perf/core improvements and fixes

From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <[email protected]>

Hi Ingo,

This comes with part of Adrian's latest pull req to support Intel PT
on tools/perf, with enough to testing it, see the example in the latest patch in this series.

More wore patches for BTS and further Intel PT goodies will come soon,
after some issues with resolving symbols get fixed. This was something that wasn't present last time I tested the BTS bits, so I think we should resolve it soon, but while we do it, these patches should move things forward wrt being able to test the stuff already in the kernel and to have access to this hardware feature using perf.

Please consider applying,

- Arnaldo

The following changes since commit a897b5f0393a8a05d230c9248dc5324fb30720a0:

Merge tag 'perf-core-for-mingo' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/acme/linux into perf/core (2015-08-13 09:23:53 +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 5efb1d5489520ce72232bbc28e9156f0ebddc44e:

perf tools: Take Intel PT into use (2015-08-17 11:11:37 -0300)

----------------------------------------------------------------
perf/core improvements and fixes:

- Support Intel PT in several tools, enabling the use of the processor trace feature introduced in Intel Broadwell processors: (Adrian Hunter)

 # dmesg | grep Performance
 # [0.188477] Performance Events: PEBS fmt2+, 16-deep LBR, Broadwell events, full-width counters, Intel PMU driver.
 # perf record -e intel_pt//u -a sleep 1
 [ perf record: Woken up 1 times to write data ]
 [ perf record: Captured and wrote 0.216 MB perf.data ]
 # perf script # then navigate in the tool output to some area, like this one:
 184 1030 dl_main (/usr/lib64/ld-2.17.so) => 7f21ba661440 dl_main (/usr/lib64/ld-2.17.so)
 185 1457 dl_main (/usr/lib64/ld-2.17.so) => 7f21ba669f10 _dl_new_object (/usr/lib64/ld-2.17.so)
 186 9f37 _dl_new_object (/usr/lib64/ld-2.17.so) => 7f21ba677b90 strlen (/usr/lib64/ld-2.17.so)
 187 7ba3 strlen (/usr/lib64/ld-2.17.so) => 7f21ba677c75 strlen (/usr/lib64/ld-2.17.so)
 188 7c78 strlen (/usr/lib64/ld-2.17.so) => 7f21ba669f3c _dl_new_object (/usr/lib64/ld-2.17.so)
 189 9f8a _dl_new_object (/usr/lib64/ld-2.17.so) => 7f21ba65fab0 calloc@plt (/usr/lib64/ld-2.17.so)
 190 fab0 calloc@plt (/usr/lib64/ld-2.17.so) => 7f21ba675e70 calloc (/usr/lib64/ld-2.17.so)
 191 5e87 calloc (/usr/lib64/ld-2.17.so) => 7f21ba65fa90 malloc@plt (/usr/lib64/ld-2.17.so)
 192 fa90 malloc@plt (/usr/lib64/ld-2.17.so) => 7f21ba675e60 malloc (/usr/lib64/ld-2.17.so)
 193 5e68 malloc (/usr/lib64/ld-2.17.so) => 7f21ba65fa80 __libc_memalign@plt (/usr/lib64/ld-2.17.so)
 194 fa80 __libc_memalign@plt (/usr/lib64/ld-2.17.so) => 7f21ba675d50 __libc_memalign (/usr/lib64/ld-2.17.so)
 195 5d63 __libc_memalign (/usr/lib64/ld-2.17.so) => 7f21ba675e20 __libc_memalign (/usr/lib64/ld-2.17.so)
 196 5e40 __libc_memalign (/usr/lib64/ld-2.17.so) => 7f21ba675d73 __libc_memalign (/usr/lib64/ld-2.17.so)
 197 5d97 __libc_memalign (/usr/lib64/ld-2.17.so) => 7f21ba675e18 __libc_memalign (/usr/lib64/ld-2.17.so)
 198 5e1e __libc_memalign (/usr/lib64/ld-2.17.so) => 7f21ba675df9 __libc_memalign (/usr/lib64/ld-2.17.so)
 199 5e10 __libc_memalign (/usr/lib64/ld-2.17.so) => 7f21ba669f8f _dl_new_object (/usr/lib64/ld-2.17.so)
 200 9fc2 _dl_new_object (/usr/lib64/ld-2.17.so) =>  7f21ba678e70 memcpy (/usr/lib64/ld-2.17.so)
 201 8e8c memcpy (/usr/lib64/ld-2.17.so) => 7f21ba678ea0 memcpy (/usr/lib64/ld-2.17.so)

- Fix annotation of vdso (Adrian Hunter)

- Fix DWARF callchains in 'perf script' (Jiri Olsa)

- Fix adding probes in kernel syscalls and listing which variables can be collected at kernel syscall function lines (Masami Hiramatsu)

Build Fixes:

- Fix 32-bit compilation error in util/annotate.c (Adrian Hunter)

- Support static linking with libdw on Fedora 22 (Andi Kleen)

Infrastructure:

- Add a helper function to probe whether cpu-wide tracing is possible (Adrian Hunter)

- Move vfs_getname storage to per thread area in 'perf trace' (Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo)

----------------------------------------------------------------
Adrian Hunter (10):
perf annotate: Fix 32-bit compilation error in util/annotate.c perf symbols: Fix annotation of vdso
perf tools: Add a helper function to probe whether cpu-wide tracing is possible perf auxtrace: Add Intel PT as an AUX area tracing type
perf tools: Add Intel PT packet decoder
perf tools: Add Intel PT instruction decoder
perf tools: Add Intel PT log
perf tools: Add Intel PT decoder
perf tools: Add Intel PT support
perf tools: Take Intel PT into use

Andi Kleen (1):
perf tools: Support static linking with libdw

Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo (1):
perf trace: Move vfs_getname storage to per thread area

Jiri Olsa (1):
perf script: Initialize callchain_param.record_mode

Masami Hiramatsu (1):
perf probe: Fix to add missed brace around if block

 tools/build/Makefile.build                         |    2 +
 tools/build/feature/Makefile                       |    7 +-
 tools/perf/.gitignore                              |    1 +
 tools/perf/Documentation/intel-pt.txt              |  588 ++++++
 tools/perf/Makefile.perf                           |   12 +-
 tools/perf/arch/x86/util/Build                     |    4 +
 tools/perf/arch/x86/util/auxtrace.c                |   38 +
 tools/perf/arch/x86/util/intel-pt.c                |  752 ++++++++
 tools/perf/arch/x86/util/pmu.c                     |   15 +
 tools/perf/builtin-script.c                        |   17 +
 tools/perf/builtin-trace.c                         |   38 +-
 tools/perf/config/Makefile                         |    6 +-
 tools/perf/util/Build                              |    2 +
 tools/perf/util/annotate.c                         |    4 +-
 tools/perf/util/auxtrace.c                         |    6 +-
 tools/perf/util/auxtrace.h                         |    1 +
 tools/perf/util/dwarf-aux.c                        |    3 +-
 tools/perf/util/evlist.h                           |    1 +
 tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/Build             |   11 +
 .../util/intel-pt-decoder/gen-insn-attr-x86.awk    |  386 ++++
 tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/inat.c            |   96 +
 tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/inat.h            |  221 +++
 tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/insn.c            |  594 ++++++
 tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/insn.h            |  201 ++
 .../perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-decoder.c  | 1816 +++++++++++++++++++
 .../perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-decoder.h  |  104 ++
 .../util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-insn-decoder.c  |  246 +++
 .../util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-insn-decoder.h  |   65 +
 tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-log.c    |  155 ++
 tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-log.h    |   52 +
 .../util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-pkt-decoder.c   |  400 ++++
 .../util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-pkt-decoder.h   |   64 +
 .../perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/x86-opcode-map.txt  |  970 ++++++++++
 tools/perf/util/intel-pt.c                         | 1911 ++++++++++++++++++++
 tools/perf/util/intel-pt.h                         |   51 +
 tools/perf/util/pmu.c                              |    4 +-
 tools/perf/util/record.c                           |   24 +
 tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c                       |   11 +
 38 files changed, 8858 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 tools/perf/Documentation/intel-pt.txt
 create mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/x86/util/auxtrace.c
 create mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/x86/util/intel-pt.c
 create mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/x86/util/pmu.c
 create mode 100644 tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/Build
 create mode 100644 tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/gen-insn-attr-x86.awk
 create mode 100644 tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/inat.c
 create mode 100644 tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/inat.h
 create mode 100644 tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/insn.c
 create mode 100644 tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/insn.h
 create mode 100644 tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-decoder.c
 create mode 100644 tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-decoder.h
 create mode 100644 tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-insn-decoder.c
 create mode 100644 tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-insn-decoder.h
 create mode 100644 tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-log.c
 create mode 100644 tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-log.h
 create mode 100644 tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-pkt-decoder.c
 create mode 100644 tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-pkt-decoder.h
 create mode 100644 tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/x86-opcode-map.txt
 create mode 100644 tools/perf/util/intel-pt.c
 create mode 100644 tools/perf/util/intel-pt.h

From: Andi Kleen <[email protected]>

The Fedora 22 version of libdw requires a couple of extra libraries to link. With a dynamic link the dependencies are pulled in automatically, but this doesn't work for static linking. Add the needed libraries explicitely to the feature probe and the Makefile.

v2: Explicitly check for static linking and only add the dependencies
when -static is set. This is to avoid regressions on Arnaldo's system.

