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2015-05-04perf kmem: Add --live option for current allocation statNamhyung Kim
Currently 'perf kmem stat --page' shows total (page) allocation stat by default, but sometimes one might want to see live (total alloc-only) requests/pages only. The new --live option does this by subtracting freed allocation from the stat. E.g.: # perf kmem stat --page SUMMARY (page allocator) ======================== Total allocation requests : 988,858 [ 4,045,368 KB ] Total free requests : 886,484 [ 3,624,996 KB ] Total alloc+freed requests : 885,969 [ 3,622,628 KB ] Total alloc-only requests : 102,889 [ 422,740 KB ] Total free-only requests : 515 [ 2,368 KB ] Total allocation failures : 0 [ 0 KB ] Order Unmovable Reclaimable Movable Reserved CMA/Isolated ----- ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ 0 172,173 3,083 806,686 . . 1 284 . . . . 2 6,124 58 . . . 3 114 335 . . . 4 . . . . . 5 . . . . . 6 . . . . . 7 . . . . . 8 . . . . . 9 . . 1 . . 10 . . . . . # perf kmem stat --page --live SUMMARY (page allocator) ======================== Total allocation requests : 988,858 [ 4,045,368 KB ] Total free requests : 886,484 [ 3,624,996 KB ] Total alloc+freed requests : 885,969 [ 3,622,628 KB ] Total alloc-only requests : 102,889 [ 422,740 KB ] Total free-only requests : 515 [ 2,368 KB ] Total allocation failures : 0 [ 0 KB ] Order Unmovable Reclaimable Movable Reserved CMA/Isolated ----- ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ 0 2,214 3,025 97,156 . . 1 59 . . . . 2 19 58 . . . 3 23 335 . . . 4 . . . . . 5 . . . . . 6 . . . . . 7 . . . . . 8 . . . . . 9 . . . . . 10 . . . . . # Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Acked-by: Pekka Enberg <penberg@kernel.org> Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com> Cc: Joonsoo Kim <js1304@gmail.com> Cc: Minchan Kim <minchan@kernel.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1429592107-1807-4-git-send-email-namhyung@kernel.org [ Added examples to the changeset log ] Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2015-05-04perf kmem: Support sort keys on page analysisNamhyung Kim
Add new sort keys for page: page, order, migtype, gfp - existing 'bytes', 'hit' and 'callsite' sort keys also work for page. Note that -s/--sort option should be preceded by either of --slab or --page option to determine where the sort keys applies. Now it properly groups and sorts allocation stats - so same page/caller with different order/migtype/gfp will be printed on a different line. # perf kmem stat --page --caller -l 10 -s order,hit ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total alloc (KB) | Hits | Order | Mig.type | GFP flags | Callsite ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 64 | 4 | 2 | RECLAIM | 00285250 | new_slab 50,144 | 12,536 | 0 | MOVABLE | 0102005a | __page_cache_alloc 52 | 13 | 0 | UNMOVABL | 002084d0 | pte_alloc_one 40 | 10 | 0 | MOVABLE | 000280da | handle_mm_fault 28 | 7 | 0 | UNMOVABL | 000000d0 | __pollwait 20 | 5 | 0 | MOVABLE | 000200da | do_wp_page 20 | 5 | 0 | MOVABLE | 000200da | do_cow_fault 16 | 4 | 0 | UNMOVABL | 00000200 | __tlb_remove_page 16 | 4 | 0 | UNMOVABL | 000084d0 | __pmd_alloc 8 | 2 | 0 | UNMOVABL | 000084d0 | __pud_alloc ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Acked-by: Pekka Enberg <penberg@kernel.org> Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com> Cc: Joonsoo Kim <js1304@gmail.com> Cc: Minchan Kim <minchan@kernel.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1429592107-1807-3-git-send-email-namhyung@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2015-04-13perf kmem: Analyze page allocator events alsoNamhyung Kim
