* [PATCH 1/4] perf config: Move perf_config__set_variable() to util/config.c
2026-09-28 22:06 [PATCH v3 0/4] perf tools: Add progress diagnostics and a false-sharing workload Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
@ 2026-09-28 22:06 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-09-28 22:06 ` [PATCH 2/4] perf report: Add --progress option Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
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From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo @ 2026-09-28 22:06 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Namhyung Kim
Cc: Ingo Molnar, Thomas Gleixner, James Clark, Jiri Olsa, Ian Rogers,
Adrian Hunter, Clark Williams, linux-kernel, linux-perf-users,
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Move perf_config__set_variable() out of the 'perf config' builtin so
that opt-in features can persist their choice from outside it, e.g.
util/debuginfo.c writing core.debuginfod=false when the user disables
debuginfod for the rest of the session. The
set_config() body becomes perf_config_set__write(), with the
system_config choice as an argument, as the builtin's
use_system_config/use_user_config statics are not available outside it.
All config file access shares the static parser state and can now run
on more than one thread, with a feature writing the config while perf
top's display thread reads it, so serialize parsing and
rewriting with a mutex, and the whole read-modify-write of
perf_config__set_variable() against itself.
perf_etc_perfconfig() caches what system_path() returns, and that
allocates, so on failure every caller dereferenced NULL, the
pre-existing ones in perf_config_from_file() and in the daemon
included. Pre-existing, not introduced here, but this rewrites the
accessor anyway, so make it total: the unresolved path is the same
string for the usual absolute ETC_PERFCONFIG.
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
---
tools/perf/builtin-config.c | 70 +------------------
tools/perf/util/config.c | 131 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
tools/perf/util/config.h | 2 +
3 files changed, 129 insertions(+), 74 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-config.c b/tools/perf/builtin-config.c
index cefd042e4f853466..3b074aca8d344539 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-config.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-config.c
@@ -41,37 +41,7 @@ static struct option config_options[] = {
static int set_config(struct perf_config_set *set, const char *file_name)
{
- struct perf_config_section *section = NULL;
- struct perf_config_item *item = NULL;
- const char *first_line = "# this file is auto-generated.";
- FILE *fp;
-
- if (set == NULL)
- return -1;
-
- fp = fopen(file_name, "w");
- if (!fp)
- return -1;
-
- fprintf(fp, "%s\n", first_line);
-
- /* overwrite configvariables */
- perf_config_items__for_each_entry(&set->sections, section) {
- if (!use_system_config && section->from_system_config)
- continue;
- fprintf(fp, "[%s]\n", section->name);
-
- perf_config_items__for_each_entry(§ion->items, item) {
- if (!use_system_config && item->from_system_config)
- continue;
- if (item->value)
- fprintf(fp, "\t%s = %s\n",
- item->name, item->value);
- }
- }
- fclose(fp);
-
- return 0;
+ return perf_config_set__write(set, file_name, use_system_config);
}
static int show_spec_config(struct perf_config_set *set, const char *var)
@@ -158,44 +128,6 @@ static int parse_config_arg(char *arg, char **var, char **value)
return 0;
}
-int perf_config__set_variable(const char *var, const char *value)
-{
- char path[PATH_MAX];
- char *user_config = mkpath(path, sizeof(path), "%s/.perfconfig", getenv("HOME"));
- const char *config_filename;
- struct perf_config_set *set;
- int ret = -1;
-
- if (use_system_config)
- config_exclusive_filename = perf_etc_perfconfig();
- else if (use_user_config)
- config_exclusive_filename = user_config;
-
- if (!config_exclusive_filename)
- config_filename = user_config;
- else
- config_filename = config_exclusive_filename;
-
- set = perf_config_set__new();
- if (!set)
- goto out_err;
-
- if (perf_config_set__collect(set, config_filename, var, value) < 0) {
- pr_err("Failed to add '%s=%s'\n", var, value);
- goto out_err;
- }
-
- if (set_config(set, config_filename) < 0) {
- pr_err("Failed to set the configs on %s\n", config_filename);
- goto out_err;
- }
-
- ret = 0;
-out_err:
- perf_config_set__delete(set);
- return ret;
-}
-
int cmd_config(int argc, const char **argv)
{
int i, ret = -1;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/config.c b/tools/perf/util/config.c
index 8fe43b032e9af88a..da4213a704899016 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/config.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/config.c
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
#include "config.h"
#include <errno.h>
+#include <limits.h>
+#include <pthread.h>
#include <stdbool.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
@@ -549,11 +551,26 @@ int perf_default_config(const char *var, const char *value,
return 0;
}
+/*
+ * Serialize config file access: parsing and rewriting share the static
+ * parser state and can run on more than one thread, the debuginfod
+ * fetch writing core.debuginfod=false while perf top reads it.
+ */
+static pthread_mutex_t config_mutex = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
+
+/*
+ * perf_config__set_variable() is a read-modify-write of a config file,
+ * and config_mutex serializes just each of its steps: take it for the
+ * whole update so callers can't write over each other's changes.
+ */
+static pthread_mutex_t config_update_mutex = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
+
static int perf_config_from_file(config_fn_t fn, const char *filename, void *data)
{
int ret;
FILE *f = fopen(filename, "r");
+ pthread_mutex_lock(&config_mutex);
ret = -1;
if (f) {
config_file = f;
@@ -564,15 +581,34 @@ static int perf_config_from_file(config_fn_t fn, const char *filename, void *dat
fclose(f);
config_file_name = NULL;
}
+ pthread_mutex_unlock(&config_mutex);
return ret;
}
+/*
+ * Computed once: system_path() allocates, a lazy init racing on two
+ * threads would leak all but one of the strings.
+ */
+static const char *etc_perfconfig;
+
+static void perf_etc_perfconfig__init(void)
+{
+ etc_perfconfig = system_path(ETC_PERFCONFIG);
+ /*
+ * None of the callers check for NULL, so an allocation failure
+ * here leaves all of them dereferencing it. The unresolved path
+ * is the same string when ETC_PERFCONFIG is absolute anyway.
+ */
+ if (!etc_perfconfig)
+ etc_perfconfig = ETC_PERFCONFIG;
+}
+
const char *perf_etc_perfconfig(void)
{
- static const char *system_wide;
- if (!system_wide)
- system_wide = system_path(ETC_PERFCONFIG);
- return system_wide;
+ static pthread_once_t once = PTHREAD_ONCE_INIT;
+
+ pthread_once(&once, perf_etc_perfconfig__init);
+ return etc_perfconfig;
}
static int perf_env_bool(const char *k, int def)
@@ -783,8 +819,15 @@ static int collect_config(const char *var, const char *value,
int perf_config_set__collect(struct perf_config_set *set, const char *file_name,
const char *var, const char *value)
{
+ int ret;
+
+ pthread_mutex_lock(&config_mutex);
config_file_name = file_name;
- return collect_config(var, value, set);
+ ret = collect_config(var, value, set);
+ /* Don't leave the static parser state pointing at the caller's buffer. */
+ config_file_name = NULL;
+ pthread_mutex_unlock(&config_mutex);
+ return ret;
}
static int perf_config_set__init(struct perf_config_set *set)
@@ -883,6 +926,84 @@ void perf_config__exit(void)
config_set = NULL;
}
+int perf_config_set__write(struct perf_config_set *set,
+ const char *file_name, bool system_config)
+{
+ struct perf_config_section *section = NULL;
+ struct perf_config_item *item = NULL;
+ FILE *fp;
+
+ pthread_mutex_lock(&config_mutex);
+ fp = fopen(file_name, "w");
+ if (!fp) {
+ pthread_mutex_unlock(&config_mutex);
+ return -1;
+ }
+
+ fprintf(fp, "# this file is auto-generated.\n");
+
+ /* overwrite configvariables */
+ perf_config_sections__for_each_entry(&set->sections, section) {
+ if (!system_config && section->from_system_config)
+ continue;
+ fprintf(fp, "[%s]\n", section->name);
+
+ perf_config_items__for_each_entry(§ion->items, item) {
+ if (!system_config && item->from_system_config)
+ continue;
+ if (item->value)
+ fprintf(fp, "\t%s = %s\n",
+ item->name, item->value);
+ }
+ }
+ fclose(fp);
+ pthread_mutex_unlock(&config_mutex);
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Set @var=@value in the configuration file perf is using: ~/.perfconfig
+ * or the file named by PERF_CONFIG, which makes perf read only that
+ * file. The rewrite is the same 'perf config' does, comments are not
+ * preserved.
