[v4,2/4] perf session: Show branch speculation info in raw dump

Message ID c0807da24de0a22bdb905f0b0013f0751e903fa5.1675333809.git.sandipan.das@amd.com
State New
Headers
Series tools perf: Add branch speculation info |

Commit Message

Sandipan Das Feb. 2, 2023, 12:26 p.m. UTC
  Show the branch speculation info if provided by the branch recording
hardware feature. This can be useful for purposes of code optimization.

E.g.

  $ perf record -j any,u ./test_branch
  $ perf report --dump-raw-trace

Before:

  [...]
  8380958377610 0x40b178 [0x1b0]: PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE(IP, 0x2): 7952/7952: 0x4f851a period: 48973 addr: 0
  ... branch stack: nr:16
  .....  0: 00000000004b52fd -> 00000000004f82c0 0 cycles  P   0
  .....  1: ffffffff8220137c -> 00000000004b52f0 0 cycles M    0
  .....  2: 000000000041d1c4 -> 00000000004b52f0 0 cycles  P   0
  .....  3: 00000000004e7ead -> 000000000041d1b0 0 cycles M    0
  .....  4: 00000000004e7f91 -> 00000000004e7ead 0 cycles  P   0
  .....  5: 00000000004e7ea8 -> 00000000004e7f70 0 cycles  P   0
  .....  6: 00000000004e7e52 -> 00000000004e7e98 0 cycles M    0
  .....  7: 00000000004e7e1f -> 00000000004e7e40 0 cycles M    0
  .....  8: 00000000004e7f60 -> 00000000004e7df0 0 cycles  P   0
  .....  9: 00000000004e7f58 -> 00000000004e7f60 0 cycles M    0
  ..... 10: 000000000041d85d -> 00000000004e7f50 0 cycles  P   0
  ..... 11: 000000000043306a -> 000000000041d840 0 cycles  P   0
  ..... 12: ffffffff8220137c -> 0000000000433040 0 cycles M    0
  ..... 13: 000000000041e4a1 -> 0000000000433040 0 cycles  P   0
  ..... 14: ffffffff8220137c -> 000000000041e490 0 cycles M    0
  ..... 15: 000000000041d89b -> 000000000041e487 0 cycles  P   0
   ... thread: test_branch:7952
   ...... dso: /data/sandipan/test_branch
  [...]

After:

  [...]
  8380958377610 0x40b178 [0x1b0]: PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE(IP, 0x2): 7952/7952: 0x4f851a period: 48973 addr: 0
  ... branch stack: nr:16
  .....  0: 00000000004b52fd -> 00000000004f82c0 0 cycles  P   0  NON_SPEC_CORRECT_PATH
  .....  1: ffffffff8220137c -> 00000000004b52f0 0 cycles M    0  NON_SPEC_CORRECT_PATH
  .....  2: 000000000041d1c4 -> 00000000004b52f0 0 cycles  P   0  NON_SPEC_CORRECT_PATH
  .....  3: 00000000004e7ead -> 000000000041d1b0 0 cycles M    0  NON_SPEC_CORRECT_PATH
  .....  4: 00000000004e7f91 -> 00000000004e7ead 0 cycles  P   0  NON_SPEC_CORRECT_PATH
  .....  5: 00000000004e7ea8 -> 00000000004e7f70 0 cycles  P   0  NON_SPEC_CORRECT_PATH
  .....  6: 00000000004e7e52 -> 00000000004e7e98 0 cycles M    0  SPEC_CORRECT_PATH
  .....  7: 00000000004e7e1f -> 00000000004e7e40 0 cycles M    0  NON_SPEC_CORRECT_PATH
  .....  8: 00000000004e7f60 -> 00000000004e7df0 0 cycles  P   0  NON_SPEC_CORRECT_PATH
  .....  9: 00000000004e7f58 -> 00000000004e7f60 0 cycles M    0  NON_SPEC_CORRECT_PATH
  ..... 10: 000000000041d85d -> 00000000004e7f50 0 cycles  P   0  NON_SPEC_CORRECT_PATH
  ..... 11: 000000000043306a -> 000000000041d840 0 cycles  P   0  NON_SPEC_CORRECT_PATH
  ..... 12: ffffffff8220137c -> 0000000000433040 0 cycles M    0  NON_SPEC_CORRECT_PATH
  ..... 13: 000000000041e4a1 -> 0000000000433040 0 cycles  P   0  NON_SPEC_CORRECT_PATH
  ..... 14: ffffffff8220137c -> 000000000041e490 0 cycles M    0  NON_SPEC_CORRECT_PATH
  ..... 15: 000000000041d89b -> 000000000041e487 0 cycles  P   0  NON_SPEC_CORRECT_PATH
   ... thread: test_branch:7952
   ...... dso: /data/sandipan/test_branch
  [...]

Signed-off-by: Sandipan Das <sandipan.das@amd.com>
---
 tools/perf/util/session.c | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
  

Patch

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/session.c b/tools/perf/util/session.c
index 7c021c6cedb9..a42f051dab9d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/session.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/session.c
@@ -1180,7 +1180,7 @@  static void branch_stack__printf(struct perf_sample *sample, bool callstack)
 		struct branch_entry *e = &entries[i];
 
 		if (!callstack) {
-			printf("..... %2"PRIu64": %016" PRIx64 " -> %016" PRIx64 " %hu cycles %s%s%s%s %x %s\n",
+			printf("..... %2"PRIu64": %016" PRIx64 " -> %016" PRIx64 " %hu cycles %s%s%s%s %x %s %s\n",
 				i, e->from, e->to,
 				(unsigned short)e->flags.cycles,
 				e->flags.mispred ? "M" : " ",
@@ -1188,7 +1188,8 @@  static void branch_stack__printf(struct perf_sample *sample, bool callstack)
 				e->flags.abort ? "A" : " ",
 				e->flags.in_tx ? "T" : " ",
 				(unsigned)e->flags.reserved,
-				get_branch_type(e));
+				get_branch_type(e),
+				e->flags.spec ? branch_spec_desc(e->flags.spec) : "");
 		} else {
 			if (i == 0) {
 				printf("..... %2"PRIu64": %016" PRIx64 "\n"