linux/arch/x86/kernel
Frederic Weisbecker 0406ca6d8e perf_counter: Ignore the nmi call frames in the x86-64 backtraces
About every callchains recorded with perf record are filled up
including the internal perfcounter nmi frame:

 perf_callchain
 perf_counter_overflow
 intel_pmu_handle_irq
 perf_counter_nmi_handler
 notifier_call_chain
 atomic_notifier_call_chain
 notify_die
 do_nmi
 nmi

We want ignore this frame as it's not interesting for
instrumentation. To solve this, we simply ignore every frames
from nmi context.

New example of "perf report -s sym -c" after this patch:

9.59%  [k] search_by_key
             4.88%
                search_by_key
                reiserfs_read_locked_inode
                reiserfs_iget
                reiserfs_lookup
                do_lookup
                __link_path_walk
                path_walk
                do_path_lookup
                user_path_at
                vfs_fstatat
                vfs_lstat
                sys_newlstat
                system_call_fastpath
                __lxstat
                0x406fb1

             3.19%
                search_by_key
                search_by_entry_key
                reiserfs_find_entry
                reiserfs_lookup
                do_lookup
                __link_path_walk
                path_walk
                do_path_lookup
                user_path_at
                vfs_fstatat
                vfs_lstat
                sys_newlstat
                system_call_fastpath
                __lxstat
                0x406fb1
[...]

For now this patch only solves the problem in x86-64.

Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Anton Blanchard <anton@samba.org>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
LKML-Reference: <1246474930-6088-1-git-send-email-fweisbec@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2009-07-01 22:37:23 +02:00
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acpi Merge branches 'acerhdf', 'acpi-pci-bind', 'bjorn-pci-root', 'bugzilla-12904', 'bugzilla-13121', 'bugzilla-13396', 'bugzilla-13533', 'bugzilla-13612', 'c3_lock', 'hid-cleanups', 'misc-2.6.31', 'pdc-leak-fix', 'pnpacpi', 'power_nocheck', 'thinkpad_acpi', 'video' and 'wmi' into release 2009-06-24 01:19:50 -04:00
apic Intel-IOMMU, intr-remap: source-id checking 2009-06-23 22:09:17 +01:00
cpu perf_counter: Ignore the nmi call frames in the x86-64 backtraces 2009-07-01 22:37:23 +02:00
.gitignore
alternative.c x86: expand irq-off region in text_poke() 2009-03-10 16:24:23 +01:00
amd_iommu_init.c amd-iommu: resume cleanup 2009-06-16 10:19:16 +02:00
amd_iommu.c amd-iommu: flush domain tlb when attaching a new device 2009-06-15 15:42:00 +02:00
aperture_64.c aperture_64.c: clarify that too small aperture is valid reason for this code 2008-11-28 15:24:39 +01:00
apm_32.c PM core: rename suspend and resume functions 2009-06-12 21:32:31 +02:00
asm-offsets_32.c lguest: optimize by coding restore_flags and irq_enable in assembler. 2009-06-12 22:27:03 +09:30
asm-offsets_64.c x86, boot: make kernel_alignment adjustable; new bzImage fields 2009-05-11 17:44:39 -07:00
asm-offsets.c
audit_64.c
bios_uv.c x86, UV: system table in bios accessed after unmap 2009-04-03 19:25:57 +02:00
bootflag.c
check.c x86: fix 64k corruption-check 2009-03-15 07:03:15 +01:00
cpuid.c Driver Core: x86: add nodename for cpuid and msr drivers. 2009-06-15 21:30:25 -07:00
crash_dump_32.c kdump: make elfcorehdr_addr independent of CONFIG_PROC_VMCORE 2008-10-20 08:52:39 -07:00
crash_dump_64.c kdump: make elfcorehdr_addr independent of CONFIG_PROC_VMCORE 2008-10-20 08:52:39 -07:00
crash.c x86: disable IOMMUs on kernel crash 2009-06-15 15:20:40 +02:00
doublefault_32.c x86: fix virt_addr_valid() with CONFIG_DEBUG_VIRTUAL=y, v2 2008-10-13 10:33:15 +02:00
ds_selftest.c x86, ds: fix buffer alignment in debug store selftest 2009-04-24 10:18:51 +02:00
ds_selftest.h x86, bts: cleanups 2009-03-13 11:57:22 +01:00
ds.c x86, ds: support Core i7 2009-04-07 13:36:36 +02:00
dumpstack_32.c perf_counter: Ignore the nmi call frames in the x86-64 backtraces 2009-07-01 22:37:23 +02:00
dumpstack_64.c perf_counter: Ignore the nmi call frames in the x86-64 backtraces 2009-07-01 22:37:23 +02:00
dumpstack.c x86: Add sysctl to allow panic on IOCK NMI error 2009-06-25 22:06:11 +02:00
dumpstack.h x86: avoid multiple declaration of kstack_depth_to_print 2009-04-14 11:45:33 +02:00
e820.c x86/pci: remove rounding quirk from e820_setup_gap() 2009-05-11 09:45:14 +02:00
early_printk.c x86: properly __init-annotate recent early_printk additions 2009-03-13 02:37:18 +01:00
early-quirks.c x86 early quirks: eliminate unused function 2009-04-08 14:16:32 +02:00
efi_32.c
efi_64.c Merge branch 'core/percpu' into percpu-cpumask-x86-for-linus-2 2009-03-27 17:28:43 +01:00
efi_stub_32.S Merge branch 'x86/asm' into x86/mm 2009-02-25 08:27:46 +01:00
efi_stub_64.S x86: efi_stub_32,64 - add missing ENDPROCs 2009-02-24 18:08:40 +01:00
efi.c x86: correct the conversion of EFI memory types 2009-06-16 17:47:32 -07:00
entry_32.S Merge branch 'tracing-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2009-06-20 10:56:46 -07:00
entry_64.S function-graph: add stack frame test 2009-06-18 18:40:18 -04:00
ftrace.c function-graph: add stack frame test 2009-06-18 18:40:18 -04:00
geode_32.c
head32.c x86-32: use brk segment for allocating initial kernel pagetable 2009-03-14 17:23:47 -07:00
head64.c x86: add brk allocation for very, very early allocations 2009-03-14 15:37:14 -07:00
head_32.S x86: de-assembler-ize asm/desc.h 2009-06-17 21:35:10 -07:00
head_64.S x86: de-assembler-ize asm/desc.h 2009-06-17 21:35:10 -07:00
