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Changes in v5 from the cover letter

- Use fprintf() instead of printf() in struct map/symbol's functions to print something.
- Abolish using 'self' in function's paramater
e.g. map__print_dsoname(self) => map__fprintf_dsoname(map, fp)
- Change the specifier to print symbol_offset 'offs' to 'symoff'
- Change the output format "<branch_to> <branch_from>" to "<branch_from> => <branch_to>"

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#Subject and filesSizeRepliesApplied
1/5perf-script: unify the expressions indicate "unknown"tools/perf/builtin-script.c tools/perf/util/map.c tools/perf/util/map.h +3 more+42 -391 reply
2/5perf: set correct value to perf_event_header.misc for BTSarch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_ds.c+20 -114 replies
3/5perf script: print branch_from and branch_to of BTS eventstools/perf/builtin-script.c+42 -01 reply
4/5perf script: add the offset field specifiertools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt tools/perf/builtin-script.c tools/perf/util/session.c +3 more+46 -151 reply
5/5perf script: add option resolving vmlinux pathtools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt tools/perf/builtin-script.c tools/perf/util/map.c +1 more+13 -31 reply

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Cover letter [PATCH -tip v5 0/5] perf script: add BTS analysis features

Hi Frederic, David,

This patch series adds the functions to analyze BTS logs to perf-script and, makes perf-script more informative version 5.
The patches add the following functions.
- Unify the expression to "[unknown]"
- Fix BTS record header to resolve DSOs and symbols of user-space
- Resolve DSOs and symbols for BTS's branch_from addresses
- Show the offset of symbols with the 'symoff' field specifier.
- Resolve the real path of [kernel.kallsym] using '--show-kernel-path' option.

Usage:
First, get the BTS log with the following command.

# perf record -e branches:u -c 1 -d <command>

Second, analyze that trace data.

# perf script -f ip,addr,sym,symoff,dso [--show-kernel-path]
This command's output format is:
<branch_from addr> <branch_from function+offset> <branch_from DSO> => <branch_to addr> <branch_to function+offset> <branch_to DSO> 

Output sample:

# perf record -e branches:u -c 1 -d ls
[snip]
# perf script -f ip,addr,sym,dso,symoff --show-kernel-path
[snip]
      3430c21399 __libc_start_main+0xe9 (/lib64/libc-2.14.so)               => 402c1c main+0x0             (/root/bin/ls)
          402c41 main+0x25              (/root/bin/ls)                      => 40b390 set_program_name+0x0 (/root/bin/ls)
ffffffff814ac5ed irq_return+0x0         (/lib/modules/3.2.0+/build/vmlinux) => 40b390 set_program_name+0x0 (/root/bin/ls)
          40b39e set_program_name+0xe   (/root/bin/ls)                      => 401e20 strrchr@plt+0x0      (/root/bin/ls)
          401e20 strrchr@plt+0x0        (/root/bin/ls)                      => 401e26 strrchr@plt+0x6      (/root/bin/ls)
          401e2b strrchr@plt+0xb        (/root/bin/ls)                      => 401b80 _init+0x18           (/root/bin/ls)
          401b86 _init+0x1e             (/root/bin/ls)                      => 3430813850 _dl_runtime_resolve+0x0 (/lib64/ld-2.14.so)
[snip]

It shows the tracee application's execution path.

Future Works:
- add source code path field, line number field ...etc.
- add record/report script to use easily and, show human-friendly output.
- filtering kernel functions using scripts

Changes in v5:
- Use fprintf() instead of printf() in struct map/symbol's functions to print something.
- Abolish using 'self' in function's paramater
e.g. map__print_dsoname(self) => map__fprintf_dsoname(map, fp)
- Change the specifier to print symbol_offset 'offs' to 'symoff'
- Change the output format "<branch_to> <branch_from>" to "<branch_from> => <branch_to>"

Changes in v4:
- add check routine to set correct perf_sample's header.

Changes in v3:
- remove the bug fix patch already fixed.
- unify the "[unknown]" expressions in perf-script.
- fix perf_event_header of BTS events.
- fix patch's descriptions

Changes in v2:
- add a bug fix patch that prints correct IP address
- output the magic word "(unknown)" as symbol name when perf-script can't resolve symbols.
- output "[unknown]" as DSO name when perf-script can't resolve DSO path.
- change the way to output offset of symbols from '--show-symbol-offset' to 'offs' field.
- clean up codes.

Thanks,

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Akihiro Nagai (5):
perf script: add option resolving vmlinux path perf script: add the offset field specifier
perf script: print branch_from and branch_to of BTS events
perf: set correct value to perf_event_header.misc for BTS
perf-script: unify the expressions indicate "unknown"

 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_ds.c |   31 +++++++----
 tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt  |    5 +-
 tools/perf/builtin-script.c               |   80 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 tools/perf/util/map.c                     |   15 +++++
 tools/perf/util/map.h                     |    1 
 tools/perf/util/session.c                 |   39 +++++---------
 tools/perf/util/session.h                 |    2 -
 tools/perf/util/symbol.c                  |   22 ++++++++
 tools/perf/util/symbol.h                  |    4 +
 9 files changed, 147 insertions(+), 52 deletions(-)
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Akihiro Nagai ([email protected])