From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-11.8 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,INCLUDES_PATCH,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, MENTIONS_GIT_HOSTING,SIGNED_OFF_BY,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7DA52C2BA18 for ; Sat, 4 Apr 2020 08:43:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A44420752 for ; Sat, 4 Apr 2020 08:43:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726595AbgDDImQ (ORCPT ); Sat, 4 Apr 2020 04:42:16 -0400 Received: from Galois.linutronix.de ([193.142.43.55]:41568 "EHLO Galois.linutronix.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726420AbgDDImE (ORCPT ); Sat, 4 Apr 2020 04:42:04 -0400 Received: from [5.158.153.53] (helo=tip-bot2.lab.linutronix.de) by Galois.linutronix.de with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA256:256) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1jKeNF-00014F-A5; Sat, 04 Apr 2020 10:41:53 +0200 Received: from [127.0.1.1] (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by tip-bot2.lab.linutronix.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D00B1C07EC; Sat, 4 Apr 2020 10:41:50 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sat, 04 Apr 2020 08:41:50 -0000 From: "tip-bot2 for Hagen Paul Pfeifer" Reply-to: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org To: linux-tip-commits@vger.kernel.org Subject: [tip: perf/urgent] perf script: Introduce --deltatime option Cc: Hagen Paul Pfeifer , Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo , Adrian Hunter , Andi Kleen , Jiri Olsa , x86 , LKML In-Reply-To: <20200204173709.489161-1-hagen@jauu.net> References: <20200204173709.489161-1-hagen@jauu.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <158598971015.28353.16760736954390988398.tip-bot2@tip-bot2> X-Mailer: tip-git-log-daemon Robot-ID: Robot-Unsubscribe: Contact to get blacklisted from these emails Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Linutronix-Spam-Score: -1.0 X-Linutronix-Spam-Level: - X-Linutronix-Spam-Status: No , -1.0 points, 5.0 required, ALL_TRUSTED=-1,SHORTCIRCUIT=-0.0001 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org The following commit has been merged into the perf/urgent branch of tip: Commit-ID: 26567ed79d13ec54b2c5661ce8a07fd149a23a9b Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/26567ed79d13ec54b2c5661ce8a07fd149a23a9b Author: Hagen Paul Pfeifer AuthorDate: Tue, 04 Feb 2020 18:37:09 +01:00 Committer: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo CommitterDate: Fri, 27 Mar 2020 10:38:47 -03:00 perf script: Introduce --deltatime option For some kind of analysis a deltatime output is more human friendly and reduce the cognitive load for further analysis. The following output demonstrate the new option "deltatime": calculate the time difference in relation to the previous event. $ perf script --deltatime test 2525 [001] 0.000000: sdt_libev:ev_add: (5635e72a5ebd) test 2525 [001] 0.000091: sdt_libev:epoll_wait_enter: (5635e72a76a9) test 2525 [001] 1.000051: sdt_libev:epoll_wait_return: (5635e72a772e) arg1=1 test 2525 [001] 0.000685: sdt_libev:ev_add: (5635e72a5ebd) test 2525 [001] 0.000048: sdt_libev:epoll_wait_enter: (5635e72a76a9) test 2525 [001] 1.000104: sdt_libev:epoll_wait_return: (5635e72a772e) arg1=1 test 2525 [001] 0.003895: sdt_libev:epoll_wait_enter: (5635e72a76a9) test 2525 [001] 0.996034: sdt_libev:epoll_wait_return: (5635e72a772e) arg1=1 test 2525 [001] 0.000058: sdt_libev:epoll_wait_enter: (5635e72a76a9) test 2525 [001] 1.000004: sdt_libev:epoll_wait_return: (5635e72a772e) arg1=1 test 2525 [001] 0.000064: sdt_libev:epoll_wait_enter: (5635e72a76a9) test 2525 [001] 0.999934: sdt_libev:epoll_wait_return: (5635e72a772e) arg1=1 test 2525 [001] 0.000056: sdt_libev:epoll_wait_enter: (5635e72a76a9) test 2525 [001] 0.999930: sdt_libev:epoll_wait_return: (5635e72a772e) arg1=1 Committer testing: So go from default output to --reltime and then this new --deltatime, to contrast the various timestamp presentation modes for a random perf.data file I had laying around: [root@five ~]# perf script --reltime | head perf 442394 [000] 0.000000: 16 cycles: ffffffff9706e544 native_write_msr+0x4 (/usr/lib/debug/lib/modules/5.5.10-200.fc31.x86_64/vmlinux) perf 442394 [000] 0.000002: 16 cycles: ffffffff9706e544 