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"
20 #define ALIGN(x, a) __ALIGN_MASK(x, (typeof(x))(a)-1)
21 #define __ALIGN_MASK(x, mask) (((x)+(mask))&~(mask))
23 static int fd[MAX_NR_CPUS][MAX_COUNTERS];
25 static long default_interval = 100000;
27 static int nr_cpus = 0;
28 static unsigned int page_size;
29 static unsigned int mmap_pages = 128;
32 static const char *output_name = "perf.data";
34 static unsigned int realtime_prio = 0;
35 static int system_wide = 0;
36 static pid_t target_pid = -1;
37 static int inherit = 1;
39 static int append_file = 0;
40 static int call_graph = 0;
41 static int verbose = 0;
44 static struct timeval last_read;
45 static struct timeval this_read;
47 static u64 bytes_written;
49 static struct pollfd event_array[MAX_NR_CPUS * MAX_COUNTERS];
54 static int file_new = 1;
55 static struct perf_file_header file_header;
58 struct perf_event_header header;
64 char filename[PATH_MAX];
68 struct perf_event_header header;
82 static struct mmap_data mmap_array[MAX_NR_CPUS][MAX_COUNTERS];
84 static unsigned long mmap_read_head(struct mmap_data *md)
86 struct perf_counter_mmap_page *pc = md->base;
95 static void mmap_write_tail(struct mmap_data *md, unsigned long tail)
97 struct perf_counter_mmap_page *pc = md->base;
100 * ensure all reads are done before we write the tail out.
103 pc->data_tail = tail;
106 static void write_output(void *buf, size_t size)
109 int ret = write(output, buf, size);
112 die("failed to write");
117 bytes_written += ret;
121 static void mmap_read(struct mmap_data *md)
123 unsigned int head = mmap_read_head(md);
124 unsigned int old = md->prev;
125 unsigned char *data = md->base + page_size;
130 gettimeofday(&this_read, NULL);
133 * If we're further behind than half the buffer, there's a chance
134 * the writer will bite our tail and mess up the samples under us.
136 * If we somehow ended up ahead of the head, we got messed up.
138 * In either case, truncate and restart at head.
145 timersub(&this_read, &last_read, &iv);
146 msecs = iv.tv_sec*1000 + iv.tv_usec/1000;
148 fprintf(stderr, "WARNING: failed to keep up with mmap data."
149 " Last read %lu msecs ago.\n", msecs);
152 * head points to a known good entry, start there.
157 last_read = this_read;
164 if ((old & md->mask) + size != (head & md->mask)) {
165 buf = &data[old & md->mask];
166 size = md->mask + 1 - (old & md->mask);
169 write_output(buf, size);
172 buf = &data[old & md->mask];
176 write_output(buf, size);
179 mmap_write_tail(md, old);
182 static volatile int done = 0;
183 static volatile int signr = -1;
185 static void sig_handler(int sig)
191 static void sig_atexit(void)
196 signal(signr, SIG_DFL);
197 kill(getpid(), signr);
200 static void pid_synthesize_comm_event(pid_t pid, int full)
202 struct comm_event comm_ev;
203 char filename[PATH_MAX];
209 struct dirent dirent, *next;
211 snprintf(filename, sizeof(filename), "/proc/%d/stat", pid);
213 fd = open(filename, O_RDONLY);
216 * We raced with a task exiting - just return:
219 fprintf(stderr, "couldn't open %s\n", filename);
222 if (read(fd, bf, sizeof(bf)) < 0) {
223 fprintf(stderr, "couldn't read %s\n", filename);
228 /* 9027 (cat) R 6747 9027 6747 34816 9027 ... */
229 memset(&comm_ev, 0, sizeof(comm_ev));
230 field = strchr(bf, '(');
233 sep = strchr(++field, ')');
237 memcpy(comm_ev.comm, field, size++);
240 comm_ev.header.type = PERF_EVENT_COMM;
241 size = ALIGN(size, sizeof(u64));
242 comm_ev.header.size = sizeof(comm_ev) - (sizeof(comm_ev.comm) - size);
247 write_output(&comm_ev, comm_ev.header.size);
251 snprintf(filename, sizeof(filename), "/proc/%d/task", pid);
253 tasks = opendir(filename);
254 while (!readdir_r(tasks, &dirent, &next) && next) {
