perf kmem: Add option to specify time window of interest

Add option to allow user to control analysis window. e.g., collect data
for time window and analyze a segment of interest within that window.

Committer notes:

Testing it:

  # perf kmem record usleep 1
  [ perf record: Woken up 0 times to write data ]
  [ perf record: Captured and wrote 1.540 MB perf.data (2049 samples) ]
  # perf evlist
  kmem:kmalloc
  kmem:kmalloc_node
  kmem:kfree
  kmem:kmem_cache_alloc
  kmem:kmem_cache_alloc_node
  kmem:kmem_cache_free
  # Tip: use 'perf evlist --trace-fields' to show fields for tracepoint events
  #
  # # Use 'perf script' to get a first approach, select a chunk for then using
  # # with 'perf kmem stat --time'
  #
  # perf script | tail -15
    usleep 9889 [0] 20119.782088:  kmem:kmem_cache_free: (selinux_file_free_security+0x27) call_site=ffffffffb936aa07 ptr=0xffff888a1df49fc0
      perf 9888 [3] 20119.782088:  kmem:kmem_cache_free: (jbd2_journal_stop+0x1a1) call_site=ffffffffb9334581 ptr=0xffff888bdf1a39c0
      perf 9888 [3] 20119.782089: kmem:kmem_cache_alloc: (jbd2__journal_start+0x72) call_site=ffffffffb9333b42 ptr=0xffff888bdf1a39c0 bytes_req=48 bytes_alloc=48 gfp_flags=GFP_NOFS|__GFP_ZERO
      perf 9888 [3] 20119.782090:  kmem:kmem_cache_free: (jbd2_journal_stop+0x1a1) call_site=ffffffffb9334581 ptr=0xffff888bdf1a39c0
      perf 9888 [3] 20119.782090: kmem:kmem_cache_alloc: (jbd2__journal_start+0x72) call_site=ffffffffb9333b42 ptr=0xffff888bdf1a39c0 bytes_req=48 bytes_alloc=48 gfp_flags=GFP_NOFS|__GFP_ZERO
    usleep 9889 [0] 20119.782091: kmem:kmem_cache_alloc: (__sigqueue_alloc+0x4a) call_site=ffffffffb90ad33a ptr=0xffff8889f071f6e0 bytes_req=160 bytes_alloc=160 gfp_flags=GFP_ATOMIC|__GFP_NOTRACK
      perf 9888 [3] 20119.782091:  kmem:kmem_cache_free: (jbd2_journal_stop+0x1a1) call_site=ffffffffb9334581 ptr=0xffff888bdf1a39c0
      perf 9888 [3] 20119.782093:  kmem:kmem_cache_free: (__sigqueue_free.part.17+0x33) call_site=ffffffffb90ad3f3 ptr=0xffff8889f071f6e0
      perf 9888 [3] 20119.782098: kmem:kmem_cache_alloc: (jbd2__journal_start+0x72) call_site=ffffffffb9333b42 ptr=0xffff888bdf1a39c0 bytes_req=48 bytes_alloc=48 gfp_flags=GFP_NOFS|__GFP_ZERO
      perf 9888 [3] 20119.782098:  kmem:kmem_cache_free: (jbd2_journal_stop+0x1a1) call_site=ffffffffb9334581 ptr=0xffff888bdf1a39c0
      perf 9888 [3] 20119.782099: kmem:kmem_cache_alloc: (jbd2__journal_start+0x72) call_site=ffffffffb9333b42 ptr=0xffff888bdf1a39c0 bytes_req=48 bytes_alloc=48 gfp_flags=GFP_NOFS|__GFP_ZERO
      perf 9888 [3] 20119.782100: kmem:kmem_cache_alloc: (alloc_buffer_head+0x21) call_site=ffffffffb9287cc1 ptr=0xffff8889b12722d8 bytes_req=104 bytes_alloc=104 gfp_flags=GFP_NOFS|__GFP_ZERO
      perf 9888 [3] 20119.782101:  kmem:kmem_cache_free: (jbd2_journal_stop+0x1a1) call_site=ffffffffb9334581 ptr=0xffff888bdf1a39c0
      perf 9888 [3] 20119.782102: kmem:kmem_cache_alloc: (jbd2__journal_start+0x72) call_site=ffffffffb9333b42 ptr=0xffff888bdf1a39c0 bytes_req=48 bytes_alloc=48 gfp_flags=GFP_NOFS|__GFP_ZERO
      perf 9888 [3] 20119.782103:  kmem:kmem_cache_free: (jbd2_journal_stop+0x1a1) call_site=ffffffffb9334581 ptr=0xffff888bdf1a39c0
  #
  # # stats for the whole perf.data file, i.e. no interval specified
  #
  # perf kmem stat

  SUMMARY (SLAB allocator)
  ========================
  Total bytes requested: 172,628
  Total bytes allocated: 173,088
  Total bytes freed:     161,280
  Net total bytes allocated: 11,808
  Total bytes wasted on internal fragmentation: 460
  Internal fragmentation: 0.265761%
  Cross CPU allocations: 0/851
  #
  # # stats for an end open interval, after a certain time:
  #
  # perf kmem stat --time 20119.782088,

  SUMMARY (SLAB allocator)
  ========================
  Total bytes requested: 552
  Total bytes allocated: 552
  Total bytes freed:     448
  Net total bytes allocated: 104
  Total bytes wasted on internal fragmentation: 0
  Internal fragmentation: 0.000000%
  Cross CPU allocations: 0/8
  #

Signed-off-by: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1480439746-42695-6-git-send-email-dsahern@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-kmem.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-kmem.txt
index ff0f433..479fc32 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-kmem.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-kmem.txt
@@ -61,6 +61,13 @@ OPTIONS
 	default, but this option shows live (currently allocated) pages
 	instead.  (This option works with --page option only)
 
+--time::
+	Only analyze samples within given time window: <start>,<stop>. Times
+	have the format seconds.microseconds. If start is not given (i.e., time
+	string is ',x.y') then analysis starts at the beginning of the file. If
+	stop time is not given (i.e, time string is 'x.y,') then analysis goes
+	to end of file.
+
 SEE ALSO
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 linkperf:perf-record[1]