[GIT PULL 0/7] perf/core improvements

[GIT PULL 0/7] perf/core improvements

[Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo]

From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>

Hi Ingo,

	Getting back at pushing some stuff, should not conflict with Jiri's
perf/core and was branched from tip/perf/core.

	Please let me know if you find any issue,

- Arnaldo

The following changes since commit 82b897782d10fcc4930c9d4a15b175348fdd2871:

  perf: Differentiate exec() and non-exec() comm events (2014-06-06 07:56:22 +0200)

are available in the git repository at:

  git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/acme/linux.git tags/perf-core-for-mingo

for you to fetch changes up to f48e00cead1f7574147e6bd0d203c8331714d35b:

  perf timechart: Reflow documentation (2014-06-10 10:03:18 -0300)

----------------------------------------------------------------
perf/core improvements:

User visible:

. Improve 'perf probe' error messages, moving some diagnostic messages to
  only appear in --verbose mode and fixing up some error reporting related
  to variables and struct members. (Masami Hiramatsu)

. Reflow 'perf timechart' man page. (Stanislav Fomichev)

Developer stuff:

. Be more precise when reporting missing libraries in a static tool build.
  (Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo)

. Show error messages from the multiple make invoked from 'make build-test'.
  (Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo)

Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>

----------------------------------------------------------------
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo (2):
      perf tools: Emit more precise message for missing glibc static library
      perf tests: Show the inner make output when an error happens

Masami Hiramatsu (4):
      perf probe: Improve error message for unknown member of data structure
      perf probe: Show error code and description in verbose mode
      perf probe: Improve an error message of perf probe --vars mode
      perf probe: Improve error messages in --line option

Stanislav Fomichev (1):
      perf timechart: Reflow documentation

 tools/perf/Documentation/perf-timechart.txt | 41 ++++++++++++++---------------
 tools/perf/builtin-probe.c                  | 23 +++++++++-------
 tools/perf/config/Makefile                  |  6 ++++-
 tools/perf/tests/make                       |  7 ++---
 tools/perf/util/probe-event.c               | 13 ++++++---
 tools/perf/util/probe-finder.c              | 11 +++++---
 6 files changed, 57 insertions(+), 44 deletions(-)

[PATCH 1/7] perf tools: Emit more precise message for missing glibc static library

[Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo]

From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>

When the user does:

  make -C tools/perf LDFLAGS=-static

asking for a static build, and the glibc-static (or equivalent) is not
found, the message wasn't clear, stating that one of glibc-devel or
glibc-static wasn't installed, clarify it checking if -static is
present in LDFLAGS.

Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
Cc: Don Zickus <dzickus@redhat.com>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-7e0sfobbzgeydzi9gsz8ss3m@git.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
---
 tools/perf/config/Makefile | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/config/Makefile b/tools/perf/config/Makefile
index 4f100b54ba8b..f30ac5e5d271 100644
--- a/tools/perf/config/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/config/Makefile
@@ -299,7 +299,11 @@ else
       NO_LIBUNWIND := 1
       NO_LIBDW_DWARF_UNWIND := 1
     else
-      msg := $(error No gnu/libc-version.h found, please install glibc-dev[el]/glibc-static);
+      ifneq ($(filter s% -static%,$(LDFLAGS),),)
+        msg := $(error No static glibc found, please install glibc-static);
+      else
+        msg := $(error No gnu/libc-version.h found, please install glibc-dev[el]);
+      endif
     endif
   else
     ifndef NO_LIBDW_DWARF_UNWIND
-- 
1.9.3

[PATCH 2/7] perf tests: Show the inner make output when an error happens

[Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo]

From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>

Before:

  [acme@zoo linux]$ make -C tools/perf -f tests/make make_static
  make: Entering directory `/home/git/linux/tools/perf'
  - make_static: cd . && make -f Makefile DESTDIR=/tmp/tmp.JcWuM4Zu9f LDFLAGS=-static
  make: *** [make_static] Error 1
  make: Leaving directory `/home/git/linux/tools/perf'
  [acme@zoo linux]$

After:

  [acme@zoo linux]$ make -C tools/perf -f tests/make make_static
  make: Entering directory `/home/git/linux/tools/perf'
  - make_static: cd . && make -f Makefile DESTDIR=/tmp/tmp.X3su83i14u LDFLAGS=-static
  cd . && make -f Makefile DESTDIR=/tmp/tmp.X3su83i14u LDFLAGS=-static
    BUILD:   Doing 'make -j4' parallel build
  config/Makefile:303: *** No static glibc found, please install glibc-static.  Stop.
  make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
    test: test -x ./perf
  make: Leaving directory `/home/git/linux/tools/perf'
  [acme@zoo linux]$

Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
Cc: Don Zickus <dzickus@redhat.com>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-h4kby5wyp6nfev3882rzm3r9@git.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
---
 tools/perf/tests/make | 7 ++-----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/make b/tools/perf/tests/make
index 2f92d6e7ee00..69a71ff84e01 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/make
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/make
@@ -205,8 +205,7 @@ $(run):
 	( eval $$cmd ) >> $@ 2>&1; \
 	echo "  test: $(call test,$@)" >> $@ 2>&1; \
 	$(call test,$@) && \
-	rm -f $@ \
-	rm -rf $$TMP_DEST
+	rm -rf $@ $$TMP_DEST || (cat $@ ; false)
 
 $(run_O):
 	$(call clean)
@@ -217,9 +216,7 @@ $(run_O):
 	( eval $$cmd ) >> $@ 2>&1 && \
 	echo "  test: $(call test_O,$@)" >> $@ 2>&1; \
 	$(call test_O,$@) && \
-	rm -f $@ && \
-	rm -rf $$TMP_O \
-	rm -rf $$TMP_DEST
+	rm -rf $@ $$TMP_O $$TMP_DEST || (cat $@ ; false)
 
 tarpkg:
 	@cmd="$(PERF)/tests/perf-targz-src-pkg $(PERF)"; \
-- 
1.9.3

[PATCH 3/7] perf probe: Improve error message for unknown member of data structure

[Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo]

From: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com>

Improve the error message if we can not find given member in the given
structure. Currently perf probe shows a wrong error message as below.

  -----
  # perf probe getname_flags:65 "result->BOGUS"
  result(type:filename) has no member BOGUS.
  Failed to find 'result' in this function.
    Error: Failed to add events. (-22)
  -----

The first message is correct, but the second one is not, since we didn't
fail to find a variable but fails to find the member of given variable.

  -----
  # perf probe getname_flags:65 "result->BOGUS"
  result(type:filename) has no member BOGUS.
    Error: Failed to add events. (-22)
  -----

With this patch, the error message shows only the first one.  And if we
really failed to find given variable, it tells us so.

  -----
  # perf probe getname_flags:65 "BOGUS"
  Failed to find 'BOGUS' in this function.
    Error: Failed to add events. (-2)
  -----

Reported-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20140606071345.6788.23744.stgit@kbuild-fedora.novalocal
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
---
 tools/perf/util/probe-finder.c | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/probe-finder.c b/tools/perf/util/probe-finder.c
index 9d8eb26f0533..ce8faf47691a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/probe-finder.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/probe-finder.c
@@ -573,14 +573,13 @@ static int find_variable(Dwarf_Die *sc_die, struct probe_finder *pf)
 	if (!die_find_variable_at(sc_die, pf->pvar->var, pf->addr, &vr_die)) {
 		/* Search again in global variables */
 		if (!die_find_variable_at(&pf->cu_die, pf->pvar->var, 0, &vr_die))
+			pr_warning("Failed to find '%s' in this function.\n",
+				   pf->pvar->var);
 			ret = -ENOENT;
 	}
 	if (ret >= 0)
 		ret = convert_variable(&vr_die, pf);
 
-	if (ret < 0)
-		pr_warning("Failed to find '%s' in this function.\n",
-			   pf->pvar->var);
 	return ret;
 }
 
-- 
1.9.3

[PATCH 4/7] perf probe: Show error code and description in verbose mode

[Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo]

From: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com>

Show error code and description only in verbose mode if 'perf probe'
command failed.

Current 'perf probe' shows error code with final error message, and that
is meaningless for many users.

This changes error messages to show the error code and its description
only in verbose mode (-v option).

