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/symbol.h"
25 static int fd[MAX_NR_CPUS][MAX_COUNTERS];
27 static long default_interval = 0;
29 static int nr_cpus = 0;
30 static unsigned int page_size;
31 static unsigned int mmap_pages = 128;
32 static int freq = 1000;
34 static const char *output_name = "perf.data";
36 static unsigned int realtime_prio = 0;
37 static int raw_samples = 0;
38 static int system_wide = 0;
39 static int profile_cpu = -1;
40 static pid_t target_pid = -1;
41 static pid_t child_pid = -1;
42 static int inherit = 1;
44 static int append_file = 0;
45 static int call_graph = 0;
46 static int inherit_stat = 0;
47 static int no_samples = 0;
48 static int sample_address = 0;
49 static int multiplex = 0;
50 static int multiplex_fd = -1;
52 static long samples = 0;
53 static struct timeval last_read;
54 static struct timeval this_read;
56 static u64 bytes_written = 0;
58 static struct pollfd event_array[MAX_NR_CPUS * MAX_COUNTERS];
60 static int nr_poll = 0;
61 static int nr_cpu = 0;
63 static int file_new = 1;
65 struct perf_header *header = NULL;
74 static struct mmap_data mmap_array[MAX_NR_CPUS][MAX_COUNTERS];
76 static unsigned long mmap_read_head(struct mmap_data *md)
78 struct perf_event_mmap_page *pc = md->base;
87 static void mmap_write_tail(struct mmap_data *md, unsigned long tail)
89 struct perf_event_mmap_page *pc = md->base;
92 * ensure all reads are done before we write the tail out.
98 static void write_output(void *buf, size_t size)
101 int ret = write(output, buf, size);
104 die("failed to write");
109 bytes_written += ret;
113 static void write_event(event_t *buf, size_t size)
116 * Add it to the list of DSOs, so that when we finish this
117 * record session we can pick the available build-ids.
119 if (buf->header.type == PERF_RECORD_MMAP)
120 dsos__findnew(buf->mmap.filename);
122 write_output(buf, size);
125 static int process_synthesized_event(event_t *event)
127 write_event(event, event->header.size);
131 static void mmap_read(struct mmap_data *md)
133 unsigned int head = mmap_read_head(md);
134 unsigned int old = md->prev;
135 unsigned char *data = md->base + page_size;
140 gettimeofday(&this_read, NULL);
143 * If we're further behind than half the buffer, there's a chance
144 * the writer will bite our tail and mess up the samples under us.
146 * If we somehow ended up ahead of the head, we got messed up.
148 * In either case, truncate and restart at head.
155 timersub(&this_read, &last_read, &iv);
156 msecs = iv.tv_sec*1000 + iv.tv_usec/1000;
158 fprintf(stderr, "WARNING: failed to keep up with mmap data."
159 " Last read %lu msecs ago.\n", msecs);
162 * head points to a known good entry, start there.
167 last_read = this_read;
174 if ((old & md->mask) + size != (head & md->mask)) {
175 buf = &data[old & md->mask];
176 size = md->mask + 1 - (old & md->mask);
179 write_event(buf, size);
182 buf = &data[old & md->mask];
186 write_event(buf, size);
189 mmap_write_tail(md, old);
192 static volatile int done = 0;
193 static volatile int signr = -1;
195 static void sig_handler(int sig)
201 static void sig_atexit(void)
204 kill(child_pid, SIGTERM);
209 signal(signr, SIG_DFL);
210 kill(getpid(), signr);
215 static struct perf_header_attr *get_header_attr(struct perf_event_attr *a, int nr)
217 struct perf_header_attr *h_attr;
219 if (nr < header->attrs) {
220 h_attr = header->attr[nr];
222 h_attr = perf_header_attr__new(a);
224 if (perf_header__add_attr(header, h_attr) < 0) {
225 perf_header_attr__delete(h_attr);
233 static void create_counter(int counter, int cpu, pid_t pid)
235 char *filter = filters[counter];
236 struct perf_event_attr *attr = attrs + counter;
237 struct perf_header_attr *h_attr;
238 int track = !counter; /* only the first counter needs these */
247 attr->read_format = PERF_FORMAT_TOTAL_TIME_ENABLED |
248 PERF_FORMAT_TOTAL_TIME_RUNNING |
251 attr->sample_type |= PERF_SAMPLE_IP | PERF_SAMPLE_TID;
254 attr->sample_type |= PERF_SAMPLE_PERIOD;
256 attr->sample_freq = freq;
260 attr->sample_freq = 0;
263 attr->inherit_stat = 1;
266 attr->sample_type |= PERF_SAMPLE_ADDR;
269 attr->sample_type |= PERF_SAMPLE_CALLCHAIN;
272 attr->sample_type |= PERF_SAMPLE_TIME;
273 attr->sample_type |= PERF_SAMPLE_RAW;
274 attr->sample_type |= PERF_SAMPLE_CPU;
279 attr->inherit = (cpu < 0) && inherit;
