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2017-04-25perf tools: Move event prototypes from util.h to event.hArnaldo Carvalho de Melo
More needs to be done to have the actual functions and variables in a smaller .c file that can then be included in the python binding, avoiding dragging more stuff into it. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-uecxz7cqkssouj7tlxrkqpl4@git.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2017-04-24perf tools: Remove string.h, unistd.h and sys/stat.h from util.hArnaldo Carvalho de Melo
Not needed in this header, added to the places that need FILE, putchar(), access() and a few other prototypes. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-xxtdsl6nsna82j7puwbdjqhs@git.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2017-04-24perf tools: Remove stale prototypes from builtin.hArnaldo Carvalho de Melo
Some, like prune_packed_objects() are clearly git specific, others don't have implementations and some are used in just one place, make them static. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-faj3c5dnttf3hurv4pujut8n@git.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2017-04-20perf tools: Add signal.h to places using its definitionsArnaldo Carvalho de Melo
And remove it from util.h, disentangling it a bit more. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-2zg9s5nx90yde64j3g4z2uhk@git.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2017-04-19perf tools: Include errno.h where neededArnaldo Carvalho de Melo
Removing it from util.h, part of an effort to disentangle the includes hell, that makes changes to util.h or something included by it to cause a complete rebuild of the tools. Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com> Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Cc: Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-ztrjy52q1rqcchuy3rubfgt2@git.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2017-04-19perf tools: Ditch unused PATH_SEP, STRIP_EXTENSIONArnaldo Carvalho de Melo
Should make sense for windows, where git is supported. Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com> Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Cc: Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-lzxlhmqrizk72d0zcsreggy8@git.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2017-04-19perf tools: Add include <linux/kernel.h> where ARRAY_SIZE() is usedArnaldo Carvalho de Melo
To pave the way for further cleanups where linux/kernel.h may stop being included in some header. Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com> Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Cc: Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-qqxan6tfsl6qx3l0v3nwgjvk@git.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2017-04-04perf tools: Remove die() callArnaldo Carvalho de Melo
We can just use the exit() right after the branch calling die(). Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-90athn06d7atf2jkpfvq1iic@git.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2017-03-28perf tools: Remove support for command aliasesArnaldo Carvalho de Melo
This came from 'git', but isn't documented anywhere in tools/perf/Documentation/, looks like baggage we can do without, ditch it. Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com> Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Cc: Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-e7uwkn60t4hmlnwj99ba4t2s@git.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2017-03-27perf tools: Remove unused 'prefix' from builtin functionsArnaldo Carvalho de Melo
We got it from the git sources but never used it for anything, with the place where this would be somehow used remaining: static int run_builtin(struct cmd_struct *p, int argc, const char **argv) { prefix = NULL; if (p->option & RUN_SETUP) prefix = NULL; /* setup_perf_directory(); */ Ditch it. Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com> Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Cc: Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-uw5swz05vol0qpr32c5lpvus@git.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2017-01-27perf tools: Propagate perf_config() errorsArnaldo Carvalho de Melo
Previously these were being ignored, sometimes silently. Stop doing that, emitting debug messages and handling the errors. Testing it: $ cat ~/.perfconfig cat: /home/acme/.perfconfig: No such file or directory $ perf stat -e cycles usleep 1 Performance counter stats for 'usleep 1': 938,996 cycles:u 0.003813731 seconds time elapsed $ perf top --stdio Error: You may not have permission to collect system-wide stats. Consider tweaking /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_paranoid, <SNIP> [ perf record: Captured and wrote 0.019 MB perf.data (7 samples) ] [acme@jouet linux]$ perf report --stdio # To display the perf.data header info, please use --header/--header-only options. # Overhead Command Shared Object Symbol # ........ ....... ................. ......................... 71.77% usleep libc-2.24.so [.] _dl_addr 27.07% usleep ld-2.24.so [.] _dl_next_ld_env_entry 1.13% usleep [kernel.kallsyms] [k] page_fault $ $ touch ~/.perfconfig $ ls -la ~/.perfconfig -rw-rw-r--. 1 acme acme 0 Jan 27 12:14 /home/acme/.perfconfig $ $ perf stat -e instructions usleep 1 Performance counter stats for 'usleep 1': 244,610 instructions:u 0.000805383 seconds time elapsed $ [root@jouet ~]# chown acme.acme ~/.perfconfig [root@jouet ~]# perf stat -e cycles usleep 1 Warning: File /root/.perfconfig not owned by current user or root, ignoring it. Performance counter stats for 'usleep 1': 937,615 cycles 0.000836931 seconds time elapsed # Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com> Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Cc: Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-j2rq96so6xdqlr8p8rd6a3jx@git.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2017-01-26perf ftrace: Introduce new 'ftrace' toolNamhyung Kim