+ */
+int perf_config__set_variable(const char *var, const char *value)
+{
+ char path[PATH_MAX];
+ char *user_config = mkpath(path, sizeof(path), "%s/.perfconfig", getenv("HOME"));
+ const char *config_filename = config_exclusive_filename ?: user_config;
+ /*
+ * When rewriting the system wide file all entries are marked as coming
+ * from it and must be kept, or it would be truncated down to its
+ * header.
+ */
+ bool system_config = strcmp(config_filename, perf_etc_perfconfig()) == 0;
+ struct perf_config_set *set;
+ int ret = -1;
+
+ pthread_mutex_lock(&config_update_mutex);
+ set = perf_config_set__new();
+ if (!set)
+ goto out_err;
+
+ if (perf_config_set__collect(set, config_filename, var, value) < 0) {
+ pr_err("Failed to add '%s=%s'\n", var, value);
+ goto out_err;
+ }
+
+ if (perf_config_set__write(set, config_filename, system_config) < 0) {
+ pr_err("Failed to set the configs on %s\n", config_filename);
+ goto out_err;
+ }
+
+ ret = 0;
+out_err:
+ perf_config_set__delete(set);
+ pthread_mutex_unlock(&config_update_mutex);
+ return ret;
+}
+
static void perf_config_item__delete(struct perf_config_item *item)
{
zfree(&item->name);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/config.h b/tools/perf/util/config.h
index 987b47cf54c350ba..9098f8a045850c97 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/config.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/config.h
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ int perf_config_scan(const char *name, const char *fmt, ...) __scanf(2, 3);
const char *perf_config_get(const char *name);
int perf_config_set(struct perf_config_set *set,
config_fn_t fn, void *data);
+int perf_config_set__write(struct perf_config_set *set,
+ const char *file_name, bool system_config);
int perf_config_int(int *dest, const char *, const char *);
int perf_config_u8(u8 *dest, const char *name, const char *value);
int perf_config_u64(u64 *dest, const char *, const char *);
--
2.55.0
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2026-09-28 22:06 ` [PATCH 3/4] perf scripts: Add perf-stuck, to tell where a running perf is stuck Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
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From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo @ 2026-09-28 22:06 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Namhyung Kim
Cc: Ingo Molnar, Thomas Gleixner, James Clark, Jiri Olsa, Ian Rogers,
Adrian Hunter, Clark Williams, linux-kernel, linux-perf-users,
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Processing a large session with stdio output gives no feedback about
which phase perf is in or how far along it is: ui_progress updates are
only shown by the TUI. Add --progress, installing a stdio backend
(ui/stdio/progress.c) that prints the phase title, percentage and
counts:
Processing events... [42.3%] 317M / 746M
Phases can be nested, so the backend tracks the ones started to
complete the right one on ui_progress__finish(); that requires
init()/finish() pairs, fixed in ordered-events.c and the pipe and
directory event processing.
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
---
tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt | 13 ++
tools/perf/builtin-report.c | 10 ++
tools/perf/ui/Build | 1 +
tools/perf/ui/progress.h | 2 +
tools/perf/ui/stdio/progress.c | 162 +++++++++++++++++++++++
tools/perf/util/ordered-events.c | 16 ++-
tools/perf/util/session.c | 12 +-
7 files changed, 209 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 tools/perf/ui/stdio/progress.c
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt
index 3718ebd297ce0673..9b0a62fd361fd58f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt
@@ -29,6 +29,19 @@ OPTIONS
--quiet::
Do not show any warnings or messages. (Suppress -v)
+--progress::
+ Show progress for each of the processing phases, printing the
+ percentage done and the current/total counts: the first phase
+ counts the bytes of the perf.data file processed so far, the
+ merge and sort phases count hist entries, e.g.:
+
+ Processing events... [ 42.3%] 4G / 10G
+ Merging related events... [ 7.1%] 1024 / 14387
+ Sorting events for output... [ 98.2%] 14132 / 14387
+
+ It is a no-op when using the TUI or GTK browsers, that already
+ present progress information.
+
-n::
--show-nr-samples::
Show the number of samples for each symbol
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
index 57225bc87731d074..d89a63742f622fde 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ struct report {
bool use_gtk;
#endif
bool use_stdio;
+ bool progress;
bool show_full_info;
bool show_threads;
bool inverted_callchain;
@@ -1384,6 +1385,8 @@ int cmd_report(int argc, const char **argv)
"Use the stdio interface"),
OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "weights", &symbol_conf.annotate_weight,
"Show or hide weight columns in annotation. Default show if non-zero."),
+ OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "progress", &report.progress,
+ "Show progress while processing the perf.data file"),
OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "header", &report.header, "Show data header."),
OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "header-only", &report.header_only,
"Show only data header."),
@@ -1790,6 +1793,13 @@ int cmd_report(int argc, const char **argv)
else
use_browser = 0;
+ /*
+ * For the stdio case: print the percentage of the perf.data file
+ * processed so far for each processing phase.
+ */
+ if (report.progress && use_browser == 0)
+ stdio_progress__init();
+
if (report.data_type && use_browser == 1) {
symbol_conf.annotate_data_member = true;
symbol_conf.annotate_data_sample = true;
diff --git a/tools/perf/ui/Build b/tools/perf/ui/Build
index 6005f813c9e3990c..a7b1740d51c80f23 100644
--- a/tools/perf/ui/Build
+++ b/tools/perf/ui/Build
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ perf-ui-y += progress.o
perf-ui-y += util.o
perf-ui-y += hist.o
perf-ui-y += stdio/hist.o
+perf-ui-y += stdio/progress.o
CFLAGS_setup.o += -DLIBDIR="BUILD_STR($(LIBDIR))"
diff --git a/tools/perf/ui/progress.h b/tools/perf/ui/progress.h
index 4f52c37b2f099a82..03f1a8bb260ba076 100644
--- a/tools/perf/ui/progress.h
+++ b/tools/perf/ui/progress.h
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ void __ui_progress__init(struct ui_progress *p, u64 total,
void ui_progress__update(struct ui_progress *p, u64 adv);
+void stdio_progress__init(void);
+
struct ui_progress_ops {
void (*init)(struct ui_progress *p);
void (*update)(struct ui_progress *p);
diff --git a/tools/perf/ui/stdio/progress.c b/tools/perf/ui/stdio/progress.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000..1938766a35faa0fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/ui/stdio/progress.c
@@ -0,0 +1,162 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * Progress feedback for the stdio (non-TUI/GTK) case, enabled with
+ * 'perf report --progress'.
+ */
+#include <inttypes.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include "../../util/debug.h"
+#include "../../util/units.h"
+#include "../progress.h"
+
+/*
+ * Phases can be nested, so keep track of the ones started so far to be
+ * able to complete the right one on ui_progress__finish(), which gets
+ * no arguments.