---
 tools/build/feature/Makefile | 7 ++++++-
 tools/perf/config/Makefile   | 6 +++++-
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

index 1c0d69f44552..74ca42093d70 100644
@@ -70,8 +70,13 @@ test-libelf.bin:
 test-glibc.bin:
 	$(BUILD)
 
+DWARFLIBS := -ldw
+ifeq ($(findstring -static,${LDFLAGS}),-static)
+DWARFLIBS += -lelf -lebl -lz -llzma -lbz2
+endif
+
 test-dwarf.bin:
-	$(BUILD) -ldw
+	$(BUILD) $(DWARFLIBS)
 
 test-libelf-mmap.bin:
 	$(BUILD) -lelf

index 823195aa6d4b..827557fc7511 100644
@@ -297,7 +297,11 @@ ifndef NO_LIBELF
     else
       CFLAGS += -DHAVE_DWARF_SUPPORT $(LIBDW_CFLAGS)
       LDFLAGS += $(LIBDW_LDFLAGS)
-      EXTLIBS += -ldw
+      DWARFLIBS := -ldw
+      ifeq ($(findstring -static,${LDFLAGS}),-static)
+	DWARFLIBS += -lelf -lebl -lz -llzma -lbz2
+      endif
+      EXTLIBS += ${DWARFLIBS}
       $(call detected,CONFIG_DWARF)
     endif # PERF_HAVE_DWARF_REGS
   endif # NO_DWARF

2.1.0

From: Masami Hiramatsu <[email protected]>

The commit 75186a9b09e4 (perf probe: Fix to show lines of sys_ functions correctly) introduced a bug by a missed brace around if block. This fixes to add it.

---
 tools/perf/util/dwarf-aux.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

index 445f455dd377..a509aa8433a1 100644
@@ -770,7 +770,7 @@ int die_walk_lines(Dwarf_Die *rt_die, line_walk_callback_t callback, void *data)
 			continue;
 		}
 		/* Filter lines based on address */
-		if (rt_die != cu_die)
+		if (rt_die != cu_die) {
 			/*
 			 * Address filtering
 			 * The line is included in given function, and

@@ -784,6 +784,7 @@ int die_walk_lines(Dwarf_Die *rt_die, line_walk_callback_t callback, void *data)
 				    decf != dwarf_decl_file(&die_mem))
 					continue;
 			}
+		}
 		/* Get source line */
 		fname = dwarf_linesrc(line, NULL, NULL);
 

2.1.0

From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <[email protected]>

We were storing the vfs_getname payload (i.e. ptr->string) into the trace wide storage area (struct trace), so that we could use the last payload when setting up the fd->pathname per thread tables, oops, not a good idea for multi cpu tracing sessions...

Fix it by moving it to the per thread area (struct thread_trace).

---
 tools/perf/builtin-trace.c | 38 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

index 489cc118a36a..2f1162daa3c5 100644
@@ -1315,7 +1315,10 @@ struct thread_trace {
 	double		  runtime_ms;
         struct {
 		unsigned long ptr;
-		int           entry_str_pos;
+		short int     entry_str_pos;
+		bool	      pending_open;
+		unsigned int  namelen;
+		char	      *name;
 	} filename;
 	struct {
 		int	  max;

@@ -1391,7 +1394,6 @@ struct trace {
 		size_t		nr;
 		int		*entries;
 	}			ev_qualifier_ids;
-	const char 		*last_vfs_getname;
 	struct intlist		*tid_list;
 	struct intlist		*pid_list;
 	struct {

@@ -1966,8 +1968,11 @@ static int trace__sys_enter(struct trace *trace, struct perf_evsel *evsel,
 			trace__fprintf_entry_head(trace, thread, 1, sample->time, trace->output);
 			fprintf(trace->output, "%-70s\n", ttrace->entry_str);
 		}
-	} else
+	} else {
 		ttrace->entry_pending = true;
+		/* See trace__vfs_getname & trace__sys_exit */
+		ttrace->filename.pending_open = false;
+	}
 
 	if (trace->current != thread) {
 		thread__put(trace->current);

@@ -2003,9 +2008,9 @@ static int trace__sys_exit(struct trace *trace, struct perf_evsel *evsel,
 
 	ret = perf_evsel__sc_tp_uint(evsel, ret, sample);
 
-	if (id == trace->audit.open_id && ret >= 0 && trace->last_vfs_getname) {
-		trace__set_fd_pathname(thread, ret, trace->last_vfs_getname);
-		trace->last_vfs_getname = NULL;
+	if (id == trace->audit.open_id && ret >= 0 && ttrace->filename.pending_open) {
+		trace__set_fd_pathname(thread, ret, ttrace->filename.name);
+		ttrace->filename.pending_open = false;
 		++trace->stats.vfs_getname;
 	}
 

@@ -2065,9 +2070,7 @@ static int trace__vfs_getname(struct trace *trace, struct perf_evsel *evsel,
 	size_t filename_len, entry_str_len, to_move;
 	ssize_t remaining_space;
 	char *pos;
-	const char *filename;
-
-	trace->last_vfs_getname = perf_evsel__rawptr(evsel, sample, "pathname");
+	const char *filename = perf_evsel__rawptr(evsel, sample, "pathname");
 
 	if (!thread)
 		goto out;

@@ -2076,6 +2079,21 @@ static int trace__vfs_getname(struct trace *trace, struct perf_evsel *evsel,
 	if (!ttrace)
 		goto out;
 
+	filename_len = strlen(filename);
+
+	if (ttrace->filename.namelen < filename_len) {
+		char *f = realloc(ttrace->filename.name, filename_len + 1);
+
+		if (f == NULL)
+				goto out;
+
+		ttrace->filename.namelen = filename_len;
+		ttrace->filename.name = f;
+	}
+
+	strcpy(ttrace->filename.name, filename);
+	ttrace->filename.pending_open = true;
+
 	if (!ttrace->filename.ptr)
 		goto out;
 

@@ -2084,8 +2102,6 @@ static int trace__vfs_getname(struct trace *trace, struct perf_evsel *evsel,
 	if (remaining_space <= 0)
 		goto out;
 
-	filename = trace->last_vfs_getname;
-	filename_len = strlen(filename);
 	if (filename_len > (size_t)remaining_space) {
 		filename += filename_len - remaining_space;
 		filename_len = remaining_space;

2.1.0

From: Jiri Olsa <[email protected]>

Milian Wolff reported non functional DWARF unwind under perf script. The reason is that perf script does not properly configure callchain_param.record_mode, which is needed by unwind code.

Stealing the code from report and leaving the place for more initialization code in a hope we could merge it with report__setup_sample_type one day.

---
 tools/perf/builtin-script.c | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)

index 7b376d215e94..105332e950a9 100644
@@ -1561,6 +1561,22 @@ static int have_cmd(int argc, const char **argv)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static void script__setup_sample_type(struct perf_script *script)
+{
+	struct perf_session *session = script->session;
+	u64 sample_type = perf_evlist__combined_sample_type(session->evlist);
+
+	if (symbol_conf.use_callchain || symbol_conf.cumulate_callchain) {
+		if ((sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_REGS_USER) &&
+		    (sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_STACK_USER))
+			callchain_param.record_mode = CALLCHAIN_DWARF;
+		else if (sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_STACK)
+			callchain_param.record_mode = CALLCHAIN_LBR;
+		else
+			callchain_param.record_mode = CALLCHAIN_FP;
+	}
+}
+
 int cmd_script(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 {
 	bool show_full_info = false;

@@ -1849,6 +1865,7 @@ int cmd_script(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 		goto out_delete;
 
 	script.session = session;
+	script__setup_sample_type(&script);
 
 	session->itrace_synth_opts = &itrace_synth_opts;
 

2.1.0

From: Adrian Hunter <[email protected]>

Fix the following 32-bit compilation errors:

util/annotate.c: In function ‘addr_map_symbol__account_cycles’:
util/annotate.c:643:3: error: format ‘%lx’ expects argument of type ‘long unsigned int’, but argument 4 has type ‘u64’ [-Werror=format=]
pr_debug2("BB with bad start: addr %lx start %lx sym %lx saddr %lx\n",
^
util/annotate.c:643:3: error: format ‘%lx’ expects argument of type ‘long unsigned int’, but argument 5 has type ‘u64’ [-Werror=format=] util/annotate.c:643:3: error: format ‘%lx’ expects argument of type ‘long unsigned int’, but argument 6 has type ‘u64’ [-Werror=format=]

These were introduced by the patch:

"perf report: Add infrastructure for a cycles histogram"

Also change the 'saddr' variable from 'unsigned long' to 'u64' noting that theoretically we could be processing data captured on a 64-bit machine but processing it on a 32-bit machine.

---
 tools/perf/util/annotate.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

index e0b614648044..8a18347709e1 100644
@@ -621,7 +621,7 @@ int addr_map_symbol__account_cycles(struct addr_map_symbol *ams,
 				    struct addr_map_symbol *start,
 				    unsigned cycles)
 {
-	unsigned long saddr = 0;
+	u64 saddr = 0;
 	int err;
 
 	if (!cycles)

@@ -640,7 +640,7 @@ int addr_map_symbol__account_cycles(struct addr_map_symbol *ams,
 		   start->addr == ams->sym->start + ams->map->start)))
 		saddr = start->al_addr;
 	if (saddr == 0)
-		pr_debug2("BB with bad start: addr %lx start %lx sym %lx saddr %lx\n",
+		pr_debug2("BB with bad start: addr %"PRIx64" start %"PRIx64" sym %"PRIx64" saddr %"PRIx64"\n",
 			ams->addr,
 			start ? start->addr : 0,
 			ams->sym ? ams->sym->start + ams->map->start : 0,

2.1.0

From: Adrian Hunter <[email protected]>

Older kernels attempt to prelink vdso to its virtual address. To permit annotation using objdump, the map__rip_2objdump() calculation must result in that same address which we can infer from the start and offset of the text section.