The 'perf ftrace' command is a simple wrapper of kernel's ftrace functionality. It only supports single thread tracing currently and just reads trace_pipe in text and then write it to stdout. Committer notes: Testing it: # perf ftrace -f function_graph usleep 123456 <SNIP> 2) | SyS_nanosleep() { 2) | _copy_from_user() { <SNIP> 2) 0.900 us | } 2) 1.354 us | } 2) | hrtimer_nanosleep() { 2) 0.062 us | __hrtimer_init(); 2) | do_nanosleep() { 2) | hrtimer_start_range_ns() { <SNIP> 2) 5.025 us | } 2) | schedule() { 2) 0.125 us | rcu_note_context_switch(); 2) 0.057 us | _raw_spin_lock(); 2) | deactivate_task() { 2) 0.369 us | update_rq_clock.part.77(); 2) | dequeue_task_fair() { <SNIP> 2) + 22.453 us | } 2) + 23.736 us | } 2) | pick_next_task_fair() { <SNIP> 2) + 47.167 us | } 2) | pick_next_task_idle() { <SNIP> 2) 4.462 us | } ------------------------------------------ 2) usleep-20387 => <idle>-0 ------------------------------------------ 2) 0.806 us | switch_mm_irqs_off(); ------------------------------------------ 2) <idle>-0 => usleep-20387 ------------------------------------------ 2) 0.151 us | finish_task_switch(); 2) @ 123597.2 us | } 2) 0.037 us | _cond_resched(); 2) | hrtimer_try_to_cancel() { 2) 0.064 us | hrtimer_active(); 2) 0.353 us | } 2) @ 123605.3 us | } 2) @ 123606.2 us | } 2) @ 123608.3 us | } /* SyS_nanosleep */ 2) | __do_page_fault() { <SNIP> Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> Tested-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Cc: Jeremy Eder <jeder@redhat.com> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>, Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-r1hgmsj4dxny8arn3o9mw512@git.kernel.org [ Various foward port fixes, add man page ] Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2017-01-17perf tools: Move two variables usied in libperf from perf.cSoramichi AKIYAMA
The use_browser and perf_version_string variables are both declared in perf.c but they are also referenced by other functions of libperf.a. Therefore a user linking an own main() with libperf.a must declare those two variables in their files even if the files never use the browser or the version information. This patch fixes this issue by moving use_browser and perf_version_string out of perf.c to some other files. Signed-off-by: Soramichi Akiyama <akiyama@m.soramichi.jp> Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170117002237.c1aec0ce3b4d675dca018deb@m.soramichi.jp Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2017-01-11perf kallsyms: Introduce tool to look for extended symbol information on the ↵Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
running kernel Its similar to doing grep on a /proc/kallsyms, but it also shows extra information like the path to the kernel module and the unrelocated addresses in it, to help in diagnosing problems. It is also helps demonstrate the use of the symbols routines so that tool writers can use them more effectively. Using it: $ perf kallsyms e1000_xmit_frame netif_rx usb_stor_set_xfer_buf e1000_xmit_frame: [e1000e] /lib/modules/4.9.0+/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/e1000e.ko 0xffffffffc046fc10-0xffffffffc0470bb0 (0x19c80-0x1ac20) netif_rx: [kernel] [kernel.kallsyms] 0xffffffff916f03a0-0xffffffff916f0410 (0xffffffff916f03a0-0xffffffff916f0410) usb_stor_set_xfer_buf: [usb_storage] /lib/modules/4.9.0+/kernel/drivers/usb/storage/usb-storage.ko 0xffffffffc057aea0-0xffffffffc057af19 (0xf10-0xf89) $ Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com> Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Cc: Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-79bk9pakujn4l4vq0f90klv3@git.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2016-10-19perf c2c: Add c2c commandJiri Olsa
Adding c2c command base wirings. Its implementation is going to be added gradually in following patches. Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org> Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com> Cc: Don Zickus <dzickus@redhat.com> Cc: Joe Mario <jmario@redhat.com> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1474558645-19956-11-git-send-email-jolsa@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2016-07-15perf tools: Just pr_debug() about not being able to read cacheline_sizeArnaldo Carvalho de Melo
So far the cacheline_size is only useful for the "dcacheline" --sort order, i.e. if that is not used, which is the norm, then the user shouldn't care that he is running this, say, on an Android system where sysconf(_SC_LEVEL1_DCACHE_LINESIZE) and the /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cache/index0/coherency_line_size sysfs file isn't available. An upcoming patch will emit an warning only for "--sort ...,dcacheline,...". Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com> Cc: Chris Phlipot <cphlipot0@gmail.com> Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Cc: Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-580cnkvftunyvt9n7unsholi@git.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2016-07-12perf tools: Fallback to reading sysfs to get cacheline sizeArnaldo Carvalho de Melo