Without this patch:
  -----
  # perf probe -a do_execve@hoge
  Probe point 'do_execve@hoge' not found.
    Error: Failed to add events. (-2)
  -----

With this patch, normally the message doesn't show the misterious error
number:
  -----
  # perf probe -a do_execve@hoge
  Probe point 'do_execve@hoge' not found.
    Error: Failed to add events.
  -----

And in verbose mode, it also shows additional error messages as below:
  -----
  # perf probe -va do_execve@hoge
  probe-definition(0): do_execve@hoge
  symbol:do_execve file:hoge line:0 offset:0 return:0 lazy:(null)
  0 arguments
  Looking at the vmlinux_path (6 entries long)
  Using /lib/modules/3.15.0-rc8+/build/vmlinux for symbols
  Open Debuginfo file: /lib/modules/3.15.0-rc8+/build/vmlinux
  Try to find probe point from debuginfo.
  Probe point 'do_execve@hoge' not found.
    Error: Failed to add events. Reason: No such file or directory (Code: -2)
  -----

Reported-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20140606071352.6788.76943.stgit@kbuild-fedora.novalocal
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
---
 tools/perf/builtin-probe.c | 23 ++++++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c b/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c
index cdcd4eb3a57d..c63fa2925075 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c
@@ -288,6 +288,13 @@ static void cleanup_params(void)
 	memset(&params, 0, sizeof(params));
 }
 
+static void pr_err_with_code(const char *msg, int err)
+{
+	pr_err("%s", msg);
+	pr_debug(" Reason: %s (Code: %d)", strerror(-err), err);
+	pr_err("\n");
+}
+
 static int
 __cmd_probe(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 {
@@ -379,7 +386,7 @@ __cmd_probe(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 		}
 		ret = parse_probe_event_argv(argc, argv);
 		if (ret < 0) {
-			pr_err("  Error: Parse Error.  (%d)\n", ret);
+			pr_err_with_code("  Error: Command Parse Error.", ret);
 			return ret;
 		}
 	}
@@ -419,8 +426,7 @@ __cmd_probe(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 		}
 		ret = show_perf_probe_events();
 		if (ret < 0)
-			pr_err("  Error: Failed to show event list. (%d)\n",
-			       ret);
+			pr_err_with_code("  Error: Failed to show event list.", ret);
 		return ret;
 	}
 	if (params.show_funcs) {
@@ -445,8 +451,7 @@ __cmd_probe(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 		strfilter__delete(params.filter);
 		params.filter = NULL;
 		if (ret < 0)
-			pr_err("  Error: Failed to show functions."
-			       " (%d)\n", ret);
+			pr_err_with_code("  Error: Failed to show functions.", ret);
 		return ret;
 	}
 
@@ -464,7 +469,7 @@ __cmd_probe(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 
 		ret = show_line_range(&params.line_range, params.target);
 		if (ret < 0)
-			pr_err("  Error: Failed to show lines. (%d)\n", ret);
+			pr_err_with_code("  Error: Failed to show lines.", ret);
 		return ret;
 	}
 	if (params.show_vars) {
@@ -485,7 +490,7 @@ __cmd_probe(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 		strfilter__delete(params.filter);
 		params.filter = NULL;
 		if (ret < 0)
-			pr_err("  Error: Failed to show vars. (%d)\n", ret);
+			pr_err_with_code("  Error: Failed to show vars.", ret);
 		return ret;
 	}
 #endif
@@ -493,7 +498,7 @@ __cmd_probe(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 	if (params.dellist) {
 		ret = del_perf_probe_events(params.dellist);
 		if (ret < 0) {
-			pr_err("  Error: Failed to delete events. (%d)\n", ret);
+			pr_err_with_code("  Error: Failed to delete events.", ret);
 			return ret;
 		}
 	}
@@ -504,7 +509,7 @@ __cmd_probe(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 					    params.target,
 					    params.force_add);
 		if (ret < 0) {
-			pr_err("  Error: Failed to add events. (%d)\n", ret);
+			pr_err_with_code("  Error: Failed to add events.", ret);
 			return ret;
 		}
 	}
-- 
1.9.3

[PATCH 5/7] perf probe: Improve an error message of perf probe --vars mode

[Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo]

From: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com>

Fix an error message when failed to find given address in --vars
mode.