---
 tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

index b0ad810f04dd..53bb5f59ec58 100644
@@ -875,6 +875,17 @@ int dso__load_sym(struct dso *dso, struct map *map,
 		}
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * Handle any relocation of vdso necessary because older kernels
+	 * attempted to prelink vdso to its virtual address.
+	 */
+	if (dso__is_vdso(dso)) {
+		GElf_Shdr tshdr;
+
+		if (elf_section_by_name(elf, &ehdr, &tshdr, ".text", NULL))
+			map->reloc = map->start - tshdr.sh_addr + tshdr.sh_offset;
+	}
+
 	dso->adjust_symbols = runtime_ss->adjust_symbols || ref_reloc(kmap);
 	/*
 	 * Initial kernel and module mappings do not map to the dso.  For

2.1.0

From: Adrian Hunter <[email protected]>

Add a helper function to probe whether cpu-wide tracing is possible.

---
 tools/perf/util/evlist.h |  1 +
 tools/perf/util/record.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 25 insertions(+)

index 397757063da1..436e358300b1 100644
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ void perf_evlist__close(struct perf_evlist *evlist);
 void perf_evlist__set_id_pos(struct perf_evlist *evlist);
 bool perf_can_sample_identifier(void);
 bool perf_can_record_switch_events(void);
+bool perf_can_record_cpu_wide(void);
 void perf_evlist__config(struct perf_evlist *evlist, struct record_opts *opts);
 int record_opts__config(struct record_opts *opts);
 

index 0d228a29526d..0467367dc315 100644
@@ -105,6 +105,30 @@ bool perf_can_record_switch_events(void)
 	return perf_probe_api(perf_probe_context_switch);
 }
 
+bool perf_can_record_cpu_wide(void)
+{
+	struct perf_event_attr attr = {
+		.type = PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE,
+		.config = PERF_COUNT_SW_CPU_CLOCK,
+		.exclude_kernel = 1,
+	};
+	struct cpu_map *cpus;
+	int cpu, fd;
+
+	cpus = cpu_map__new(NULL);
+	if (!cpus)
+		return false;
+	cpu = cpus->map[0];
+	cpu_map__put(cpus);
+
+	fd = sys_perf_event_open(&attr, -1, cpu, -1, 0);
+	if (fd < 0)
+		return false;
+	close(fd);
+
+	return true;
+}
+
 void perf_evlist__config(struct perf_evlist *evlist, struct record_opts *opts)
 {
 	struct perf_evsel *evsel;

2.1.0

From: Adrian Hunter <[email protected]>

Add the Intel Processor Trace type constant PERF_AUXTRACE_INTEL_PT.

---
 tools/perf/util/auxtrace.c | 1 +
 tools/perf/util/auxtrace.h | 1 +
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+)

index a25b3609cef8..49dbfbeedb68 100644
@@ -884,6 +884,7 @@ int perf_event__process_auxtrace_info(struct perf_tool *tool __maybe_unused,
 		fprintf(stdout, " type: %u\n", type);
 
 	switch (type) {
+	case PERF_AUXTRACE_INTEL_PT:
 	case PERF_AUXTRACE_UNKNOWN:
 	default:
 		return -EINVAL;

index 471aecbc4d68..7d12f33a3a06 100644
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ struct events_stats;
 
 enum auxtrace_type {
 	PERF_AUXTRACE_UNKNOWN,
+	PERF_AUXTRACE_INTEL_PT,
 };
 
 enum itrace_period_type {

2.1.0

From: Adrian Hunter <[email protected]>

Add support for decoding Intel Processor Trace packets.

This essentially provides intel_pt_get_packet() which takes a buffer of binary data and returns the decoded packet.

---
 tools/perf/util/Build                              |   1 +
 tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/Build             |   1 +
 .../util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-pkt-decoder.c   | 400 +++++++++++++++++++++
 .../util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-pkt-decoder.h   |  64 ++++
 4 files changed, 466 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/Build
 create mode 100644 tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-pkt-decoder.c
 create mode 100644 tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-pkt-decoder.h

index 1ce0adc8b3cb..615ca12c2e44 100644
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ libperf-$(CONFIG_X86) += tsc.o
 libperf-y += cloexec.o
 libperf-y += thread-stack.o
 libperf-$(CONFIG_AUXTRACE) += auxtrace.o
+libperf-$(CONFIG_AUXTRACE) += intel-pt-decoder/
 libperf-y += parse-branch-options.o
 
 libperf-$(CONFIG_LIBELF) += symbol-elf.o

new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9d67381a9bd3
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+libperf-$(CONFIG_AUXTRACE) += intel-pt-pkt-decoder.o

2.1.0

From: Adrian Hunter <[email protected]>

Add support for decoding instructions for Intel Processor Trace. The kernel x86 instruction decoder is copied for this.

This essentially provides intel_pt_get_insn() which takes a binary buffer, uses the kernel's x86 instruction decoder to get details of the instruction and then categorizes it for consumption by an Intel PT decoder.

---
 tools/build/Makefile.build                         |   2 +
 tools/perf/.gitignore                              |   1 +
 tools/perf/Makefile.perf                           |  12 +-
 tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/Build             |  12 +-
 .../util/intel-pt-decoder/gen-insn-attr-x86.awk    | 386 ++++++++
 tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/inat.c            |  96 ++
 tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/inat.h            | 221 +++++
 tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/insn.c            | 594 +++++++++++++
 tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/insn.h            | 201 +++++
 .../util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-insn-decoder.c  | 246 ++++++
 .../util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-insn-decoder.h  |  65 ++
 .../perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/x86-opcode-map.txt  | 970 +++++++++++++++++++++
 12 files changed, 2803 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/gen-insn-attr-x86.awk
 create mode 100644 tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/inat.c
 create mode 100644 tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/inat.h
 create mode 100644 tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/insn.c
 create mode 100644 tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/insn.h
 create mode 100644 tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-insn-decoder.c
 create mode 100644 tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-insn-decoder.h
 create mode 100644 tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/x86-opcode-map.txt

index faca2bf6a430..8120af9c0341 100644
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ quiet_cmd_cc_i_c = CPP      $@
 quiet_cmd_cc_s_c = AS       $@
       cmd_cc_s_c = $(CC) $(c_flags) -S -o $@ $<
 
+quiet_cmd_gen = GEN      $@
+
 # Link agregate command
 # If there's nothing to link, create empty $@ object.
 quiet_cmd_ld_multi = LD       $@

index 09db62ba5786..3d1bb802dbf4 100644
@@ -29,3 +29,4 @@ config.mak.autogen
 *.pyc
 *.pyo
 .config-detected
+util/intel-pt-decoder/inat-tables.c

index 4b58daeff881..d9863cb96f59 100644
@@ -76,6 +76,12 @@ include config/utilities.mak
 #
 # Define NO_AUXTRACE if you do not want AUX area tracing support
 
+# As per kernel Makefile, avoid funny character set dependencies
+unexport LC_ALL
+LC_COLLATE=C
+LC_NUMERIC=C
+export LC_COLLATE LC_NUMERIC
+
 ifeq ($(srctree),)
 srctree := $(patsubst %/,%,$(dir $(shell pwd)))
 srctree := $(patsubst %/,%,$(dir $(srctree)))

@@ -135,6 +141,7 @@ INSTALL = install
 FLEX    = flex
 BISON   = bison
 STRIP   = strip
+AWK     = awk
 
 LIB_DIR          = $(srctree)/tools/lib/api/
 TRACE_EVENT_DIR = $(srctree)/tools/lib/traceevent/

@@ -289,7 +296,7 @@ strip: $(PROGRAMS) $(OUTPUT)perf
 
 PERF_IN := $(OUTPUT)perf-in.o
 
-export srctree OUTPUT RM CC LD AR CFLAGS V BISON FLEX
+export srctree OUTPUT RM CC LD AR CFLAGS V BISON FLEX AWK
 build := -f $(srctree)/tools/build/Makefile.build dir=. obj
 
