linux perf tool的编译以及使用

1. 介绍

Perf is a profiler tool for Linux 2.6+ based systems that abstracts away CPU hardware differences in Linux performance measurements and presents a simple commandline interface. Perf is based on the perf_events interface exported by recent versions of the Linux kernel. This article demonstrates the perf tool through example runs. Output was obtained on a Ubuntu 11.04 system with kernel 2.6.38-8-generic results running on an HP 6710b with dual-core Intel Core2 T7100 CPU). For readability, some output is abbreviated using ellipsis ([...]).

 2. perf支持的功能

perf

 usage: perf [--version] [--help] COMMAND [ARGS]

 The most commonly used perf commands are:
  annotate        Read perf.data (created by perf record) and display annotated code
  archive         Create archive with object files with build-ids found in perf.data file
  bench           General framework for benchmark suites
  buildid-cache   Manage <tt>build-id</tt> cache.
  buildid-list    List the buildids in a perf.data file
  diff            Read two perf.data files and display the differential profile
  inject          Filter to augment the events stream with additional information
  kmem            Tool to trace/measure kernel memory(slab) properties
  kvm             Tool to trace/measure kvm guest os
  list            List all symbolic event types
  lock            Analyze lock events
  probe           Define new dynamic tracepoints
  record          Run a command and record its profile into perf.data
  report          Read perf.data (created by perf record) and display the profile
  sched           Tool to trace/measure scheduler properties (latencies)
  script          Read perf.data (created by perf record) and display trace output
  stat            Run a command and gather performance counter statistics
  test            Runs sanity tests.
  timechart       Tool to visualize total system behavior during a workload
  top             System profiling tool.

 See 'perf help COMMAND' for more information on a specific command.

3. perf的编译方法

编译ARM版本的perf可以使用下面命令编译：

　　cd kernel/tools/perf
　　export CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux-gnueabihf-
　　/usr/bin/make ARCH=arm LDFLAGS="-static"

4. perf的常用debug方法

# CPU counter statistics for the specified command:
perf stat command

# Detailed CPU counter statistics (includes extras) for the specified command:
perf stat -d command

# CPU counter statistics for the specified PID, until Ctrl-C:
perf stat -p PID

# CPU counter statistics for the entire system, for 5 seconds:
perf stat -a sleep 5

# Various basic CPU statistics, system wide, for 10 seconds:
perf stat -e cycles,instructions,cache-references,cache-misses,bus-cycles -a sleep 10

# Various CPU level 1 data cache statistics for the specified command:
perf stat -e L1-dcache-loads,L1-dcache-load-misses,L1-dcache-stores command

# Various CPU data TLB statistics for the specified command:
perf stat -e dTLB-loads,dTLB-load-misses,dTLB-prefetch-misses command

# Various CPU last level cache statistics for the specified command:
perf stat -e LLC-loads,LLC-load-misses,LLC-stores,LLC-prefetches command

# Using raw PMC counters, eg, counting unhalted core cycles:
perf stat -e r003c -a sleep 5 

# PMCs: counting cycles and frontend stalls via raw specification:
perf stat -e cycles -e cpu/event=0x0e,umask=0x01,inv,cmask=0x01/ -a sleep 5

# Count syscalls per-second system-wide:
perf stat -e raw_syscalls:sys_enter -I 1000 -a

# Count system calls by type for the specified PID, until Ctrl-C:
perf stat -e 'syscalls:sys_enter_*' -p PID

# Count system calls by type for the entire system, for 5 seconds:
perf stat -e 'syscalls:sys_enter_*' -a sleep 5

# Count scheduler events for the specified PID, until Ctrl-C:
perf stat -e 'sched:*' -p PID

# Count scheduler events for the specified PID, for 10 seconds:
perf stat -e 'sched:*' -p PID sleep 10

# Count ext4 events for the entire system, for 10 seconds:
perf stat -e 'ext4:*' -a sleep 10

# Count block device I/O events for the entire system, for 10 seconds:
perf stat -e 'block:*' -a sleep 10

# Count all vmscan events, printing a report every second:
perf stat -e 'vmscan:*' -a -I 1000

reference: 

https://perf.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Tutorial

http://www.brendangregg.com/perf.html#StaticKernelTracing