On systems where sysconf(_SC_LEVEL1_DCACHE_LINESIZE) is not available, such as musl LIBC and Android's bionic libc. Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com> Cc: Chris Phlipot <cphlipot0@gmail.com> Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Cc: Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-772obxzby758g7m2wmzcejxz@git.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2016-07-12tools: Introduce str_error_r()Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
The tools so far have been using the strerror_r() GNU variant, that returns a string, be it the buffer passed or something else. But that, besides being tricky in cases where we expect that the function using strerror_r() returns the error formatted in a provided buffer (we have to check if it returned something else and copy that instead), breaks the build on systems not using glibc, like Alpine Linux, where musl libc is used. So, introduce yet another wrapper, str_error_r(), that has the GNU interface, but uses the portable XSI variant of strerror_r(), so that users rest asured that the provided buffer is used and it is what is returned. Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com> Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Cc: Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-d4t42fnf48ytlk8rjxs822tf@git.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2016-06-23perf config: Introduce new init() and exit()Taeung Song
Many sub-commands use perf_config() but everytime perf_config() is called, perf_config() always read config files. (i.e. user config '~/.perfconfig' and system config '$(sysconfdir)/perfconfig') But it is better to use the config set that already contains all config key-value pairs to avoid this repetitive work reading the config files in perf_config(). (the config set mean a static variable 'config_set') In other words, if new perf_config__init() is called, only first time 'config_set' is initialized collecting all configs from the config files. And then we could use new perf_config() like old perf_config(). When a sub-command finished, free the config set by perf_config__exit() at run_builtin(). If we do, 'config_set' can be reused wherever perf_config() is called and a feature of old perf_config() is the same as new perf_config() work without the repetitive work that read the config files. In summary, in order to use features about configuration, we can call the functions at perf.c and other source files as below. # initialize a config set perf_config__init() # configure actual variables from a config set perf_config() # eliminate allocated config set perf_config__exit() # destroy existing config set and initialize a new config set. perf_config__refresh() Signed-off-by: Taeung Song <treeze.taeung@gmail.com> Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1466691272-24117-3-git-send-email-treeze.taeung@gmail.com [ 'init' counterpart is 'exit', not 'finish' ] Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2016-06-23perf config: Move config declarations from util/cache.h to util/config.hTaeung Song
Lately util/config.h has been added but util/cache.h has declarations of functions and a global variable for config features. To manage codes about configuration at one spot, move them to util/config.h and let source files that need config features include config.h And if the source files that included previous cache.h need only config.h, remove including cache.h. Signed-off-by: Taeung Song <treeze.taeung@gmail.com> Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com> Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1466672119-4852-2-git-send-email-treeze.taeung@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2016-06-21perf tools: Remove --perf-dir and --work-dirArnaldo Carvalho de Melo
Completely unused in perf, carried along all this time from the initial copy of git infrastructure, ditch'em. Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com> Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Cc: Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-wtiln26gyqndprmkl0kdswvi@git.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2016-05-16perf tools: Separate accounting of contexts and real addresses in a stack traceArnaldo Carvalho de Melo
The perf_sample->ip_callchain->nr value includes all the entries in the ip_callchain->ip[] array, real addresses and PERF_CONTEXT_{KERNEL,USER,etc}, while what the user expects is that what is in the kernel.perf_event_max_stack sysctl or in the upcoming per event perf_event_attr.sample_max_stack knob be honoured in terms of IP addresses in the stack trace. So match the kernel support and validate chain->nr taking into account both kernel.perf_event_max_stack and kernel.perf_event_max_contexts_per_stack. Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com> Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com> Cc: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org> Cc: Brendan Gregg <brendan.d.gregg@gmail.com> Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Cc: He Kuang <hekuang@huawei.com> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com> Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org> Cc: Milian Wolff <milian.wolff@kdab.com> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@maine.edu> Cc: Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com> Cc: Zefan Li <lizefan@huawei.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-mgx0jpzfdq4uq4abfa40byu0@git.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2016-05-10perf tools: Make alias handler to check return value of strbufMasami Hiramatsu
