf(trace->output, "Unknown tp ID %" PRIu64 ", skipping...\n", sample->id);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	if (evsel->attr.type == PERF_TYPE_TRACEPOINT &&
+	    sample->raw_data == NULL) {
+		fprintf(trace->output, "%s sample with no payload for tid: %d, cpu %d, raw_size=%d, skipping...\n",
+		       perf_evsel__name(evsel), sample->tid,
+		       sample->cpu, sample->raw_size);
+	} else {
+		tracepoint_handler handler = evsel->handler;
+		handler(trace, evsel, event, sample);
+	}
+}
+
 static int trace__run(struct trace *trace, int argc, const char **argv)
 {
 	struct perf_evlist *evlist = trace->evlist;
-	struct perf_evsel *evsel;
 	int err = -1, i;
 	unsigned long before;
 	const bool forks = argc > 0;
@@ -2147,6 +2184,22 @@ static int trace__run(struct trace *trace, int argc, const char **argv)
 	if (err < 0)
 		goto out_error_open;
 
+	/*
+	 * Better not use !target__has_task() here because we need to cover the
+	 * case where no threads were specified in the command line, but a
+	 * workload was, and in that case we will fill in the thread_map when
+	 * we fork the workload in perf_evlist__prepare_workload.
+	 */
+	if (trace->filter_pids.nr > 0)
+		err = perf_evlist__set_filter_pids(evlist, trace->filter_pids.nr, trace->filter_pids.entries);
+	else if (evlist->threads->map[0] == -1)
+		err = perf_evlist__set_filter_pid(evlist, getpid());
+
+	if (err < 0) {
+		printf("err=%d,%s\n", -err, strerror(-err));
+		exit(1);
+	}
+
 	err = perf_evlist__mmap(evlist, trace->opts.mmap_pages, false);
 	if (err < 0)
 		goto out_error_mmap;
@@ -2166,8 +2219,6 @@ again:
 		union perf_event *event;
 
 		while ((event = perf_evlist__mmap_read(evlist, i)) != NULL) {
-			const u32 type = event->header.type;
-			tracepoint_handler handler;
 			struct perf_sample sample;
 
 			++trace->nr_events;
@@ -2178,30 +2229,7 @@ again:
 				goto next_event;
 			}
 
-			if (!trace->full_time && trace->base_time == 0)
-				trace->base_time = sample.time;
-
-			if (type != PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE) {
-				trace__process_event(trace, trace->host, event, &sample);
-				continue;
-			}
-
-			evsel = perf_evlist__id2evsel(evlist, sample.id);
-			if (evsel == NULL) {
-				fprintf(trace->output, "Unknown tp ID %" PRIu64 ", skipping...\n", sample.id);
-				goto next_event;
-			}
-
-			if (evsel->attr.type == PERF_TYPE_TRACEPOINT &&
-			    sample.raw_data == NULL) {
-				fprintf(trace->output, "%s sample with no payload for tid: %d, cpu %d, raw_size=%d, skipping...\n",
-				       perf_evsel__name(evsel), sample.tid,
-				       sample.cpu, sample.raw_size);
-				goto next_event;
-			}
-
-			handler = evsel->handler;
-			handler(trace, evsel, event, &sample);
+			trace__handle_event(trace, event, &sample);
 next_event:
 			perf_evlist__mmap_consume(evlist, i);
 
@@ -2478,6 +2506,38 @@ static int trace__set_duration(const struct option *opt, const char *str,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int trace__set_filter_pids(const struct option *opt, const char *str,
+				  int unset __maybe_unused)
+{
+	int ret = -1;
+	size_t i;
+	struct trace *trace = opt->value;
+	/*
+	 * FIXME: introduce a intarray class, plain parse csv and create a
+	 * { int nr, int entries[] } struct...
+	 */
+	struct intlist *list = intlist__new(str);
+
+	if (list == NULL)
+		return -1;
+
+	i = trace->filter_pids.nr = intlist__nr_entries(list) + 1;
+	trace->filter_pids.entries = calloc(i, sizeof(pid_t));
+
+	if (trace->filter_pids.entries == NULL)
+		goto out;
+
+	trace->filter_pids.entries[0] = getpid();
+
+	for (i = 1; i < trace->filter_pids.nr; ++i)
+		trace->filter_pids.entries[i] = intlist__entry(list, i - 1)->i;
+
+	intlist__delete(list);
+	ret = 0;
+out:
+	return ret;
+}
+
 static int trace__open_output(struct trace *trace, const char *filename)
 {
 	struct stat st;
@@ -2568,6 +2628,8 @@ int cmd_trace(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 		    "trace events on existing process id"),
 	OPT_STRING('t', "tid", &trace.opts.target.tid, "tid",
 		    "trace events on existing thread id"),
+	OPT_CALLBACK(0, "filter-pids", &trace, "float",
+		     "show only events with duration > N.M ms", trace__set_filter_pids),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('a', "all-cpus", &trace.opts.target.system_wide,
 		    "system-wide collection from all CPUs"),
 	OPT_STRING('C', "cpu", &trace.opts.target.cpu_list, "cpu",
@@ -2598,6 +2660,9 @@ int cmd_trace(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 	int err;
 	char bf[BUFSIZ];
 
