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perf annotate browser: Add 'P' hotkey to dump annotation to file

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Commit-ID:  d9bd766584491dbb6f96c85a27562eb1289b2ca9
Gitweb:     https://git.kernel.org/tip/d9bd766584491dbb6f96c85a27562eb1289b2ca9
Author:     Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Fri, 16 Mar 2018 16:57:47 -0300
Committer:  Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <[email protected]>
CommitDate: Wed, 21 Mar 2018 12:53:43 -0300

perf annotate browser: Add 'P' hotkey to dump annotation to file

Just like we have in the histograms browser used as the main screen for 'perf top --tui' and 'perf report --tui', to print the current annotation to a file with a named composed by the symbol name and the ".annotation" suffix.

Here is one example of pressing 'A' on 'perf top' to live annotate a kernel function and then press 'P' to dump that annotation, the resulting file:

  # cat _raw_spin_lock_irqsave.annotation
  _raw_spin_lock_irqsave() /proc/kcore
  Event: cycles:ppp
    7.14        nop
   21.43        push   %rbx
    7.14        pushfq
                pop    %rax
                nop
                mov    %rax,%rbx
                cli
                nop
                xor    %eax,%eax
                mov    $0x1,%edx

64.29 lock cmpxchg %edx,(%rdi)
test %eax,%eax
↓ jne 2b
mov %rbx,%rax
pop %rbx
← retq
2b: mov %eax,%esi
→ callq queued_spin_lock_slowpath
mov %rbx,%rax
pop %rbx
← retq
#

---
 tools/perf/ui/browsers/annotate.c |  4 ++++
 tools/perf/util/annotate.c        | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 tools/perf/util/annotate.h        |  2 ++
 3 files changed, 37 insertions(+)
tools/perf/ui/browsers/annotate.c +4 -0
index 916f237c1df8..3834b264ba41 100644
@@ -661,6 +661,7 @@ static int annotate_browser__run(struct annotate_browser *browser,
 		"t             Circulate percent, total period, samples view\n"
 		"/             Search string\n"
 		"k             Toggle line numbers\n"
+		"P             Print to [symbol_name].annotation file.\n"
 		"r             Run available scripts\n"
 		"?             Search string backwards\n");
 			continue;
@@ -737,6 +738,9 @@ show_sup_ins:
 			}
 			continue;
 		}
+		case 'P':
+			map_symbol__annotation_dump(ms, evsel);
+			continue;
 		case 't':
 			if (notes->options->show_total_period) {
 				notes->options->show_total_period = false;
tools/perf/util/annotate.c +31 -0
index 7a6a85f9fea6..a7111871440e 100644
@@ -2037,6 +2037,37 @@ int symbol__annotate_fprintf2(struct symbol *sym, FILE *fp)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+int map_symbol__annotation_dump(struct map_symbol *ms, struct perf_evsel *evsel)
+{
+	const char *ev_name = perf_evsel__name(evsel);
+	char buf[1024];
+	char *filename;
+	int err = -1;
+	FILE *fp;
+
+	if (asprintf(&filename, "%s.annotation", ms->sym->name) < 0)
+		return -1;
+
+	fp = fopen(filename, "w");
+	if (fp == NULL)
+		goto out_free_filename;
+
+	if (perf_evsel__is_group_event(evsel)) {
+		perf_evsel__group_desc(evsel, buf, sizeof(buf));
+		ev_name = buf;
+	}
+
+	fprintf(fp, "%s() %s\nEvent: %s\n\n",
+		ms->sym->name, ms->map->dso->long_name, ev_name);
+	symbol__annotate_fprintf2(ms->sym, fp);
+
+	fclose(fp);
+	err = 0;
+out_free_filename:
+	free(filename);
+	return err;
+}
+
 void symbol__annotate_zero_histogram(struct symbol *sym, int evidx)
 {
 	struct annotation *notes = symbol__annotation(sym);
tools/perf/util/annotate.h +2 -0
index 3faa58045b22..365e9df888cf 100644
@@ -288,6 +288,8 @@ void symbol__annotate_zero_histogram(struct symbol *sym, int evidx);
 void symbol__annotate_decay_histogram(struct symbol *sym, int evidx);
 void annotated_source__purge(struct annotated_source *as);
 
+int map_symbol__annotation_dump(struct map_symbol *ms, struct perf_evsel *evsel);
+
 bool ui__has_annotation(void);
 
 int symbol__tty_annotate(struct symbol *sym, struct map *map,