Make alias handler and sq_quote_argv to check the return value of strbuf APIs. In sq_quote_argv() calls die(), but this fix handles strbuf failure as a special case and returns to caller, since the caller - handle_alias() also has to check the return value of other strbuf APIs and those checks can be merged to one if() statement. Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20160510054725.6158.84597.stgit@devbox Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2016-04-27perf tools: Set the maximum allowed stack from ↵Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
/proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_max_stack There is an upper limit to what tooling considers a valid callchain, and it was tied to the hardcoded value in the kernel, PERF_MAX_STACK_DEPTH (127), now that this can be tuned via a sysctl, make it read it and use that as the upper limit, falling back to PERF_MAX_STACK_DEPTH for kernels where this sysctl isn't present. Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com> Cc: Brendan Gregg <brendan.d.gregg@gmail.com> Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> Cc: Milian Wolff <milian.wolff@kdab.com> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Cc: Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-yjqsd30nnkogvj5oyx9ghir9@git.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2016-03-30perf config: Remove duplicated set_buildid_dir callsTaeung Song
Signed-off-by: Taeung Song <treeze.taeung@gmail.com> Acked-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1459099340-16911-1-git-send-email-treeze.taeung@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2016-02-26perf config: Bring perf_default_config to the very beginning at main()Wang Nan
Before this patch each subcommand calls perf_config() by themself, reading the default configuration together with subcommand specific options. If a subcommand doesn't have it own options, it needs to call 'perf_config(perf_default_config, NULL)' to ensure .perfconfig is loaded. This patch brings perf_config(perf_default_config, NULL) to the very start of main(), so subcommands don't need to do it. After this patch, 'llvm.clang-path' works for 'perf trace'. Signed-off-by: Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com> Suggested-and-Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> Cc: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> Cc: Li Zefan <lizefan@huawei.com> Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Cc: pi3orama@163.com Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1456479154-136027-4-git-send-email-wangnan0@huawei.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2016-02-25perf tools: Use asprintf() for simple string formatting/allocationArnaldo Carvalho de Melo
No need to use strbuf there, its just a simple alloc+formatting, which asprintf does just fine. Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Cc: Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-6q6cxfhk8c8ypg3tfpo0i2iy@git.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2016-02-16perf tools: Initialize libapi debug outputJiri Olsa
Setting libapi debug output functions to use perf functions. Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1455465826-8426-5-git-send-email-jolsa@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2016-01-08perf report: Show random usage tip on the help lineNamhyung Kim
Currently perf report only shows a help message "For a higher level overview, try: perf report --sort comm,dso" unconditionally (even if the sort keys were used). Add more help tips and show randomly. Load tips from ${prefix}/share/doc/perf-tip/tips.txt file. $ perf report | tail 0.10% swapper [kernel.vmlinux] [k] irq_exit 0.09% swapper [kernel.vmlinux] [k] flush_smp_call_function_queue 0.08% swapper [kernel.vmlinux] [k] native_write_msr_safe 0.03% swapper [kernel.vmlinux] [k] group_sched_in 0.01% perf [kernel.vmlinux] [k] native_write_msr_safe # # (Tip: Search options using a keyword: perf report -h <keyword>) # Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org> Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com> Cc: Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1452166913-27046-1-git-send-email-namhyung@kernel.org [ Renamed it to perf_tip() and the parameter dirname to dirpath to fix the build on older distros ] Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2015-12-17perf subcmd: Create subcmd libraryJosh Poimboeuf
Move the subcommand-related files from perf to a new library named libsubcmd.a. Since we're moving files anyway, go ahead and rename 'exec_cmd.*' to 'exec-cmd.*' to be consistent with the naming of all the other files. Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/c0a838d4c878ab17fee50998811612b2281355c1.1450193761.git.jpoimboe@redhat.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2015-12-16perf tools: Remove 'perf' from subcmd function and variable namesJosh Poimboeuf