+ */
+#define STDIO_PROGRESS__MAX_DEPTH 8
+
+struct stdio_progress_phase {
+ struct ui_progress *p;
+ u64 last_printed;
+ size_t last_len;
+};
+
+static struct stdio_progress_phase stdio_progress__stack[STDIO_PROGRESS__MAX_DEPTH];
+static int stdio_progress__depth;
+static bool stdio_progress__is_tty;
+/* Phases that didn't fit on the stack are not shown. */
+static int stdio_progress__dropped;
+
+static void stdio_progress__print_phase(struct stdio_progress_phase *phase,
+ u64 curr)
+{
+ struct ui_progress *p = phase->p;
+ char buf_cur[20], buf_tot[20], buf[128];
+ double percent = p->total ? 100.0 * (double)curr / (double)p->total : 0.0;
+ size_t len;
+
+ /*
+ * Only the completion line shows 100.0%: a 99.99% progress would round
+ * up to it and look like a duplicate at finish time.
+ */
+ if (curr < p->total && percent > 99.9)
+ percent = 99.9;
+
+ if (p->size) {
+ unit_number__scnprintf(buf_cur, sizeof(buf_cur), curr);
+ unit_number__scnprintf(buf_tot, sizeof(buf_tot), p->total);
+ len = scnprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%s [%5.1f%%] %s / %s",
+ p->title, percent, buf_cur, buf_tot);
+ } else {
+ len = scnprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%s [%5.1f%%] %" PRIu64 " / %" PRIu64,
+ p->title, percent, curr, p->total);
+ }
+
+ if (!stdio_progress__is_tty) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", buf);
+ goto out;
+ }
+
+ /* Pad to the length of the previous line to erase its leftovers. */
+ fprintf(stderr, "\r%s%*s", buf,
+ (int)(len < phase->last_len ? phase->last_len - len : 0), "");
+ phase->last_len = len;
+out:
+ phase->last_printed = curr;
+ fflush(stderr);
+}
+
+static void __stdio_progress__init(struct ui_progress *p)
+{
+ /* The default step is meant for the TUI bar, use 1% steps for stdio. */
+ p->next = p->step = p->total / 100 ?: 1;
+
+ if (stdio_progress__depth == STDIO_PROGRESS__MAX_DEPTH) {
+ /*
+ * Out of room: don't start this phase, its finish() is swallowed and
+ * its updates ignored below.
+ */
+ pr_warning("progress phases nested deeper than %d, not showing progress for %s\n",
+ STDIO_PROGRESS__MAX_DEPTH, p->title);
+ stdio_progress__dropped++;
+ return;
+ }
+
+ /* Start a nested phase in a line of its own. */
+ if (stdio_progress__depth && stdio_progress__is_tty)
+ fputc('\n', stderr);
+
+ stdio_progress__stack[stdio_progress__depth++] =
+ (struct stdio_progress_phase) {
+ .p = p,
+ .last_printed = 0,
+ .last_len = 0,
+ };
+
+ stdio_progress__print_phase(&stdio_progress__stack[stdio_progress__depth - 1],
+ p->curr);
+}
+
+static void stdio_progress__update(struct ui_progress *p)
+{
+ /*
+ * An update that doesn't match the innermost phase means something is
+ * out of sync: print nothing rather than another phase's numbers, or
+ * read past the stack.
+ */
+ if (!stdio_progress__depth ||
+ stdio_progress__stack[stdio_progress__depth - 1].p != p)
+ return;
+
+ stdio_progress__print_phase(&stdio_progress__stack[stdio_progress__depth - 1],
+ p->curr);
+}
+
+static void stdio_progress__finish(void)
+{
+ struct stdio_progress_phase *phase;
+
+ /*
+ * Being the innermost phase, its finish() comes first: swallow it, or
+ * it would complete the phase that encloses it.
+ */
+ if (stdio_progress__dropped) {
+ stdio_progress__dropped--;
+ return;
+ }
+
+ if (!stdio_progress__depth)
+ return;
+
+ phase = &stdio_progress__stack[--stdio_progress__depth];
+
+ /*
+ * The last line may have stopped short of the total, close this phase
+ * showing it as complete unless that was already printed.
+ */
+ if (phase->last_printed != phase->p->total)
+ stdio_progress__print_phase(phase, phase->p->total);
+
+ phase->last_printed = 0;
+ phase->last_len = 0;
+
+ if (stdio_progress__is_tty)
+ fputc('\n', stderr);
+
+ fflush(stderr);
+}
+
+static struct ui_progress_ops stdio_progress__ops = {
+ .init = __stdio_progress__init,
+ .update = stdio_progress__update,
+ .finish = stdio_progress__finish,
+};
+
+void stdio_progress__init(void)
+{
+ stdio_progress__is_tty = isatty(STDERR_FILENO) == 1;
+ ui_progress__ops = &stdio_progress__ops;
+}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/ordered-events.c b/tools/perf/util/ordered-events.c
index a5857f9f5af2d3de..54c85663e733be4d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/ordered-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/ordered-events.c
@@ -237,14 +237,16 @@ static int do_flush(struct ordered_events *oe, bool show_progress)
ui_progress__init(&prog, oe->nr_events, "Processing time ordered events...");
list_for_each_entry_safe(iter, tmp, head, list) {
- if (session_done())
- return 0;
+ if (session_done()) {
+ ret = 0;
+ goto out_progress;
+ }
if (iter->timestamp > limit)
break;
ret = oe->deliver(oe, iter);
if (ret < 0)
- return ret;
+ goto out_progress;
ordered_events__delete(oe, iter);
oe->last_flush = iter->timestamp;
@@ -258,10 +260,16 @@ static int do_flush(struct ordered_events *oe, bool show_progress)
else if (last_ts <= limit)
oe->last = list_entry(head->prev, struct ordered_event, list);
+ ret = 0;
+out_progress:
+ /*
+ * Always pair ui_progress__init() with ui_progress__finish(), the
+ * stdio backend tracks the phases on a stack.
+ */
if (show_progress)
ui_progress__finish();
- return 0;
+ return ret;
}
static int __ordered_events__flush(struct ordered_events *oe, enum oe_flush how,
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/session.c b/tools/perf/util/session.c
index 7fea9e72726c936c..c4b4c7fb3b864589 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/session.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/session.c
@@ -3253,8 +3253,12 @@ static int __perf_session__process_pipe_events(struct perf_session *session)
cur_size = sizeof(union perf_event);
buf = malloc(cur_size);
- if (!buf)
- return -errno;
+ if (!buf) {
+ err = -errno;
+ if (update_prog)
+ ui_progress__finish();
+ return err;
+ }
ordered_events__set_copy_on_queue(oe, true);
more:
event = buf;
@@ -3753,8 +3757,10 @@ static int __perf_session__process_dir_events(struct perf_session *session)
}
rd = calloc(nr_readers, sizeof(struct reader));
- if (!rd)
+ if (!rd) {
+ ui_progress__finish();
return -ENOMEM;
+ }
rd[0] = (struct reader) {
.fd = perf_data__fd(session->data),
--
2.55.0
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From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo @ 2026-09-28 22:06 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Namhyung Kim
Cc: Ingo Molnar, Thomas Gleixner, James Clark, Jiri Olsa, Ian Rogers,
Adrian Hunter, Clark Williams, linux-kernel, linux-perf-users,
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
A perf that takes forever is hard to tell apart from one stuck in a
loop, and there is no way to see where without attaching gdb.
perf-stuck.sh samples a running process' /proc entries and its progress
line at a fixed interval, and with -g runs gdb (perf-stuck.gdb, adding
the perf-die-chain command) when no progress is made across two
samples, printing the DIE chain a DWARF type chase is stuck in.
