[PATCH] perf record: Add --buildid-all option

From: Namhyung Kim
Date: Mon Jan 11 2016 - 08:38:11 EST


The --buildid-all option is to record build-id of all DSOs in the file.
It might be very costly to postprocess samples to find which DSO hits.

Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt | 3 +++
tools/perf/builtin-record.c | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++------
2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
index 3a1a32f5479f..fbceb631387c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
@@ -338,6 +338,9 @@ Options passed to clang when compiling BPF scriptlets.
Specify vmlinux path which has debuginfo.
(enabled when BPF prologue is on)

+--buildid-all::
+Record build-id of all DSOs regardless whether it's actually hit or not.
+
SEE ALSO
--------
linkperf:perf-stat[1], linkperf:perf-list[1]
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index dc4e0adf5c5b..319712a4e02b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ struct record {
int realtime_prio;
bool no_buildid;
bool no_buildid_cache;
+ bool buildid_all;
unsigned long long samples;
};

@@ -362,6 +363,13 @@ static int process_buildids(struct record *rec)
*/
symbol_conf.ignore_vmlinux_buildid = true;

+ /*
+ * If --buildid-all is given, it marks all DSO regardless of hits,
+ * so no need to process samples.
+ */
+ if (rec->buildid_all)
+ rec->tool.sample = NULL;
+
return perf_session__process_events(session);
}

@@ -756,12 +764,8 @@ out_child:

if (!rec->no_buildid) {
process_buildids(rec);
- /*
- * We take all buildids when the file contains
- * AUX area tracing data because we do not decode the
- * trace because it would take too long.
- */
- if (rec->opts.full_auxtrace)
+
+ if (rec->buildid_all)
dsos__hit_all(rec->session);
}
perf_session__write_header(rec->session, rec->evlist, fd, true);
@@ -1138,6 +1142,8 @@ struct option __record_options[] = {
"options passed to clang when compiling BPF scriptlets"),
OPT_STRING(0, "vmlinux", &symbol_conf.vmlinux_name,
"file", "vmlinux pathname"),
+ OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "buildid-all", &record.buildid_all,
+ "Record build-id of all DSOs regardless of hits"),
OPT_END()
};

@@ -1255,6 +1261,14 @@ int cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
if (err)
goto out_symbol_exit;

+ /*
+ * We take all buildids when the file contains
+ * AUX area tracing data because we do not decode the
+ * trace because it would take too long.
+ */
+ if (rec->opts.full_auxtrace)
+ rec->buildid_all = true;
+
if (record_opts__config(&rec->opts)) {
err = -EINVAL;
goto out_symbol_exit;
--
2.6.4