In preparation for moving exec_cmd.c and run-command.c out of perf and into a library, remove 'perf' from all the symbol names. Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/bc3ee82b40b8f396b644fa49e0f7260ce442635b.1450193761.git.jpoimboe@redhat.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2015-12-16perf tools: Provide subcmd configuration at runtimeJosh Poimboeuf
Create init functions for exec_cmd.c and pager.c. This allows their configuration to be specified at runtime so they can be split out into a separate library which can be used by other programs. Their configuration is stored in a shared subcmd_config struct. Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/21f5f6b38da72c985a8dcfa185700d03e7eecd1d.1450193761.git.jpoimboe@redhat.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2015-12-09perf tools: Save cmdline arguments earlierJosh Poimboeuf
perf_env__set_cmdline() only saves the arguments the first time it's called. It doesn't need to be called every time the options and suboptions are parsed. Instead it can just be called once. This also has the advantage of making the option parsing code less perf-specific so it can be moved out to a library. Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/19b76a5aa1b688bd635bd65d80bbc103a978d75e.1449548395.git.jpoimboe@redhat.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2015-11-23perf tools: Add 'perf config' commandTaeung Song
The perf configuration file contains many variables to change various aspects of each of its tools, including output, disk usage, etc. But looking at the state of configuration is difficult and there's no documentation about config variables except for the variables in perfconfig.example exist. So this patch adds a 'perf-config' command with a '--list' option. perf config [options] display current perf config variables. # perf config -l | --list Signed-off-by: Taeung Song <treeze.taeung@gmail.com> Acked-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1447768424-17327-1-git-send-email-treeze.taeung@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2015-10-28perf tools: Enable passing bpf object file to --eventWang Nan
By introducing new rules in tools/perf/util/parse-events.[ly], this patch enables 'perf record --event bpf_file.o' to select events by an eBPF object file. It calls parse_events_load_bpf() to load that file, which uses bpf__prepare_load() and finally calls bpf_object__open() for the object files. After applying this patch, commands like: # perf record --event foo.o sleep become possible. However, at this point it is unable to link any useful things onto the evsel list because the creating of probe points and BPF program attaching have not been implemented. Before real events are possible to be extracted, to avoid perf report error because of empty evsel list, this patch link a dummy evsel. The dummy event related code will be removed when probing and extracting code is ready. Commiter notes: Using it: $ ls -la foo.o ls: cannot access foo.o: No such file or directory $ perf record --event foo.o sleep libbpf: failed to open foo.o: No such file or directory event syntax error: 'foo.o' \___ BPF object file 'foo.o' is invalid (add -v to see detail) Run 'perf list' for a list of valid events Usage: perf record [<options>] [<command>] or: perf record [<options>] -- <command> [<options>] -e, --event <event> event selector. use 'perf list' to list available events $ $ file /tmp/build/perf/perf.o /tmp/build/perf/perf.o: ELF 64-bit LSB relocatable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), not stripped $ perf record --event /tmp/build/perf/perf.o sleep libbpf: /tmp/build/perf/perf.o is not an eBPF object file event syntax error: '/tmp/build/perf/perf.o' \___ BPF object file '/tmp/build/perf/perf.o' is invalid (add -v to see detail) Run 'perf list' for a list of valid events Usage: perf record [<options>] [<command>] or: perf record [<options>] -- <command> [<options>] -e, --event <event> event selector. use 'perf list' to list available events $ $ file /tmp/foo.o /tmp/foo.o: ELF 64-bit LSB relocatable, no machine, version 1 (SYSV), not stripped $ perf record --event /tmp/foo.o sleep 1 [ perf record: Woken up 1 times to write data ] [ perf record: Captured and wrote 0.013 MB perf.data ] $ perf evlist /tmp/foo.o $ perf evlist -v /tmp/foo.o: type: 1, size: 112, config: 0x9, { sample_period, sample_freq }: 4000, sample_type: IP|TID|TIME|PERIOD, disabled: 1, inherit: 1, mmap: 1, comm: 1, freq: 1, enable_on_exec: 1, task: 1, sample_id_all: 1, exclude_guest: 1, mmap2: 1, comm_exec: 1 $ So, type 1 is PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE, config 0x9 is PERF_COUNT_SW_DUMMY, ok. $ perf report --stdio Error: The perf.data file has no samples! # To display the perf.data header info, please use --header/--header-only options. # $ Signed-off-by: Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com> Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> Cc: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@plumgrid.com> Cc: Brendan Gregg <brendan.d.gregg@gmail.com> Cc: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net> Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com> Cc: He Kuang <hekuang@huawei.com> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> Cc: Kaixu Xia <xiakaixu@huawei.com> Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Cc: Zefan Li <lizefan@huawei.com> Cc: pi3orama@163.com Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1444826502-49291-4-git-send-email-wangnan0@huawei.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2015-10-05perf tools: Handle -h and -v optionsJiri Olsa