Without this fix, perf probe -V doesn't show the final "Error"
message if it fails to find given source line. Moreover, it
tells it fails to find "variables" instead of the source line.
  -----
  # perf probe -V foo@bar
  Failed to find variables at foo@bar (0)
  -----
The result also shows mysterious error code. Actually the error
returns 0 or -ENOENT means that it just fails to find the address
of given source line. (0 means there is no matching address,
and -ENOENT means there is an entry(DIE) but it has no instance,
e.g. an empty inlined function)

This fixes it to show what happened and the final error message
as below.
  -----
  # perf probe -V foo@bar
  Failed to find the address of foo@bar
    Error: Failed to show vars.
  -----

Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20140606071359.6788.84716.stgit@kbuild-fedora.novalocal
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
---
 tools/perf/util/probe-event.c  | 7 ++++++-
 tools/perf/util/probe-finder.c | 6 +++++-
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
index 0d1542f33d87..44c71417262f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
@@ -721,9 +721,14 @@ static int show_available_vars_at(struct debuginfo *dinfo,
 	ret = debuginfo__find_available_vars_at(dinfo, pev, &vls,
 						max_vls, externs);
 	if (ret <= 0) {
-		pr_err("Failed to find variables at %s (%d)\n", buf, ret);
+		if (ret == 0 || ret == -ENOENT) {
+			pr_err("Failed to find the address of %s\n", buf);
+			ret = -ENOENT;
+		} else
+			pr_warning("Debuginfo analysis failed.\n");
 		goto end;
 	}
+
 	/* Some variables are found */
 	fprintf(stdout, "Available variables at %s\n", buf);
 	for (i = 0; i < ret; i++) {
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/probe-finder.c b/tools/perf/util/probe-finder.c
index ce8faf47691a..98e304766416 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/probe-finder.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/probe-finder.c
@@ -1280,7 +1280,11 @@ out:
 	return ret;
 }
 
-/* Find available variables at given probe point */
+/*
+ * Find available variables at given probe point
+ * Return the number of found probe points. Return 0 if there is no
+ * matched probe point. Return <0 if an error occurs.
+ */
 int debuginfo__find_available_vars_at(struct debuginfo *dbg,
 				      struct perf_probe_event *pev,
 				      struct variable_list **vls,
-- 
1.9.3

[PATCH 6/7] perf probe: Improve error messages in --line option

[Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo]

From: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com>

Improve error messages of 'perf probe --line' mode.

Currently 'perf probe' shows the "Debuginfo analysis failed" message with
an error code when the given symbol is not found:

  -----
  # perf probe -L page_cgroup_init_flatmem
  Debuginfo analysis failed. (-2)
    Error: Failed to show lines.
  -----

But -2 (-ENOENT) means that the given source line or function was not
found. With this patch, 'perf probe' shows the correct error message:

  -----
  # perf probe -L page_cgroup_init_flatmem
  Specified source line is not found.
    Error: Failed to show lines.
  -----

There is also another debug error code is shown in the same function
after get_real_path(). This removes that too.

Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20140606071406.6788.47850.stgit@kbuild-fedora.novalocal
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
---
 tools/perf/util/probe-event.c | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
index 44c71417262f..9a0a1839a377 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/probe-event.c
@@ -628,11 +628,11 @@ static int __show_line_range(struct line_range *lr, const char *module)
 
 	ret = debuginfo__find_line_range(dinfo, lr);
 	debuginfo__delete(dinfo);
-	if (ret == 0) {
+	if (ret == 0 || ret == -ENOENT) {
 		pr_warning("Specified source line is not found.\n");
 		return -ENOENT;
 	} else if (ret < 0) {
-		pr_warning("Debuginfo analysis failed. (%d)\n", ret);
+		pr_warning("Debuginfo analysis failed.\n");
 		return ret;
 	}
 
@@ -641,7 +641,7 @@ static int __show_line_range(struct line_range *lr, const char *module)
 	ret = get_real_path(tmp, lr->comp_dir, &lr->path);
 	free(tmp);	/* Free old path */
 	if (ret < 0) {
-		pr_warning("Failed to find source file. (%d)\n", ret);
+		pr_warning("Failed to find source file path.\n");
 		return ret;
 	}
 
-- 
1.9.3

[PATCH 7/7] perf timechart: Reflow documentation

[Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo]

From: Stanislav Fomichev <stfomichev@yandex-team.ru>

Move options away from examples.