It is a prototype: the plan is to turn it into a first class 'perf
stuck' command. The process name is resolved with pgrep among the
caller's own processes only, as root an unscoped one would attach gdb
to the first process of any user with a matching name.
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
---
tools/perf/scripts/perf-stuck.gdb | 109 ++++++++++++++++++
tools/perf/scripts/perf-stuck.sh | 184 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 293 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 tools/perf/scripts/perf-stuck.gdb
create mode 100755 tools/perf/scripts/perf-stuck.sh
diff --git a/tools/perf/scripts/perf-stuck.gdb b/tools/perf/scripts/perf-stuck.gdb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000..2022f83c6bfdc646
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/scripts/perf-stuck.gdb
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+#
+# gdb commands for a stuck perf, used by perf-stuck.sh -g and usable directly:
+#
+# gdb -p $(pgrep -x perf) -batch -x perf-stuck.gdb -ex bt
+#
+# PROTOTYPE: part of the perf-stuck.sh stopgap, wants to become a first
+# class 'perf stuck' command printing these DIE chains without gdb.
+#
+# The commands are for the DWARF type chasers in util/dwarf-aux.c:
+#
+# perf-die-chain <function> <die variable> [iterations]
+# perf-die-chain-all [iterations]
+# perf-dso
+#
+# For each iteration of the chasing loop they print the DIE address, the
+# CU, its file offset, tag and name: a cycle shows as the same (addr, cu)
+# pairs repeating, and a CU changing between iterations means the chase
+# hops between a debug file and its dwz common file.
+
+set pagination off
+set confirm off
+set debuginfod enabled off
+set print pretty on
+set height 0
+set width 0
+
+define perf-die-chain
+ if $argc < 2
+ printf "usage: perf-die-chain <function> <die variable> [iterations]\n"
+ else
+ frame function $arg0
+ if $argc == 3
+ set $perf_die_chain_n = $arg2
+ else
+ set $perf_die_chain_n = 10
+ end
+ set $perf_die_chain_head = $pc
+ set $perf_die_chain_i = 0
+ while $perf_die_chain_i < $perf_die_chain_n
+ # Pointer type DIEs have no DW_AT_name, so dwarf_diename() can
+ # return NULL: printf %s of it would error out and abort this
+ # batch script, handle it.
+ set $perf_die_chain_name = (char *) dwarf_diename($arg1)
+ printf "chain[%d] die=%p addr=%p cu=%p off=0x%lx tag=%d name=", $perf_die_chain_i, $arg1, $arg1->addr, $arg1->cu, ((Dwarf_Off) dwarf_dieoffset($arg1)), ((int) dwarf_tag($arg1))
+ if $perf_die_chain_name == 0
+ printf "(null)\n"
+ else
+ printf "%s\n", $perf_die_chain_name
+ end
+ until *$perf_die_chain_head
+ set $perf_die_chain_i = $perf_die_chain_i + 1
+ end
+ end
+end
+
+document perf-die-chain
+Print the DIE chain being walked by a DWARF type chasing loop.
+usage: perf-die-chain <function> <die variable> [iterations]
+ perf-die-chain die_get_pointer_type type_die
+ perf-die-chain __die_get_real_type vr_die
+ perf-die-chain die_get_real_type vr_die
+end
+
+define perf-die-chain-all
+ if $argc == 0
+ set $perf_die_chain_n = 10
+ else
+ set $perf_die_chain_n = $arg0
+ end
+ if $_any_caller_is("die_get_pointer_type", 20)
+ printf "stuck in die_get_pointer_type():\n"
+ perf-die-chain die_get_pointer_type type_die $perf_die_chain_n
+ else
+ if $_any_caller_is("__die_get_real_type", 20)
+ printf "stuck in __die_get_real_type():\n"
+ perf-die-chain __die_get_real_type vr_die $perf_die_chain_n
+ else
+ if $_any_caller_is("die_get_real_type", 20)
+ printf "stuck in die_get_real_type():\n"
+ perf-die-chain die_get_real_type vr_die $perf_die_chain_n
+ else
+ printf "not in a DWARF type chaser, try: bt\n"
+ end
+ end
+ end
+end
+
+document perf-die-chain-all
+Find which DWARF type chaser the process is in and print the DIE chain.
+usage: perf-die-chain-all [iterations]
+end
+
+define perf-dso
+ if $_any_caller_is("find_data_type", 20)
+ frame function find_data_type
+ # REFCNT_CHECKING, implied by an ASan/LSan build, wraps struct map and
+ # struct dso in a proxy keeping the real object in ->orig, so there the
+ # dso is map->orig->dso->orig, giving map->orig->dso->orig->name here;
+ # struct symbol is not wrapped, so sym->name needs no ->orig.
+ printf "dso=%s ip=0x%lx sym=%s\n", dloc->ms->map->dso->name, dloc->ip, dloc->ms->sym ? dloc->ms->sym->name : "(no symbol)"
+ else
+ printf "not in find_data_type()\n"
+ end
+end
+
+document perf-dso
+Print the dso, ip and symbol of the data location being resolved.
+end
diff --git a/tools/perf/scripts/perf-stuck.sh b/tools/perf/scripts/perf-stuck.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000..5622a6e0742988c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/scripts/perf-stuck.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,184 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+#
+# perf-stuck - tell a spinning perf apart from a blocked or recursing one
+#
+# Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
+#
+# PROTOTYPE: wants to become a first class 'perf stuck' command, sampling
+# a process from inside perf, with the knowledge of perf's phases and of
+# the DWARF type chasing loops built in, instead of poking /proc and
+# shelling out to gdb.
+#
+# Samples /proc/<pid> at a fixed interval and prints the CPU time used
+# since the previous sample, the [stack] mapping start and size, and the
+# last line of a progress log when one is given, e.g. the stderr of
+# 'perf report --progress': burning a full interval with a constant
+# stack is a loop, a [stack] start moving down is runaway recursion.
+#
+# With -g it runs gdb (perf-stuck.gdb) when no progress is made for two
+# consecutive samples, printing the DIE chain a DWARF type chase is
+# walking.
+#
+# usage: perf-stuck.sh [options] <pid|process-name>
+
+set -u
+
+usage() {
+ cat <<-EOF
+ usage: perf-stuck.sh [options] <pid|process-name>
+
+ -i <secs> sampling interval (default: 10)
+ -n <count> stop after this many samples (default: watch till it exits)
+ -l <file> progress log, its last line is printed with every sample
+ -g run gdb with perf-stuck.gdb when no progress is made for
+ two consecutive samples, writing the output to a temp file
+ -x <file> use this gdb command file instead of perf-stuck.gdb
+ -h this help
+ EOF
+ exit "${1:-0}"
+}
+
+interval=10
+count=0
+progress_log=
+use_gdb=
+gdb_cmds=
+
+while getopts "i:n:l:gx:h" opt; do
+ case "$opt" in
+ i) interval=$OPTARG ;;
+ n) count=$OPTARG ;;
+ l) progress_log=$OPTARG ;;
+ g) use_gdb=1 ;;
+ x) gdb_cmds=$OPTARG ;;
+ h) usage 0 ;;
+ *) usage 1 ;;
+ esac
+done
+shift $((OPTIND - 1))
+
+[ $# -eq 1 ] || usage 1
+
+if [[ "$1" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]]; then
+ pid=$1
+else
+ # Resolve the name against the caller's own processes: as root,
+ # unscoped pgrep picks the first match of any user, e.g. one planted
+ # to get gdb attached to it, use an explicit pid to look at a perf of
+ # another user.
