perf ftrace: Introduce new 'ftrace' tool

The 'perf ftrace' command is a simple wrapper of kernel's ftrace
functionality.  It only supports single thread tracing currently and
just reads trace_pipe in text and then write it to stdout.

Committer notes:

Testing it:

  # perf ftrace -f function_graph usleep 123456
  <SNIP>
  2)               |  SyS_nanosleep() {
  2)               |    _copy_from_user() {
  <SNIP>
  2)   0.900 us    |      }
  2)   1.354 us    |    }
  2)               |    hrtimer_nanosleep() {
  2)   0.062 us    |      __hrtimer_init();
  2)               |      do_nanosleep() {
  2)               |        hrtimer_start_range_ns() {
  <SNIP>
  2)   5.025 us    |        }
  2)               |        schedule() {
  2)   0.125 us    |          rcu_note_context_switch();
  2)   0.057 us    |          _raw_spin_lock();
  2)               |          deactivate_task() {
  2)   0.369 us    |            update_rq_clock.part.77();
  2)               |            dequeue_task_fair() {
  <SNIP>
  2) + 22.453 us   |            }
  2) + 23.736 us   |          }
  2)               |          pick_next_task_fair() {
  <SNIP>
  2) + 47.167 us   |          }
  2)               |          pick_next_task_idle() {
  <SNIP>
  2)   4.462 us    |          }
  ------------------------------------------
  2)  usleep-20387  =>    <idle>-0
  ------------------------------------------

  2)   0.806 us    |  switch_mm_irqs_off();
  ------------------------------------------
  2)    <idle>-0    =>  usleep-20387
  ------------------------------------------

  2)   0.151 us    |          finish_task_switch();
  2) @ 123597.2 us |        }
  2)   0.037 us    |        _cond_resched();
  2)               |        hrtimer_try_to_cancel() {
  2)   0.064 us    |          hrtimer_active();
  2)   0.353 us    |        }
  2) @ 123605.3 us |      }
  2) @ 123606.2 us |    }
  2) @ 123608.3 us |  } /* SyS_nanosleep */
  2)               |  __do_page_fault() {
 <SNIP>

Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Tested-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Jeremy Eder <jeder@redhat.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>,
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-r1hgmsj4dxny8arn3o9mw512@git.kernel.org
[ Various foward port fixes, add man page ]
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>

1 files changed, 36 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-ftrace.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-ftrace.txt
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+perf-ftrace(1)
+=============
+
+NAME
+----
+perf-ftrace - simple wrapper for kernel's ftrace functionality
+
+
+SYNOPSIS
+--------
+[verse]
+'perf ftrace' <command>
+
+DESCRIPTION
+-----------
+The 'perf ftrace' command is a simple wrapper of kernel's ftrace
+functionality.  It only supports single thread tracing currently and
+just reads trace_pipe in text and then write it to stdout.
+
+The following options apply to perf ftrace.
+
+OPTIONS
+-------
+
+-t::
+--tracer=::
+	Tracer to use: function_graph or function.
+
+-v::
+--verbose=::
+        Verbosity level.
+
+
+SEE ALSO
+--------
+linkperf:perf-record[1], linkperf:perf-trace[1]