The perf kmem command records and analyze kernel memory allocation only for SLAB objects. This patch implement a simple page allocator analyzer using kmem:mm_page_alloc and kmem:mm_page_free events. It adds two new options of --slab and --page. The --slab option is for analyzing SLAB allocator and that's what perf kmem currently does. The new --page option enables page allocator events and analyze kernel memory usage in page unit. Currently, 'stat --alloc' subcommand is implemented only. If none of these --slab nor --page is specified, --slab is implied. First run 'perf kmem record' to generate a suitable perf.data file: # perf kmem record --page sleep 5 Then run 'perf kmem stat' to postprocess the perf.data file: # perf kmem stat --page --alloc --line 10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PFN | Total alloc (KB) | Hits | Order | Mig.type | GFP flags ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4045014 | 16 | 1 | 2 | RECLAIM | 00285250 4143980 | 16 | 1 | 2 | RECLAIM | 00285250 3938658 | 16 | 1 | 2 | RECLAIM | 00285250 4045400 | 16 | 1 | 2 | RECLAIM | 00285250 3568708 | 16 | 1 | 2 | RECLAIM | 00285250 3729824 | 16 | 1 | 2 | RECLAIM | 00285250 3657210 | 16 | 1 | 2 | RECLAIM | 00285250 4120750 | 16 | 1 | 2 | RECLAIM | 00285250 3678850 | 16 | 1 | 2 | RECLAIM | 00285250 3693874 | 16 | 1 | 2 | RECLAIM | 00285250 ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY (page allocator) ======================== Total allocation requests : 44,260 [ 177,256 KB ] Total free requests : 117 [ 468 KB ] Total alloc+freed requests : 49 [ 196 KB ] Total alloc-only requests : 44,211 [ 177,060 KB ] Total free-only requests : 68 [ 272 KB ] Total allocation failures : 0 [ 0 KB ] Order Unmovable Reclaimable Movable Reserved CMA/Isolated ----- ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ 0 32 . 44,210 . . 1 . . . . . 2 . 18 . . . 3 . . . . . 4 . . . . . 5 . . . . . 6 . . . . . 7 . . . . . 8 . . . . . 9 . . . . . 10 . . . . . Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com> Cc: Joonsoo Kim <js1304@gmail.com> Cc: Minchan Kim <minchan@kernel.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1428298576-9785-4-git-send-email-namhyung@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2015-03-13perf kmem: Allow -v optionNamhyung Kim
Current perf kmem fails when -v option is used. As it's very useful for debugging, let's allow it. Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com> Cc: Joonsoo Kim <js1304@gmail.com> Cc: Minchan Kim <minchan@kernel.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1426145571-3065-3-git-send-email-namhyung@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2011-12-23perf report: Accept fifos as input fileRobert Richter
The default input file for perf report is not handled the same way as perf record does it for its output file. This leads to unexpected behavior of perf report, etc. E.g.: # perf record -a -e cpu-cycles sleep 2 | perf report | cat failed to open perf.data: No such file or directory (try 'perf record' first) While perf record writes to a fifo, perf report expects perf.data to be read. This patch changes this to accept fifos as input file. Applies to the following commands: perf annotate perf buildid-list perf evlist perf kmem perf lock perf report perf sched perf script perf timechart Also fixes char const* -> const char* type declaration for filename strings. v2: * Prevent potential null pointer access to input_name in builtin-report.c. Needed due to removal of patch "perf report: Setup browser if stdout is a pipe" Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1323248577-11268-5-git-send-email-robert.richter@amd.com Signed-off-by: Robert Richter <robert.richter@amd.com> Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2010-05-05perf tools: Fixup minor doc formatting issuesArnaldo Carvalho de Melo
Cc: Frédéric Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Cc: Tom Zanussi <tzanussi@gmail.com> LKML-Reference: <new-submission> Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2009-12-10perf kmem: Show usage if no option is specifiedLi Zefan
As Ingo suggested, make "perf kmem" show help information. "perf kmem stat [--caller] [--alloc] .." will show memory statistics. Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com> Acked-by: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi> LKML-Reference: <4B20A195.8030106@cn.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-11-24perf kmem: Add help fileLi Zefan
Add Documentation/perf-kmem.txt Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com> Acked-by: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi> Cc: Eduard - Gabriel Munteanu <eduard.munteanu@linux360.ro> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org <linux-mm@kvack.org> LKML-Reference: <4B0B6EAF.80802@cn.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>