+	signal(SIGSEGV, sighandler_dump_stack);
+	signal(SIGFPE, sighandler_dump_stack);
+
 	trace.evlist = perf_evlist__new();
 	if (trace.evlist == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin.h b/tools/perf/builtin.h
index b210d62907e4..3688ad29085f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin.h
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin.h
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ extern int cmd_test(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
 extern int cmd_trace(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
 extern int cmd_inject(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
 extern int cmd_mem(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
+extern int cmd_data(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
 
 extern int find_scripts(char **scripts_array, char **scripts_path_array);
 #endif
diff --git a/tools/perf/command-list.txt b/tools/perf/command-list.txt
index 0906fc401c52..00fcaf8a5b8d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/command-list.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/command-list.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ perf-archive			mainporcelain common
 perf-bench			mainporcelain common
 perf-buildid-cache		mainporcelain common
 perf-buildid-list		mainporcelain common
+perf-data			mainporcelain common
 perf-diff			mainporcelain common
 perf-evlist			mainporcelain common
 perf-inject			mainporcelain common
diff --git a/tools/perf/config/Makefile b/tools/perf/config/Makefile
index b97a7b903a23..c3570b5f3bf3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/config/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/config/Makefile
@@ -96,6 +96,17 @@ ifndef NO_LIBELF
   FEATURE_CHECK_LDFLAGS-libdw-dwarf-unwind := $(LIBDW_LDFLAGS) -ldw
 endif
 
+ifndef NO_LIBBABELTRACE
+  # for linking with debug library, run like:
+  # make DEBUG=1 LIBBABELTRACE_DIR=/opt/libbabeltrace/
+  ifdef LIBBABELTRACE_DIR
+    LIBBABELTRACE_CFLAGS  := -I$(LIBBABELTRACE_DIR)/include
+    LIBBABELTRACE_LDFLAGS := -L$(LIBBABELTRACE_DIR)/lib
+  endif
+  FEATURE_CHECK_CFLAGS-libbabeltrace := $(LIBBABELTRACE_CFLAGS)
+  FEATURE_CHECK_LDFLAGS-libbabeltrace := $(LIBBABELTRACE_LDFLAGS) -lbabeltrace-ctf
+endif
+
 # include ARCH specific config
 -include $(src-perf)/arch/$(ARCH)/Makefile
 
@@ -216,6 +227,7 @@ CORE_FEATURE_TESTS =			\
 	stackprotector-all		\
 	timerfd				\
 	libdw-dwarf-unwind		\
+	libbabeltrace			\
 	zlib
 
 LIB_FEATURE_TESTS =			\
@@ -231,6 +243,7 @@ LIB_FEATURE_TESTS =			\
 	libslang			\
 	libunwind			\
 	libdw-dwarf-unwind		\
+	libbabeltrace			\
 	zlib
 
 VF_FEATURE_TESTS =			\
@@ -692,6 +705,18 @@ else
   NO_PERF_READ_VDSOX32 := 1
 endif
 
+ifndef NO_LIBBABELTRACE
+  ifeq ($(feature-libbabeltrace), 0)
+    msg := $(warning No libbabeltrace found, disables 'perf data' CTF format support, please install libbabeltrace-devel/libbabeltrace-ctf-dev);
+    NO_LIBBABELTRACE := 1
+  else
+    CFLAGS += -DHAVE_LIBBABELTRACE_SUPPORT $(LIBBABELTRACE_CFLAGS)
+    LDFLAGS += $(LIBBABELTRACE_LDFLAGS)
+    EXTLIBS += -lbabeltrace-ctf
+    $(call detected,CONFIG_LIBBABELTRACE)
+  endif
+endif
+
 # Among the variables below, these:
 #   perfexecdir
 #   template_dir
diff --git a/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/Makefile b/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/Makefile
index b32ff3372514..70c9aebe9da3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/Makefile
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ FILES=					\
 	test-stackprotector-all.bin	\
 	test-timerfd.bin		\
 	test-libdw-dwarf-unwind.bin	\
+	test-libbabeltrace.bin		\
 	test-compile-32.bin		\
 	test-compile-x32.bin		\
 	test-zlib.bin
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ BUILD = $(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o $(OUTPUT)$@ $(patsubst %.bin,%.c,$@) $(LDFLAGS)
 ###############################
 