 $(PERF_IN): $(OUTPUT)PERF-VERSION-FILE $(OUTPUT)common-cmds.h FORCE

@@ -565,7 +572,8 @@ clean: $(LIBTRACEEVENT)-clean $(LIBAPI)-clean config-clean
 	$(Q)find . -name '*.o' -delete -o -name '\.*.cmd' -delete -o -name '\.*.d' -delete
 	$(Q)$(RM) $(OUTPUT).config-detected
 	$(call QUIET_CLEAN, core-progs) $(RM) $(ALL_PROGRAMS) perf perf-read-vdso32 perf-read-vdsox32
-	$(call QUIET_CLEAN, core-gen)   $(RM)  *.spec *.pyc *.pyo */*.pyc */*.pyo $(OUTPUT)common-cmds.h TAGS tags cscope* $(OUTPUT)PERF-VERSION-FILE $(OUTPUT)FEATURE-DUMP $(OUTPUT)util/*-bison* $(OUTPUT)util/*-flex*
+	$(call QUIET_CLEAN, core-gen)   $(RM)  *.spec *.pyc *.pyo */*.pyc */*.pyo $(OUTPUT)common-cmds.h TAGS tags cscope* $(OUTPUT)PERF-VERSION-FILE $(OUTPUT)FEATURE-DUMP $(OUTPUT)util/*-bison* $(OUTPUT)util/*-flex* \
+		$(OUTPUT)util/intel-pt-decoder/inat-tables.c
 	$(QUIET_SUBDIR0)Documentation $(QUIET_SUBDIR1) clean
 	$(python-clean)
 

index 9d67381a9bd3..5a46ce13c1f8 100644
@@ -1 +1,11 @@
-libperf-$(CONFIG_AUXTRACE) += intel-pt-pkt-decoder.o
+libperf-$(CONFIG_AUXTRACE) += intel-pt-pkt-decoder.o intel-pt-insn-decoder.o
+
+inat_tables_script = util/intel-pt-decoder/gen-insn-attr-x86.awk
+inat_tables_maps = util/intel-pt-decoder/x86-opcode-map.txt
+
+$(OUTPUT)util/intel-pt-decoder/inat-tables.c: $(inat_tables_script) $(inat_tables_maps)
+	@$(call echo-cmd,gen)$(AWK) -f $(inat_tables_script) $(inat_tables_maps) > $@ || rm -f $@
+
+$(OUTPUT)util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-insn-decoder.o: util/intel-pt-decoder/inat.c $(OUTPUT)util/intel-pt-decoder/inat-tables.c
+
+CFLAGS_intel-pt-insn-decoder.o += -I$(OUTPUT)util/intel-pt-decoder -Wno-override-init

2.1.0

From: Adrian Hunter <[email protected]>

Add a facility to log Intel Processor Trace decoding. The log is intended for debugging purposes only.

The log file name is "intel_pt.log" and is opened in the current directory. The log contains a record of all packets and instructions decoded and can get very large (10 MB would be a small one).

---
 tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/Build          |   2 +-
 tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-log.c | 155 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-log.h |  52 ++++++++
 3 files changed, 208 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-log.c
 create mode 100644 tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-log.h

index 5a46ce13c1f8..3c717b420c89 100644
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-libperf-$(CONFIG_AUXTRACE) += intel-pt-pkt-decoder.o intel-pt-insn-decoder.o
+libperf-$(CONFIG_AUXTRACE) += intel-pt-pkt-decoder.o intel-pt-insn-decoder.o intel-pt-log.o
 
 inat_tables_script = util/intel-pt-decoder/gen-insn-attr-x86.awk
 inat_tables_maps = util/intel-pt-decoder/x86-opcode-map.txt

2.1.0

From: Adrian Hunter <[email protected]>

Add support for decoding an Intel Processor Trace.

Intel PT trace data must be 'decoded' which involves walking the object code and matching the trace data packets.

The decoder requests a buffer of binary data via a get_trace() call-back, which it decodes using instruction information which it gets via another call-back walk_insn().

---
 tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/Build             |    2 +-
 .../perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-decoder.c  | 1816 ++++++++++++++++++++
 .../perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-decoder.h  |  104 ++
 3 files changed, 1921 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-decoder.c
 create mode 100644 tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-decoder.h

index 3c717b420c89..240730d682c1 100644
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-libperf-$(CONFIG_AUXTRACE) += intel-pt-pkt-decoder.o intel-pt-insn-decoder.o intel-pt-log.o
+libperf-$(CONFIG_AUXTRACE) += intel-pt-pkt-decoder.o intel-pt-insn-decoder.o intel-pt-log.o intel-pt-decoder.o
 
 inat_tables_script = util/intel-pt-decoder/gen-insn-attr-x86.awk
 inat_tables_maps = util/intel-pt-decoder/x86-opcode-map.txt

2.1.0

From: Adrian Hunter <[email protected]>

Add support for Intel Processor Trace.

Intel PT support fits within the new auxtrace infrastructure. Recording is supporting by identifying the Intel PT PMU, parsing options and setting up events.

Decoding is supported by queuing up trace data by cpu or thread and then decoding synchronously delivering synthesized event samples into the session processing for tools to consume.

---
 tools/perf/arch/x86/util/Build      |    2 +
 tools/perf/arch/x86/util/intel-pt.c |  752 ++++++++++++++
 tools/perf/util/Build               |    1 +
 tools/perf/util/intel-pt.c          | 1911 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 tools/perf/util/intel-pt.h          |   51 +
 5 files changed, 2717 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/x86/util/intel-pt.c
 create mode 100644 tools/perf/util/intel-pt.c
 create mode 100644 tools/perf/util/intel-pt.h

index cfbccc4e3187..139608878888 100644
@@ -6,3 +6,5 @@ libperf-$(CONFIG_DWARF) += dwarf-regs.o
 
 libperf-$(CONFIG_LIBUNWIND)          += unwind-libunwind.o
 libperf-$(CONFIG_LIBDW_DWARF_UNWIND) += unwind-libdw.o
+
+libperf-$(CONFIG_AUXTRACE) += intel-pt.o

index 615ca12c2e44..c20473d1369e 100644
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ libperf-y += cloexec.o
 libperf-y += thread-stack.o
 libperf-$(CONFIG_AUXTRACE) += auxtrace.o
 libperf-$(CONFIG_AUXTRACE) += intel-pt-decoder/
+libperf-$(CONFIG_AUXTRACE) += intel-pt.o
 libperf-y += parse-branch-options.o
 
 libperf-$(CONFIG_LIBELF) += symbol-elf.o

2.1.0

From: Adrian Hunter <[email protected]>

To record an AUX area, the weak function auxtrace_record__init() must be implemented.

Equally to decode an AUX area, the AUX area tracing type must be added to the perf_event__process_auxtrace_info() function.

This patch makes those two changes plus hooks up default config for the intel_pt PMU. Also some brief documentation is provided for using the tools with intel_pt.

Commiter note:

E.g:

[root@perf4 ~]# dmesg
451 [0.405807] Performance Events: PEBS fmt2+, 16-deep LBR, Broadwell events, full-width counters, Intel PMU driver. [root@perf4 ~]# perf --version
perf version 4.1.g53874a
[root@perf4 ~]# perf record -e intel_pt//u -a sleep 10
[ perf record: Woken up 1 times to write data ]
[ perf record: Captured and wrote 0.383 MB perf.data ]
[root@perf4 ~]# perf evlist
intel_pt//u
sched:sched_switch
dummy:u
[root@perf4 ~]# perf report --stdio
# To display the perf.data header info, please use --header/--header-only options.
#
#
# Total Lost Samples: 0
#
# Samples: 0 of event 'intel_pt//u'
# Event count (approx.): 0
#

  # Overhead  Command  Shared Object  Symbol
  # ........  .......  .............  ......

#

# Samples: 393 of event 'sched:sched_switch'
# Event count (approx.): 393
#

  # Overhead  Command         Shared Object     Symbol
  # ........  ..............  ................  ..............
    49.62%  swapper         [kernel.vmlinux]  [k] __schedule
    10.69%  rcu_sched       [kernel.vmlinux]  [k] __schedule
     6.62%  rcuos/0         [kernel.vmlinux]  [k] __schedule
     5.60%  kworker/0:1     [kernel.vmlinux]  [k] __schedule
     3.56%  rcuos/3         [kernel.vmlinux]  [k] __schedule
     3.05%  kworker/u384:2  [kernel.vmlinux]  [k] __schedule
     2.54%  kworker/2:0     [kernel.vmlinux]  [k] __schedule
     2.54%  tuned           [kernel.vmlinux]  [k] __schedule
  <SNIP>
  # Samples: 0  of event 'dummy:u'
  # Event count (approx.): 0
  #
  # Overhead  Command  Shared Object  Symbol
  # ........  .......  .............  ......

# Samples: 28 of event 'instructions:u'
# Event count (approx.): 5030172
#

  # Overhead  Command     Shared Object        Symbol
  # ........  ..........  ...................  ................................
  #
    21.43%  tuned       libpython2.7.so.1.0  [.] PyEval_EvalFrameEx
                 |
                 ---PyEval_EvalFrameEx
                    |
                    |--83.33%-- PyEval_EvalCodeEx
                    |          PyEval_EvalFrameEx
                    |          |
                    |          |--60.00%-- PyEval_EvalCodeEx
                    |          |          PyEval_EvalFrameEx
                    |          |          PyEval_EvalFrameEx
                    |          |
                    |           --40.00%-- PyEval_EvalFrameEx
                    |
                     --16.67%-- PyEval_EvalFrameEx
                               PyEval_EvalCodeEx
                               PyEval_EvalFrameEx
                               PyEval_EvalCodeEx
                               PyEval_EvalFrameEx
                               PyEval_EvalFrameEx

    14.29%  tuned       libpython2.7.so.1.0  [.] _PyType_Lookup
                 |
                 ---_PyType_Lookup
                    _PyObject_GenericGetAttrWithDict
                    PyEval_EvalFrameEx
                    PyEval_EvalCodeEx
                    PyEval_EvalFrameEx
                    PyEval_EvalCodeEx
                    PyEval_EvalFrameEx
                    |
                    |--75.00%-- PyEval_EvalFrameEx
                    |
                     --25.00%-- PyEval_EvalCodeEx
                               PyEval_EvalFrameEx
                               PyEval_EvalFrameEx

     3.57%  irqbalance  irqbalance           [.] 0x0000000000004038
            |
            ---0x4038
               0x4761
               0x4761
               0x4761
               0x49f1
               0x2295

