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
...
Committer testing:
With the perf.data file collected in the previous cset:
# perf report --stdio -s type
# To display the perf.data header info, please use --header/--header-only options.
#
#
# Total Lost Samples: 0
#
# Samples: 4 of event 'cpu_atom/mem-loads,ldlat=30/P'
# Event count (approx.): 7
#
# Overhead Data Type
# ........ .........
#
42.86% struct list_head
42.86% (unknown)
14.29% char
#
# (Tip: To record callchains for each sample: perf record -g)
#
# perf report --stdio -s dso,type
# To display the perf.data header info, please use --header/--header-only options.
#
#
# Total Lost Samples: 0
#
# Samples: 4 of event 'cpu_atom/mem-loads,ldlat=30/P'
# Event count (approx.): 7
#
# Overhead Shared Object Data Type
# ........ .................... .........
#
42.86% [kernel.kallsyms] struct list_head
28.57% libc.so.6 (unknown)
14.29% [kernel.kallsyms] char
14.29% ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (unknown)
#
# (Tip: Save output of perf stat using: perf stat record <target workload>)
#
#
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Cc: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Cc: linux-toolchains@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-trace-devel@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231213001323.718046-10-namhyung@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
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;
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) {
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
* 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)