4 * Performance analysis utility.
6 * This is the main hub from which the sub-commands (perf stat,
7 * perf top, perf record, perf report, etc.) are started.
11 #include "util/exec_cmd.h"
12 #include "util/cache.h"
13 #include "util/quote.h"
14 #include "util/run-command.h"
15 #include "util/parse-events.h"
16 #include "util/debugfs.h"
18 const char perf_usage_string[] =
19 "perf [--version] [--help] COMMAND [ARGS]";
21 const char perf_more_info_string[] =
22 "See 'perf help COMMAND' for more information on a specific command.";
25 static int use_pager = -1;
32 static int pager_command_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *data)
34 struct pager_config *c = data;
35 if (!prefixcmp(var, "pager.") && !strcmp(var + 6, c->cmd))
36 c->val = perf_config_bool(var, value);
40 /* returns 0 for "no pager", 1 for "use pager", and -1 for "not specified" */
41 int check_pager_config(const char *cmd)
43 struct pager_config c;
46 perf_config(pager_command_config, &c);
50 static int tui_command_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *data)
52 struct pager_config *c = data;
53 if (!prefixcmp(var, "tui.") && !strcmp(var + 4, c->cmd))
54 c->val = perf_config_bool(var, value);
58 /* returns 0 for "no tui", 1 for "use tui", and -1 for "not specified" */
59 static int check_tui_config(const char *cmd)
61 struct pager_config c;
64 perf_config(tui_command_config, &c);
68 static void commit_pager_choice(void)
72 setenv("PERF_PAGER", "cat", 1);
82 static int handle_options(const char ***argv, int *argc, int *envchanged)
87 const char *cmd = (*argv)[0];
92 * For legacy reasons, the "version" and "help"
93 * commands can be written with "--" prepended
94 * to make them look like flags.
96 if (!strcmp(cmd, "--help") || !strcmp(cmd, "--version"))
100 * Check remaining flags.
102 if (!prefixcmp(cmd, CMD_EXEC_PATH)) {
103 cmd += strlen(CMD_EXEC_PATH);
105 perf_set_argv_exec_path(cmd + 1);
107 puts(perf_exec_path());
110 } else if (!strcmp(cmd, "--html-path")) {
111 puts(system_path(PERF_HTML_PATH));
113 } else if (!strcmp(cmd, "-p") || !strcmp(cmd, "--paginate")) {
115 } else if (!strcmp(cmd, "--no-pager")) {
119 } else if (!strcmp(cmd, "--perf-dir")) {
121 fprintf(stderr, "No directory given for --perf-dir.\n");
122 usage(perf_usage_string);
124 setenv(PERF_DIR_ENVIRONMENT, (*argv)[1], 1);
130 } else if (!prefixcmp(cmd, CMD_PERF_DIR)) {
131 setenv(PERF_DIR_ENVIRONMENT, cmd + strlen(CMD_PERF_DIR), 1);
134 } else if (!strcmp(cmd, "--work-tree")) {
136 fprintf(stderr, "No directory given for --work-tree.\n");
137 usage(perf_usage_string);
139 setenv(PERF_WORK_TREE_ENVIRONMENT, (*argv)[1], 1);
144 } else if (!prefixcmp(cmd, CMD_WORK_TREE)) {
145 setenv(PERF_WORK_TREE_ENVIRONMENT, cmd + strlen(CMD_WORK_TREE), 1);
148 } else if (!strcmp(cmd, "--debugfs-dir")) {
150 fprintf(stderr, "No directory given for --debugfs-dir.\n");
151 usage(perf_usage_string);
153 debugfs_set_path((*argv)[1]);
158 } else if (!prefixcmp(cmd, CMD_DEBUGFS_DIR)) {
159 debugfs_set_path(cmd + strlen(CMD_DEBUGFS_DIR));
160 fprintf(stderr, "dir: %s\n", debugfs_mountpoint);
164 fprintf(stderr, "Unknown option: %s\n", cmd);
165 usage(perf_usage_string);
175 static int handle_alias(int *argcp, const char ***argv)
177 int envchanged = 0, ret = 0, saved_errno = errno;
178 int count, option_count;
179 const char **new_argv;
180 const char *alias_command;
183 alias_command = (*argv)[0];
184 alias_string = alias_lookup(alias_command);
186 if (alias_string[0] == '!') {
190 strbuf_init(&buf, PATH_MAX);
191 strbuf_addstr(&buf, alias_string);
192 sq_quote_argv(&buf, (*argv) + 1, PATH_MAX);
194 alias_string = buf.buf;
196 ret = system(alias_string + 1);
197 if (ret >= 0 && WIFEXITED(ret) &&
198 WEXITSTATUS(ret) != 127)
199 exit(WEXITSTATUS(ret));