head.c x86, debug: remove EBDA debug printk 2008-12-12 11:08:42 +01:00
hpet.c x86: hpet: Mark per cpu interrupts IRQF_TIMER to prevent resume failure 2009-06-14 18:24:29 +02:00
i386_ksyms_32.c ftrace: rename FTRACE to FUNCTION_TRACER 2008-10-20 18:27:03 +02:00
i387.c x86, math-emu: fix init_fpu for task != current 2009-03-04 20:33:16 +01:00
i8237.c i8327: fix outb() parameter order 2009-02-10 13:13:23 +01:00
i8253.c time: move PIT_TICK_RATE to linux/timex.h 2009-06-16 19:47:27 -07:00
i8259.c x86: refactor x86_quirks support 2009-02-23 00:08:11 +01:00
init_task.c mm: consolidate init_mm definition 2009-06-16 19:47:28 -07:00
io_delay.c x86: io_delay.c cleanup 2009-03-21 16:57:04 +05:30
ioport.c x86-32: use non-lazy io bitmap context switching 2009-03-02 12:07:48 +01:00
irq_32.c Merge branch 'tj-percpu' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/misc into core/percpu 2009-02-24 21:52:45 +01:00
irq_64.c x86: unify do_IRQ() 2009-02-09 12:16:05 +01:00
irq.c Merge branch 'linus' into x86/mce3 2009-06-11 23:31:52 +02:00
irqinit.c Merge branch 'linus' into x86/mce3 2009-06-11 23:31:52 +02:00
k8.c x86, gart: fix gart detection for Fam11h CPUs 2008-10-28 17:10:27 +01:00
kdebugfs.c x86: kdebugfs.c cleanup 2009-03-21 16:55:45 +05:30
kgdb.c Merge branch 'x86-asm-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2009-06-10 15:49:10 -07:00
kprobes.c Merge branch 'tracing/core-v2' into tracing-for-linus 2009-04-02 00:49:02 +02:00
kvm.c Merge branch 'kvm-updates/2.6.31' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm 2009-06-11 10:03:30 -07:00
kvmclock.c clocksource: pass clocksource to read() callback 2009-04-21 13:41:47 -07:00
ldt.c x86: ldt.c fix style problems 2009-01-02 17:46:24 +01:00
machine_kexec_32.c x86, kexec: fix crashdump panic with CONFIG_KEXEC_JUMP 2009-05-07 22:01:05 -07:00
machine_kexec_64.c x86, kexec: fix crashdump panic with CONFIG_KEXEC_JUMP 2009-05-07 22:01:05 -07:00
Makefile gcov: enable GCOV_PROFILE_ALL for x86_64 2009-06-18 13:03:58 -07:00
mca_32.c x86: refactor x86_quirks support 2009-02-23 00:08:11 +01:00
mfgpt_32.c cpumask: remove references to struct irqaction's mask field. 2009-03-30 22:05:14 +10:30
microcode_amd.c x86, microcode: Simplify vfree() use 2009-06-07 16:35:11 +02:00
microcode_core.c Driver Core: misc: add nodename support for misc devices. 2009-06-15 21:30:25 -07:00
microcode_intel.c x86: microcode: use smp_call_function_single instead of set_cpus_allowed, cleanup of synchronization logic 2009-05-12 10:36:44 +02:00
mmconf-fam10h_64.c x86: move various CPU initialization objects into .cpuinit.rodata 2009-03-12 13:13:07 +01:00
module.c module: cleanup FIXME comments about trimming exception table entries. 2009-06-12 21:47:05 +09:30
mpparse.c x86, irq: don't call mp_config_acpi_gsi() if update_mptable is not enabled 2009-05-18 09:33:29 +02:00
msr.c Driver Core: x86: add nodename for cpuid and msr drivers. 2009-06-15 21:30:25 -07:00
olpc.c x86, olpc: fix model detection without OFW 2009-02-14 23:05:25 +01:00
paravirt_patch_32.c x86/pvops: add a paravirt_ident functions to allow special patching 2009-01-30 14:51:44 -08:00
paravirt_patch_64.c x86/pvops: add a paravirt_ident functions to allow special patching 2009-01-30 14:51:44 -08:00
paravirt-spinlocks.c x86: remove byte locks 2009-01-20 17:14:28 +01:00
paravirt.c Merge branch 'x86-xen-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2009-06-10 16:16:27 -07:00
pci-calgary_64.c x86: calgary: remove IOMMU_DEBUG 2009-04-14 13:03:36 +02:00
pci-dma.c Merge git://git.infradead.org/~dwmw2/iommu-2.6.31 2009-06-22 21:38:22 -07:00
pci-gart_64.c x86: enable GART-IOMMU only after setting up protection methods 2009-06-06 09:42:09 +02:00
pci-nommu.c dma-mapping: replace all DMA_32BIT_MASK macro with DMA_BIT_MASK(32) 2009-04-07 08:31:11 -07:00
pci-swiotlb.c Merge git://git.infradead.org/~dwmw2/iommu-2.6.31 2009-06-22 21:38:22 -07:00
pcspeaker.c
pmtimer_64.c
probe_roms_32.c x86: move mach-default/*.h files to asm/ 2009-01-29 14:16:51 +01:00