+ pid=$(pgrep -x -u "$(id -u)" -- "$1" | head -1)
+ [ -n "$pid" ] || { echo "no process named '$1' owned by $(id -un)"; exit 1; }
+fi
+
+[ -d /proc/"$pid" ] || { echo "no process $pid"; exit 1; }
+
+if [ -n "$use_gdb" ] && [ -z "$gdb_cmds" ]; then
+ gdb_cmds=$(dirname "$0")/perf-stuck.gdb
+ [ -r "$gdb_cmds" ] || { echo "cannot read $gdb_cmds"; exit 1; }
+fi
+
+hz=$(getconf CLK_TCK)
+psz=$(getconf PAGESIZE)
+prev_cpu=
+prev_stack=
+prev_progress=
+stuck=0
+gdb_done=
+nsample=0
+
+# The command line is whatever the process was started with, so drop the
+# control characters from it: a process started with escape sequences in
+# its arguments, e.g. one replaying a log line, would otherwise get them
+# replayed on the terminal of whoever runs this.
+cmdline=$(tr '\0' ' ' < /proc/"$pid"/cmdline | tr -d '[:cntrl:]')
+
+echo "watching $pid ($cmdline) every ${interval}s"
+
+while :; do
+ if [ ! -d /proc/"$pid" ]; then
+ echo "$(date +%T) process gone"
+ break
+ fi
+
+ # Field 2, the command name, is in parentheses and can contain
+ # spaces, so drop it together with the pid before splitting so the
+ # fields line up. %d keeps the CPU time out of scientific
+ # notation, that bash arithmetic can't parse past six digits.
+ if ! stat_line=$(awk '{ sub(/^[^ ]+ \(.*\) /, "");
+ printf "%s %d %d\n", $1, $12 + $13, $22 }' \
+ /proc/"$pid"/stat 2>/dev/null); then
+ echo "$(date +%T) process gone"
+ break
+ fi
+
+ # The process can be gone between the check above and this read, in
+ # which case there is nothing to report: 'set -u' would otherwise
+ # turn the unbound fields into an aborted script.
+ if [ -z "$stat_line" ]; then
+ echo "$(date +%T) process gone"
+ break
+ fi
+
+ stat=($stat_line)
+ state=${stat[0]}
+ cpu=${stat[1]}
+ # field 24 of /proc/<pid>/stat, the resident set size in pages
+ rss=$(( stat[2] * psz / 1024 ))
+
+ stack=$(awk '/\[stack\]/{print $1; exit}' /proc/"$pid"/maps 2>/dev/null)
+ if [ -n "$stack" ]; then
+ stack_start=0x${stack%-*}
+ stack_size=$(( 0x${stack#*-} - stack_start ))
+ stack_txt="$stack size=$((stack_size / 1024))kB"
+ else
+ stack_start=
+ stack_txt="-"
+ fi
+
+ progress=
+ [ -n "$progress_log" ] && [ -s "$progress_log" ] && progress=$(tail -1 -- "$progress_log")
+
+ if [ -n "$prev_cpu" ]; then
+ cpu_delta=$(( cpu - prev_cpu ))
+ # No progress log, or one with nothing written to it yet, leaves
+ # no progress to look at, so count the samples that show none:
+ # -g then looks at where the process is after two intervals.
+ # Otherwise count the repeats of the same last line.
+ if [ -z "$progress" ] || [ "$progress" = "$prev_progress" ]; then
+ stuck=$((stuck + 1))
+ else
+ stuck=0
+ fi
+ stuck_txt="stuck=${stuck}"
+ [ "$stack_start" != "$prev_stack" ] && stuck_txt="$stuck_txt STACK"
+ else
+ cpu_delta=0
+ stuck_txt=""
+ fi
+
+ printf '%s state=%s cpu=+%d (%d.%02ds) rss=%dkB stack=%s %s %s\n' \
+ "$(date +%T)" "$state" "$cpu_delta" \
+ $(( cpu_delta / hz )) $(( (cpu_delta % hz) * 100 / hz )) \
+ "$rss" "$stack_txt" "$stuck_txt" "${progress:-(no progress log)}"
+
+ if [ -n "$use_gdb" ] && [ -z "$gdb_done" ] && [ "$stuck" -ge 2 ]; then
+ gdb_log=$(mktemp /tmp/perf-stuck-gdb.XXXXXX)
+ # The gdb script makes inferior calls, and a call into a perf
+ # wedged in a loop never returns, so bound the run; SIGINT
+ # releases the inferior instead of leaving perf stopped.
+ timeout --signal=INT 30 gdb -p "$pid" -batch -x "$gdb_cmds" -ex bt \
+ -ex 'perf-die-chain-all' -ex perf-dso -ex detach > "$gdb_log" 2>&1
+ gdb_done=1
+ echo "... gdb output of $pid in $gdb_log"
+ fi
+
+ prev_cpu=$cpu
+ prev_stack=$stack_start
+ prev_progress=$progress
+
+ nsample=$((nsample + 1))
+ [ "$count" -gt 0 ] && [ "$nsample" -ge "$count" ] && break
+
+ sleep "$interval"
+done
--
2.55.0
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@ 2026-09-28 22:06 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
3 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo @ 2026-09-28 22:06 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Namhyung Kim
Cc: Ingo Molnar, Thomas Gleixner, James Clark, Jiri Olsa, Ian Rogers,
Adrian Hunter, Clark Williams, linux-kernel, linux-perf-users,
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Add a 'perf test -w false_sharing' workload that hammers one shared
struct from several CPUs, shaped as a TCP connection: a read-mostly
identity (five-tuple) shares a cacheline with per-packet rx counters
(the false-sharing line), a second line has packet-path private tx and
congestion control counters, and a third the connection config.
The packet path runs in the main thread and up to four lookup threads
hash the five-tuple and pull the config, reading one volatile shared
instance directly so the accesses are PC-relative and resolvable by the
data type profiler.