Adding handling for '-h' and '-v' options to invoke help and version command respectively. Current behaviour is: $ perf -v Unknown option: -v Usage: perf [--version] [--help] [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS] $ perf -h Unknown option: -h Usage: perf [--version] [--help] [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS] New behaviour: $ perf -h usage: perf [--version] [--help] [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS] The most commonly used perf commands are: annotate Read perf.data (created by perf record) and display annotated code archive Create archive with object files with build-ids found in perf.data file bench General framework for benchmark suites ... $ perf -v perf version 4.3.rc3.gc99e32 Updated man page. Requested-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com> Cc: Don Zickus <dzickus@redhat.com> Cc: Kan Liang <kan.liang@intel.com> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1444068369-20978-10-git-send-email-jolsa@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2015-09-14perf env: Introduce read_cpu_topology_map() methodArnaldo Carvalho de Melo
Out of the code to write the cpu topology map in the perf.data file header. Now if one needs the CPU topology map for the running machine, one needs to call perf_env__read_cpu_topology_map(perf_env) and the info will be stored in perf_env.cpu. For now we're using a global perf_env variable, that will have its contents freed after we run a builtin. v2: Check perf_env__read_cpu_topology_map() return in write_cpu_topology() (Kan Liang) Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com> Cc: Kan Liang <kan.liang@intel.com> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com> Cc: Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1441828225-667-5-git-send-email-acme@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2015-09-04tools lib api fs: Move tracing_path interface into api/fs/tracing_path.cJiri Olsa
Moving tracing_path interface into api/fs/tracing_path.c out of util.c. It seems generic enough to be used by others, and I couldn't think of better place. Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Raphael Beamonte <raphael.beamonte@gmail.com> Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1441180605-24737-5-git-send-email-jolsa@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2015-09-02perf tools: Move tracing_path stuff under same namespaceJiri Olsa
Renaming all functions touching tracing_path under same namespace. New interface is: char tracing_path[]; - tracing mount path char tracing_events_path[]; - tracing mount/events path void tracing_path_set(const char *mountpoint); - setting directly tracing_path(_events), used by --debugfs-dir option const char *tracing_path_mount(void); - initial setup of tracing_(events)_path, called from perf.c mounts debugfs/tracefs if needed and possible char *get_tracing_file(const char *name); void put_tracing_file(char *file); - get/put tracing file path Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> Cc: Raphael Beamonte <raphael.beamonte@gmail.com> Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com> Cc: Matt Fleming <matt@codeblueprint.co.uk> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1441180605-24737-4-git-send-email-jolsa@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2015-09-02perf tools: Remove mountpoint arg from perf_debugfs_mountJiri Olsa
It's not used by any caller. We either detect the mountpoint or use hardcoded one. Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> Cc: Raphael Beamonte <raphael.beamonte@gmail.com> Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com> Cc: Matt Fleming <matt@codeblueprint.co.uk> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1441180605-24737-3-git-send-email-jolsa@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2015-08-28perf tools: Do not change lib/api/fs/debugfs directlyJiri Olsa
The tracing_events_path is the variable we want to change via --debugfs-dir option, not the debugfs_mountpoint. Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Matt Fleming <matt@codeblueprint.co.uk> Cc: Raphael Beamonte <raphael.beamonte@gmail.com> Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1440596813-12844-4-git-send-email-jolsa@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2015-02-27perf tools: Fix the bash completion problem of 'perf --*'Yunlong Song