200 die("Failed to run '%s' when expanding alias '%s'",
201 alias_string + 1, alias_command);
203 count = split_cmdline(alias_string, &new_argv);
205 die("Bad alias.%s string", alias_command);
206 option_count = handle_options(&new_argv, &count, &envchanged);
208 die("alias '%s' changes environment variables\n"
209 "You can use '!perf' in the alias to do this.",
211 memmove(new_argv - option_count, new_argv,
212 count * sizeof(char *));
213 new_argv -= option_count;
216 die("empty alias for %s", alias_command);
218 if (!strcmp(alias_command, new_argv[0]))
219 die("recursive alias: %s", alias_command);
221 new_argv = realloc(new_argv, sizeof(char *) *
222 (count + *argcp + 1));
223 /* insert after command name */
224 memcpy(new_argv + count, *argv + 1, sizeof(char *) * *argcp);
225 new_argv[count + *argcp] = NULL;
238 const char perf_version_string[] = PERF_VERSION;
240 #define RUN_SETUP (1<<0)
241 #define USE_PAGER (1<<1)
243 * require working tree to be present -- anything uses this needs
244 * RUN_SETUP for reading from the configuration file.
246 #define NEED_WORK_TREE (1<<2)
250 int (*fn)(int, const char **, const char *);
254 static int run_builtin(struct cmd_struct *p, int argc, const char **argv)
261 if (p->option & RUN_SETUP)
262 prefix = NULL; /* setup_perf_directory(); */
264 if (use_browser == -1)
265 use_browser = check_tui_config(p->cmd);
267 if (use_pager == -1 && p->option & RUN_SETUP)
268 use_pager = check_pager_config(p->cmd);
269 if (use_pager == -1 && p->option & USE_PAGER)
271 commit_pager_choice();
273 status = p->fn(argc, argv, prefix);
274 exit_browser(status);
277 return status & 0xff;
279 /* Somebody closed stdout? */
280 if (fstat(fileno(stdout), &st))
282 /* Ignore write errors for pipes and sockets.. */
283 if (S_ISFIFO(st.st_mode) || S_ISSOCK(st.st_mode))
286 /* Check for ENOSPC and EIO errors.. */
288 die("write failure on standard output: %s", strerror(errno));
290 die("unknown write failure on standard output");
292 die("close failed on standard output: %s", strerror(errno));
296 static void handle_internal_command(int argc, const char **argv)
298 const char *cmd = argv[0];
299 static struct cmd_struct commands[] = {
300 { "buildid-cache", cmd_buildid_cache, 0 },
301 { "buildid-list", cmd_buildid_list, 0 },
302 { "diff", cmd_diff, 0 },
303 { "evlist", cmd_evlist, 0 },
304 { "help", cmd_help, 0 },
305 { "list", cmd_list, 0 },
306 { "record", cmd_record, 0 },
307 { "report", cmd_report, 0 },
308 { "bench", cmd_bench, 0 },
309 { "stat", cmd_stat, 0 },
310 { "timechart", cmd_timechart, 0 },
311 { "top", cmd_top, 0 },
312 { "annotate", cmd_annotate, 0 },
313 { "version", cmd_version, 0 },
314 { "script", cmd_script, 0 },
315 { "sched", cmd_sched, 0 },
316 { "probe", cmd_probe, 0 },
317 { "kmem", cmd_kmem, 0 },
318 { "lock", cmd_lock, 0 },
319 { "kvm", cmd_kvm, 0 },
320 { "test", cmd_test, 0 },
321 { "inject", cmd_inject, 0 },
324 static const char ext[] = STRIP_EXTENSION;
326 if (sizeof(ext) > 1) {
327 i = strlen(argv[0]) - strlen(ext);
328 if (i > 0 && !strcmp(argv[0] + i, ext)) {
329 char *argv0 = strdup(argv[0]);
330 argv[0] = cmd = argv0;
335 /* Turn "perf cmd --help" into "perf help cmd" */
336 if (argc > 1 && !strcmp(argv[1], "--help")) {
338 argv[0] = cmd = "help";
341 for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(commands); i++) {
342 struct cmd_struct *p = commands+i;
343 if (strcmp(p->cmd, cmd))
345 exit(run_builtin(p, argc, argv));
349 static void execv_dashed_external(const char **argv)
351 struct strbuf cmd = STRBUF_INIT;
355 strbuf_addf(&cmd, "perf-%s", argv[0]);
358 * argv[0] must be the perf command, but the argv array
359 * belongs to the caller, and may be reused in
360 * subsequent loop iterations. Save argv[0] and
361 * restore it on error.