Signed-off-by: Stanislav Fomichev <stfomichev@yandex-team.ru>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@gmail.com>
Cc: Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20140610095216.GO26511@stfomichev-desktop.yandex.net
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
---
 tools/perf/Documentation/perf-timechart.txt | 41 ++++++++++++++---------------
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-timechart.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-timechart.txt
index bc5990c33dc0..5e0f986dff38 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-timechart.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-timechart.txt
@@ -43,27 +43,6 @@ TIMECHART OPTIONS
 
 --symfs=<directory>::
         Look for files with symbols relative to this directory.
-
-EXAMPLES
---------
-
-$ perf timechart record git pull
-
-  [ perf record: Woken up 13 times to write data ]
-  [ perf record: Captured and wrote 4.253 MB perf.data (~185801 samples) ]
-
-$ perf timechart
-
-  Written 10.2 seconds of trace to output.svg.
-
-Record system-wide timechart:
-
-  $ perf timechart record
-
-  then generate timechart and highlight 'gcc' tasks:
-
-  $ perf timechart --highlight gcc
-
 -n::
 --proc-num::
         Print task info for at least given number of tasks.
@@ -88,6 +67,26 @@ RECORD OPTIONS
 --callchain::
         Do call-graph (stack chain/backtrace) recording
 
+EXAMPLES
+--------
+
+$ perf timechart record git pull
+
+  [ perf record: Woken up 13 times to write data ]
+  [ perf record: Captured and wrote 4.253 MB perf.data (~185801 samples) ]
+
+$ perf timechart
+
+  Written 10.2 seconds of trace to output.svg.
+
+Record system-wide timechart:
+
+  $ perf timechart record
+
+  then generate timechart and highlight 'gcc' tasks:
+
+  $ perf timechart --highlight gcc
+
 SEE ALSO
 --------
 linkperf:perf-record[1]
-- 
1.9.3

Re: [GIT PULL 0/7] perf/core improvements

[Ingo Molnar]

* Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@infradead.org> wrote:

> From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>
> 
> Hi Ingo,
> 
> 	Getting back at pushing some stuff, should not conflict with Jiri's
> perf/core and was branched from tip/perf/core.

Welcome back! :-)

> 	Please let me know if you find any issue,
> 
> - Arnaldo
> 
> The following changes since commit 82b897782d10fcc4930c9d4a15b175348fdd2871:
> 
>   perf: Differentiate exec() and non-exec() comm events (2014-06-06 07:56:22 +0200)
> 
> are available in the git repository at:
> 
>   git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/acme/linux.git tags/perf-core-for-mingo
> 
> for you to fetch changes up to f48e00cead1f7574147e6bd0d203c8331714d35b:
> 
>   perf timechart: Reflow documentation (2014-06-10 10:03:18 -0300)
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> perf/core improvements:
> 
> User visible:
> 
> . Improve 'perf probe' error messages, moving some diagnostic messages to
>   only appear in --verbose mode and fixing up some error reporting related
>   to variables and struct members. (Masami Hiramatsu)
> 
> . Reflow 'perf timechart' man page. (Stanislav Fomichev)
> 
> Developer stuff:
> 
> . Be more precise when reporting missing libraries in a static tool build.
>   (Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo)
> 
> . Show error messages from the multiple make invoked from 'make build-test'.
>   (Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo)
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo (2):
>       perf tools: Emit more precise message for missing glibc static library
>       perf tests: Show the inner make output when an error happens
> 
> Masami Hiramatsu (4):
>       perf probe: Improve error message for unknown member of data structure
>       perf probe: Show error code and description in verbose mode
>       perf probe: Improve an error message of perf probe --vars mode
>       perf probe: Improve error messages in --line option
> 
> Stanislav Fomichev (1):
>       perf timechart: Reflow documentation
> 
>  tools/perf/Documentation/perf-timechart.txt | 41 ++++++++++++++---------------
>  tools/perf/builtin-probe.c                  | 23 +++++++++-------
>  tools/perf/config/Makefile                  |  6 ++++-
>  tools/perf/tests/make                       |  7 ++---
>  tools/perf/util/probe-event.c               | 13 ++++++---
>  tools/perf/util/probe-finder.c              | 11 +++++---
>  6 files changed, 57 insertions(+), 44 deletions(-)

Pulled, thanks a lot Arnaldo!

	Ingo