     3.57%  irqbalance  libc-2.17.so         [.] __GI_____strtoull_l_internal
            |
            ---__GI_____strtoull_l_internal
               0x6f49
               0x229a

     3.57%  irqbalance  libc-2.17.so         [.] __strchrnul
            |
            ---__strchrnul
               vfprintf
               __vsprintf_chk
               __sprintf_chk
               0x2724
               0x4038
               0x2331

     3.57%  irqbalance  libc-2.17.so         [.] __strstr_sse42
            |
            ---__strstr_sse42
               0x71e0
               0x229f

# And now to some userspace ftrace on uninstrumented binaries 8-) :
# Hand edited to make it a bit more compact, replacing /home/acme/bin/perf

  # with /bin/perf:

[root@perf4 ~]# perf script

     perf 8921 [3] 7.310889: 1 branches:u:            0 [unknown] ([unknown]) => 7fcecadbf257 __GI___ioctl (/usr/lib64/libc-2.17.so)
     perf 8921 [3] 7.310889: 1 branches:u: 7fcecadbf25f __GI___ioctl (/usr/lib64/libc-2.17.so) => 481689 perf_evlist__enable (/bin/perf)
     perf 8921 [3] 7.310889: 1 branches:u:       481694 perf_evlist__enable (/bin/perf) => 481614 perf_evlist__enable (/bin/perf)
     perf 8921 [3] 7.310889: 1 branches:u:       481630 perf_evlist__enable (/bin/perf) => 4816d8 perf_evlist__enable (/bin/perf)
     perf 8921 [3] 7.310889: 1 branches:u:       4816de perf_evlist__enable (/bin/perf) => 48164f perf_evlist__enable (/bin/perf)
     perf 8921 [3] 7.310889: 1 branches:u:       481652 perf_evlist__enable (/bin/perf) => 48165f perf_evlist__enable (/bin/perf)
     perf 8921 [3] 7.310889: 1 branches:u:       481684 perf_evlist__enable (/bin/perf) => 41d250 ioctl@plt (/bin/perf)
     perf 8921 [3] 7.310889: 1 branches:u:       41d250 ioctl@plt (/bin/perf) => 7fcecadbf250 __GI___ioctl (/usr/lib64/libc-2.17.so)
     perf 8921 [3] 7.310889: 1 branches:u: 7fcecadbf255 __GI___ioctl (/usr/lib64/libc-2.17.so) => 0 [unknown] ([unknown])
     perf 8921 [3] 7.310890: 1 branches:u:            0 [unknown] ([unknown]) => 7fcecadbf257 __GI___ioctl (/usr/lib64/libc-2.17.so)
     perf 8921 [3] 7.310890: 1 branches:u: 7fcecadbf25f __GI___ioctl (/usr/lib64/libc-2.17.so) => 481689 perf_evlist__enable (/bin/perf)
     perf 8921 [3] 7.310890: 1 branches:u:       481694 perf_evlist__enable (/bin/perf) => 481614 perf_evlist__enable (/bin/perf)
     perf 8921 [3] 7.310890: 1 branches:u:       481652 perf_evlist__enable (/bin/perf) => 48165f perf_evlist__enable (/bin/perf)
     perf 8921 [3] 7.310890: 1 branches:u:       481684 perf_evlist__enable (/bin/perf) => 41d250 ioctl@plt (/bin/perf)
     perf 8921 [3] 7.310890: 1 branches:u:       41d250 ioctl@plt (/bin/perf) => 7fcecadbf250 __GI___ioctl (/usr/lib64/libc-2.17.so)
     perf 8921 [3] 7.310890: 1 branches:u: 7fcecadbf255 __GI___ioctl (/usr/lib64/libc-2.17.so) => 0 [unknown] ([unknown])
     perf 8921 [3] 7.310893: 1 branches:u:            0 [unknown] ([unknown]) => 7fcecadbf257 __GI___ioctl (/usr/lib64/libc-2.17.so)
     perf 8921 [3] 7.310893: 1 branches:u: 7fcecadbf25f __GI___ioctl (/usr/lib64/libc-2.17.so) => 481689 perf_evlist__enable (/bin/perf)
     perf 8921 [3] 7.310893: 1 branches:u:       4816a8 perf_evlist__enable (/bin/perf) => 4815f8 perf_evlist__enable (/bin/perf)
     perf 8921 [3] 7.310893: 1 branches:u:       4815fe perf_evlist__enable (/bin/perf) => 481614 perf_evlist__enable (/bin/perf)
     perf 8921 [3] 7.310893: 1 branches:u:       481652 perf_evlist__enable (/bin/perf) => 48165f perf_evlist__enable (/bin/perf)
     perf 8921 [3] 7.310893: 1 branches:u:       481684 perf_evlist__enable (/bin/perf) => 41d250 ioctl@plt (/bin/perf)
     perf 8921 [3] 7.310893: 1 branches:u:       41d250 ioctl@plt (/bin/perf) => 7fcecadbf250 __GI___ioctl (/usr/lib64/libc-2.17.so)
     perf 8921 [3] 7.310893: 1 branches:u: 7fcecadbf255 __GI___ioctl (/usr/lib64/libc-2.17.so) => 0 [unknown] ([unknown])
     perf 8921 [3] 7.310956: 1 branches:u:            0 [unknown] ([unknown]) => 7fcecadbf257 __GI___ioctl (/usr/lib64/libc-2.17.so)
     perf 8921 [3] 7.310956: 1 branches:u: 7fcecadbf25f __GI___ioctl (/usr/lib64/libc-2.17.so) => 481689 perf_evlist__enable (/bin/perf)
     perf 8921 [3] 7.310956: 1 branches:u:       481694 perf_evlist__enable (/bin/perf) => 481614 perf_evlist__enable (/bin/perf)
     perf 8921 [3] 7.310956: 1 branches:u:       481630 perf_evlist__enable (/bin/perf) => 4816d8 perf_evlist__enable (/bin/perf)
     perf 8921 [3] 7.310956: 1 branches:u:       4816de perf_evlist__enable (/bin/perf) => 48164f perf_evlist__enable (/bin/perf)
     perf 8921 [3] 7.310956: 1 branches:u:       481652 perf_evlist__enable (/bin/perf) => 48165f perf_evlist__enable (/bin/perf)
     perf 8921 [3] 7.310956: 1 branches:u:       481684 perf_evlist__enable (/bin/perf) => 41d250 ioctl@plt (/bin/perf)
     perf 8921 [3] 7.310956: 1 branches:u:       41d250 ioctl@plt (/bin/perf) => 7fcecadbf250 __GI___ioctl (/usr/lib64/libc-2.17.so)
     perf 8921 [3] 7.310956: 1 branches:u: 7fcecadbf255 __GI___ioctl (/usr/lib64/libc-2.17.so) => 0 [unknown] ([unknown])
     perf 8921 [3] 7.310961: 1 branches:u:            0 [unknown] ([unknown]) => 7fcecadbf257 __GI___ioctl (/usr/lib64/libc-2.17.so)
     perf 8921 [3] 7.310961: 1 branches:u: 7fcecadbf25f __GI___ioctl (/usr/lib64/libc-2.17.so) => 481689 perf_evlist__enable (/bin/perf)
     perf 8921 [3] 7.310961: 1 branches:u:       481694 perf_evlist__enable (/bin/perf) => 481614 perf_evlist__enable (/bin/perf)
     perf 8921 [3] 7.310961: 1 branches:u:       481652 perf_evlist__enable (/bin/perf) => 48165f perf_evlist__enable (/bin/perf)
     perf 8921 [3] 7.310961: 1 branches:u:       481684 perf_evlist__enable (/bin/perf) => 41d250 ioctl@plt (/bin/perf)
     perf 8921 [3] 7.310961: 1 branches:u:       41d250 ioctl@plt (/bin/perf) => 7fcecadbf250 __GI___ioctl (/usr/lib64/libc-2.17.so)
     perf 8921 [3] 7.310961: 1 branches:u: 7fcecadbf255 __GI___ioctl (/usr/lib64/libc-2.17.so) => 0 [unknown] ([unknown])
     perf 8921 [3] 7.310968: 1 branches:u:            0 [unknown] ([unknown]) => 7fcecadbf257 __GI___ioctl (/usr/lib64/libc-2.17.so)
     perf 8921 [3] 7.310968: 1 branches:u: 7fcecadbf25f __GI___ioctl (/usr/lib64/libc-2.17.so) => 481689 perf_evlist__enable (/bin/perf)
     perf 8921 [3] 7.310968: 1 branches:u:       4816a8 perf_evlist__enable (/bin/perf) => 4815f8 perf_evlist__enable (/bin/perf)
     perf 8921 [3] 7.310968: 1 branches:u:       4815fe perf_evlist__enable (/bin/perf) => 481614 perf_evlist__enable (/bin/perf)
     perf 8921 [3] 7.310968: 1 branches:u:       481652 perf_evlist__enable (/bin/perf) => 48165f perf_evlist__enable (/bin/perf)
     perf 8921 [3] 7.310968: 1 branches:u:       481684 perf_evlist__enable (/bin/perf) => 41d250 ioctl@plt (/bin/perf)
     perf 8921 [3] 7.310968: 1 branches:u:       41d250 ioctl@plt (/bin/perf) => 7fcecadbf250 __GI___ioctl (/usr/lib64/libc-2.17.so)
     perf 8921 [3] 7.310968: 1 branches:u: 7fcecadbf255 __GI___ioctl (/usr/lib64/libc-2.17.so) => 0 [unknown] ([unknown])
     perf 8921 [3] 7.311040: 1 branches:u:            0 [unknown] ([unknown]) => 7fcecadbf257 __GI___ioctl (/usr/lib64/libc-2.17.so)
     perf 8921 [3] 7.311040: 1 branches:u: 7fcecadbf25f __GI___ioctl (/usr/lib64/libc-2.17.so) => 481689 perf_evlist__enable (/bin/perf)
     perf 8921 [3] 7.311040: 1 branches:u:       481694 perf_evlist__enable (/bin/perf) => 481614 perf_evlist__enable (/bin/perf)
     perf 8921 [3] 7.311040: 1 branches:u:       481630 perf_evlist__enable (/bin/perf) => 4816d8 perf_evlist__enable (/bin/perf)
     perf 8921 [3] 7.311040: 1 branches:u:       4816de perf_evlist__enable (/bin/perf) => 48164f perf_evlist__enable (/bin/perf)
     perf 8921 [3] 7.311040: 1 branches:u:       481652 perf_evlist__enable (/bin/perf) => 48165f perf_evlist__enable (/bin/perf)
     perf 8921 [3] 7.311040: 1 branches:u:       481684 perf_evlist__enable (/bin/perf) => 41d250 ioctl@plt (/bin/perf)
     perf 8921 [3] 7.311040: 1 branches:u:       41d250 ioctl@plt (/bin/perf) => 7fcecadbf250 __GI___ioctl (/usr/lib64/libc-2.17.so)
     perf 8921 [3] 7.311040: 1 branches:u: 7fcecadbf255 __GI___ioctl (/usr/lib64/libc-2.17.so) => 0 [unknown] ([unknown])
     perf 8921 [3] 7.311046: 1 branches:u:            0 [unknown] ([unknown]) => 7fcecadbf257 __GI___ioctl (/usr/lib64/libc-2.17.so)
     perf 8921 [3] 7.311046: 1 branches:u: 7fcecadbf25f __GI___ioctl (/usr/lib64/libc-2.17.so) => 481689 perf_evlist__enable (/bin/perf)
     perf 8921 [3] 7.311046: 1 branches:u:       481694 perf_evlist__enable (/bin/perf) => 481614 perf_evlist__enable (/bin/perf)
     perf 8921 [3] 7.311046: 1 branches:u:       481652 perf_evlist__enable (/bin/perf) => 48165f perf_evlist__enable (/bin/perf)
     perf 8921 [3] 7.311046: 1 branches:u:       481684 perf_evlist__enable (/bin/perf) => 41d250 ioctl@plt (/bin/perf)
     perf 8921 [3] 7.311046: 1 branches:u:       41d250 ioctl@plt (/bin/perf) => 7fcecadbf250 __GI___ioctl (/usr/lib64/libc-2.17.so)
     perf 8921 [3] 7.311046: 1 branches:u: 7fcecadbf255 __GI___ioctl (/usr/lib64/libc-2.17.so) => 0 [unknown] ([unknown])
     perf 8921 [3] 7.311050: 1 branches:u:            0 [unknown] ([unknown]) => 7fcecadbf257 __GI___ioctl (/usr/lib64/libc-2.17.so)
     perf 8921 [3] 7.311050: 1 branches:u: 7fcecadbf25f __GI___ioctl (/usr/lib64/libc-2.17.so) => 481689 perf_evlist__enable (/bin/perf)

