1ae14516cb
Lets see if it helps:
First look at the probeable lines for the function that does lookups by
name in a map_groups struct:
# perf probe -x ~/bin/perf -L map_groups__find_by_name
<map_groups__find_by_name@/home/acme/git/perf/tools/perf/util/symbol.c:0>
0 struct map *map_groups__find_by_name(struct map_groups *mg, const char *name)
1 {
2 struct maps *maps = &mg->maps;
struct map *map;
5 down_read(&maps->lock);
7 if (mg->last_search_by_name && strcmp(mg->last_search_by_name->dso->short_name, name) == 0) {
8 map = mg->last_search_by_name;
9 goto out_unlock;
}
12 maps__for_each_entry(maps, map)
13 if (strcmp(map->dso->short_name, name) == 0) {
14 mg->last_search_by_name = map;
15 goto out_unlock;
}
18 map = NULL;
out_unlock:
21 up_read(&maps->lock);
22 return map;
23 }
int dso__load_vmlinux(struct dso *dso, struct map *map,
const char *vmlinux, bool vmlinux_allocated)
#
Now add a probe to the place where we reuse the last search:
# perf probe -x ~/bin/perf map_groups__find_by_name:8
Added new event:
probe_perf:map_groups__find_by_name (on map_groups__find_by_name:8 in /home/acme/bin/perf)
You can now use it in all perf tools, such as:
perf record -e probe_perf:map_groups__find_by_name -aR sleep 1
#
Now lets do a system wide 'perf stat' counting those events:
# perf stat -e probe_perf:*
Leave it running and lets do a 'perf top', then, after a while, stop the
'perf stat':
# perf stat -e probe_perf:*
^C
Performance counter stats for 'system wide':
3,603 probe_perf:map_groups__find_by_name
44.565253139 seconds time elapsed
#
yeah, good to have.
Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-tcz37g3nxv3tvxw3q90vga3p@git.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
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