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Adrian Hunter 5d2b6bc3a6 perf intel-pt: Add guest_code support
A common case for KVM test programs is that the test program acts as the
hypervisor, creating, running and destroying the virtual machine, and
providing the guest object code from its own object code. In this case,
the VM is not running an OS, but only the functions loaded into it by the
hypervisor test program, and conveniently, loaded at the same virtual
addresses.

To support that, a new option "--guest-code" has been added in
previous patches.

In this patch, add support also to Intel PT.

In particular, ensure guest_code thread is set up before attempting to
walk object code or synthesize samples.

Example:

 # perf record --kcore -e intel_pt/cyc/ -- tools/testing/selftests/kselftest_install/kvm/tsc_msrs_test
 [ perf record: Woken up 1 times to write data ]
 [ perf record: Captured and wrote 0.280 MB perf.data ]
 # perf script --guest-code --itrace=bep --ns -F-period,+addr,+flags
 [SNIP]
   tsc_msrs_test 18436 [007] 10897.962087733:      branches:   call                   ffffffffc13b2ff5 __vmx_vcpu_run+0x15 (vmlinux) => ffffffffc13b2f50 vmx_update_host_rsp+0x0 (vmlinux)
   tsc_msrs_test 18436 [007] 10897.962087733:      branches:   return                 ffffffffc13b2f5d vmx_update_host_rsp+0xd (vmlinux) => ffffffffc13b2ffa __vmx_vcpu_run+0x1a (vmlinux)
   tsc_msrs_test 18436 [007] 10897.962087733:      branches:   call                   ffffffffc13b303b __vmx_vcpu_run+0x5b (vmlinux) => ffffffffc13b2f80 vmx_vmenter+0x0 (vmlinux)
   tsc_msrs_test 18436 [007] 10897.962087836:      branches:   vmentry                ffffffffc13b2f82 vmx_vmenter+0x2 (vmlinux) =>                0 [unknown] ([unknown])
   [guest/18436] 18436 [007] 10897.962087836:      branches:   vmentry                               0 [unknown] ([unknown]) =>           402c81 guest_code+0x131 (/home/ahunter/git/work/tools/testing/selftests/kselftest_install/kvm/tsc_msrs_test)
   [guest/18436] 18436 [007] 10897.962087836:      branches:   call                             402c81 guest_code+0x131 (/home/ahunter/git/work/tools/testing/selftests/kselftest_install/kvm/tsc_msrs_test) =>           40dba0 ucall+0x0 (/home/ahunter/git/work/tools/testing/selftests/kselftest_install/kvm/tsc_msrs_test)
   [guest/18436] 18436 [007] 10897.962088248:      branches:   vmexit                           40dba0 ucall+0x0 (/home/ahunter/git/work/tools/testing/selftests/kselftest_install/kvm/tsc_msrs_test) =>                0 [unknown] ([unknown])
   tsc_msrs_test 18436 [007] 10897.962088248:      branches:   vmexit                                0 [unknown] ([unknown]) => ffffffffc13b2fa0 vmx_vmexit+0x0 (vmlinux)
   tsc_msrs_test 18436 [007] 10897.962088248:      branches:   jmp                    ffffffffc13b2fa0 vmx_vmexit+0x0 (vmlinux) => ffffffffc13b2fd2 vmx_vmexit+0x32 (vmlinux)
   tsc_msrs_test 18436 [007] 10897.962088256:      branches:   return                 ffffffffc13b2fd2 vmx_vmexit+0x32 (vmlinux) => ffffffffc13b3040 __vmx_vcpu_run+0x60 (vmlinux)
   tsc_msrs_test 18436 [007] 10897.962088270:      branches:   return                 ffffffffc13b30b6 __vmx_vcpu_run+0xd6 (vmlinux) => ffffffffc13b2f2e vmx_vcpu_enter_exit+0x4e (vmlinux)