256 pid = strtol(dirent.d_name, &end, 10);
262 write_output(&comm_ev, comm_ev.header.size);
268 fprintf(stderr, "couldn't get COMM and pgid, malformed %s\n",
273 static void pid_synthesize_mmap_samples(pid_t pid)
275 char filename[PATH_MAX];
278 snprintf(filename, sizeof(filename), "/proc/%d/maps", pid);
280 fp = fopen(filename, "r");
283 * We raced with a task exiting - just return:
286 fprintf(stderr, "couldn't open %s\n", filename);
290 char bf[BUFSIZ], *pbf = bf;
291 struct mmap_event mmap_ev = {
292 .header.type = PERF_EVENT_MMAP,
296 if (fgets(bf, sizeof(bf), fp) == NULL)
299 /* 00400000-0040c000 r-xp 00000000 fd:01 41038 /bin/cat */
300 n = hex2u64(pbf, &mmap_ev.start);
304 n = hex2u64(pbf, &mmap_ev.len);
308 if (*pbf == 'x') { /* vm_exec */
309 char *execname = strrchr(bf, ' ');
311 if (execname == NULL || execname[1] != '/')
315 size = strlen(execname);
316 execname[size - 1] = '\0'; /* Remove \n */
317 memcpy(mmap_ev.filename, execname, size);
318 size = ALIGN(size, sizeof(u64));
319 mmap_ev.len -= mmap_ev.start;
320 mmap_ev.header.size = (sizeof(mmap_ev) -
321 (sizeof(mmap_ev.filename) - size));
325 write_output(&mmap_ev, mmap_ev.header.size);
332 static void synthesize_samples(void)
335 struct dirent dirent, *next;
337 proc = opendir("/proc");
339 while (!readdir_r(proc, &dirent, &next) && next) {
343 pid = strtol(dirent.d_name, &end, 10);
344 if (*end) /* only interested in proper numerical dirents */
347 pid_synthesize_comm_event(pid, 1);
348 pid_synthesize_mmap_samples(pid);
356 static void create_counter(int counter, int cpu, pid_t pid)
358 struct perf_counter_attr *attr = attrs + counter;
361 attr->sample_type = PERF_SAMPLE_IP | PERF_SAMPLE_TID;
364 attr->sample_type |= PERF_SAMPLE_PERIOD;
366 attr->sample_freq = freq;
370 attr->sample_type |= PERF_SAMPLE_CALLCHAIN;
373 file_header.sample_type = attr->sample_type;
375 if (file_header.sample_type != attr->sample_type) {
376 fprintf(stderr, "incompatible append\n");
383 attr->inherit = (cpu < 0) && inherit;
386 track = 0; /* only the first counter needs these */
389 fd[nr_cpu][counter] = sys_perf_counter_open(attr, pid, cpu, group_fd, 0);
391 if (fd[nr_cpu][counter] < 0) {
395 die("Permission error - are you root?\n");
398 * If it's cycles then fall back to hrtimer
399 * based cpu-clock-tick sw counter, which
400 * is always available even if no PMU support:
402 if (attr->type == PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE
403 && attr->config == PERF_COUNT_HW_CPU_CYCLES) {
406 warning(" ... trying to fall back to cpu-clock-ticks\n");
407 attr->type = PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE;
408 attr->config = PERF_COUNT_SW_CPU_CLOCK;
412 error("perfcounter syscall returned with %d (%s)\n",
413 fd[nr_cpu][counter], strerror(err));
414 die("No CONFIG_PERF_COUNTERS=y kernel support configured?\n");
418 assert(fd[nr_cpu][counter] >= 0);
419 fcntl(fd[nr_cpu][counter], F_SETFL, O_NONBLOCK);
422 * First counter acts as the group leader:
424 if (group && group_fd == -1)
425 group_fd = fd[nr_cpu][counter];
427 event_array[nr_poll].fd = fd[nr_cpu][counter];
428 event_array[nr_poll].events = POLLIN;
431 mmap_array[nr_cpu][counter].counter = counter;
432 mmap_array[nr_cpu][counter].prev = 0;
433 mmap_array[nr_cpu][counter].mask = mmap_pages*page_size - 1;
434 mmap_array[nr_cpu][counter].base = mmap(NULL, (mmap_pages+1)*page_size,
435 PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED, fd[nr_cpu][counter], 0);
436 if (mmap_array[nr_cpu][counter].base == MAP_FAILED) {
437 error("failed to mmap with %d (%s)\n", errno, strerror(errno));
441 ioctl(fd[nr_cpu][counter], PERF_COUNTER_IOC_ENABLE);
444 static void open_counters(int cpu, pid_t pid)
449 pid_synthesize_comm_event(pid, 0);
