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perf trace: Support callchains for --event too

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Commit-ID:  202ff9684a912c96e0f2fac65e34280a97ad3611
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/202ff9684a912c96e0f2fac65e34280a97ad3611
Author:     Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Tue, 12 Apr 2016 10:11:07 -0300
Committer:  Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <[email protected]>
CommitDate: Wed, 13 Apr 2016 10:11:50 -0300

perf trace: Support callchains for --event too

We already were able to ask for callchains for a specific event:

  # trace -e nanosleep --call dwarf --event sched:sched_switch/call-graph=fp/ usleep 1

This would enable tracing just the "nanosleep" syscall, with callchains at syscall exit and would ask the kernel for frame pointer callchains to be enabled for the "sched:sched_switch" tracepoint event, its just that we were not resolving the callchain and printing it in 'perf trace', do it:

  # trace -e nanosleep --call dwarf --event sched:sched_switch/call-graph=fp/ usleep 1
     0.425 ( 0.013 ms): usleep/6718 nanosleep(rqtp: 0x7ffcc1d16e20) ...
     0.425 (         ): sched:sched_switch:usleep:6718 [120] S ==> swapper/2:0 [120])
                                       __schedule+0xfe200402 ([kernel.kallsyms])
                                       schedule+0xfe200035 ([kernel.kallsyms])
                                       do_nanosleep+0xfe20006f ([kernel.kallsyms])
                                       hrtimer_nanosleep+0xfe2000dc ([kernel.kallsyms])
                                       sys_nanosleep+0xfe20007a ([kernel.kallsyms])
                                       do_syscall_64+0xfe200062 ([kernel.kallsyms])
                                       return_from_SYSCALL_64+0xfe200000 ([kernel.kallsyms])
                                       __nanosleep+0xffff008b8cbe2010 (/usr/lib64/libc-2.22.so)
     0.486 ( 0.073 ms): usleep/6718  ... [continued]: nanosleep()) = 0
                                       __nanosleep+0x10 (/usr/lib64/libc-2.22.so)
                                       usleep+0x34 (/usr/lib64/libc-2.22.so)
                                       main+0x1eb (/usr/bin/usleep)
                                       __libc_start_main+0xf0 (/usr/lib64/libc-2.22.so)
                                       _start+0x29 (/usr/bin/usleep)
  #

Pretty compact, huh? DWARF callchains for raw_syscalls:sys_exit + frame pointer callchains for a tracepoint, if your hardware supports LBR, go wild with /call-graph=lbr/, guess the next step is to lift this from 'perf script':

-F, --fields <str> comma separated output fields prepend with 'type:'. Valid types: hw,sw,trace,raw.
Fields: comm,tid,pid,time,cpu,event,trace,ip,sym,dso,addr,symoff,period,iregs,brstack,brstacksym,flags

---
 tools/perf/builtin-trace.c | 41 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------
 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
tools/perf/builtin-trace.c +26 -15
index 2ec53ed..a6e05e1 100644
@@ -2114,6 +2114,28 @@ out_put:
 	return err;
 }
 
+static int trace__fprintf_callchain(struct trace *trace, struct perf_evsel *evsel,
+				    struct perf_sample *sample)
+{
+	struct addr_location al;
+	/* TODO: user-configurable print_opts */
+	const unsigned int print_opts = PRINT_IP_OPT_SYM |
+				        PRINT_IP_OPT_DSO |
+				        PRINT_IP_OPT_UNKNOWN_AS_ADDR;
+
+	if (sample->callchain == NULL)
+		return 0;
+
+	if (machine__resolve(trace->host, &al, sample) < 0) {
+		pr_err("Problem processing %s callchain, skipping...\n",
+			perf_evsel__name(evsel));
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	return perf_evsel__fprintf_callchain(evsel, sample, &al, 38, print_opts,
+					     scripting_max_stack, trace->output);
+}
+
 static int trace__sys_exit(struct trace *trace, struct perf_evsel *evsel,
 			   union perf_event *event __maybe_unused,
 			   struct perf_sample *sample)
@@ -2193,21 +2215,7 @@ signed_print:
 
 	fputc('\n', trace->output);
 
-	if (sample->callchain) {
-		struct addr_location al;
-		/* TODO: user-configurable print_opts */
-		const unsigned int print_opts = PRINT_IP_OPT_SYM |
-					        PRINT_IP_OPT_DSO |
-					        PRINT_IP_OPT_UNKNOWN_AS_ADDR;
-
-		if (machine__resolve(trace->host, &al, sample) < 0) {
-			pr_err("problem processing %d event, skipping it.\n",
-			       event->header.type);
-			goto out_put;
-		}
-		perf_evsel__fprintf_callchain(evsel, sample, &al, 38, print_opts,
-					      scripting_max_stack, trace->output);
-	}
+	trace__fprintf_callchain(trace, evsel, sample);
 out:
 	ttrace->entry_pending = false;
 	err = 0;
@@ -2355,6 +2363,9 @@ static int trace__event_handler(struct trace *trace, struct perf_evsel *evsel,
 	}
 
 	fprintf(trace->output, ")\n");
+
+	trace__fprintf_callchain(trace, evsel, sample);
+
 	return 0;
 }