linux/tools
Adrian Hunter eeb399b531 perf record: Put a copy of kcore into the perf.data directory
Add a new 'perf record' option '--kcore' which will put a copy of
/proc/kcore, kallsyms and modules into a perf.data directory. Note, that
without the --kcore option, output goes to a file as previously.  The
tools' -o and -i options work with either a file name or directory name.

Example:

  $ sudo perf record --kcore uname

  $ sudo tree perf.data
  perf.data
  ├── kcore_dir
  │   ├── kallsyms
  │   ├── kcore
  │   └── modules
  └── data

  $ sudo perf script -v
  build id event received for vmlinux: 1eaa285996affce2d74d8e66dcea09a80c9941de
  build id event received for [vdso]: 8bbaf5dc62a9b644b4d4e4539737e104e4a84541
  Samples for 'cycles' event do not have CPU attribute set. Skipping 'cpu' field.
  Using CPUID GenuineIntel-6-8E-A
  Using perf.data/kcore_dir/kcore for kernel data
  Using perf.data/kcore_dir/kallsyms for symbols
             perf 19058 506778.423729:          1 cycles:  ffffffffa2caa548 native_write_msr+0x8 (vmlinux)
             perf 19058 506778.423733:          1 cycles:  ffffffffa2caa548 native_write_msr+0x8 (vmlinux)
             perf 19058 506778.423734:          7 cycles:  ffffffffa2caa548 native_write_msr+0x8 (vmlinux)
             perf 19058 506778.423736:        117 cycles:  ffffffffa2caa54a native_write_msr+0xa (vmlinux)
             perf 19058 506778.423738:       2092 cycles:  ffffffffa2c9b7b0 native_apic_msr_write+0x0 (vmlinux)
             perf 19058 506778.423740:      37380 cycles:  ffffffffa2f121d0 perf_event_addr_filters_exec+0x0 (vmlinux)
            uname 19058 506778.423751:     582673 cycles:  ffffffffa303a407 propagate_protected_usage+0x147 (vmlinux)
            uname 19058 506778.423892:    2241841 cycles:  ffffffffa2cae0c9 unwind_next_frame.part.5+0x79 (vmlinux)
            uname 19058 506778.424430:    2457397 cycles:  ffffffffa3019232 check_memory_region+0x52 (vmlinux)

Committer testing:

  # rm -rf perf.data*
  # perf record sleep 1
  [ perf record: Woken up 1 times to write data ]
  [ perf record: Captured and wrote 0.024 MB perf.data (7 samples) ]
  # ls -l perf.data
  -rw-------. 1 root root 34772 Oct 21 11:08 perf.data
  # perf record --kcore uname
  Linux
  [ perf record: Woken up 1 times to write data ]
  [ perf record: Captured and wrote 0.024 MB perf.data (7 samples) ]
  ls[root@quaco ~]# ls -lad perf.data*
  drwx------. 3 root root  4096 Oct 21 11:08 perf.data
  -rw-------. 1 root root 34772 Oct 21 11:08 perf.data.old
  # perf evlist -v
  cycles: size: 112, { sample_period, sample_freq }: 4000, sample_type: IP|TID|TIME|PERIOD, read_format: ID, disabled: 1, inherit: 1, mmap: 1, comm: 1, freq: 1, enable_on_exec: 1, task: 1, precise_ip: 3, sample_id_all: 1, exclude_guest: 1, mmap2: 1, comm_exec: 1, ksymbol: 1, bpf_event: 1
  # perf evlist -v -i perf.data/data
  cycles: size: 112, { sample_period, sample_freq }: 4000, sample_type: IP|TID|TIME|PERIOD, read_format: ID, disabled: 1, inherit: 1, mmap: 1, comm: 1, freq: 1, enable_on_exec: 1, task: 1, precise_ip: 3, sample_id_all: 1, exclude_guest: 1, mmap2: 1, comm_exec: 1, ksymbol: 1, bpf_event: 1
  #

Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Link: http://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20191004083121.12182-6-adrian.hunter@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2019-11-06 15:43:05 -03:00
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accounting
arch perf/core improvements and fixes: 2019-10-22 01:15:45 +02:00
bpf tools: bpf: Use !building_out_of_srctree to determine srctree 2019-09-30 10:53:34 +02:00
build tools build: Add capability-related feature detection 2019-08-12 17:14:14 -03:00
cgroup iocost_monitor: Report debt 2019-09-10 12:31:39 -06:00
debugging
firewire
firmware Driver Core and debugfs changes for 5.3-rc1 2019-07-12 12:24:03 -07:00
gpio Bulk GPIO changes for the v5.3 kernel cycle: 2019-07-09 09:07:00 -07:00
hv - First round of vmbus hibernation support from Dexuan Cui. 2019-09-24 12:36:31 -07:00
iio tools: iio: add .gitignore 2019-08-18 20:45:57 +01:00
include tools headers UAPI: Sync sched.h with the kernel 2019-10-15 12:44:00 -03:00
io_uring
kvm/kvm_stat treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 499 2019-06-19 17:09:53 +02:00
laptop treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 505 2019-06-19 17:11:22 +02:00
leds leds: core: Add support for composing LED class device names 2019-07-25 20:07:52 +02:00
lib Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net 2019-10-19 17:09:11 -04:00
memory-model tools/memory-model: Update the informal documentation 2019-08-09 10:28:57 -07:00
nfsd
objtool KVM: x86: Check kvm_rebooting in kvm_spurious_fault() 2019-09-25 15:23:33 +02:00
pci pci-v5.3-changes 2019-07-15 20:44:49 -07:00
pcmcia treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 247 2019-06-19 17:09:08 +02:00
perf perf record: Put a copy of kcore into the perf.data directory 2019-11-06 15:43:05 -03:00
power platform-drivers-x86 for v5.4-2 2019-09-24 12:39:40 -07:00
scripts perf build: Do not use -Wshadow on gcc < 4.8 2019-07-23 09:04:54 -03:00
spi
testing selftests: kvm: fix sync_regs_test with newer gccs 2019-10-22 13:31:18 +02:00
thermal/tmon
time
usb usbip: tools: fix GCC8 warning for strncpy 2019-07-25 18:12:20 +02:00
virtio tools/virtio: xen stub 2019-10-13 09:38:27 -04:00
vm tools/vm/slabinfo: add sorting info to help menu 2019-07-12 11:05:46 -07:00
wmi treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 500 2019-06-19 17:09:55 +02:00
Makefile tools: Keep list of tools in alphabetical order 2019-08-14 10:59:59 -03:00