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
---
tools/perf/tests/builtin-test.c | 1 +
tools/perf/tests/shell/data_type_profiling.sh | 9 +-
tools/perf/tests/tests.h | 1 +
tools/perf/tests/workloads/Build | 2 +
tools/perf/tests/workloads/false_sharing.c | 240 ++++++++++++++++++
5 files changed, 251 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 tools/perf/tests/workloads/false_sharing.c
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/builtin-test.c b/tools/perf/tests/builtin-test.c
index d2f594921e25bda9..98134b1c74cf80f4 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/builtin-test.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/builtin-test.c
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ static struct test_workload *workloads[] = {
&workload__context_switch_loop,
&workload__deterministic,
&workload__callchain,
+ &workload__false_sharing,
#ifdef HAVE_RUST_SUPPORT
&workload__code_with_type,
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/shell/data_type_profiling.sh b/tools/perf/tests/shell/data_type_profiling.sh
index a916c410274aa888..57203e0e5f857540 100755
--- a/tools/perf/tests/shell/data_type_profiling.sh
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/shell/data_type_profiling.sh
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ set -e
# data type profiling manifestation
# Values in testtypes and testprogs should match
-testtypes=("# data-type: struct Buf" "# data-type: struct buf")
-testprogs=("perf test -w code_with_type" "perf test -w datasym")
+testtypes=("# data-type: struct Buf" "# data-type: struct buf" "# data-type: struct net_conn")
+testprogs=("perf test -w code_with_type" "perf test -w datasym" "perf test -w false_sharing")
err=0
perfdata=$(mktemp /tmp/__perf_test.perf.data.XXXXX)
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ test_basic_annotate() {
"xC")
index=1 ;;
+
+ "xFS")
+ index=2 ;;
esac
# Under 'set -e' a bare failing command aborts the script through the EXIT
@@ -114,6 +117,8 @@ test_basic_annotate Basic Rust
test_basic_annotate Pipe Rust
test_basic_annotate Basic C
test_basic_annotate Pipe C
+test_basic_annotate Basic FS
+test_basic_annotate Pipe FS
cleanup
exit $err
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/tests.h b/tools/perf/tests/tests.h
index 9c96f33483d14356..f379620069d34f3a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/tests.h
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/tests.h
@@ -250,6 +250,7 @@ DECLARE_WORKLOAD(jitdump);
DECLARE_WORKLOAD(context_switch_loop);
DECLARE_WORKLOAD(deterministic);
DECLARE_WORKLOAD(callchain);
+DECLARE_WORKLOAD(false_sharing);
#ifdef HAVE_RUST_SUPPORT
DECLARE_WORKLOAD(code_with_type);
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/workloads/Build b/tools/perf/tests/workloads/Build
index 048e371eb63e3164..18fceddccb56c013 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/workloads/Build
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/workloads/Build
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ perf-test-y += jitdump.o
perf-test-y += context_switch_loop.o
perf-test-y += deterministic.o
perf-test-y += callchain.o
+perf-test-y += false_sharing.o
ifeq ($(CONFIG_RUST_SUPPORT),y)
perf-test-y += code_with_type.o
@@ -29,3 +30,4 @@ CFLAGS_inlineloop.o = -g -O2
CFLAGS_deterministic.o = -g -O0 -fno-inline -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE
CFLAGS_named_threads.o = -g -O0 -fno-inline -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE
CFLAGS_callchain.o = -g -O0 -fno-inline -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE
+CFLAGS_false_sharing.o = -g -O0 -fno-inline -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/workloads/false_sharing.c b/tools/perf/tests/workloads/false_sharing.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000..12e10d10b87e0d77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/workloads/false_sharing.c
@@ -0,0 +1,240 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * False-sharing demo for data type profiling, shaped as a TCP
+ * connection: a read-mostly identity shares a cacheline with per-packet
+ * rx counters (the false-sharing line), a second line has packet-path
+ * private tx and congestion control counters, and a third the connection
+ * config.
+ *
+ * With a 'perf mem record' of this workload the profiler shows accesses
+ * to different members of the same cacheline, which the CTF stream lets
+ * pahole flag as false sharing on line 0.
+ */
+#include <pthread.h>
+#include <sched.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <signal.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <linux/compiler.h>
+#include "../tests.h"
+
+struct net_conn {
+ /* cacheline 0: identity (read-mostly) + rx counters (per packet) */
+ uint32_t saddr; /* 0 */
+ uint32_t daddr; /* 4 */
+ uint16_t sport; /* 8 */
+ uint16_t dport; /* 10 */
+ uint8_t state; /* 12: 1 == ESTABLISHED */
+ uint8_t protocol; /* 13: 6 == TCP */
+ uint16_t __pad0; /* 14 */
+ uint64_t bytes_rx; /* 16: every packet */
+ uint64_t packets_rx; /* 24: every packet */
+ uint32_t rx_queue; /* 32: backlog depth, fluctuates */
+ uint8_t __pad1[24]; /* 36..59 */
+ uint32_t last_ack; /* 60: written per ACK */
+ /* cacheline 1: tx + congestion control (packet-path private) */
+ uint64_t bytes_tx; /* 64: every packet */
+ uint64_t packets_tx; /* 72: every packet */
+ uint32_t cwnd; /* 80: on every ACK */
+ uint32_t ssthresh; /* 84: on loss */
+ uint32_t rtt_us; /* 88: on every ACK */
+ uint32_t retrans; /* 92: on timeout */
+ uint32_t __pad2[8]; /* 96..127 */
+ /* cacheline 2: config, set at setup, read by everybody */
+ uint16_t mss; /* 128 */
+ uint8_t snd_wscale; /* 130 */
+ uint8_t rcv_wscale; /* 131 */
+ uint32_t keepalive_int; /* 132 */
+ uint32_t mark; /* 136: firewall mark */
+ uint32_t priority; /* 140: traffic class */
+ uint32_t __pad3[12]; /* 144..191 */
+} __attribute__((aligned(64)));
+
+/* Volatile so every iteration really loads and stores. */
+static volatile struct net_conn conn;
+/* Keeps the reader checksums alive after the threads join. */
+static volatile unsigned long fs_sink;
+
+static volatile sig_atomic_t done;
+
+struct fs_reader {
+ pthread_t thread;
+ int cpu;
+ unsigned long sum;
+ char __pad[64 - sizeof(pthread_t) - sizeof(int) - sizeof(unsigned long)];
+} __attribute__((aligned(64)));
+
+static void sighandler(int sig __maybe_unused)
+{
+ done = 1;
+}
+
+static void pin_to_cpu(int cpu)
+{
+ cpu_set_t set;
+
+ /* There may be no second CPU in a restricted cpuset. */
+ if (cpu < 0)
+ return;
+
+ CPU_ZERO(&set);
+ CPU_SET(cpu, &set);
+ /* Best effort: in a restricted cpuset this fails and the thread runs unpinned. */
+ pthread_setaffinity_np(pthread_self(), sizeof(set), &set);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Connection lookup, as a load balancer or 'ss' scrape would do it: the
+ * reads go straight to the global, this file is built -O0 and a local
+ * pointer would be reloaded from a stack slot, a form the data type
+ * resolver does not track.
+ */
+static void *reader_fn(void *arg)
+{
+ struct fs_reader *r = arg;
+ unsigned long sum = 0;
+
+ pthread_setname_np(pthread_self(), "fs-reader");
+ pin_to_cpu(r->cpu);
+
+ while (!done) {
+ sum += conn.saddr + conn.daddr + conn.sport + conn.dport +
+ conn.state + conn.protocol;
+ sum += conn.mss + conn.snd_wscale + conn.rcv_wscale +
+ conn.keepalive_int + conn.mark + conn.priority;
+ }
+ r->sum = sum;
+ return NULL;
+}
+
+static int false_sharing(int argc, const char **argv)
+{
+ double sec = 2.0;
+ int nreaders = 0, nr_allowed = 0, err = 1;
+ int *allowed = NULL, nallowed = 0, ncpus;
+ cpu_set_t set;
+ struct fs_reader *readers = NULL;
+ int i, writer_cpu;
+ unsigned long n = 0;
+
+ pthread_setname_np(pthread_self(), "fs-writer");
+ if (argc > 0)
+ sec = atof(argv[0]);
+ if (!(sec > 0.0)) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "Error: seconds (%f) must be > 0\n", sec);
+ return 1;
+ }
+ if (argc > 1)
+ nreaders = atoi(argv[1]);
+
+ /*
+ * A connection that just got established: identity and config fixed
+ * from here on, counters at zero.
