On Sun, May 10, 2015 at 11:07:40AM +0000, Hou Pengyang wrote: > For ARM64, when tracing with tracepoint events, the IP and pstate are set > to 0, preventing the perf code parsing the callchain and resolving the > symbols correctly. > > ./perf record -e sched:sched_switch -g --call-graph dwarf ls > [ perf record: Captured and wrote 0.146 MB perf.data ] > ./perf report -f > Samples: 194 of event 'sched:sched_switch', Event count (approx.): 194 > Children Self Command Shared Object Symbol > 100.00% 100.00% ls [unknown] [.] 0000000000000000 > > The fix is to implement perf_arch_fetch_caller_regs for ARM64, which fills > several necessary registers used for callchain unwinding, including pc,sp, > fp and spsr . > > With this patch, callchain can be parsed correctly as follows: > > ...... > + 2.63% 0.00% ls [kernel.kallsyms] [k] vfs_symlink > + 2.63% 0.00% ls [kernel.kallsyms] [k] follow_down > + 2.63% 0.00% ls [kernel.kallsyms] [k] pfkey_get > + 2.63% 0.00% ls [kernel.kallsyms] [k] > do_execveat_common.isra.33 > - 2.63% 0.00% ls [kernel.kallsyms] [k] pfkey_send_policy_notify > pfkey_send_policy_notify > pfkey_get > v9fs_vfs_rename > page_follow_link_light > link_path_walk > el0_svc_naked > ....... > > Signed-off-by: Hou Pengyang <[email protected]> > Acked-by: Will Deacon <[email protected]>
Queued for 4.2. Thanks. -- Catalin -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
