perf record, top: Implement --freq

Support frequency-based profiling and make it the default.

(Also add a Hz printout in perf top.)

Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
LKML-Reference: <new-submission>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

diff --git a/Documentation/perf_counter/builtin-record.c b/Documentation/perf_counter/builtin-record.c
index 7f2d7ce94075e24e7806c2acef14106dfd475892..e2301f39e551b404cd525871e5a5783444068a7d 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/perf_counter/builtin-record.c
+++ b/Documentation/perf_counter/builtin-record.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ static int                    fd[MAX_NR_CPUS][MAX_COUNTERS];
 static int                     nr_cpus                         = 0;
 static unsigned int            page_size;
 static unsigned int            mmap_pages                      = 128;
+static int                     freq                            = 0;
 static int                     output;
 static const char              *output_name                    = "perf.data";
 static int                     group                           = 0;
@@ -347,9 +348,10 @@ static void create_counter(int counter, int cpu, pid_t pid)
        attr.config             = event_id[counter];
        attr.sample_period      = event_count[counter];
        attr.sample_type        = PERF_SAMPLE_IP | PERF_SAMPLE_TID;
+       attr.freq               = freq;
        attr.mmap               = track;
        attr.comm               = track;
-       attr.inherit    = (cpu < 0) && inherit;
+       attr.inherit            = (cpu < 0) && inherit;
 
        track = 0; /* only the first counter needs these */
 
@@ -520,6 +522,8 @@ static const struct option options[] = {
                    "output file name"),
        OPT_BOOLEAN('i', "inherit", &inherit,
                    "child tasks inherit counters"),
+       OPT_INTEGER('F', "freq", &freq,
+                   "profile at this frequency"),
        OPT_INTEGER('m', "mmap-pages", &mmap_pages,
                    "number of mmap data pages"),
        OPT_END()
@@ -540,6 +544,10 @@ int cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
                event_id[0] = 0;
        }
 
+       if (freq) {
+               default_interval = freq;
+               freq = 1;
+       }
        for (counter = 0; counter < nr_counters; counter++) {
                if (event_count[counter])
                        continue;

diff --git a/Documentation/perf_counter/builtin-top.c b/Documentation/perf_counter/builtin-top.c
index 28cbde4b6e83d323869703586b2f73e3a92cb956..2fee5951b2315934635afe2e6808def6f8a6ece3 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/perf_counter/builtin-top.c
+++ b/Documentation/perf_counter/builtin-top.c
@@ -74,8 +74,8 @@ static int                    nr_cpus                         =  0;
 static unsigned int            realtime_prio                   =  0;
 static int                     group                           =  0;
 static unsigned int            page_size;
-static unsigned int            mmap_pages                      =  16;
-static int                     freq                            = 0;
+static unsigned int            mmap_pages                      = 16;
+static int                     freq                            =  0;
 
 static char                    *sym_filter;
 static unsigned long           filter_start;
@@ -212,8 +212,13 @@ static void print_sym_table(void)
                events_per_sec,
                100.0 - (100.0*((events_per_sec-kevents_per_sec)/events_per_sec)));
 
-       if (nr_counters == 1)
-               printf("%d ", event_count[0]);
+       if (nr_counters == 1) {
+               printf("%d", event_count[0]);
+               if (freq)
+                       printf("Hz ");
+               else
+                       printf(" ");
+       }
 
        for (counter = 0; counter < nr_counters; counter++) {
                if (counter)