+ */
+ conn.saddr = 0x0a000001; /* 10.0.0.1 */
+ conn.daddr = 0x0a000002; /* 10.0.0.2 */
+ conn.sport = 54321;
+ conn.dport = 443;
+ conn.state = 1; /* ESTABLISHED */
+ conn.protocol = 6; /* TCP */
+ conn.mss = 1448;
+ conn.snd_wscale = 7;
+ conn.rcv_wscale = 7;
+ conn.keepalive_int = 7200;
+ conn.cwnd = 10;
+ conn.ssthresh = 65535;
+ conn.rtt_us = 50;
+
+ /* Pin against the allowed set, restricted cpusets still spread the threads. */
+ ncpus = sysconf(_SC_NPROCESSORS_CONF);
+ if (sched_getaffinity(0, sizeof(set), &set) == 0) {
+ for (i = 0; i < ncpus && i < CPU_SETSIZE; i++) {
+ if (!CPU_ISSET(i, &set))
+ continue;
+ nr_allowed++;
+ }
+ allowed = malloc(nr_allowed * sizeof(int));
+ if (allowed == NULL) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "Error: malloc failed for CPU list\n");
+ return 1;
+ }
+ for (i = 0; i < ncpus && i < CPU_SETSIZE; i++) {
+ if (CPU_ISSET(i, &set))
+ allowed[nallowed++] = i;
+ }
+ }
+ if (nreaders <= 0) {
+ /* By default leave one CPU for the packet path, up to 4 readers. */
+ nreaders = nallowed > 1 ? nallowed - 1 : 1;
+ if (nreaders > 4)
+ nreaders = 4;
+ }
+
+ signal(SIGINT, sighandler);
+ signal(SIGALRM, sighandler);
+
+ readers = calloc(nreaders, sizeof(*readers));
+ if (readers == NULL) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "Error: calloc failed for %d readers\n", nreaders);
+ goto out;
+ }
+ for (i = 0; i < nreaders; i++) {
+ int cpu = nallowed > 1 ? allowed[(i + 1) % nallowed] : -1;
+
+ readers[i].cpu = cpu;
+ if (pthread_create(&readers[i].thread, NULL, reader_fn, &readers[i])) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "Error: failed to create reader %d\n", i);
+ done = 1; // Ensure started threads terminate.
+ nreaders = i;
+ goto out_join;
+ }
+ }
+ writer_cpu = nallowed > 0 ? allowed[0] : -1;
+ if (nallowed == 1)
+ fprintf(stderr, "Warning: single CPU allowed, no cross-CPU traffic expected\n");
+ if (writer_cpu >= 0)
+ pin_to_cpu(writer_cpu);
+
+ /*
+ * The packet path: receive, acknowledge, transmit, repeat; every 64th
+ * packet simulates a loss so ssthresh/retrans get sampled too.
+ */
+ if (sec < 1.0) {
+ useconds_t usecs = (useconds_t)(sec * 1000000.0);
+
+ ualarm(usecs > 0 ? usecs : 1, 0);
+ } else
+ alarm((unsigned int)sec);
+ while (!done) {
+ conn.bytes_rx += conn.mss;
+ conn.packets_rx++;
+ conn.rx_queue = (uint32_t)(n & 0x3f);
+ conn.last_ack = (uint32_t)n;
+ conn.bytes_tx += conn.mss;
+ conn.packets_tx++;
+ conn.cwnd = 10 + (n & 15);
+ conn.rtt_us = 50 + (n & 7);
+ if ((n & 63) == 0) {
+ conn.ssthresh = conn.cwnd / 2;
+ conn.retrans++;
+ }
+ n++;
+ }
+ err = 0;
+out_join:
+ for (i = 0; i < nreaders; i++) {
+ if (readers[i].thread) {
+ pthread_join(readers[i].thread, /*retval=*/NULL);
+ fs_sink += readers[i].sum;
+ }
+ }
+ fs_sink += (unsigned long)(conn.bytes_rx + conn.bytes_tx + n);
+ free(readers);
+out:
+ free(allowed);
+ return err;
+}
+
+DEFINE_WORKLOAD(false_sharing);
--
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* [PATCH 2/4] perf report: Add --progress option
2026-09-28 16:22 [PATCH 0/4 v1] perf tools: Add progress diagnostics and a false-sharing workload Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
@ 2026-09-28 16:22 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo @ 2026-09-28 16:22 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Namhyung Kim
Cc: Ingo Molnar, Thomas Gleixner, James Clark, Jiri Olsa, Ian Rogers,
Adrian Hunter, Clark Williams, linux-kernel, linux-perf-users,
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Processing a large session with stdio output gives no feedback about
which phase perf is in or how far along it is: ui_progress updates are
only shown by the TUI. Add --progress, installing a stdio backend
(ui/stdio/progress.c) that prints the phase title, percentage and
counts:
Processing events... [42.3%] 317M / 746M
Phases can be nested, so the backend tracks the ones started to
complete the right one on ui_progress__finish(); that requires
init()/finish() pairs, fixed in ordered-events.c and the pipe and
directory event processing.
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
---
tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt | 13 ++
tools/perf/builtin-report.c | 10 ++
tools/perf/ui/Build | 1 +
tools/perf/ui/progress.h | 2 +
tools/perf/ui/stdio/progress.c | 162 +++++++++++++++++++++++
tools/perf/util/ordered-events.c | 16 ++-
tools/perf/util/session.c | 12 +-
7 files changed, 209 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 tools/perf/ui/stdio/progress.c
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt
index 3718ebd297ce0673..9b0a62fd361fd58f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt
@@ -29,6 +29,19 @@ OPTIONS
--quiet::
Do not show any warnings or messages. (Suppress -v)
+--progress::
+ Show progress for each of the processing phases, printing the
+ percentage done and the current/total counts: the first phase
+ counts the bytes of the perf.data file processed so far, the
+ merge and sort phases count hist entries, e.g.:
+
+ Processing events... [ 42.3%] 4G / 10G
+ Merging related events... [ 7.1%] 1024 / 14387
+ Sorting events for output... [ 98.2%] 14132 / 14387
+
+ It is a no-op when using the TUI or GTK browsers, that already
+ present progress information.
+
-n::
--show-nr-samples::
Show the number of samples for each symbol
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
index 57225bc87731d074..d89a63742f622fde 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ struct report {
bool use_gtk;
#endif
bool use_stdio;
+ bool progress;
bool show_full_info;
bool show_threads;
bool inverted_callchain;
@@ -1384,6 +1385,8 @@ int cmd_report(int argc, const char **argv)
"Use the stdio interface"),
OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "weights", &symbol_conf.annotate_weight,
"Show or hide weight columns in annotation. Default show if non-zero."),
+ OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "progress", &report.progress,
+ "Show progress while processing the perf.data file"),
OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "header", &report.header, "Show data header."),
OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "header-only", &report.header_only,
"Show only data header."),
@@ -1790,6 +1793,13 @@ int cmd_report(int argc, const char **argv)
else
use_browser = 0;
+ /*
+ * For the stdio case: print the percentage of the perf.data file
+ * processed so far for each processing phase.
+ */
+ if (report.progress && use_browser == 0)
+ stdio_progress__init();
+
if (report.data_type && use_browser == 1) {
symbol_conf.annotate_data_member = true;
symbol_conf.annotate_data_sample = true;
diff --git a/tools/perf/ui/Build b/tools/perf/ui/Build
index 6005f813c9e3990c..a7b1740d51c80f23 100644
--- a/tools/perf/ui/Build
+++ b/tools/perf/ui/Build
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ perf-ui-y += progress.o
perf-ui-y += util.o
perf-ui-y += hist.o
perf-ui-y += stdio/hist.o
+perf-ui-y += stdio/progress.o
CFLAGS_setup.o += -DLIBDIR="BUILD_STR($(LIBDIR))"
diff --git a/tools/perf/ui/progress.h b/tools/perf/ui/progress.h
index 4f52c37b2f099a82..03f1a8bb260ba076 100644
--- a/tools/perf/ui/progress.h
+++ b/tools/perf/ui/progress.h
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ void __ui_progress__init(struct ui_progress *p, u64 total,
void ui_progress__update(struct ui_progress *p, u64 adv);
+void stdio_progress__init(void);
+
struct ui_progress_ops {
void (*init)(struct ui_progress *p);
void (*update)(struct ui_progress *p);
diff --git a/tools/perf/ui/stdio/progress.c b/tools/perf/ui/stdio/progress.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000..1938766a35faa0fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/ui/stdio/progress.c
@@ -0,0 +1,162 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * Progress feedback for the stdio (non-TUI/GTK) case, enabled with
+ * 'perf report --progress'.