283 fd[nr_cpu][counter] = sys_perf_event_open(attr, pid, cpu, group_fd, 0);
285 if (fd[nr_cpu][counter] < 0) {
288 if (err == EPERM || err == EACCES)
289 die("Permission error - are you root?\n");
290 else if (err == ENODEV && profile_cpu != -1)
291 die("No such device - did you specify an out-of-range profile CPU?\n");
294 * If it's cycles then fall back to hrtimer
295 * based cpu-clock-tick sw counter, which
296 * is always available even if no PMU support:
298 if (attr->type == PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE
299 && attr->config == PERF_COUNT_HW_CPU_CYCLES) {
302 warning(" ... trying to fall back to cpu-clock-ticks\n");
303 attr->type = PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE;
304 attr->config = PERF_COUNT_SW_CPU_CLOCK;
308 error("perfcounter syscall returned with %d (%s)\n",
309 fd[nr_cpu][counter], strerror(err));
310 die("No CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS=y kernel support configured?\n");
314 h_attr = get_header_attr(attr, counter);
319 if (memcmp(&h_attr->attr, attr, sizeof(*attr))) {
320 fprintf(stderr, "incompatible append\n");
325 if (read(fd[nr_cpu][counter], &read_data, sizeof(read_data)) == -1) {
326 perror("Unable to read perf file descriptor\n");
330 perf_header_attr__add_id(h_attr, read_data.id);
332 assert(fd[nr_cpu][counter] >= 0);
333 fcntl(fd[nr_cpu][counter], F_SETFL, O_NONBLOCK);
336 * First counter acts as the group leader:
338 if (group && group_fd == -1)
339 group_fd = fd[nr_cpu][counter];
340 if (multiplex && multiplex_fd == -1)
341 multiplex_fd = fd[nr_cpu][counter];
343 if (multiplex && fd[nr_cpu][counter] != multiplex_fd) {
345 ret = ioctl(fd[nr_cpu][counter], PERF_EVENT_IOC_SET_OUTPUT, multiplex_fd);
348 event_array[nr_poll].fd = fd[nr_cpu][counter];
349 event_array[nr_poll].events = POLLIN;
352 mmap_array[nr_cpu][counter].counter = counter;
353 mmap_array[nr_cpu][counter].prev = 0;
354 mmap_array[nr_cpu][counter].mask = mmap_pages*page_size - 1;
355 mmap_array[nr_cpu][counter].base = mmap(NULL, (mmap_pages+1)*page_size,
356 PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED, fd[nr_cpu][counter], 0);
357 if (mmap_array[nr_cpu][counter].base == MAP_FAILED) {
358 error("failed to mmap with %d (%s)\n", errno, strerror(errno));
363 if (filter != NULL) {
364 ret = ioctl(fd[nr_cpu][counter],
365 PERF_EVENT_IOC_SET_FILTER, filter);
367 error("failed to set filter with %d (%s)\n", errno,
373 ioctl(fd[nr_cpu][counter], PERF_EVENT_IOC_ENABLE);
376 static void open_counters(int cpu, pid_t pid)
381 for (counter = 0; counter < nr_counters; counter++)
382 create_counter(counter, cpu, pid);
387 static void atexit_header(void)
389 header->data_size += bytes_written;
391 perf_header__write(header, output, true);
394 static int __cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv)
401 unsigned long waking = 0;
403 page_size = sysconf(_SC_PAGE_SIZE);
404 nr_cpus = sysconf(_SC_NPROCESSORS_ONLN);
405 assert(nr_cpus <= MAX_NR_CPUS);
406 assert(nr_cpus >= 0);
409 signal(SIGCHLD, sig_handler);
410 signal(SIGINT, sig_handler);
412 if (!stat(output_name, &st) && st.st_size) {
413 if (!force && !append_file) {
414 fprintf(stderr, "Error, output file %s exists, use -A to append or -f to overwrite.\n",
422 flags = O_CREAT|O_RDWR;
428 output = open(output_name, flags, S_IRUSR|S_IWUSR);
430 perror("failed to create output file");
435 header = perf_header__read(output);
437 header = perf_header__new();
440 perf_header__set_feat(header, HEADER_TRACE_INFO);
442 for (i = 0; i < nr_counters; i++) {
443 if (attrs[i].sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_RAW) {
444 perf_header__set_feat(header, HEADER_TRACE_INFO);
450 atexit(atexit_header);
457 open_counters(profile_cpu, pid);
459 if (profile_cpu != -1) {
460 open_counters(profile_cpu, target_pid);
462 for (i = 0; i < nr_cpus; i++)
463 open_counters(i, target_pid);
468 perf_header__write(header, output, false);
471 event__synthesize_thread(pid, process_synthesized_event);
473 event__synthesize_threads(process_synthesized_event);
475 if (target_pid == -1 && argc) {
478 die("failed to fork");
481 if (execvp(argv[0], (char **)argv)) {
487 * Wait a bit for the execv'ed child to appear
488 * and be updated in /proc
489 * FIXME: Do you know a less heuristical solution?