The perf-completion.sh uses a predefined string '--help --version --exec-path --html-path --paginate --no-pager --perf-dir --work-tree --debugfs-dir' for the bash completion of 'perf --*', which has two problems: Problem 1: If the options of perf are changed (see handle_options() in perf.c), the perf-completion.sh has to be changed at the same time. If not, the bash completion of 'perf --*' and the options which perf really supports will be inconsistent. Problem 2: When typing another single character after 'perf --', e.g. 'h', and hit TAB key to get the bash completion of 'perf --h', the character 'h' disappears at once. This is not what we want, we wish the bash completion can return '--help --html-path' and then we can continue to choose one. To solve this problem, we add '--list-opts' to perf, which now supports 'perf --list-opts' directly, and its result can be used in bash completion now. Example: Before this patch: $ perf --h <-- hit TAB key after character 'h' $ perf -- <-- 'h' disappears and no required result After this patch: $ perf --h <-- hit TAB key after character 'h' --help --html-path <-- the required result Signed-off-by: Yunlong Song <yunlong.song@huawei.com> Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Cc: Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1425032491-20224-8-git-send-email-yunlong.song@huawei.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2015-02-27perf list: Avoid confusion of perf output and the next command promptYunlong Song
Distinguish the output of 'perf list --list-opts' or 'perf --list-cmds' with the next command prompt, which also happens in other cases (e.g. record, report ...). Example: Before this patch: $perf list --list-opts --raw-dump $ <-- the output and the next command prompt are at the same line After this patch: $perf list --list-opts --raw-dump $ <-- the new line Signed-off-by: Yunlong Song <yunlong.song@huawei.com> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Cc: Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1425032491-20224-6-git-send-email-yunlong.song@huawei.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2015-02-25perf tools: Add new 'perf data' commandJiri Olsa
Adding new 'perf data' command to provide operations over data files. The 'perf data convert' sub command is coming in following patch, but there's possibility for other useful commands like 'perf data ls' (to display perf data file in directory in ls style). Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> Acked-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Cc: Jeremie Galarneau <jgalar@efficios.com> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de> Cc: Tom Zanussi <tzanussi@gmail.com> Cc: Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1424470628-5969-3-git-send-email-jolsa@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2014-12-09perf tools: Add --buildid-dir option to set cache directoryJiri Olsa
Adding --buildid-dir to be able to set specific cache directory. It's going to be handy for buildid tests coming in shortly. Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> Cc: Corey Ashford <cjashfor@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1417460789-13874-4-git-send-email-jolsa@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2014-08-15perf: Use strerror_r instead of strerrorMasami Hiramatsu
Use strerror_r instead of strerror in error messages for thread-safety. This also introduce STRERR_BUFSIZE macro for the default size of message buffer for strerror_r. Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Cc: Naohiro Aota <naota@elisp.net> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20140814022232.3545.14026.stgit@kbuild-fedora.novalocal Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2014-07-28perf tools: Fix perf usage string leftoverJiri Olsa
Fixing perf usage string leftover pointed out by Namhyung. Reported-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org> Cc: Corey Ashford <cjashfor@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-vkcf53oultknsh3ue9fhin94@git.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
2014-07-17perf tools: Add --debug optionto set debug variableJiri Olsa
Adding --debug option as a way to setup debug variables. Starting with support for verbose, more will come. It's possible to use it now with report command: $ perf --debug verbose ... $ perf --debug verbose=2 ... I'll need this support to add separated debug variable for ordered events change in order to separate debug output out of standard verbose stream. Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> Cc: Corey Ashford <cjashfor@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@gmail.com> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20140717105500.GG516@krava.redhat.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2014-06-09perf tools: Add support to dynamically get cacheline sizeDon Zickus
Different arches may have different cacheline sizes. Look it up and set a global variable for reference. Signed-off-by: Don Zickus <dzickus@redhat.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1401480605-97442-1-git-send-email-dzickus@redhat.com Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
2014-06-03perf trace: Warn the user when not availableArnaldo Carvalho de Melo
When the audit-libs devel package is not found at build time we disable the 'trace' command, as we are not able to map syscall numbers to strings, but then the message the user is presented is cryptic: [root@zoo linux]# trace ls perf: 'ls' is not a perf-command. See 'perf --help'. Fix it by presenting a more helpful message: [root@zoo linux]# trace l trace command not available: missing audit-libs devel package at build time. Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com> Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com> Cc: Don Zickus <dzickus@redhat.com> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com> Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-uxeunqetd0sgxyibusapen9a@git.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>