+ */
+#include <inttypes.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include "../../util/debug.h"
+#include "../../util/units.h"
+#include "../progress.h"
+
+/*
+ * Phases can be nested, so keep track of the ones started so far to be
+ * able to complete the right one on ui_progress__finish(), which gets
+ * no arguments.
+ */
+#define STDIO_PROGRESS__MAX_DEPTH 8
+
+struct stdio_progress_phase {
+ struct ui_progress *p;
+ u64 last_printed;
+ size_t last_len;
+};
+
+static struct stdio_progress_phase stdio_progress__stack[STDIO_PROGRESS__MAX_DEPTH];
+static int stdio_progress__depth;
+static bool stdio_progress__is_tty;
+/* Phases that didn't fit on the stack are not shown. */
+static int stdio_progress__dropped;
+
+static void stdio_progress__print_phase(struct stdio_progress_phase *phase,
+ u64 curr)
+{
+ struct ui_progress *p = phase->p;
+ char buf_cur[20], buf_tot[20], buf[128];
+ double percent = p->total ? 100.0 * (double)curr / (double)p->total : 0.0;
+ size_t len;
+
+ /*
+ * Only the completion line shows 100.0%: a 99.99% progress would round
+ * up to it and look like a duplicate at finish time.
+ */
+ if (curr < p->total && percent > 99.9)
+ percent = 99.9;
+
+ if (p->size) {
+ unit_number__scnprintf(buf_cur, sizeof(buf_cur), curr);
+ unit_number__scnprintf(buf_tot, sizeof(buf_tot), p->total);
+ len = scnprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%s [%5.1f%%] %s / %s",
+ p->title, percent, buf_cur, buf_tot);
+ } else {
+ len = scnprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%s [%5.1f%%] %" PRIu64 " / %" PRIu64,
+ p->title, percent, curr, p->total);
+ }
+
+ if (!stdio_progress__is_tty) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", buf);
+ goto out;
+ }
+
+ /* Pad to the length of the previous line to erase its leftovers. */
+ fprintf(stderr, "\r%s%*s", buf,
+ (int)(len < phase->last_len ? phase->last_len - len : 0), "");
+ phase->last_len = len;
+out:
+ phase->last_printed = curr;
+ fflush(stderr);
+}
+
+static void __stdio_progress__init(struct ui_progress *p)
+{
+ /* The default step is meant for the TUI bar, use 1% steps for stdio. */
+ p->next = p->step = p->total / 100 ?: 1;
+
+ if (stdio_progress__depth == STDIO_PROGRESS__MAX_DEPTH) {
+ /*
+ * Out of room: don't start this phase, its finish() is swallowed and
+ * its updates ignored below.
+ */
+ pr_warning("progress phases nested deeper than %d, not showing progress for %s\n",
+ STDIO_PROGRESS__MAX_DEPTH, p->title);
+ stdio_progress__dropped++;
+ return;
+ }
+
+ /* Start a nested phase in a line of its own. */
+ if (stdio_progress__depth && stdio_progress__is_tty)
+ fputc('\n', stderr);
+
+ stdio_progress__stack[stdio_progress__depth++] =
+ (struct stdio_progress_phase) {
+ .p = p,
+ .last_printed = 0,
+ .last_len = 0,
+ };
+
+ stdio_progress__print_phase(&stdio_progress__stack[stdio_progress__depth - 1],
+ p->curr);
+}
+
+static void stdio_progress__update(struct ui_progress *p)
+{
+ /*
+ * An update that doesn't match the innermost phase means something is
+ * out of sync: print nothing rather than another phase's numbers, or
+ * read past the stack.
+ */
+ if (!stdio_progress__depth ||
+ stdio_progress__stack[stdio_progress__depth - 1].p != p)
+ return;
+
+ stdio_progress__print_phase(&stdio_progress__stack[stdio_progress__depth - 1],
+ p->curr);
+}
+
+static void stdio_progress__finish(void)
+{
+ struct stdio_progress_phase *phase;
+
+ /*
+ * Being the innermost phase, its finish() comes first: swallow it, or
+ * it would complete the phase that encloses it.
+ */
+ if (stdio_progress__dropped) {
+ stdio_progress__dropped--;
+ return;
+ }
+
+ if (!stdio_progress__depth)
+ return;
+
+ phase = &stdio_progress__stack[--stdio_progress__depth];
+
+ /*
+ * The last line may have stopped short of the total, close this phase
+ * showing it as complete unless that was already printed.
+ */
+ if (phase->last_printed != phase->p->total)
+ stdio_progress__print_phase(phase, phase->p->total);
+
+ phase->last_printed = 0;
+ phase->last_len = 0;
+
+ if (stdio_progress__is_tty)
+ fputc('\n', stderr);
+
+ fflush(stderr);
+}
+
+static struct ui_progress_ops stdio_progress__ops = {
+ .init = __stdio_progress__init,
+ .update = stdio_progress__update,
+ .finish = stdio_progress__finish,
+};
+
+void stdio_progress__init(void)
+{
+ stdio_progress__is_tty = isatty(STDERR_FILENO) == 1;
+ ui_progress__ops = &stdio_progress__ops;
+}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/ordered-events.c b/tools/perf/util/ordered-events.c
index a5857f9f5af2d3de..54c85663e733be4d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/ordered-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/ordered-events.c
@@ -237,14 +237,16 @@ static int do_flush(struct ordered_events *oe, bool show_progress)
ui_progress__init(&prog, oe->nr_events, "Processing time ordered events...");
list_for_each_entry_safe(iter, tmp, head, list) {
- if (session_done())
- return 0;
+ if (session_done()) {
+ ret = 0;
+ goto out_progress;
+ }
if (iter->timestamp > limit)
break;
ret = oe->deliver(oe, iter);
if (ret < 0)
- return ret;
+ goto out_progress;
ordered_events__delete(oe, iter);
oe->last_flush = iter->timestamp;
@@ -258,10 +260,16 @@ static int do_flush(struct ordered_events *oe, bool show_progress)
else if (last_ts <= limit)
oe->last = list_entry(head->prev, struct ordered_event, list);
+ ret = 0;
+out_progress:
+ /*
+ * Always pair ui_progress__init() with ui_progress__finish(), the
+ * stdio backend tracks the phases on a stack.
+ */
if (show_progress)
ui_progress__finish();
- return 0;
+ return ret;
}
static int __ordered_events__flush(struct ordered_events *oe, enum oe_flush how,
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/session.c b/tools/perf/util/session.c
index 7fea9e72726c936c..c4b4c7fb3b864589 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/session.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/session.c
@@ -3253,8 +3253,12 @@ static int __perf_session__process_pipe_events(struct perf_session *session)
cur_size = sizeof(union perf_event);
buf = malloc(cur_size);
- if (!buf)
- return -errno;
+ if (!buf) {
+ err = -errno;
+ if (update_prog)
+ ui_progress__finish();
+ return err;
+ }
ordered_events__set_copy_on_queue(oe, true);
more:
event = buf;
@@ -3753,8 +3757,10 @@ static int __perf_session__process_dir_events(struct perf_session *session)
}
rd = calloc(nr_readers, sizeof(struct reader));
- if (!rd)
+ if (!rd) {
+ ui_progress__finish();
return -ENOMEM;
+ }
rd[0] = (struct reader) {
.fd = perf_data__fd(session->data),
--
2.55.0
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