[09/17] perf report: Support data type profiling
Commit Message
Enable type annotation when the 'type' sort key is used.
It shows type of variables the samples access at the moment.
Users can see which types are accessed frequently.
$ perf report -s dso,type --stdio
...
# Overhead Shared Object Data Type
# ........ ................. .........
#
35.47% [kernel.kallsyms] (unknown)
1.62% [kernel.kallsyms] struct sched_entry
1.23% [kernel.kallsyms] struct cfs_rq
0.83% [kernel.kallsyms] struct task_struct
0.34% [kernel.kallsyms] struct list_head
0.30% [kernel.kallsyms] struct mem_cgroup
...
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
---
tools/perf/builtin-report.c | 15 +++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ struct report {
bool stitch_lbr;
bool disable_order;
bool skip_empty;
+ bool data_type;
int max_stack;
struct perf_read_values show_threads_values;
const char *pretty_printing_style;
@@ -170,7 +171,7 @@ static int hist_iter__report_callback(struct hist_entry_iter *iter,
struct mem_info *mi;
struct branch_info *bi;
- if (!ui__has_annotation() && !rep->symbol_ipc)
+ if (!ui__has_annotation() && !rep->symbol_ipc && !rep->data_type)
return 0;
if (sort__mode == SORT_MODE__BRANCH) {
@@ -1619,6 +1620,16 @@ int cmd_report(int argc, const char **argv)
sort_order = NULL;
}
+ if (sort_order && strstr(sort_order, "type")) {
+ report.data_type = true;
+ annotate_opts.annotate_src = false;
+
+#ifndef HAVE_DWARF_GETLOCATIONS_SUPPORT
+ pr_err("Error: Data type profiling is disabled due to missing DWARF support\n");
+ goto error;
+#endif
+ }
+
if (strcmp(input_name, "-") != 0)
setup_browser(true);
else
@@ -1677,7 +1688,7 @@ int cmd_report(int argc, const char **argv)
* so don't allocate extra space that won't be used in the stdio
* implementation.
*/
- if (ui__has_annotation() || report.symbol_ipc ||
+ if (ui__has_annotation() || report.symbol_ipc || report.data_type ||
report.total_cycles_mode) {
ret = symbol__annotation_init();
if (ret < 0)