native_write_msr+0x4 (/usr/lib/debug/lib/modules/5.5.10-200.fc31.x86_64/vmlinux) perf 442394 [000] 0.000004: 16 cycles: ffffffff9706e544 native_write_msr+0x4 (/usr/lib/debug/lib/modules/5.5.10-200.fc31.x86_64/vmlinux) perf 442394 [000] 0.000006: 128 cycles: ffffffff972415a1 perf_event_update_userpage+0x1 (/usr/lib/debug/lib/modules/5.5.10-200.fc31.x86_64/vmlinux) perf 442394 [000] 0.000009: 2597 cycles: ffffffff97463785 cap_task_setscheduler+0x5 (/usr/lib/debug/lib/modules/5.5.10-200.fc31.x86_64/vmlinux) perf 442394 [001] 0.000036: 16 cycles: ffffffff9706e544 native_write_msr+0x4 (/usr/lib/debug/lib/modules/5.5.10-200.fc31.x86_64/vmlinux) perf 442394 [001] 0.000038: 16 cycles: ffffffff9706e544 native_write_msr+0x4 (/usr/lib/debug/lib/modules/5.5.10-200.fc31.x86_64/vmlinux) perf 442394 [001] 0.000040: 16 cycles: ffffffff9706e544 native_write_msr+0x4 (/usr/lib/debug/lib/modules/5.5.10-200.fc31.x86_64/vmlinux) perf 442394 [001] 0.000041: 224 cycles: ffffffff9700a53a perf_ibs_handle_irq+0x1da (/usr/lib/debug/lib/modules/5.5.10-200.fc31.x86_64/vmlinux) perf 442394 [001] 0.000044: 4439 cycles: ffffffff97120d85 put_prev_entity+0x45 (/usr/lib/debug/lib/modules/5.5.10-200.fc31.x86_64/vmlinux) [root@five ~]# perf script --deltatime | head perf 442394 [000] 0.000000: 16 cycles: ffffffff9706e544 native_write_msr+0x4 (/usr/lib/debug/lib/modules/5.5.10-200.fc31.x86_64/vmlinux) perf 442394 [000] 0.000002: 16 cycles: ffffffff9706e544 native_write_msr+0x4 (/usr/lib/debug/lib/modules/5.5.10-200.fc31.x86_64/vmlinux) perf 442394 [000] 0.000001: 16 cycles: ffffffff9706e544 native_write_msr+0x4 (/usr/lib/debug/lib/modules/5.5.10-200.fc31.x86_64/vmlinux) perf 442394 [000] 0.000001: 128 cycles: ffffffff972415a1 perf_event_update_userpage+0x1 (/usr/lib/debug/lib/modules/5.5.10-200.fc31.x86_64/vmlinux) perf 442394 [000] 0.000002: 2597 cycles: ffffffff97463785 cap_task_setscheduler+0x5 (/usr/lib/debug/lib/modules/5.5.10-200.fc31.x86_64/vmlinux) perf 442394 [001] 0.000027: 16 cycles: ffffffff9706e544 native_write_msr+0x4 (/usr/lib/debug/lib/modules/5.5.10-200.fc31.x86_64/vmlinux) perf 442394 [001] 0.000002: 16 cycles: ffffffff9706e544 native_write_msr+0x4 (/usr/lib/debug/lib/modules/5.5.10-200.fc31.x86_64/vmlinux) perf 442394 [001] 0.000001: 16 cycles: ffffffff9706e544 native_write_msr+0x4 (/usr/lib/debug/lib/modules/5.5.10-200.fc31.x86_64/vmlinux) perf 442394 [001] 0.000001: 224 cycles: ffffffff9700a53a perf_ibs_handle_irq+0x1da (/usr/lib/debug/lib/modules/5.5.10-200.fc31.x86_64/vmlinux) perf 442394 [001] 0.000002: 4439 cycles: ffffffff97120d85 put_prev_entity+0x45 (/usr/lib/debug/lib/modules/5.5.10-200.fc31.x86_64/vmlinux) [root@five ~]# perf script | head perf 442394 [000] 7600.157861: 16 cycles: ffffffff9706e544 native_write_msr+0x4 (/usr/lib/debug/lib/modules/5.5.10-200.fc31.x86_64/vmlinux) perf 442394 [000] 7600.157864: 16 cycles: ffffffff9706e544 native_write_msr+0x4 (/usr/lib/debug/lib/modules/5.5.10-200.fc31.x86_64/vmlinux) perf 442394 [000] 7600.157866: 16 cycles: ffffffff9706e544 native_write_msr+0x4 (/usr/lib/debug/lib/modules/5.5.10-200.fc31.x86_64/vmlinux) perf 442394 [000] 7600.157867: 128 cycles: ffffffff972415a1 perf_event_update_userpage+0x1 (/usr/lib/debug/lib/modules/5.5.10-200.fc31.x86_64/vmlinux) perf 442394 [000] 7600.157870: 2597 cycles: ffffffff97463785 cap_task_setscheduler+0x5 (/usr/lib/debug/lib/modules/5.5.10-200.fc31.x86_64/vmlinux) perf 442394 [001] 7600.157897: 16 cycles: ffffffff9706e544 native_write_msr+0x4 (/usr/lib/debug/lib/modules/5.5.10-200.fc31.x86_64/vmlinux) perf 442394 [001] 7600.157900: 16 cycles: ffffffff9706e544 native_write_msr+0x4 (/usr/lib/debug/lib/modules/5.5.10-200.fc31.x86_64/vmlinux) perf 442394 [001] 7600.157901: 16 cycles: ffffffff9706e544 native_write_msr+0x4 (/usr/lib/debug/lib/modules/5.5.10-200.fc31.x86_64/vmlinux) perf 442394 [001] 7600.157903: 224 cycles: ffffffff9700a53a perf_ibs_handle_irq+0x1da (/usr/lib/debug/lib/modules/5.5.10-200.fc31.x86_64/vmlinux) perf 442394 [001] 7600.157906: 4439 cycles: ffffffff97120d85 put_prev_entity+0x45 (/usr/lib/debug/lib/modules/5.5.10-200.fc31.x86_64/vmlinux) [root@five ~]# Andi suggested we better implement it as a new field, i.e. -F deltatime, like: [root@five ~]# perf script -F deltatime Invalid field requested. 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