As mentioned in: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=207323 Currently, off-cpu samples are dumped when perf record is exiting. This results in off-cpu samples being after the regular samples. Also, samples are stored in large BPF maps which contain all the stack traces and accumulated off-cpu time, but they are eventually going to fill up after running for an extensive period. This patch fixes those problems by dumping samples directly into perf ring buffer, and dispatching those samples to the correct format. Before, off-cpu samples are after regular samples ``` swapper 0 [000] 963432.136150: 2812933 cycles:P: ffffffffb7db1bc2 intel_idle+0x62 ([kernel.kallsyms]) swapper 0 [000] 963432.637911: 4932876 cycles:P: ffffffffb7db1bc2 intel_idle+0x62 ([kernel.kallsyms]) swapper 0 [001] 963432.798072: 6273398 cycles:P: ffffffffb7db1bc2 intel_idle+0x62 ([kernel.kallsyms]) swapper 0 [000] 963433.541152: 5279005 cycles:P: ffffffffb7db1bc2 intel_idle+0x62 ([kernel.kallsyms]) sh 1410180 [000] 18446744069.414584: 2528851 offcpu-time: 7837148e6e87 wait4+0x17 (/usr/lib/libc.so.6) sh 1410185 [000] 18446744069.414584: 2314223 offcpu-time: 7837148e6e87 wait4+0x17 (/usr/lib/libc.so.6) awk 1409644 [000] 18446744069.414584: 191785 offcpu-time: 702609d03681 read+0x11 (/usr/lib/libc.so.6) 4a02a4 [unknown] ([unknown]) ``` After, regular samples(cycles:P) and off-cpu(offcpu-time) samples are collected simultaneously: ``` upowerd 741 [000] 963757.428701: 297848 offcpu-time: 72b2da11e6bc read+0x4c (/usr/lib/libc.so.6) irq/9-acpi 56 [000] 963757.429116: 8760875 cycles:P: ffffffffb779849f acpi_os_read_port+0x2f ([kernel.kallsyms]) upowerd 741 [000] 963757.429172: 459522 offcpu-time: 72b2da11e6bc read+0x4c (/usr/lib/libc.so.6) swapper 0 [002] 963757.434529: 5759904 cycles:P: ffffffffb7db1bc2 intel_idle+0x62 ([kernel.kallsyms]) perf 1419260 [000] 963757.434550: 1001012116 offcpu-time: 7274e5d190bf __poll+0x4f (/usr/lib/libc.so.6) 591acfc5daf0 perf_evlist__poll+0x24 (/root/hw/perf-tools-next/tools/perf/perf) 591acfb1ca50 perf_evlist__poll_thread+0x160 (/root/hw/perf-tools-next/tools/perf/perf) 7274e5ca955a [unknown] (/usr/lib/libc.so.6) ``` Here's a simple flowchart: [parse_event (sample type: PERF_SAMPLE_RAW)] --> [config (bind fds, sample_id, sample_type)] --> [off_cpu_strip (sample type: PERF_SAMPLE_RAW)] --> [record_done(hooks off_cpu_finish)] --> [prepare_parse(sample type: OFFCPU_SAMPLE_TYPES)] Changes in v2: - Remove unnecessary comments. - Rename function off_cpu_change_type to off_cpu_prepare_parse Howard Chu (4): perf record off-cpu: Parse off-cpu event, change config location perf record off-cpu: BPF perf_event_output on sched_switch perf record off-cpu: extract off-cpu sample data from raw_data perf record off-cpu: delete bound-to-fail test tools/perf/builtin-record.c | 98 +++++++++- tools/perf/tests/shell/record_offcpu.sh | 29 --- tools/perf/util/bpf_off_cpu.c | 242 +++++++++++------------- tools/perf/util/bpf_skel/off_cpu.bpf.c | 163 +++++++++++++--- tools/perf/util/evsel.c | 8 - tools/perf/util/off_cpu.h | 14 +- tools/perf/util/perf-hooks-list.h | 1 + 7 files changed, 344 insertions(+), 211 deletions(-) -- 2.44.0