 test-all.bin:
-	$(BUILD) -Werror -fstack-protector-all -O2 -Werror -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -ldw -lelf -lnuma -lelf -laudit -I/usr/include/slang -lslang $(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --libs --cflags gtk+-2.0 2>/dev/null) $(FLAGS_PERL_EMBED) $(FLAGS_PYTHON_EMBED) -DPACKAGE='"perf"' -lbfd -ldl -lz
+	$(BUILD) -Werror -fstack-protector-all -O2 -Werror -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -ldw -lelf -lnuma -lelf -laudit -I/usr/include/slang -lslang $(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --libs --cflags gtk+-2.0 2>/dev/null) $(FLAGS_PERL_EMBED) $(FLAGS_PYTHON_EMBED) -DPACKAGE='"perf"' -lbfd -ldl -lz -lbabeltrace
 
 test-hello.bin:
 	$(BUILD)
@@ -133,7 +134,10 @@ test-timerfd.bin:
 	$(BUILD)
 
 test-libdw-dwarf-unwind.bin:
-	$(BUILD)
+	$(BUILD) # -ldw provided by $(FEATURE_CHECK_LDFLAGS-libdw-dwarf-unwind)
+
+test-libbabeltrace.bin:
+	$(BUILD) # -lbabeltrace provided by $(FEATURE_CHECK_LDFLAGS-libbabeltrace)
 
 test-sync-compare-and-swap.bin:
 	$(BUILD) -Werror
diff --git a/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/test-all.c b/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/test-all.c
index 6d4d09323922..1ffc3da5ca10 100644
--- a/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/test-all.c
+++ b/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/test-all.c
@@ -101,6 +101,10 @@
 # include "test-pthread_attr_setaffinity_np.c"
 #undef main
 
+#define main main_test_libbabeltrace
+# include "test-libbabeltrace.c"
+#undef main
+
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
 	main_test_libpython();
@@ -126,6 +130,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	main_test_sync_compare_and_swap(argc, argv);
 	main_test_zlib();
 	main_test_pthread_attr_setaffinity_np();
+	main_test_libbabeltrace();
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/test-libbabeltrace.c b/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/test-libbabeltrace.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3b7dd68a4d52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/config/feature-checks/test-libbabeltrace.c
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+
+#include <babeltrace/ctf-writer/writer.h>
+
+int main(void)
+{
+	bt_ctf_stream_class_get_packet_context_type((void *) 0);
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/tools/perf/perf.c b/tools/perf/perf.c
index 3700a7faca6c..f3c66b81c6be 100644
--- a/tools/perf/perf.c
+++ b/tools/perf/perf.c
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ static struct cmd_struct commands[] = {
 #endif
 	{ "inject",	cmd_inject,	0 },
 	{ "mem",	cmd_mem,	0 },
+	{ "data",	cmd_data,	0 },
 };
 
 struct pager_config {
diff --git a/tools/perf/perf.h b/tools/perf/perf.h
index 1dabb8553499..1caa70a4a9e1 100644
--- a/tools/perf/perf.h
+++ b/tools/perf/perf.h
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ struct record_opts {
 	bool	     sample_time;
 	bool	     period;
 	bool	     sample_intr_regs;
+	bool	     running_time;
 	unsigned int freq;
 	unsigned int mmap_pages;
 	unsigned int user_freq;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/Build b/tools/perf/util/Build
index 32f9327b1a97..a2c8047d25f7 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/Build
+++ b/tools/perf/util/Build
@@ -88,6 +88,8 @@ libperf-$(CONFIG_DWARF) += dwarf-aux.o
 libperf-$(CONFIG_LIBDW_DWARF_UNWIND) += unwind-libdw.o
 libperf-$(CONFIG_LIBUNWIND)          += unwind-libunwind.o
 
+libperf-$(CONFIG_LIBBABELTRACE) += data-convert-bt.o
+
 libperf-y += scripting-engines/
 
 libperf-$(CONFIG_PERF_REGS) += perf_regs.o
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/data-convert-bt.c b/tools/perf/util/data-convert-bt.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e372e03ff480
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/util/data-convert-bt.c
@@ -0,0 +1,614 @@
+/*
+ * CTF writing support via babeltrace.
+ *