:

---
 tools/perf/Documentation/intel-pt.txt | 588 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 tools/perf/arch/x86/util/Build        |   2 +
 tools/perf/arch/x86/util/auxtrace.c   |  38 +++
 tools/perf/arch/x86/util/pmu.c        |  15 +
 tools/perf/util/auxtrace.c            |   5 +-
 tools/perf/util/pmu.c                 |   4 +-
 6 files changed, 649 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 tools/perf/Documentation/intel-pt.txt
 create mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/x86/util/auxtrace.c
 create mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/x86/util/pmu.c

new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2866b62eb293
@@ -0,0 +1,588 @@
+Intel Processor Trace
+=====================
+
+Overview
+========
+
+Intel Processor Trace (Intel PT) is an extension of Intel Architecture that
+collects information about software execution such as control flow, execution
+modes and timings and formats it into highly compressed binary packets.
+Technical details are documented in the Intel 64 and IA-32 Architectures
+Software Developer Manuals, Chapter 36 Intel Processor Trace.
+
+Intel PT is first supported in Intel Core M and 5th generation Intel Core
+processors that are based on the Intel micro-architecture code name Broadwell.
+
+Trace data is collected by 'perf record' and stored within the perf.data file.
+See below for options to 'perf record'.
+
+Trace data must be 'decoded' which involves walking the object code and matching
+the trace data packets. For example a TNT packet only tells whether a
+conditional branch was taken or not taken, so to make use of that packet the
+decoder must know precisely which instruction was being executed.
+
+Decoding is done on-the-fly.  The decoder outputs samples in the same format as
+samples output by perf hardware events, for example as though the "instructions"
+or "branches" events had been recorded.  Presently 3 tools support this:
+'perf script', 'perf report' and 'perf inject'.  See below for more information
+on using those tools.
+
+The main distinguishing feature of Intel PT is that the decoder can determine
+the exact flow of software execution.  Intel PT can be used to understand why
+and how did software get to a certain point, or behave a certain way.  The
+software does not have to be recompiled, so Intel PT works with debug or release
+builds, however the executed images are needed - which makes use in JIT-compiled
+environments, or with self-modified code, a challenge.  Also symbols need to be
+provided to make sense of addresses.
+
+A limitation of Intel PT is that it produces huge amounts of trace data
+(hundreds of megabytes per second per core) which takes a long time to decode,
+for example two or three orders of magnitude longer than it took to collect.
+Another limitation is the performance impact of tracing, something that will
+vary depending on the use-case and architecture.
+
+
+Quickstart
+==========
+
+It is important to start small.  That is because it is easy to capture vastly
+more data than can possibly be processed.
+
+The simplest thing to do with Intel PT is userspace profiling of small programs.
+Data is captured with 'perf record' e.g. to trace 'ls' userspace-only:
+
+	perf record -e intel_pt//u ls
+
+And profiled with 'perf report' e.g.
+
+	perf report
+
+To also trace kernel space presents a problem, namely kernel self-modifying
+code.  A fairly good kernel image is available in /proc/kcore but to get an
+accurate image a copy of /proc/kcore needs to be made under the same conditions
+as the data capture.  A script perf-with-kcore can do that, but beware that the
+script makes use of 'sudo' to copy /proc/kcore.  If you have perf installed
+locally from the source tree you can do:
+
+	~/libexec/perf-core/perf-with-kcore record pt_ls -e intel_pt// -- ls
+
+which will create a directory named 'pt_ls' and put the perf.data file and
+copies of /proc/kcore, /proc/kallsyms and /proc/modules into it.  Then to use
+'perf report' becomes:
+
+	~/libexec/perf-core/perf-with-kcore report pt_ls
+
+Because samples are synthesized after-the-fact, the sampling period can be
+selected for reporting. e.g. sample every microsecond
+
+	~/libexec/perf-core/perf-with-kcore report pt_ls --itrace=i1usge
+
+See the sections below for more information about the --itrace option.
+
+Beware the smaller the period, the more samples that are produced, and the
+longer it takes to process them.
+
+Also note that the coarseness of Intel PT timing information will start to
+distort the statistical value of the sampling as the sampling period becomes
+smaller.
+
+To represent software control flow, "branches" samples are produced.  By default
+a branch sample is synthesized for every single branch.  To get an idea what
+data is available you can use the 'perf script' tool with no parameters, which
+will list all the samples.
+
+	perf record -e intel_pt//u ls
+	perf script
+
+An interesting field that is not printed by default is 'flags' which can be
+displayed as follows:
+
+	perf script -Fcomm,tid,pid,time,cpu,event,trace,ip,sym,dso,addr,symoff,flags
+
+The flags are "bcrosyiABEx" which stand for branch, call, return, conditional,
+system, asynchronous, interrupt, transaction abort, trace begin, trace end, and
+in transaction, respectively.
+
+While it is possible to create scripts to analyze the data, an alternative
+approach is available to export the data to a postgresql database.  Refer to
+script export-to-postgresql.py for more details, and to script
+call-graph-from-postgresql.py for an example of using the database.
+
+As mentioned above, it is easy to capture too much data.  One way to limit the
+data captured is to use 'snapshot' mode which is explained further below.
+Refer to 'new snapshot option' and 'Intel PT modes of operation' further below.
+
+Another problem that will be experienced is decoder errors.  They can be caused
+by inability to access the executed image, self-modified or JIT-ed code, or the
+inability to match side-band information (such as context switches and mmaps)
+which results in the decoder not knowing what code was executed.
+
+There is also the problem of perf not being able to copy the data fast enough,
+resulting in data lost because the buffer was full.  See 'Buffer handling' below
+for more details.
+
+
+perf record
+===========
+
+new event
+---------
+
+The Intel PT kernel driver creates a new PMU for Intel PT.  PMU events are
+selected by providing the PMU name followed by the "config" separated by slashes.
+An enhancement has been made to allow default "config" e.g. the option
+
+	-e intel_pt//
+
+will use a default config value.  Currently that is the same as
+
+	-e intel_pt/tsc,noretcomp=0/
+
+which is the same as
+
+	-e intel_pt/tsc=1,noretcomp=0/
+
+The config terms are listed in /sys/devices/intel_pt/format.  They are bit
+fields within the config member of the struct perf_event_attr which is
+passed to the kernel by the perf_event_open system call.  They correspond to bit
+fields in the IA32_RTIT_CTL MSR.  Here is a list of them and their definitions:
+
+	$ for f in `ls /sys/devices/intel_pt/format`;do
+	> echo $f
+	> cat /sys/devices/intel_pt/format/$f
+	> done
+	noretcomp
+	config:11
+	tsc
+	config:10
+
+Note that the default config must be overridden for each term i.e.
+
+	-e intel_pt/noretcomp=0/
+
+is the same as:
+
+	-e intel_pt/tsc=1,noretcomp=0/
+
+So, to disable TSC packets use:
+
+	-e intel_pt/tsc=0/
+
+It is also possible to specify the config value explicitly:
+
+	-e intel_pt/config=0x400/
+
+Note that, as with all events, the event is suffixed with event modifiers:
+
+	u	userspace
+	k	kernel
+	h	hypervisor
+	G	guest
+	H	host
+	p	precise ip
+
+'h', 'G' and 'H' are for virtualization which is not supported by Intel PT.
+'p' is also not relevant to Intel PT.  So only options 'u' and 'k' are
+meaningful for Intel PT.
+
+perf_event_attr is displayed if the -vv option is used e.g.
+
+	------------------------------------------------------------
+	perf_event_attr:
+	type                             6
+	size                             112
+	config                           0x400
+	{ sample_period, sample_freq }   1
+	sample_type                      IP|TID|TIME|CPU|IDENTIFIER
+	read_format                      ID
+	disabled                         1
+	inherit                          1
+	exclude_kernel                   1
+	exclude_hv                       1
+	enable_on_exec                   1
+	sample_id_all                    1
+	------------------------------------------------------------
+	sys_perf_event_open: pid 31104  cpu 0  group_fd -1  flags 0x8
+	sys_perf_event_open: pid 31104  cpu 1  group_fd -1  flags 0x8
+	sys_perf_event_open: pid 31104  cpu 2  group_fd -1  flags 0x8
+	sys_perf_event_open: pid 31104  cpu 3  group_fd -1  flags 0x8
+	------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+new snapshot option
+-------------------
+
+To select snapshot mode a new option has been added:
+
+	-S
+
+Optionally it can be followed by the snapshot size e.g.
+
+	-S0x100000
+
+The default snapshot size is the auxtrace mmap size.  If neither auxtrace mmap size
+nor snapshot size is specified, then the default is 4MiB for privileged users
+(or if /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_paranoid < 0), 128KiB for unprivileged users.
+If an unprivileged user does not specify mmap pages, the mmap pages will be
+reduced as described in the 'new auxtrace mmap size option' section below.
+
+The snapshot size is displayed if the option -vv is used e.g.
+
+	Intel PT snapshot size: %zu
+
+
+new auxtrace mmap size option
+---------------------------
+
+Intel PT buffer size is specified by an addition to the -m option e.g.
+
+	-m,16
+
+selects a buffer size of 16 pages i.e. 64KiB.
+
+Note that the existing functionality of -m is unchanged.  The auxtrace mmap size
+is specified by the optional addition of a comma and the value.
+
+The default auxtrace mmap size for Intel PT is 4MiB/page_size for privileged users
+(or if /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_paranoid < 0), 128KiB for unprivileged users.
+If an unprivileged user does not specify mmap pages, the mmap pages will be
+reduced from the default 512KiB/page_size to 256KiB/page_size, otherwise the
+user is likely to get an error as they exceed their mlock limit (Max locked
+memory as shown in /proc/self/limits).  Note that perf does not count the first
+512KiB (actually /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_mlock_kb minus 1 page) per cpu
+against the mlock limit so an unprivileged user is allowed 512KiB per cpu plus
+their mlock limit (which defaults to 64KiB but is not multiplied by the number
+of cpus).
+
+In full-trace mode, powers of two are allowed for buffer size, with a minimum
+size of 2 pages.  In snapshot mode, it is the same but the minimum size is
+1 page.
+
+The mmap size and auxtrace mmap size are displayed if the -vv option is used e.g.
+
+	mmap length 528384
+	auxtrace mmap length 4198400
+
+
+Intel PT modes of operation
+---------------------------
+
+Intel PT can be used in 2 modes:
+	full-trace mode
+	snapshot mode
+
+Full-trace mode traces continuously e.g.
+
+	perf record -e intel_pt//u uname
+
+Snapshot mode captures the available data when a signal is sent e.g.
+
+	perf record -v -e intel_pt//u -S ./loopy 1000000000 &
+	[1] 11435
+	kill -USR2 11435
+	Recording AUX area tracing snapshot
+
+Note that the signal sent is SIGUSR2.