process_32.c Merge branch 'tracing-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2009-06-10 19:53:40 -07:00
process_64.c Merge branch 'tracing-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2009-06-10 19:53:40 -07:00
process.c kmemcheck: add mm functions 2009-06-15 12:40:03 +02:00
ptrace.c x86, bts, mm: clean up buffer allocation 2009-04-24 10:18:52 +02:00
pvclock.c x86: pvclock: fix shadowed variable warning 2008-10-15 14:25:14 +02:00
quirks.c Merge branch 'linus' into x86/cpu 2009-06-07 12:22:15 +02:00
reboot_fixups_32.c
reboot.c x86: Add quirk for reboot stalls on a Dell Optiplex 360 2009-06-07 15:51:20 +02:00
relocate_kernel_32.S x86, kexec: fix kexec x86 coding style 2009-03-10 18:13:25 -07:00
relocate_kernel_64.S x86, kexec: x86_64: add kexec jump support for x86_64 2009-03-10 18:13:25 -07:00
rtc.c x86: rtc.c cleanup 2009-03-21 16:56:37 +05:30
scx200_32.c
setup_percpu.c x86: ensure percpu lpage doesn't consume too much vmalloc space 2009-06-22 11:56:24 +09:00
setup.c x86: Move init_gbpages() to setup_arch() 2009-06-23 10:33:32 +02:00
signal.c Merge branch 'linus' into x86/mce3 2009-06-11 23:31:52 +02:00
smp.c Merge branch 'linus' into x86/mce3 2009-06-11 23:31:52 +02:00
smpboot.c x86: make zap_low_mapping could be used early 2009-06-12 13:50:24 +03:00
stacktrace.c x86: add save_stack_trace_bp() for tracing from a specific stack frame 2009-06-12 23:01:05 +02:00
step.c
sys_i386_32.c
sys_x86_64.c Merge branches 'x86/alternatives', 'x86/cleanups', 'x86/commandline', 'x86/crashdump', 'x86/debug', 'x86/defconfig', 'x86/doc', 'x86/exports', 'x86/fpu', 'x86/gart', 'x86/idle', 'x86/mm', 'x86/mtrr', 'x86/nmi-watchdog', 'x86/oprofile', 'x86/paravirt', 'x86/reboot', 'x86/sparse-fixes', 'x86/tsc', 'x86/urgent' and 'x86/vmalloc' into x86-v28-for-linus-phase1 2008-10-06 18:17:07 +02:00
syscall_64.c x86: Fix ASM_X86__ header guards 2008-10-22 22:55:23 -07:00
syscall_table_32.S Merge branch 'core/signal' into perfcounters/core 2009-04-30 21:16:49 +02:00
tce_64.c
test_nx.c
test_rodata.c
time_32.c x86: refactor x86_quirks support 2009-02-23 00:08:11 +01:00
time_64.c cpumask: remove references to struct irqaction's mask field. 2009-03-30 22:05:14 +10:30
tlb_uv.c x86: Fix uv bau sending buffer initialization 2009-06-24 17:33:58 +02:00
tls.c
tls.h
topology.c x86: topology.c cleanup 2009-03-21 16:55:24 +05:30
trampoline_32.S x86: use _types.h headers in asm where available 2009-02-13 11:35:01 -08:00
trampoline_64.S x86: use _types.h headers in asm where available 2009-02-13 11:35:01 -08:00
trampoline.c x86: change static allocation of trampoline area 2008-12-08 13:49:45 +01:00
traps.c x86: Add sysctl to allow panic on IOCK NMI error 2009-06-25 22:06:11 +02:00
tsc_sync.c x86: clean up arch/x86/kernel/tsc_sync.c a bit 2009-05-07 09:32:10 +02:00
tsc.c Merge branch 'sched-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2009-06-20 10:57:40 -07:00
uv_irq.c x86, apic: remove genapic.h 2009-02-17 17:52:44 +01:00
uv_sysfs.c x86: prevent /sys/firmware/sgi_uv from being created on non-uv systems 2009-04-08 14:58:10 +02:00
uv_time.c uv_time: add parameter to uv_read_rtc() 2009-04-22 17:41:25 +02:00
verify_cpu_64.S
visws_quirks.c x86: convert obsolete irq_desc_t typedef to struct irq_desc 2009-03-11 09:49:01 +01:00
vm86_32.c Merge branch 'x86-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2009-06-10 16:15:14 -07:00
vmi_32.c Merge commit 'origin/master' into for-linus/xen/master 2009-04-07 13:34:16 -07:00
vmiclock_32.c clocksource: pass clocksource to read() callback 2009-04-21 13:41:47 -07:00
vmlinux.lds.S x86: Provide _sdata in the vmlinux.lds.S file 2009-06-12 09:21:33 +02:00
vsmp_64.c Revert "x86: don't compile vsmp_64 for 32bit" 2009-03-25 21:34:28 +01:00
vsyscall_64.c x86: move rdtsc_barrier() into the TSC vread method 2009-05-28 14:15:54 +02:00
x8664_ksyms_64.c x86: convert pda ops to wrappers around x86 percpu accessors 2009-01-16 14:20:22 +01:00
xsave.c x86-64: fix FPU corruption with signals and preemption 2009-04-20 14:33:00 -07:00