 [SNIP]
   tsc_msrs_test 18436 [007] 10897.962089321:      branches:   call                   ffffffffc13b2ff5 __vmx_vcpu_run+0x15 (vmlinux) => ffffffffc13b2f50 vmx_update_host_rsp+0x0 (vmlinux)
   tsc_msrs_test 18436 [007] 10897.962089321:      branches:   return                 ffffffffc13b2f5d vmx_update_host_rsp+0xd (vmlinux) => ffffffffc13b2ffa __vmx_vcpu_run+0x1a (vmlinux)
   tsc_msrs_test 18436 [007] 10897.962089321:      branches:   call                   ffffffffc13b303b __vmx_vcpu_run+0x5b (vmlinux) => ffffffffc13b2f80 vmx_vmenter+0x0 (vmlinux)
   tsc_msrs_test 18436 [007] 10897.962089424:      branches:   vmentry                ffffffffc13b2f82 vmx_vmenter+0x2 (vmlinux) =>                0 [unknown] ([unknown])
   [guest/18436] 18436 [007] 10897.962089424:      branches:   vmentry                               0 [unknown] ([unknown]) =>           40dba0 ucall+0x0 (/home/ahunter/git/work/tools/testing/selftests/kselftest_install/kvm/tsc_msrs_test)
   [guest/18436] 18436 [007] 10897.962089701:      branches:   jmp                              40dc1b ucall+0x7b (/home/ahunter/git/work/tools/testing/selftests/kselftest_install/kvm/tsc_msrs_test) =>           40dc39 ucall+0x99 (/home/ahunter/git/work/tools/testing/selftests/kselftest_install/kvm/tsc_msrs_test)
   [guest/18436] 18436 [007] 10897.962089701:      branches:   jcc                              40dc3c ucall+0x9c (/home/ahunter/git/work/tools/testing/selftests/kselftest_install/kvm/tsc_msrs_test) =>           40dc20 ucall+0x80 (/home/ahunter/git/work/tools/testing/selftests/kselftest_install/kvm/tsc_msrs_test)
   [guest/18436] 18436 [007] 10897.962089701:      branches:   jcc                              40dc3c ucall+0x9c (/home/ahunter/git/work/tools/testing/selftests/kselftest_install/kvm/tsc_msrs_test) =>           40dc20 ucall+0x80 (/home/ahunter/git/work/tools/testing/selftests/kselftest_install/kvm/tsc_msrs_test)
   [guest/18436] 18436 [007] 10897.962089701:      branches:   jcc                              40dc37 ucall+0x97 (/home/ahunter/git/work/tools/testing/selftests/kselftest_install/kvm/tsc_msrs_test) =>           40dc50 ucall+0xb0 (/home/ahunter/git/work/tools/testing/selftests/kselftest_install/kvm/tsc_msrs_test)
   [guest/18436] 18436 [007] 10897.962089878:      branches:   vmexit                           40dc55 ucall+0xb5 (/home/ahunter/git/work/tools/testing/selftests/kselftest_install/kvm/tsc_msrs_test) =>                0 [unknown] ([unknown])
   tsc_msrs_test 18436 [007] 10897.962089878:      branches:   vmexit                                0 [unknown] ([unknown]) => ffffffffc13b2fa0 vmx_vmexit+0x0 (vmlinux)
   tsc_msrs_test 18436 [007] 10897.962089878:      branches:   jmp                    ffffffffc13b2fa0 vmx_vmexit+0x0 (vmlinux) => ffffffffc13b2fd2 vmx_vmexit+0x32 (vmlinux)
   tsc_msrs_test 18436 [007] 10897.962089887:      branches:   return                 ffffffffc13b2fd2 vmx_vmexit+0x32 (vmlinux) => ffffffffc13b3040 __vmx_vcpu_run+0x60 (vmlinux)
   tsc_msrs_test 18436 [007] 10897.962089901:      branches:   return                 ffffffffc13b30b6 __vmx_vcpu_run+0xd6 (vmlinux) => ffffffffc13b2f2e vmx_vcpu_enter_exit+0x4e (vmlinux)
 [SNIP]

