On Mon, 26 Oct 2020 06:06:47 GMT, Nick Gasson <ngas...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>> When using the Linux "perf" tool to do system profiling, symbol names of >> running Java methods cannot be decoded, resulting in unhelpful output >> such as: >> >> 10.52% [JIT] tid 236748 [.] 0x00007f6fdb75d223 >> >> Perf can read a simple text file format describing the mapping between >> address ranges and symbol names for a particular process [1]. >> >> It's possible to generate this already for Java processes using a JVMTI >> plugin such as perf-map-agent [2]. However this requires compiling >> third-party code and then loading the agent into your Java process. It >> would be more convenient if Hotspot could write this file directly using >> a diagnostic command. The information required is almost identical to >> that of the existing Compiler.codelist command. >> >> This patch adds a Compiler.perfmap diagnostic command on Linux only. To >> use, first run "jcmd <pid> Compiler.perfmap" and then "perf top" or >> "perf record" and the report should show decoded Java symbol names for >> that process. >> >> As this just writes a snapshot of the code cache when the command is >> run, it will become stale if methods are compiled later or unloaded. >> However this shouldn't be a big problem in practice if the map file is >> generated after the application has warmed up. >> >> [1] >> https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/tools/perf/Documentation/jit-interface.txt >> [2] https://github.com/jvm-profiling-tools/perf-map-agent > > Nick Gasson has updated the pull request with a new target base due to a > merge or a rebase. The pull request now contains four commits: > > - Merge master > - Add -XX:+DumpPerfMapAtExit option > - Update for review comments > - 8254723: add diagnostic command to write Linux perf map file > > When using the Linux "perf" tool to do system profiling, symbol names of > running Java methods cannot be decoded, resulting in unhelpful output > such as: > > 10.52% [JIT] tid 236748 [.] 0x00007f6fdb75d223 > > Perf can read a simple text file format describing the mapping between > address ranges and symbol names for a particular process [1]. > > It's possible to generate this already for Java processes using a JVMTI > plugin such as perf-map-agent [2]. However this requires compiling > third-party code and then loading the agent into your Java process. It > would be more convenient if Hotspot could write this file directly using > a diagnostic command. The information required is almost identical to > that of the existing Compiler.codelist command. > > This patch adds a Compiler.perfmap diagnostic command on Linux only. To > use, first run "jcmd <pid> Compiler.perfmap" and then "perf top" or > "perf record" and the report should show decoded Java symbol names for > that process. > > As this just writes a snapshot of the code cache when the command is > run, it will become stale if methods are compiled later or unloaded. > However this shouldn't be a big problem in practice if the map file is > generated after the application has warmed up. > > [1] > https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/tools/perf/Documentation/jit-interface.txt > [2] https://github.com/jvm-profiling-tools/perf-map-agent Hi Nick, This looks good. Thank you for the update. Thanks, Serguei ------------- Marked as reviewed by sspitsyn (Reviewer). PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/760
