[PATCH V4] perf tools: adding support for address filters

Mathieu Poirier mathieu.poirier at linaro.org
Thu Sep 8 11:25:22 PDT 2016


This patch makes it possible to use the current filter
framework with address filters.  That way address filters for
HW tracers such as CoreSight and IntelPT can be communicated
to the kernel drivers.

CC: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin at linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier at linaro.org>

---
Changes for V4:
 - Added support for address filters over more than one
   nibble.
 - Removed Jiri's ack, this version is too different from
   what was reviewed.

Changes for V3:
 - Added Jiri's ack.
 - Rebased to v4.8-rc5.

Changes for V2:
 - Rebased to v4.8-rc4.
 - Revisited error path.
---
 tools/perf/util/evsel.c        | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 tools/perf/util/evsel.h        |  2 ++
 tools/perf/util/parse-events.c | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 3 files changed, 53 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index d40f852d2de2..5d809ffb85bc 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -1046,6 +1046,23 @@ int perf_evsel__set_filter(struct perf_evsel *evsel, const char *filter)
 	return -1;
 }
 
+int perf_evsel__append_addr_filter(struct perf_evsel *evsel,
+				   const char *filter)
+{
+	char *new_filter;
+
+	if (evsel->filter == NULL)
+		return perf_evsel__set_filter(evsel, filter);
+
+	if (asprintf(&new_filter, "%s,%s", evsel->filter, filter) > 0) {
+		free(evsel->filter);
+		evsel->filter = new_filter;
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	return -1;
+}
+
 int perf_evsel__append_filter(struct perf_evsel *evsel,
 			      const char *op, const char *filter)
 {
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
index 8ceb7ebb51f5..15ca5f85e946 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
@@ -235,6 +235,8 @@ void perf_evsel__set_sample_id(struct perf_evsel *evsel,
 			       bool use_sample_identifier);
 
 int perf_evsel__set_filter(struct perf_evsel *evsel, const char *filter);
+int perf_evsel__append_addr_filter(struct perf_evsel *evsel,
+				   const char *filter);
 int perf_evsel__append_filter(struct perf_evsel *evsel,
 			      const char *op, const char *filter);
 int perf_evsel__apply_filter(struct perf_evsel *evsel, int ncpus, int nthreads,
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
index 2eb8b1ed4cc8..3e158ad7eeb8 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
@@ -1760,20 +1760,49 @@ foreach_evsel_in_last_glob(struct perf_evlist *evlist,
 static int set_filter(struct perf_evsel *evsel, const void *arg)
 {
 	const char *str = arg;
+	bool found = false;
+	int nr_addr_filters = 0;
+	struct perf_pmu *pmu = NULL;
 
-	if (evsel == NULL || evsel->attr.type != PERF_TYPE_TRACEPOINT) {
-		fprintf(stderr,
-			"--filter option should follow a -e tracepoint option\n");
-		return -1;
+	if (evsel == NULL)
+		goto err;
+
+	if (evsel->attr.type == PERF_TYPE_TRACEPOINT) {
+		if (perf_evsel__append_filter(evsel, "&&", str) < 0) {
+			fprintf(stderr,
+				"not enough memory to hold filter string\n");
+			return -1;
+		}
+
+		return 0;
 	}
 
-	if (perf_evsel__append_filter(evsel, "&&", str) < 0) {
+	while ((pmu = perf_pmu__scan(pmu)) != NULL)
+		if (pmu->type == evsel->attr.type) {
+			found = true;
+			break;
+		}
+
+	if (found)
+		perf_pmu__scan_file(pmu, "nr_addr_filters",
+				    "%d", &nr_addr_filters);
+
+	if (!nr_addr_filters)
+		goto err;
+
+	if (perf_evsel__append_addr_filter(evsel, str) < 0) {
 		fprintf(stderr,
 			"not enough memory to hold filter string\n");
 		return -1;
 	}
 
 	return 0;
+
+err:
+	fprintf(stderr,
+		"--filter option should follow a -e tracepoint or HW tracer option\n");
+
+	return -1;
 }
 
 int parse_filter(const struct option *opt, const char *str,
-- 
2.7.4




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