367 * if we fail because the command is not found, it is
368 * OK to return. Otherwise, we just pass along the status code.
370 status = run_command_v_opt(argv, 0);
371 if (status != -ERR_RUN_COMMAND_EXEC) {
372 if (IS_RUN_COMMAND_ERR(status))
373 die("unable to run '%s'", argv[0]);
376 errno = ENOENT; /* as if we called execvp */
380 strbuf_release(&cmd);
383 static int run_argv(int *argcp, const char ***argv)
388 /* See if it's an internal command */
389 handle_internal_command(*argcp, *argv);
391 /* .. then try the external ones */
392 execv_dashed_external(*argv);
394 /* It could be an alias -- this works around the insanity
395 * of overriding "perf log" with "perf show" by having
398 if (done_alias || !handle_alias(argcp, argv))
406 static void pthread__block_sigwinch(void)
411 sigaddset(&set, SIGWINCH);
412 pthread_sigmask(SIG_BLOCK, &set, NULL);
415 void pthread__unblock_sigwinch(void)
420 sigaddset(&set, SIGWINCH);
421 pthread_sigmask(SIG_UNBLOCK, &set, NULL);
424 int main(int argc, const char **argv)
428 cmd = perf_extract_argv0_path(argv[0]);
431 /* get debugfs mount point from /proc/mounts */
434 * "perf-xxxx" is the same as "perf xxxx", but we obviously:
436 * - cannot take flags in between the "perf" and the "xxxx".
437 * - cannot execute it externally (since it would just do
438 * the same thing over again)
440 * So we just directly call the internal command handler, and
441 * die if that one cannot handle it.
443 if (!prefixcmp(cmd, "perf-")) {
446 handle_internal_command(argc, argv);
447 die("cannot handle %s internally", cmd);
450 /* Look for flags.. */
453 handle_options(&argv, &argc, NULL);
454 commit_pager_choice();
458 if (!prefixcmp(argv[0], "--"))
461 /* The user didn't specify a command; give them help */
462 printf("\n usage: %s\n\n", perf_usage_string);
463 list_common_cmds_help();
464 printf("\n %s\n\n", perf_more_info_string);
470 * We use PATH to find perf commands, but we prepend some higher
471 * precedence paths: the "--exec-path" option, the PERF_EXEC_PATH
472 * environment, and the $(perfexecdir) from the Makefile at build
477 * Block SIGWINCH notifications so that the thread that wants it can
478 * unblock and get syscalls like select interrupted instead of waiting
479 * forever while the signal goes to some other non interested thread.
481 pthread__block_sigwinch();
484 static int done_help;
485 static int was_alias;
487 was_alias = run_argv(&argc, &argv);
492 fprintf(stderr, "Expansion of alias '%s' failed; "
493 "'%s' is not a perf-command\n",
498 cmd = argv[0] = help_unknown_cmd(cmd);
504 fprintf(stderr, "Failed to run command '%s': %s\n",
505 cmd, strerror(errno));