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| author | Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> | 2023-12-13 03:13:19 +0300 |
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| committer | Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> | 2023-12-24 04:39:42 +0300 |
| commit | e2c1c8ff2d2ffec340b8fc73ee13b8fb516d1c6d (patch) | |
| tree | 5271f109f05f8f379549a9756d25f61013fb7347 /tools/perf/Documentation | |
| parent | 871304a79f755b2ab594bbd21857ecb4c4aa57c9 (diff) | |
| download | linux-e2c1c8ff2d2ffec340b8fc73ee13b8fb516d1c6d.tar.xz | |
perf report: Add 'symoff' sort key
The symoff sort key is to print symbol and offset of sample. This is
useful for data type profiling to show exact instruction in the function
which refers the data.
$ perf report -s type,sym,typeoff,symoff --hierarchy
...
# Overhead Data Type / Symbol / Data Type Offset / Symbol Offset
# .............. .....................................................
#
1.23% struct cfs_rq
0.84% update_blocked_averages
0.19% struct cfs_rq +336 (leaf_cfs_rq_list.next)
0.19% [k] update_blocked_averages+0x96
0.19% struct cfs_rq +0 (load.weight)
0.14% [k] update_blocked_averages+0x104
0.04% [k] update_blocked_averages+0x31c
0.17% struct cfs_rq +404 (throttle_count)
0.12% [k] update_blocked_averages+0x9d
0.05% [k] update_blocked_averages+0x1f9
0.08% struct cfs_rq +272 (propagate)
0.07% [k] update_blocked_averages+0x3d3
0.02% [k] update_blocked_averages+0x45b
...
Committer testing:
# perf report --stdio -s type,typeoff,symoff
# To display the perf.data header info, please use --header/--header-only options.
#
#
# Total Lost Samples: 0
#
# Samples: 4 of event 'cpu_atom/mem-loads,ldlat=30/P'
# Event count (approx.): 7
#
# Overhead Data Type Data Type Offset Symbol Offset
# ........ ......... ................ .............
#
42.86% struct list_head struct list_head +8 (prev) [k] __list_del_entry_valid_or_report+0x7
28.57% (unknown) (unknown) +0 (no field) [.] _nl_intern_locale_data+0x25
14.29% char char +0 (no field) [k] strncpy_from_user+0xa5
14.29% (unknown) (unknown) +0 (no field) [.] _dl_lookup_symbol_x+0x50
#
# (Tip: To change sampling frequency to 100 Hz: perf record -F 100)
#
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Cc: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Cc: linux-toolchains@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-trace-devel@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231213001323.718046-14-namhyung@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'tools/perf/Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt | 1 |
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt index b57eb51b47aa..38f59ac064f7 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt @@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ OPTIONS - simd: Flags describing a SIMD operation. "e" for empty Arm SVE predicate. "p" for partial Arm SVE predicate - type: Data type of sample memory access. - typeoff: Offset in the data type of sample memory access. + - symoff: Offset in the symbol. By default, comm, dso and symbol keys are used. (i.e. --sort comm,dso,symbol) |