450 pid_synthesize_mmap_samples(pid);
454 for (counter = 0; counter < nr_counters; counter++)
455 create_counter(counter, cpu, pid);
460 static void atexit_header(void)
462 file_header.data_size += bytes_written;
464 if (pwrite(output, &file_header, sizeof(file_header), 0) == -1)
465 perror("failed to write on file headers");
468 static int __cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv)
476 page_size = sysconf(_SC_PAGE_SIZE);
477 nr_cpus = sysconf(_SC_NPROCESSORS_ONLN);
478 assert(nr_cpus <= MAX_NR_CPUS);
479 assert(nr_cpus >= 0);
482 signal(SIGCHLD, sig_handler);
483 signal(SIGINT, sig_handler);
485 if (!stat(output_name, &st) && !force && !append_file) {
486 fprintf(stderr, "Error, output file %s exists, use -A to append or -f to overwrite.\n",
491 flags = O_CREAT|O_RDWR;
497 output = open(output_name, flags, S_IRUSR|S_IWUSR);
499 perror("failed to create output file");
504 if (read(output, &file_header, sizeof(file_header)) == -1) {
505 perror("failed to read file headers");
509 lseek(output, file_header.data_size, SEEK_CUR);
512 atexit(atexit_header);
515 open_counters(-1, target_pid != -1 ? target_pid : getpid());
516 } else for (i = 0; i < nr_cpus; i++)
517 open_counters(i, target_pid);
519 if (target_pid == -1 && argc) {
522 perror("failed to fork");
525 if (execvp(argv[0], (char **)argv)) {
533 struct sched_param param;
535 param.sched_priority = realtime_prio;
536 if (sched_setscheduler(0, SCHED_FIFO, ¶m)) {
537 printf("Could not set realtime priority.\n");
543 synthesize_samples();
548 for (i = 0; i < nr_cpu; i++) {
549 for (counter = 0; counter < nr_counters; counter++)
550 mmap_read(&mmap_array[i][counter]);
554 ret = poll(event_array, nr_poll, 100);
558 * Approximate RIP event size: 24 bytes.
561 "[ perf record: Captured and wrote %.3f MB %s (~%lld samples) ]\n",
562 (double)bytes_written / 1024.0 / 1024.0,
569 static const char * const record_usage[] = {
570 "perf record [<options>] [<command>]",
571 "perf record [<options>] -- <command> [<options>]",
575 static const struct option options[] = {
576 OPT_CALLBACK('e', "event", NULL, "event",
577 "event selector. use 'perf list' to list available events",
579 OPT_INTEGER('p', "pid", &target_pid,
580 "record events on existing pid"),
581 OPT_INTEGER('r', "realtime", &realtime_prio,
582 "collect data with this RT SCHED_FIFO priority"),
583 OPT_BOOLEAN('a', "all-cpus", &system_wide,
584 "system-wide collection from all CPUs"),
585 OPT_BOOLEAN('A', "append", &append_file,
586 "append to the output file to do incremental profiling"),
587 OPT_BOOLEAN('f', "force", &force,
588 "overwrite existing data file"),
589 OPT_LONG('c', "count", &default_interval,
590 "event period to sample"),
591 OPT_STRING('o', "output", &output_name, "file",
593 OPT_BOOLEAN('i', "inherit", &inherit,
594 "child tasks inherit counters"),
595 OPT_INTEGER('F', "freq", &freq,
596 "profile at this frequency"),
597 OPT_INTEGER('m', "mmap-pages", &mmap_pages,
598 "number of mmap data pages"),
599 OPT_BOOLEAN('g', "call-graph", &call_graph,
600 "do call-graph (stack chain/backtrace) recording"),
601 OPT_BOOLEAN('v', "verbose", &verbose,
602 "be more verbose (show counter open errors, etc)"),
606 int cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
610 argc = parse_options(argc, argv, options, record_usage, 0);
611 if (!argc && target_pid == -1 && !system_wide)
612 usage_with_options(record_usage, options);
616 attrs[0].type = PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE;
617 attrs[0].config = PERF_COUNT_HW_CPU_CYCLES;
620 for (counter = 0; counter < nr_counters; counter++) {
621 if (attrs[counter].sample_period)
624 attrs[counter].sample_period = default_interval;
627 return __cmd_record(argc, argv);