commit 225466f1c2d816c33b4341008f45dfdc83a9f0cb
author Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Mon Apr 16 17:39:09 2012 +0530
committer Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> Fri May 11 13:58:17 2012 -0300
tree 72cd2adf96464922e64fc86dc76bf321f426bbf1
parent 5dcefda0fd87fefa440abc9b9d3f1089229f8911

perf probe: Provide perf interface for uprobes

- Enhances perf to probe user space executables and libraries.
- Enhances -F/--funcs option of "perf probe" to list possible probe points in
  an executable file or library.
- Documents userspace probing support in perf.

[ Probing a function in the executable using function name  ]
perf probe -x /bin/zsh zfree

[ Probing a library function using function name ]
perf probe -x /lib64/libc.so.6 malloc

[ list probe-able functions in an executable ]
perf probe -F -x /bin/zsh

[ list probe-able functions in an library]
perf probe -F -x /lib/libc.so.6

Signed-off-by: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@in.ibm.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Anton Arapov <anton@redhat.com>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Jim Keniston <jkenisto@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Linux-mm <linux-mm@kvack.org>
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com>
Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20120416120909.30661.99781.sendpatchset@srdronam.in.ibm.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>

tools/perf/builtin-probe.c

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c b/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c
index 4935c09..ee3d84a7 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-probe.c
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
 	bool show_ext_vars;
 	bool show_funcs;
 	bool mod_events;
+	bool uprobes;
 	int nevents;
 	struct perf_probe_event events[MAX_PROBES];
 	struct strlist *dellist;
@@ -75,6 +76,8 @@
 		return -1;
 	}
 
+	pev->uprobes = params.uprobes;
+
 	/* Parse a perf-probe command into event */
 	ret = parse_perf_probe_command(str, pev);
 	pr_debug("%d arguments\n", pev->nargs);
@@ -125,6 +128,28 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int opt_set_target(const struct option *opt, const char *str,
+			int unset __used)
+{
+	int ret = -ENOENT;
+
+	if  (str && !params.target) {
+		if (!strcmp(opt->long_name, "exec"))
+			params.uprobes = true;
+#ifdef DWARF_SUPPORT
+		else if (!strcmp(opt->long_name, "module"))
+			params.uprobes = false;
+#endif
+		else
+			return ret;
+
+		params.target = str;
+		ret = 0;
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
 #ifdef DWARF_SUPPORT
 static int opt_show_lines(const struct option *opt __used,
 			  const char *str, int unset __used)
@@ -246,9 +271,9 @@
 		   "file", "vmlinux pathname"),
 	OPT_STRING('s', "source", &symbol_conf.source_prefix,
 		   "directory", "path to kernel source"),
-	OPT_STRING('m', "module", &params.target,
-		   "modname|path",
-		   "target module name (for online) or path (for offline)"),
+	OPT_CALLBACK('m', "module", NULL, "modname|path",
+		"target module name (for online) or path (for offline)",
+		opt_set_target),
 #endif
 	OPT__DRY_RUN(&probe_event_dry_run),
 	OPT_INTEGER('\0', "max-probes", &params.max_probe_points,
@@ -260,6 +285,8 @@
 		     "\t\t\t(default: \"" DEFAULT_VAR_FILTER "\" for --vars,\n"
 		     "\t\t\t \"" DEFAULT_FUNC_FILTER "\" for --funcs)",
 		     opt_set_filter),
+	OPT_CALLBACK('x', "exec", NULL, "executable|path",
+			"target executable name or path", opt_set_target),
 	OPT_END()
 };
 
@@ -310,6 +337,10 @@
 			pr_err("  Error: Don't use --list with --funcs.\n");
 			usage_with_options(probe_usage, options);
 		}
+		if (params.uprobes) {
+			pr_warning("  Error: Don't use --list with --exec.\n");
+			usage_with_options(probe_usage, options);
+		}
 		ret = show_perf_probe_events();
 		if (ret < 0)
 			pr_err("  Error: Failed to show event list. (%d)\n",
@@ -333,8 +364,8 @@
 		if (!params.filter)
 			params.filter = strfilter__new(DEFAULT_FUNC_FILTER,
 						       NULL);
-		ret = show_available_funcs(params.target,
-					   params.filter);
+		ret = show_available_funcs(params.target, params.filter,
+					params.uprobes);
 		strfilter__delete(params.filter);
 		if (ret < 0)
 			pr_err("  Error: Failed to show functions."
@@ -343,7 +374,7 @@
 	}
 
 #ifdef DWARF_SUPPORT
-	if (params.show_lines) {
+	if (params.show_lines && !params.uprobes) {
 		if (params.mod_events) {
 			pr_err("  Error: Don't use --line with"
 			       " --add/--del.\n");