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Diffstat (limited to 'tools')
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt | 14 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/builtin-record.c | 73 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/util/callchain.h | 3 |
3 files changed, 67 insertions, 23 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt index e297b74471b8..ca0d3d9f4bac 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt @@ -90,8 +90,20 @@ OPTIONS Number of mmap data pages. Must be a power of two. -g:: + Enables call-graph (stack chain/backtrace) recording. + --call-graph:: - Do call-graph (stack chain/backtrace) recording. + Setup and enable call-graph (stack chain/backtrace) recording, + implies -g. + + Allows specifying "fp" (frame pointer) or "dwarf" + (DWARF's CFI - Call Frame Information) as the method to collect + the information used to show the call graphs. + + In some systems, where binaries are build with gcc + --fomit-frame-pointer, using the "fp" method will produce bogus + call graphs, using "dwarf", if available (perf tools linked to + the libunwind library) should be used instead. -q:: --quiet:: diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c index a41ac41546c9..d04651484640 100644 --- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c +++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c @@ -712,21 +712,12 @@ static int get_stack_size(char *str, unsigned long *_size) } #endif /* LIBUNWIND_SUPPORT */ -int record_parse_callchain_opt(const struct option *opt, - const char *arg, int unset) +int record_parse_callchain(const char *arg, struct perf_record_opts *opts) { - struct perf_record_opts *opts = opt->value; char *tok, *name, *saveptr = NULL; char *buf; int ret = -1; - /* --no-call-graph */ - if (unset) - return 0; - - /* We specified default option if none is provided. */ - BUG_ON(!arg); - /* We need buffer that we know we can write to. */ buf = malloc(strlen(arg) + 1); if (!buf) @@ -764,13 +755,9 @@ int record_parse_callchain_opt(const struct option *opt, ret = get_stack_size(tok, &size); opts->stack_dump_size = size; } - - if (!ret) - pr_debug("callchain: stack dump size %d\n", - opts->stack_dump_size); #endif /* LIBUNWIND_SUPPORT */ } else { - pr_err("callchain: Unknown -g option " + pr_err("callchain: Unknown --call-graph option " "value: %s\n", arg); break; } @@ -778,13 +765,52 @@ int record_parse_callchain_opt(const struct option *opt, } while (0); free(buf); + return ret; +} + +static void callchain_debug(struct perf_record_opts *opts) +{ + pr_debug("callchain: type %d\n", opts->call_graph); + if (opts->call_graph == CALLCHAIN_DWARF) + pr_debug("callchain: stack dump size %d\n", + opts->stack_dump_size); +} + +int record_parse_callchain_opt(const struct option *opt, + const char *arg, + int unset) +{ + struct perf_record_opts *opts = opt->value; + int ret; + + /* --no-call-graph */ + if (unset) { + opts->call_graph = CALLCHAIN_NONE; + pr_debug("callchain: disabled\n"); + return 0; + } + + ret = record_parse_callchain(arg, opts); if (!ret) - pr_debug("callchain: type %d\n", opts->call_graph); + callchain_debug(opts); return ret; } +int record_callchain_opt(const struct option *opt, + const char *arg __maybe_unused, + int unset __maybe_unused) +{ + struct perf_record_opts *opts = opt->value; + + if (opts->call_graph == CALLCHAIN_NONE) + opts->call_graph = CALLCHAIN_FP; + + callchain_debug(opts); + return 0; +} + static const char * const record_usage[] = { "perf record [<options>] [<command>]", "perf record [<options>] -- <command> [<options>]", @@ -813,12 +839,12 @@ static struct perf_record record = { }, }; -#define CALLCHAIN_HELP "do call-graph (stack chain/backtrace) recording: " +#define CALLCHAIN_HELP "setup and enables call-graph (stack chain/backtrace) recording: " #ifdef LIBUNWIND_SUPPORT -const char record_callchain_help[] = CALLCHAIN_HELP "[fp] dwarf"; +const char record_callchain_help[] = CALLCHAIN_HELP "fp dwarf"; #else -const char record_callchain_help[] = CALLCHAIN_HELP "[fp]"; +const char record_callchain_help[] = CALLCHAIN_HELP "fp"; #endif /* @@ -858,9 +884,12 @@ const struct option record_options[] = { "number of mmap data pages"), OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "group", &record.opts.group, "put the counters into a counter group"), - OPT_CALLBACK_DEFAULT('g', "call-graph", &record.opts, - "mode[,dump_size]", record_callchain_help, - &record_parse_callchain_opt, "fp"), + OPT_CALLBACK_NOOPT('g', NULL, &record.opts, + NULL, "enables call-graph recording" , + &record_callchain_opt), + OPT_CALLBACK(0, "call-graph", &record.opts, + "mode[,dump_size]", record_callchain_help, + &record_parse_callchain_opt), OPT_INCR('v', "verbose", &verbose, "be more verbose (show counter open errors, etc)"), OPT_BOOLEAN('q', "quiet", &quiet, "don't print any message"), diff --git a/tools/perf/util/callchain.h b/tools/perf/util/callchain.h index 2b585bc308cf..9e99060408ae 100644 --- a/tools/perf/util/callchain.h +++ b/tools/perf/util/callchain.h @@ -147,6 +147,9 @@ static inline void callchain_cursor_advance(struct callchain_cursor *cursor) struct option; +int record_parse_callchain(const char *arg, struct perf_record_opts *opts); int record_parse_callchain_opt(const struct option *opt, const char *arg, int unset); +int record_callchain_opt(const struct option *opt, const char *arg, int unset); + extern const char record_callchain_help[]; #endif /* __PERF_CALLCHAIN_H */ |