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-rw-r--r--tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt14
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/builtin-record.c73
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/util/callchain.h3
3 files changed, 67 insertions, 23 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
index e297b74471b8..ca0d3d9f4bac 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
@@ -90,8 +90,20 @@ OPTIONS
Number of mmap data pages. Must be a power of two.
-g::
+ Enables call-graph (stack chain/backtrace) recording.
+
--call-graph::
- Do call-graph (stack chain/backtrace) recording.
+ Setup and enable call-graph (stack chain/backtrace) recording,
+ implies -g.
+
+ Allows specifying "fp" (frame pointer) or "dwarf"
+ (DWARF's CFI - Call Frame Information) as the method to collect
+ the information used to show the call graphs.
+
+ In some systems, where binaries are build with gcc
+ --fomit-frame-pointer, using the "fp" method will produce bogus
+ call graphs, using "dwarf", if available (perf tools linked to
+ the libunwind library) should be used instead.
-q::
--quiet::
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index a41ac41546c9..d04651484640 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -712,21 +712,12 @@ static int get_stack_size(char *str, unsigned long *_size)
}
#endif /* LIBUNWIND_SUPPORT */
-int record_parse_callchain_opt(const struct option *opt,
- const char *arg, int unset)
+int record_parse_callchain(const char *arg, struct perf_record_opts *opts)
{
- struct perf_record_opts *opts = opt->value;
char *tok, *name, *saveptr = NULL;
char *buf;
int ret = -1;
- /* --no-call-graph */
- if (unset)
- return 0;
-
- /* We specified default option if none is provided. */
- BUG_ON(!arg);
-
/* We need buffer that we know we can write to. */
buf = malloc(strlen(arg) + 1);
if (!buf)
@@ -764,13 +755,9 @@ int record_parse_callchain_opt(const struct option *opt,
ret = get_stack_size(tok, &size);
opts->stack_dump_size = size;
}
-
- if (!ret)
- pr_debug("callchain: stack dump size %d\n",
- opts->stack_dump_size);
#endif /* LIBUNWIND_SUPPORT */
} else {
- pr_err("callchain: Unknown -g option "
+ pr_err("callchain: Unknown --call-graph option "
"value: %s\n", arg);
break;
}
@@ -778,13 +765,52 @@ int record_parse_callchain_opt(const struct option *opt,
} while (0);
free(buf);
+ return ret;
+}
+
+static void callchain_debug(struct perf_record_opts *opts)
+{
+ pr_debug("callchain: type %d\n", opts->call_graph);
+ if (opts->call_graph == CALLCHAIN_DWARF)
+ pr_debug("callchain: stack dump size %d\n",
+ opts->stack_dump_size);
+}
+
+int record_parse_callchain_opt(const struct option *opt,
+ const char *arg,
+ int unset)
+{
+ struct perf_record_opts *opts = opt->value;
+ int ret;
+
+ /* --no-call-graph */
+ if (unset) {
+ opts->call_graph = CALLCHAIN_NONE;
+ pr_debug("callchain: disabled\n");
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ ret = record_parse_callchain(arg, opts);
if (!ret)
- pr_debug("callchain: type %d\n", opts->call_graph);
+ callchain_debug(opts);
return ret;
}
+int record_callchain_opt(const struct option *opt,
+ const char *arg __maybe_unused,
+ int unset __maybe_unused)
+{
+ struct perf_record_opts *opts = opt->value;
+
+ if (opts->call_graph == CALLCHAIN_NONE)
+ opts->call_graph = CALLCHAIN_FP;
+
+ callchain_debug(opts);
+ return 0;
+}
+
static const char * const record_usage[] = {
"perf record [<options>] [<command>]",
"perf record [<options>] -- <command> [<options>]",
@@ -813,12 +839,12 @@ static struct perf_record record = {
},
};
-#define CALLCHAIN_HELP "do call-graph (stack chain/backtrace) recording: "
+#define CALLCHAIN_HELP "setup and enables call-graph (stack chain/backtrace) recording: "
#ifdef LIBUNWIND_SUPPORT
-const char record_callchain_help[] = CALLCHAIN_HELP "[fp] dwarf";
+const char record_callchain_help[] = CALLCHAIN_HELP "fp dwarf";
#else
-const char record_callchain_help[] = CALLCHAIN_HELP "[fp]";
+const char record_callchain_help[] = CALLCHAIN_HELP "fp";
#endif
/*
@@ -858,9 +884,12 @@ const struct option record_options[] = {
"number of mmap data pages"),
OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "group", &record.opts.group,
"put the counters into a counter group"),
- OPT_CALLBACK_DEFAULT('g', "call-graph", &record.opts,
- "mode[,dump_size]", record_callchain_help,
- &record_parse_callchain_opt, "fp"),
+ OPT_CALLBACK_NOOPT('g', NULL, &record.opts,
+ NULL, "enables call-graph recording" ,
+ &record_callchain_opt),
+ OPT_CALLBACK(0, "call-graph", &record.opts,
+ "mode[,dump_size]", record_callchain_help,
+ &record_parse_callchain_opt),
OPT_INCR('v', "verbose", &verbose,
"be more verbose (show counter open errors, etc)"),
OPT_BOOLEAN('q', "quiet", &quiet, "don't print any message"),
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/callchain.h b/tools/perf/util/callchain.h
index 2b585bc308cf..9e99060408ae 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/callchain.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/callchain.h
@@ -147,6 +147,9 @@ static inline void callchain_cursor_advance(struct callchain_cursor *cursor)
struct option;
+int record_parse_callchain(const char *arg, struct perf_record_opts *opts);
int record_parse_callchain_opt(const struct option *opt, const char *arg, int unset);
+int record_callchain_opt(const struct option *opt, const char *arg, int unset);
+
extern const char record_callchain_help[];
#endif /* __PERF_CALLCHAIN_H */