 # perf kvm --guest-code --guest --host report -i perf.data --stdio | head -20

 # To display the perf.data header info, please use --header/--header-only options.
 #
 #
 # Total Lost Samples: 0
 #
 # Samples: 12  of event 'instructions'
 # Event count (approx.): 2274583
 #
 # Children      Self  Command        Shared Object         Symbol
 # ........  ........  .............  ....................  ...........................................
 #
    54.70%     0.00%  tsc_msrs_test  [kernel.vmlinux]      [k] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe
            |
            ---entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe
               do_syscall_64
               |
               |--29.44%--syscall_exit_to_user_mode
               |          exit_to_user_mode_prepare
               |          task_work_run
               |          __fput

For more information about Perf tools support for Intel® Processor Trace
refer:

  https://perf.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Perf_tools_support_for_Intel%C2%AE_Processor_Trace

Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: Leo Yan <leo.yan@linaro.org>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220517131011.6117-7-adrian.hunter@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2022-05-23 10:19:24 -03:00
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android.txt
asciidoc.conf perf docs: Allow man page date to be specified 2019-09-27 09:26:14 -03:00
asciidoctor-extensions.rb perf Documentation: Support for asciidoctor 2018-04-26 13:47:10 -03:00
build-docdep.perl perf doc: Fix doc.dep 2021-08-02 09:56:17 -03:00
build-xed.txt perf script: Add --insn-trace for instruction decoding 2018-10-24 15:29:50 -03:00
Build.txt perf tools: Add doc about how to build perf with Asan and UBSan 2019-03-19 16:52:04 -03:00
callchain-overhead-calculation.txt
cat-texi.perl perf doc: Fix perfman.info build 2021-08-02 09:56:17 -03:00
db-export.txt perf db-export: Add brief documentation 2019-06-05 09:47:57 -03:00
examples.txt perf tools: Replace lkml.org links with lore 2021-02-11 12:54:27 -03:00
intel-bts.txt
intel-hybrid.txt perf docs: Fix accidental em-dashes 2021-08-10 11:05:21 -03:00
intel-pt.txt perf intel-pt: Update intel-pt.txt file with new location of the documentation 2020-03-11 11:00:33 -03:00
itrace.txt perf auxtrace: Add itrace option "I" 2022-02-15 17:10:30 -03:00
jit-interface.txt
jitdump-specification.txt perf doc: Fix typos all over the place 2021-09-27 09:32:28 -03:00
Makefile perf doc: Reorganize ARTICLES variables. 2021-08-02 09:56:18 -03:00
manpage-1.72.xsl
manpage-base.xsl
manpage-bold-literal.xsl
manpage-normal.xsl
manpage-suppress-sp.xsl
perf-annotate.txt perf annotate: Add --percent-limit option 2022-05-10 14:37:55 -03:00
perf-archive.txt
perf-arm-spe.txt perf docs: Add man page entry for Arm SPE 2022-04-14 08:54:03 -03:00
perf-bench.txt perf bench: Add basic syscall benchmark 2020-07-28 08:50:48 -03:00
perf-buildid-cache.txt perf record: Disable debuginfod by default 2022-01-15 17:41:25 -03:00
perf-buildid-list.txt
perf-c2c.txt perf c2c: Update documentation for store metric 'N/A' 2022-05-23 09:36:47 -03:00
perf-config.txt perf record: Disable debuginfod by default 2022-01-15 17:41:25 -03:00
perf-daemon.txt perf daemon: Add examples to man page 2021-02-11 10:19:52 -03:00
perf-data.txt perf data: Add JSON export 2021-04-29 10:30:58 -03:00
perf-diff.txt perf diff: Support hot streams comparison 2020-10-14 13:34:48 -03:00
perf-dlfilter.txt perf dlfilter: Amend documentation wrt library dependencies 2021-08-11 09:34:31 -03:00
perf-evlist.txt perf tools: Fix documentation of verbose options 2021-03-06 16:54:26 -03:00
perf-ftrace.txt perf ftrace latency: Update documentation 2022-03-22 17:45:39 -03:00
perf-help.txt
perf-inject.txt perf inject: Add vmlinux and ignore-vmlinux arguments 2021-11-07 12:27:38 -03:00
perf-intel-pt.txt perf intel-pt: Add guest_code support 2022-05-23 10:19:24 -03:00
perf-iostat.txt perf docs: Fix accidental em-dashes 2021-08-10 11:05:21 -03:00
perf-kallsyms.txt perf tools: Fix documentation of verbose options 2021-03-06 16:54:26 -03:00
perf-kmem.txt perf kmem: Improve man page for record options 2021-10-08 16:10:02 -03:00
perf-kvm.txt perf kvm report: Add guest_code support 2022-05-23 10:19:15 -03:00
perf-list.txt perf docs: Update link to AMD documentation 2021-12-07 22:18:24 -03:00
perf-lock.txt perf lock: Add -t/--thread option for report 2022-05-23 09:49:35 -03:00
perf-mem.txt perf mem: Support data page size 2021-01-20 14:34:20 -03:00
perf-probe.txt perf probe: Add permission and sysctl notice to man page 2021-06-04 10:24:38 -03:00
perf-record.txt perf record: Extend --threads command line option 2022-02-10 16:27:00 -03:00
perf-report.txt perf report: Add --skip-empty option to suppress 0 event stat 2021-04-29 10:30:59 -03:00
perf-sched.txt perf sched timehist: Add support for filtering on CPU 2020-01-06 11:46:09 -03:00
perf-script-perl.txt perf doc: Fix typos all over the place 2021-09-27 09:32:28 -03:00
perf-script-python.txt perf doc: Fix typos all over the place 2021-09-27 09:32:28 -03:00
perf-script.txt perf script: Add guest_code support 2022-05-23 10:19:04 -03:00
perf-stat.txt perf stat: Merge event counts from all hybrid PMUs 2022-04-22 14:23:35 -03:00
perf-test.txt
perf-timechart.txt
perf-top.txt perf docs: Add info on AMD raw event encoding 2021-12-07 22:18:24 -03:00
perf-trace.txt perf tools: Fix documentation of verbose options 2021-03-06 16:54:26 -03:00
perf-version.txt perf version: Add man page 2018-04-02 13:52:23 -03:00
perf.data-directory-format.txt perf record: Put a copy of kcore into the perf.data directory 2019-11-06 15:43:05 -03:00
perf.data-file-format.txt perf bpf: Pull in bpf_program__get_prog_info_linear() 2021-11-01 18:16:40 -03:00
perf.txt perf docs: Add man page entry for Arm SPE 2022-04-14 08:54:03 -03:00
perfconfig.example
security.txt perf docs: Introduce security.txt file to document related issues 2020-05-28 10:03:26 -03:00
tips.txt perf tools: Fix typos / broken sentences 2019-07-02 16:08:16 -03:00
topdown.txt perf doc: Fix typos all over the place 2021-09-27 09:32:28 -03:00