+Note that "Recording AUX area tracing snapshot" is displayed because the -v
+option is used.
+
+The 2 modes cannot be used together.
+
+
+Buffer handling
+---------------
+
+There may be buffer limitations (i.e. single ToPa entry) which means that actual
+buffer sizes are limited to powers of 2 up to 4MiB (MAX_ORDER).  In order to
+provide other sizes, and in particular an arbitrarily large size, multiple
+buffers are logically concatenated.  However an interrupt must be used to switch
+between buffers.  That has two potential problems:
+	a) the interrupt may not be handled in time so that the current buffer
+	becomes full and some trace data is lost.
+	b) the interrupts may slow the system and affect the performance
+	results.
+
+If trace data is lost, the driver sets 'truncated' in the PERF_RECORD_AUX event
+which the tools report as an error.
+
+In full-trace mode, the driver waits for data to be copied out before allowing
+the (logical) buffer to wrap-around.  If data is not copied out quickly enough,
+again 'truncated' is set in the PERF_RECORD_AUX event.  If the driver has to
+wait, the intel_pt event gets disabled.  Because it is difficult to know when
+that happens, perf tools always re-enable the intel_pt event after copying out
+data.
+
+
+Intel PT and build ids
+----------------------
+
+By default "perf record" post-processes the event stream to find all build ids
+for executables for all addresses sampled.  Deliberately, Intel PT is not
+decoded for that purpose (it would take too long).  Instead the build ids for
+all executables encountered (due to mmap, comm or task events) are included
+in the perf.data file.
+
+To see buildids included in the perf.data file use the command:
+
+	perf buildid-list
+
+If the perf.data file contains Intel PT data, that is the same as:
+
+	perf buildid-list --with-hits
+
+
+Snapshot mode and event disabling
+---------------------------------
+
+In order to make a snapshot, the intel_pt event is disabled using an IOCTL,
+namely PERF_EVENT_IOC_DISABLE.  However doing that can also disable the
+collection of side-band information.  In order to prevent that,  a dummy
+software event has been introduced that permits tracking events (like mmaps) to
+continue to be recorded while intel_pt is disabled.  That is important to ensure
+there is complete side-band information to allow the decoding of subsequent
+snapshots.
+
+A test has been created for that.  To find the test:
+
+	perf test list
+	...
+	23: Test using a dummy software event to keep tracking
+
+To run the test:
+
+	perf test 23
+	23: Test using a dummy software event to keep tracking     : Ok
+
+
+perf record modes (nothing new here)
+------------------------------------
+
+perf record essentially operates in one of three modes:
+	per thread
+	per cpu
+	workload only
+
+"per thread" mode is selected by -t or by --per-thread (with -p or -u or just a
+workload).
+"per cpu" is selected by -C or -a.
+"workload only" mode is selected by not using the other options but providing a
+command to run (i.e. the workload).
+
+In per-thread mode an exact list of threads is traced.  There is no inheritance.
+Each thread has its own event buffer.
+
+In per-cpu mode all processes (or processes from the selected cgroup i.e. -G
+option, or processes selected with -p or -u) are traced.  Each cpu has its own
+buffer. Inheritance is allowed.
+
+In workload-only mode, the workload is traced but with per-cpu buffers.
+Inheritance is allowed.  Note that you can now trace a workload in per-thread
+mode by using the --per-thread option.
+
+
+Privileged vs non-privileged users
+----------------------------------
+
+Unless /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_paranoid is set to -1, unprivileged users
+have memory limits imposed upon them.  That affects what buffer sizes they can
+have as outlined above.
+
+Unless /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_paranoid is set to -1, unprivileged users are
+not permitted to use tracepoints which means there is insufficient side-band
+information to decode Intel PT in per-cpu mode, and potentially workload-only
+mode too if the workload creates new processes.
+
+Note also, that to use tracepoints, read-access to debugfs is required.  So if
+debugfs is not mounted or the user does not have read-access, it will again not
+be possible to decode Intel PT in per-cpu mode.
+
+
+sched_switch tracepoint
+-----------------------
+
+The sched_switch tracepoint is used to provide side-band data for Intel PT
+decoding.  sched_switch events are automatically added. e.g. the second event
+shown below
+
+	$ perf record -vv -e intel_pt//u uname
+	------------------------------------------------------------
+	perf_event_attr:
+	type                             6
+	size                             112
+	config                           0x400
+	{ sample_period, sample_freq }   1
+	sample_type                      IP|TID|TIME|CPU|IDENTIFIER
+	read_format                      ID
+	disabled                         1
+	inherit                          1
+	exclude_kernel                   1
+	exclude_hv                       1
+	enable_on_exec                   1
+	sample_id_all                    1
+	------------------------------------------------------------
+	sys_perf_event_open: pid 31104  cpu 0  group_fd -1  flags 0x8
+	sys_perf_event_open: pid 31104  cpu 1  group_fd -1  flags 0x8
+	sys_perf_event_open: pid 31104  cpu 2  group_fd -1  flags 0x8
+	sys_perf_event_open: pid 31104  cpu 3  group_fd -1  flags 0x8
+	------------------------------------------------------------
+	perf_event_attr:
+	type                             2
+	size                             112
+	config                           0x108
+	{ sample_period, sample_freq }   1
+	sample_type                      IP|TID|TIME|CPU|PERIOD|RAW|IDENTIFIER
+	read_format                      ID
+	inherit                          1
+	sample_id_all                    1
+	exclude_guest                    1
+	------------------------------------------------------------
+	sys_perf_event_open: pid -1  cpu 0  group_fd -1  flags 0x8
+	sys_perf_event_open: pid -1  cpu 1  group_fd -1  flags 0x8
+	sys_perf_event_open: pid -1  cpu 2  group_fd -1  flags 0x8
+	sys_perf_event_open: pid -1  cpu 3  group_fd -1  flags 0x8
+	------------------------------------------------------------
+	perf_event_attr:
+	type                             1
+	size                             112
+	config                           0x9
+	{ sample_period, sample_freq }   1
+	sample_type                      IP|TID|TIME|IDENTIFIER
+	read_format                      ID
+	disabled                         1
+	inherit                          1
+	exclude_kernel                   1
+	exclude_hv                       1
+	mmap                             1
+	comm                             1
+	enable_on_exec                   1
+	task                             1
+	sample_id_all                    1
+	mmap2                            1
+	comm_exec                        1
+	------------------------------------------------------------
+	sys_perf_event_open: pid 31104  cpu 0  group_fd -1  flags 0x8
+	sys_perf_event_open: pid 31104  cpu 1  group_fd -1  flags 0x8
+	sys_perf_event_open: pid 31104  cpu 2  group_fd -1  flags 0x8
+	sys_perf_event_open: pid 31104  cpu 3  group_fd -1  flags 0x8
+	mmap size 528384B
+	AUX area mmap length 4194304
+	perf event ring buffer mmapped per cpu
+	Synthesizing auxtrace information
+	Linux
+	[ perf record: Woken up 1 times to write data ]
+	[ perf record: Captured and wrote 0.042 MB perf.data ]
+
+Note, the sched_switch event is only added if the user is permitted to use it
+and only in per-cpu mode.
+
+Note also, the sched_switch event is only added if TSC packets are requested.
+That is because, in the absence of timing information, the sched_switch events
+cannot be matched against the Intel PT trace.
+
+
+perf script
+===========
+
+By default, perf script will decode trace data found in the perf.data file.
+This can be further controlled by new option --itrace.
+
+
+New --itrace option
+-------------------
+
+Having no option is the same as
+
+	--itrace
+
+which, in turn, is the same as
+
+	--itrace=ibxe
+
+The letters are:
+
+	i	synthesize "instructions" events
+	b	synthesize "branches" events
+	x	synthesize "transactions" events
+	c	synthesize branches events (calls only)
+	r	synthesize branches events (returns only)
+	e	synthesize tracing error events
+	d	create a debug log
+	g	synthesize a call chain (use with i or x)
+
+"Instructions" events look like they were recorded by "perf record -e
+instructions".
+
+"Branches" events look like they were recorded by "perf record -e branches". "c"
+and "r" can be combined to get calls and returns.
+
+"Transactions" events correspond to the start or end of transactions. The
+'flags' field can be used in perf script to determine whether the event is a
+tranasaction start, commit or abort.
+
+Error events are new.  They show where the decoder lost the trace.  Error events
+are quite important.  Users must know if what they are seeing is a complete
+picture or not.
+
+The "d" option will cause the creation of a file "intel_pt.log" containing all
+decoded packets and instructions.  Note that this option slows down the decoder
+and that the resulting file may be very large.
+
+In addition, the period of the "instructions" event can be specified. e.g.
+
+	--itrace=i10us
+
+sets the period to 10us i.e. one  instruction sample is synthesized for each 10
+microseconds of trace.  Alternatives to "us" are "ms" (milliseconds),
+"ns" (nanoseconds), "t" (TSC ticks) or "i" (instructions).
+
+"ms", "us" and "ns" are converted to TSC ticks.
+
+The timing information included with Intel PT does not give the time of every
+instruction.  Consequently, for the purpose of sampling, the decoder estimates
+the time since the last timing packet based on 1 tick per instruction.  The time
+on the sample is *not* adjusted and reflects the last known value of TSC.
+
+For Intel PT, the default period is 100us.
+
+Also the call chain size (default 16, max. 1024) for instructions or
+transactions events can be specified. e.g.
+
+	--itrace=ig32
+	--itrace=xg32
+
+To disable trace decoding entirely, use the option --no-itrace.
+
+
+dump option
+-----------
+
+perf script has an option (-D) to "dump" the events i.e. display the binary
+data.
+
+When -D is used, Intel PT packets are displayed.  The packet decoder does not
+pay attention to PSB packets, but just decodes the bytes - so the packets seen
+by the actual decoder may not be identical in places where the data is corrupt.
+One example of that would be when the buffer-switching interrupt has been too
+slow, and the buffer has been filled completely.  In that case, the last packet
+in the buffer might be truncated and immediately followed by a PSB as the trace
+continues in the next buffer.
+
+To disable the display of Intel PT packets, combine the -D option with
+--no-itrace.
+
+
+perf report
+===========
+
+By default, perf report will decode trace data found in the perf.data file.
+This can be further controlled by new option --itrace exactly the same as
+perf script, with the exception that the default is --itrace=igxe.
+
+
+perf inject
+===========
+
+perf inject also accepts the --itrace option in which case tracing data is
+removed and replaced with the synthesized events. e.g.
+
+	perf inject --itrace -i perf.data -o perf.data.new