492 event__synthesize_thread(pid,
493 process_synthesized_event);
500 struct sched_param param;
502 param.sched_priority = realtime_prio;
503 if (sched_setscheduler(0, SCHED_FIFO, ¶m)) {
504 pr_err("Could not set realtime priority.\n");
512 for (i = 0; i < nr_cpu; i++) {
513 for (counter = 0; counter < nr_counters; counter++) {
514 if (mmap_array[i][counter].base)
515 mmap_read(&mmap_array[i][counter]);
519 if (hits == samples) {
522 ret = poll(event_array, nr_poll, -1);
527 for (i = 0; i < nr_cpu; i++) {
528 for (counter = 0; counter < nr_counters; counter++)
529 ioctl(fd[i][counter], PERF_EVENT_IOC_DISABLE);
534 fprintf(stderr, "[ perf record: Woken up %ld times to write data ]\n", waking);
537 * Approximate RIP event size: 24 bytes.
540 "[ perf record: Captured and wrote %.3f MB %s (~%lld samples) ]\n",
541 (double)bytes_written / 1024.0 / 1024.0,
548 static const char * const record_usage[] = {
549 "perf record [<options>] [<command>]",
550 "perf record [<options>] -- <command> [<options>]",
554 static const struct option options[] = {
555 OPT_CALLBACK('e', "event", NULL, "event",
556 "event selector. use 'perf list' to list available events",
558 OPT_CALLBACK(0, "filter", NULL, "filter",
559 "event filter", parse_filter),
560 OPT_INTEGER('p', "pid", &target_pid,
561 "record events on existing pid"),
562 OPT_INTEGER('r', "realtime", &realtime_prio,
563 "collect data with this RT SCHED_FIFO priority"),
564 OPT_BOOLEAN('R', "raw-samples", &raw_samples,
565 "collect raw sample records from all opened counters"),
566 OPT_BOOLEAN('a', "all-cpus", &system_wide,
567 "system-wide collection from all CPUs"),
568 OPT_BOOLEAN('A', "append", &append_file,
569 "append to the output file to do incremental profiling"),
570 OPT_INTEGER('C', "profile_cpu", &profile_cpu,
571 "CPU to profile on"),
572 OPT_BOOLEAN('f', "force", &force,
573 "overwrite existing data file"),
574 OPT_LONG('c', "count", &default_interval,
575 "event period to sample"),
576 OPT_STRING('o', "output", &output_name, "file",
578 OPT_BOOLEAN('i', "inherit", &inherit,
579 "child tasks inherit counters"),
580 OPT_INTEGER('F', "freq", &freq,
581 "profile at this frequency"),
582 OPT_INTEGER('m', "mmap-pages", &mmap_pages,
583 "number of mmap data pages"),
584 OPT_BOOLEAN('g', "call-graph", &call_graph,
585 "do call-graph (stack chain/backtrace) recording"),
586 OPT_BOOLEAN('v', "verbose", &verbose,
587 "be more verbose (show counter open errors, etc)"),
588 OPT_BOOLEAN('s', "stat", &inherit_stat,
589 "per thread counts"),
590 OPT_BOOLEAN('d', "data", &sample_address,
592 OPT_BOOLEAN('n', "no-samples", &no_samples,
594 OPT_BOOLEAN('M', "multiplex", &multiplex,
595 "multiplex counter output in a single channel"),
599 int cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __used)
605 argc = parse_options(argc, argv, options, record_usage,
606 PARSE_OPT_STOP_AT_NON_OPTION);
607 if (!argc && target_pid == -1 && !system_wide)
608 usage_with_options(record_usage, options);
612 attrs[0].type = PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE;
613 attrs[0].config = PERF_COUNT_HW_CPU_CYCLES;
617 * User specified count overrides default frequency.
619 if (default_interval)
622 default_interval = freq;
624 fprintf(stderr, "frequency and count are zero, aborting\n");
628 for (counter = 0; counter < nr_counters; counter++) {
629 if (attrs[counter].sample_period)
632 attrs[counter].sample_period = default_interval;
635 return __cmd_record(argc, argv);