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-rw-r--r--tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt7
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/util/parse-events.c21
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/util/parse-events.h2
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/util/parse-events.l1
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/util/parse-events.y26
5 files changed, 42 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
index af9a54ece024..81a20f21a3e6 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
@@ -33,12 +33,15 @@ OPTIONS
- a raw PMU event (eventsel+umask) in the form of rNNN where NNN is a
hexadecimal event descriptor.
- - a hardware breakpoint event in the form of '\mem:addr[:access]'
+ - a hardware breakpoint event in the form of '\mem:addr[/len][:access]'
where addr is the address in memory you want to break in.
Access is the memory access type (read, write, execute) it can
- be passed as follows: '\mem:addr[:[r][w][x]]'.
+ be passed as follows: '\mem:addr[:[r][w][x]]'. len is the range,
+ number of bytes from specified addr, which the breakpoint will cover.
If you want to profile read-write accesses in 0x1000, just set
'mem:0x1000:rw'.
+ If you want to profile write accesses in [0x1000~1008), just set
+ 'mem:0x1000/8:w'.
--filter=<filter>::
Event filter.
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
index c659a3ca1283..efa1ff4cca63 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ do { \
}
int parse_events_add_breakpoint(struct list_head *list, int *idx,
- void *ptr, char *type)
+ void *ptr, char *type, u64 len)
{
struct perf_event_attr attr;
@@ -536,14 +536,15 @@ int parse_events_add_breakpoint(struct list_head *list, int *idx,
if (parse_breakpoint_type(type, &attr))
return -EINVAL;
- /*
- * We should find a nice way to override the access length
- * Provide some defaults for now
- */
- if (attr.bp_type == HW_BREAKPOINT_X)
- attr.bp_len = sizeof(long);
- else
- attr.bp_len = HW_BREAKPOINT_LEN_4;
+ /* Provide some defaults if len is not specified */
+ if (!len) {
+ if (attr.bp_type == HW_BREAKPOINT_X)
+ len = sizeof(long);
+ else
+ len = HW_BREAKPOINT_LEN_4;
+ }
+
+ attr.bp_len = len;
attr.type = PERF_TYPE_BREAKPOINT;
attr.sample_period = 1;
@@ -1364,7 +1365,7 @@ void print_events(const char *event_glob, bool name_only)
printf("\n");
printf(" %-50s [%s]\n",
- "mem:<addr>[:access]",
+ "mem:<addr>[/len][:access]",
event_type_descriptors[PERF_TYPE_BREAKPOINT]);
printf("\n");
}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h
index db2cf78ff0f3..a19fbeb80943 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ int parse_events_add_numeric(struct list_head *list, int *idx,
int parse_events_add_cache(struct list_head *list, int *idx,
char *type, char *op_result1, char *op_result2);
int parse_events_add_breakpoint(struct list_head *list, int *idx,
- void *ptr, char *type);
+ void *ptr, char *type, u64 len);
int parse_events_add_pmu(struct list_head *list, int *idx,
char *pmu , struct list_head *head_config);
enum perf_pmu_event_symbol_type
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.l b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.l
index 906630bbf8eb..94eacb6c1ef7 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.l
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.l
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ branch_type { return term(yyscanner, PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_BRANCH_SAMPLE_TYPE
<mem>{
{modifier_bp} { return str(yyscanner, PE_MODIFIER_BP); }
: { return ':'; }
+"/" { return '/'; }
{num_dec} { return value(yyscanner, 10); }
{num_hex} { return value(yyscanner, 16); }
/*
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.y b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.y
index 93c4c9fbc922..72def077dbbf 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.y
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.y
@@ -326,6 +326,28 @@ PE_NAME_CACHE_TYPE
}
event_legacy_mem:
+PE_PREFIX_MEM PE_VALUE '/' PE_VALUE ':' PE_MODIFIER_BP sep_dc
+{
+ struct parse_events_evlist *data = _data;
+ struct list_head *list;
+
+ ALLOC_LIST(list);
+ ABORT_ON(parse_events_add_breakpoint(list, &data->idx,
+ (void *) $2, $6, $4));
+ $$ = list;
+}
+|
+PE_PREFIX_MEM PE_VALUE '/' PE_VALUE sep_dc
+{
+ struct parse_events_evlist *data = _data;
+ struct list_head *list;
+
+ ALLOC_LIST(list);
+ ABORT_ON(parse_events_add_breakpoint(list, &data->idx,
+ (void *) $2, NULL, $4));
+ $$ = list;
+}
+|
PE_PREFIX_MEM PE_VALUE ':' PE_MODIFIER_BP sep_dc
{
struct parse_events_evlist *data = _data;
@@ -333,7 +355,7 @@ PE_PREFIX_MEM PE_VALUE ':' PE_MODIFIER_BP sep_dc
ALLOC_LIST(list);
ABORT_ON(parse_events_add_breakpoint(list, &data->idx,
- (void *) $2, $4));
+ (void *) $2, $4, 0));
$$ = list;
}
|
@@ -344,7 +366,7 @@ PE_PREFIX_MEM PE_VALUE sep_dc
ALLOC_LIST(list);
ABORT_ON(parse_events_add_breakpoint(list, &data->idx,
- (void *) $2, NULL));
+ (void *) $2, NULL, 0));
$$ = list;
}