index 139608878888..a8be9f9d0462 100644
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 libperf-y += header.o
 libperf-y += tsc.o
+libperf-y += pmu.o
 libperf-y += kvm-stat.o
 
 libperf-$(CONFIG_DWARF) += dwarf-regs.o

@@ -7,4 +8,5 @@ libperf-$(CONFIG_DWARF) += dwarf-regs.o
 libperf-$(CONFIG_LIBUNWIND)          += unwind-libunwind.o
 libperf-$(CONFIG_LIBDW_DWARF_UNWIND) += unwind-libdw.o
 
+libperf-$(CONFIG_AUXTRACE) += auxtrace.o
 libperf-$(CONFIG_AUXTRACE) += intel-pt.o

new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e7654b506312
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/*
+ * auxtrace.c: AUX area tracing support
+ * Copyright (c) 2013-2014, Intel Corporation.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public License,
+ * version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for
+ * more details.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include "../../util/header.h"
+#include "../../util/auxtrace.h"
+#include "../../util/intel-pt.h"
+
+struct auxtrace_record *auxtrace_record__init(struct perf_evlist *evlist __maybe_unused,
+					      int *err)
+{
+	char buffer[64];
+	int ret;
+
+	*err = 0;
+
+	ret = get_cpuid(buffer, sizeof(buffer));
+	if (ret) {
+		*err = ret;
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	if (!strncmp(buffer, "GenuineIntel,", 13))
+		return intel_pt_recording_init(err);
+
+	return NULL;
+}

new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fd11cc3ce780
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include <linux/perf_event.h>
+
+#include "../../util/intel-pt.h"
+#include "../../util/pmu.h"
+
+struct perf_event_attr *perf_pmu__get_default_config(struct perf_pmu *pmu __maybe_unused)
+{
+#ifdef HAVE_AUXTRACE_SUPPORT
+	if (!strcmp(pmu->name, INTEL_PT_PMU_NAME))
+		return intel_pt_pmu_default_config(pmu);
+#endif
+	return NULL;
+}

index 49dbfbeedb68..0f0b7e11e2d9 100644
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@
 #include "debug.h"
 #include "parse-options.h"
 
+#include "intel-pt.h"
+
 int auxtrace_mmap__mmap(struct auxtrace_mmap *mm,
 			struct auxtrace_mmap_params *mp,
 			void *userpg, int fd)

@@ -876,7 +878,7 @@ static bool auxtrace__dont_decode(struct perf_session *session)
 
 int perf_event__process_auxtrace_info(struct perf_tool *tool __maybe_unused,
 				      union perf_event *event,
-				      struct perf_session *session __maybe_unused)
+				      struct perf_session *session)
 {
 	enum auxtrace_type type = event->auxtrace_info.type;
 

@@ -885,6 +887,7 @@ int perf_event__process_auxtrace_info(struct perf_tool *tool __maybe_unused,
 
 	switch (type) {
 	case PERF_AUXTRACE_INTEL_PT:
+		return intel_pt_process_auxtrace_info(event, session);
 	case PERF_AUXTRACE_UNKNOWN:
 	default:
 		return -EINVAL;

index 84cad054d6f7..3c71138e7672 100644
@@ -462,8 +462,8 @@ static struct perf_pmu *pmu_lookup(const char *name)
 	LIST_HEAD(aliases);
 	__u32 type;
 
-	/* No support for intel_bts or intel_pt so disallow them */
-	if (!strcmp(name, "intel_bts") || !strcmp(name, "intel_pt"))
+	/* No support for intel_bts so disallow it */
+	if (!strcmp(name, "intel_bts"))
 		return NULL;
 
 	/*

2.1.0

Pulled, thanks a lot Arnaldo!

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