linux/tools/perf/perf.h
Stephane Eranian bcc84ec65a perf record: Add ability to name registers to record
This patch modifies the -I/--int-regs option to enablepassing the name
of the registers to sample on interrupt. Registers can be specified by
their symbolic names. For instance on x86, --intr-regs=ax,si.

The motivation is to reduce the size of the perf.data file and the
overhead of sampling by only collecting the registers useful to a
specific analysis. For instance, for value profiling, sampling only the
registers used to passed arguements to functions.

With no parameter, the --intr-regs still records all possible registers
based on the architecture.

To name registers, it is necessary to use the long form of the option,
i.e., --intr-regs:

  $ perf record --intr-regs=si,di,r8,r9 .....

To record any possible registers:

  $ perf record -I .....
  $ perf report --intr-regs ...

To display the register, one can use perf report -D

To list the available registers:

  $ perf record --intr-regs=\?
  available registers: AX BX CX DX SI DI BP SP IP FLAGS CS SS R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 R13 R14 R15

Signed-off-by: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Cc: Kan Liang <kan.liang@intel.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1441039273-16260-4-git-send-email-eranian@google.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2015-08-31 18:01:33 -03:00

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#ifndef _PERF_PERF_H
#define _PERF_PERF_H
#include <time.h>
#include <stdbool.h>
#include <linux/types.h>
#include <linux/perf_event.h>
extern bool test_attr__enabled;
void test_attr__init(void);
void test_attr__open(struct perf_event_attr *attr, pid_t pid, int cpu,
int fd, int group_fd, unsigned long flags);
#define HAVE_ATTR_TEST
#include "perf-sys.h"
#ifndef NSEC_PER_SEC
# define NSEC_PER_SEC 1000000000ULL
#endif
#ifndef NSEC_PER_USEC
# define NSEC_PER_USEC 1000ULL
#endif
static inline unsigned long long rdclock(void)
{
struct timespec ts;
clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &ts);
return ts.tv_sec * 1000000000ULL + ts.tv_nsec;
}
#define MAX_NR_CPUS 1024
extern const char *input_name;
extern bool perf_host, perf_guest;
extern const char perf_version_string[];
void pthread__unblock_sigwinch(void);
#include "util/target.h"
struct record_opts {
struct target target;
bool group;
bool inherit_stat;
bool no_buffering;
bool no_inherit;
bool no_inherit_set;
bool no_samples;
bool raw_samples;
bool sample_address;
bool sample_weight;
bool sample_time;
bool sample_time_set;
bool callgraph_set;
bool period;
bool running_time;
bool full_auxtrace;
bool auxtrace_snapshot_mode;
bool record_switch_events;
unsigned int freq;
unsigned int mmap_pages;
unsigned int auxtrace_mmap_pages;
unsigned int user_freq;
u64 branch_stack;
u64 sample_intr_regs;
u64 default_interval;
u64 user_interval;
size_t auxtrace_snapshot_size;
const char *auxtrace_snapshot_opts;
bool sample_transaction;
unsigned initial_delay;
bool use_clockid;
clockid_t clockid;
unsigned int proc_map_timeout;
};
struct option;
extern const char * const *record_usage;
extern struct option *record_options;
#endif