Commit 90b10f47 authored by Andi Kleen's avatar Andi Kleen Committed by Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo

perf script: Support relative time

When comparing time stamps in 'perf script' traces it can be annoying to
work with the full perf time stamps.

Add a --reltime option that displays time stamps relative to the trace
start to make it easier to read the traces.

Note: not currently supported for --time. Report an error in this
case.

Before:

  % perf script
      swapper 0 [000] 245402.891216:    1 cycles:ppp: ffffffffa0068814 native_write_msr+0x4 ([kernel.kallsyms])
      swapper 0 [000] 245402.891223:    1 cycles:ppp: ffffffffa0068814 native_write_msr+0x4 ([kernel.kallsyms])
      swapper 0 [000] 245402.891227:    5 cycles:ppp: ffffffffa0068814 native_write_msr+0x4 ([kernel.kallsyms])
      swapper 0 [000] 245402.891231:   41 cycles:ppp: ffffffffa0068816 native_write_msr+0x6 ([kernel.kallsyms])
      swapper 0 [000] 245402.891235:  355 cycles:ppp: ffffffffa000dd51 intel_bts_enable_local+0x21 ([kernel.kallsyms])
      swapper 0 [000] 245402.891239: 3084 cycles:ppp: ffffffffa0a0150a end_repeat_nmi+0x48 ([kernel.kallsyms])

After:

  % perf script --reltime

      swapper 0 [000]     0.000000:    1 cycles:ppp: ffffffffa0068814 native_write_msr+0x4 ([kernel.kallsyms])
      swapper 0 [000]     0.000006:    1 cycles:ppp: ffffffffa0068814 native_write_msr+0x4 ([kernel.kallsyms])
      swapper 0 [000]     0.000010:    5 cycles:ppp: ffffffffa0068814 native_write_msr+0x4 ([kernel.kallsyms])
      swapper 0 [000]     0.000014:   41 cycles:ppp: ffffffffa0068816 native_write_msr+0x6 ([kernel.kallsyms])
      swapper 0 [000]     0.000018:  355 cycles:ppp: ffffffffa000dd51 intel_bts_enable_local+0x21 ([kernel.kallsyms])
      swapper 0 [000]     0.000022: 3084 cycles:ppp: ffffffffa0a0150a end_repeat_nmi+0x48 ([kernel.kallsyms])

Committer notes:

Do not use 'time' as the name of a variable, as this breaks the build on
older glibcs:

  cc1: warnings being treated as errors
  builtin-script.c: In function 'perf_sample__fprintf_start':
  builtin-script.c:691: warning: declaration of 'time' shadows a global declaration
  /usr/include/time.h:187: warning: shadowed declaration is here
Signed-off-by: default avatarAndi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Tested-by: default avatarArnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Acked-by: default avatarJiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
LPU-Reference: 20190314225002.30108-8-andi@firstfloor.org
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-bpahyi6pr9r399mvihu65fvc@git.kernel.orgSigned-off-by: default avatarArnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
parent a4e7e6ef
......@@ -380,6 +380,9 @@ include::itrace.txt[]
Set the maximum number of program blocks to print with brstackasm for
each sample.
--reltime::
Print time stamps relative to trace start.
--per-event-dump::
Create per event files with a "perf.data.EVENT.dump" name instead of
printing to stdout, useful, for instance, for generating flamegraphs.
......
......@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@
static char const *script_name;
static char const *generate_script_lang;
static bool reltime;
static u64 initial_time;
static bool debug_mode;
static u64 last_timestamp;
static u64 nr_unordered;
......@@ -686,7 +688,13 @@ static int perf_sample__fprintf_start(struct perf_sample *sample,
}
if (PRINT_FIELD(TIME)) {
nsecs = sample->time;
u64 t = sample->time;
if (reltime) {
if (!initial_time)
initial_time = sample->time;
t = sample->time - initial_time;
}
nsecs = t;
secs = nsecs / NSEC_PER_SEC;
nsecs -= secs * NSEC_PER_SEC;
......@@ -694,7 +702,7 @@ static int perf_sample__fprintf_start(struct perf_sample *sample,
printed += fprintf(fp, "%5lu.%09llu: ", secs, nsecs);
else {
char sample_time[32];
timestamp__scnprintf_usec(sample->time, sample_time, sizeof(sample_time));
timestamp__scnprintf_usec(t, sample_time, sizeof(sample_time));
printed += fprintf(fp, "%12s: ", sample_time);
}
}
......@@ -3413,6 +3421,7 @@ int cmd_script(int argc, const char **argv)
"Set the maximum stack depth when parsing the callchain, "
"anything beyond the specified depth will be ignored. "
"Default: kernel.perf_event_max_stack or " __stringify(PERF_MAX_STACK_DEPTH)),
OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "reltime", &reltime, "Show time stamps relative to start"),
OPT_BOOLEAN('I', "show-info", &show_full_info,
"display extended information from perf.data file"),
OPT_BOOLEAN('\0', "show-kernel-path", &symbol_conf.show_kernel_path,
......@@ -3487,6 +3496,11 @@ int cmd_script(int argc, const char **argv)
}
}
if (script.time_str && reltime) {
fprintf(stderr, "Don't combine --reltime with --time\n");
return -1;
}
if (itrace_synth_opts.callchain &&
itrace_synth_opts.callchain_sz > scripting_max_stack)
scripting_max_stack = itrace_synth_opts.callchain_sz;
......
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