From: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@arm.com>
To: James Clark <james.clark@arm.com>,
acme@kernel.org, linux-perf-users@vger.kernel.org
Cc: german.gomez@arm.com, leo.yan@linaro.com,
Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>,
Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>,
Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>, Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] perf: Print branch stack entry type in --dump-raw-trace
Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2022 09:59:24 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <fb9717bb-735a-88d9-254d-0e7b2f7209f2@arm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20220307171917.2555829-3-james.clark@arm.com>
On 3/7/22 22:49, James Clark wrote:
> This can help with debugging issues. It only prints when -j save_type
> is used otherwise an empty string is printed.
Specifying events with PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_CALL_STACK flag explicitly might
be better along with '-j save_type'.
>
> Before the change:
>
> 101603801707130 0xa70 [0x630]: PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE(IP, 0x2): 1108/1108: 0xffff9c1df24c period: 10694 addr: 0
> ... branch stack: nr:64
> ..... 0: 0000ffff9c26029c -> 0000ffff9c26f340 0 cycles P 0
> ..... 1: 0000ffff9c2601bc -> 0000ffff9c26f340 0 cycles P 0
>
> After the change:
>
> 101603801707130 0xa70 [0x630]: PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE(IP, 0x2): 1108/1108: 0xffff9c1df24c period: 10694 addr: 0
> ... branch stack: nr:64
> ..... 0: 0000ffff9c26029c -> 0000ffff9c26f340 0 cycles P 0 CALL
> ..... 1: 0000ffff9c2601bc -> 0000ffff9c26f340 0 cycles P 0 IND_CALL
>
> Signed-off-by: James Clark <james.clark@arm.com>
> ---
> tools/perf/util/session.c | 5 +++--
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/session.c b/tools/perf/util/session.c
> index f54282d5c648..3b8dfe603e50 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/session.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/session.c
> @@ -1159,14 +1159,15 @@ static void branch_stack__printf(struct perf_sample *sample, bool callstack)
> struct branch_entry *e = &entries[i];
>
> if (!callstack) {
> - printf("..... %2"PRIu64": %016" PRIx64 " -> %016" PRIx64 " %hu cycles %s%s%s%s %x\n",
> + printf("..... %2"PRIu64": %016" PRIx64 " -> %016" PRIx64 " %hu cycles %s%s%s%s %x %s\n",
> i, e->from, e->to,
> (unsigned short)e->flags.cycles,
> e->flags.mispred ? "M" : " ",
> e->flags.predicted ? "P" : " ",
> e->flags.abort ? "A" : " ",
> e->flags.in_tx ? "T" : " ",
> - (unsigned)e->flags.reserved);
> + (unsigned)e->flags.reserved,
> + e->flags.type ? branch_type_name(e->flags.type) : "");
> } else {
> printf("..... %2"PRIu64": %016" PRIx64 "\n",
> i, i > 0 ? e->from : e->to);
LGTM but I am wondering whether this might affect existing tools ?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-03-08 4:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-03-07 17:19 [PATCH 0/4] Branch stack improvements James Clark
2022-03-07 17:19 ` [PATCH 1/4] perf: Add error message for unsupported branch stack cases James Clark
2022-03-08 4:17 ` Anshuman Khandual
2022-03-07 17:19 ` [PATCH 2/4] perf: Print branch stack entry type in --dump-raw-trace James Clark
2022-03-08 4:29 ` Anshuman Khandual [this message]
2022-03-08 11:58 ` James Clark
2022-03-07 17:19 ` [PATCH 3/4] perf: Refactor perf script branch stack printing James Clark
2022-03-08 5:06 ` Anshuman Khandual
2022-03-07 17:19 ` [PATCH 4/4] perf script: Output branch sample type James Clark
2022-03-08 5:22 ` Anshuman Khandual
2022-03-08 12:09 ` James Clark
2022-03-07 17:53 ` [PATCH 0/4] Branch stack improvements Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
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