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"
20 const char perf_usage_string[] =
21 "perf [--version] [--help] COMMAND [ARGS]";
23 const char perf_more_info_string[] =
24 "See 'perf help COMMAND' for more information on a specific command.";
26 static int use_pager = -1;
32 static char debugfs_mntpt[MAXPATHLEN];
34 static int pager_command_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *data)
36 struct pager_config *c = data;
37 if (!prefixcmp(var, "pager.") && !strcmp(var + 6, c->cmd))
38 c->val = perf_config_bool(var, value);
42 /* returns 0 for "no pager", 1 for "use pager", and -1 for "not specified" */
43 int check_pager_config(const char *cmd)
45 struct pager_config c;
48 perf_config(pager_command_config, &c);
52 static void commit_pager_choice(void)
56 setenv("PERF_PAGER", "cat", 1);
66 static void set_debugfs_path(void)
70 path = getenv(PERF_DEBUGFS_ENVIRONMENT);
71 snprintf(debugfs_path, MAXPATHLEN, "%s/%s", path ?: debugfs_mntpt,
75 static int handle_options(const char ***argv, int *argc, int *envchanged)
80 const char *cmd = (*argv)[0];
85 * For legacy reasons, the "version" and "help"
86 * commands can be written with "--" prepended
87 * to make them look like flags.
89 if (!strcmp(cmd, "--help") || !strcmp(cmd, "--version"))
93 * Check remaining flags.
95 if (!prefixcmp(cmd, CMD_EXEC_PATH)) {
96 cmd += strlen(CMD_EXEC_PATH);
98 perf_set_argv_exec_path(cmd + 1);
100 puts(perf_exec_path());
103 } else if (!strcmp(cmd, "--html-path")) {
104 puts(system_path(PERF_HTML_PATH));
106 } else if (!strcmp(cmd, "-p") || !strcmp(cmd, "--paginate")) {
108 } else if (!strcmp(cmd, "--no-pager")) {
112 } else if (!strcmp(cmd, "--perf-dir")) {
114 fprintf(stderr, "No directory given for --perf-dir.\n");
115 usage(perf_usage_string);
117 setenv(PERF_DIR_ENVIRONMENT, (*argv)[1], 1);
123 } else if (!prefixcmp(cmd, CMD_PERF_DIR)) {
124 setenv(PERF_DIR_ENVIRONMENT, cmd + strlen(CMD_PERF_DIR), 1);
127 } else if (!strcmp(cmd, "--work-tree")) {
129 fprintf(stderr, "No directory given for --work-tree.\n");
130 usage(perf_usage_string);
132 setenv(PERF_WORK_TREE_ENVIRONMENT, (*argv)[1], 1);
137 } else if (!prefixcmp(cmd, CMD_WORK_TREE)) {
138 setenv(PERF_WORK_TREE_ENVIRONMENT, cmd + strlen(CMD_WORK_TREE), 1);
141 } else if (!strcmp(cmd, "--debugfs-dir")) {
143 fprintf(stderr, "No directory given for --debugfs-dir.\n");
144 usage(perf_usage_string);
146 strncpy(debugfs_mntpt, (*argv)[1], MAXPATHLEN);
147 debugfs_mntpt[MAXPATHLEN - 1] = '\0';
152 } else if (!prefixcmp(cmd, CMD_DEBUGFS_DIR)) {
153 strncpy(debugfs_mntpt, cmd + strlen(CMD_DEBUGFS_DIR), MAXPATHLEN);
154 debugfs_mntpt[MAXPATHLEN - 1] = '\0';
158 fprintf(stderr, "Unknown option: %s\n", cmd);
159 usage(perf_usage_string);
169 static int handle_alias(int *argcp, const char ***argv)
171 int envchanged = 0, ret = 0, saved_errno = errno;
172 int count, option_count;
173 const char **new_argv;
174 const char *alias_command;
177 alias_command = (*argv)[0];
178 alias_string = alias_lookup(alias_command);
180 if (alias_string[0] == '!') {
184 strbuf_init(&buf, PATH_MAX);
185 strbuf_addstr(&buf, alias_string);
186 sq_quote_argv(&buf, (*argv) + 1, PATH_MAX);
188 alias_string = buf.buf;
190 ret = system(alias_string + 1);
191 if (ret >= 0 && WIFEXITED(ret) &&
192 WEXITSTATUS(ret) != 127)
193 exit(WEXITSTATUS(ret));
194 die("Failed to run '%s' when expanding alias '%s'",
195 alias_string + 1, alias_command);
197 count = split_cmdline(alias_string, &new_argv);
199 die("Bad alias.%s string", alias_command);
200 option_count = handle_options(&new_argv, &count, &envchanged);
202 die("alias '%s' changes environment variables\n"
203 "You can use '!perf' in the alias to do this.",
205 memmove(new_argv - option_count, new_argv,
206 count * sizeof(char *));
207 new_argv -= option_count;
210 die("empty alias for %s", alias_command);
212 if (!strcmp(alias_command, new_argv[0]))
213 die("recursive alias: %s", alias_command);
215 new_argv = realloc(new_argv, sizeof(char *) *
216 (count + *argcp + 1));
217 /* insert after command name */
218 memcpy(new_argv + count, *argv + 1, sizeof(char *) * *argcp);
219 new_argv[count + *argcp] = NULL;
232 const char perf_version_string[] = PERF_VERSION;
234 #define RUN_SETUP (1<<0)
235 #define USE_PAGER (1<<1)
237 * require working tree to be present -- anything uses this needs
238 * RUN_SETUP for reading from the configuration file.
240 #define NEED_WORK_TREE (1<<2)
244 int (*fn)(int, const char **, const char *);
248 static int run_builtin(struct cmd_struct *p, int argc, const char **argv)
255 if (p->option & RUN_SETUP)
256 prefix = NULL; /* setup_perf_directory(); */
258 if (use_pager == -1 && p->option & RUN_SETUP)
259 use_pager = check_pager_config(p->cmd);
260 if (use_pager == -1 && p->option & USE_PAGER)
262 commit_pager_choice();
265 status = p->fn(argc, argv, prefix);
266 exit_browser(status);
269 return status & 0xff;
271 /* Somebody closed stdout? */
272 if (fstat(fileno(stdout), &st))
274 /* Ignore write errors for pipes and sockets.. */
275 if (S_ISFIFO(st.st_mode) || S_ISSOCK(st.st_mode))
278 /* Check for ENOSPC and EIO errors.. */
280 die("write failure on standard output: %s", strerror(errno));
282 die("unknown write failure on standard output");
284 die("close failed on standard output: %s", strerror(errno));
288 static void handle_internal_command(int argc, const char **argv)
290 const char *cmd = argv[0];
291 static struct cmd_struct commands[] = {
292 { "buildid-cache", cmd_buildid_cache, 0 },
293 { "buildid-list", cmd_buildid_list, 0 },
294 { "diff", cmd_diff, 0 },
295 { "help", cmd_help, 0 },
296 { "list", cmd_list, 0 },
297 { "record", cmd_record, 0 },
298 { "report", cmd_report, 0 },
299 { "bench", cmd_bench, 0 },
300 { "stat", cmd_stat, 0 },
301 { "timechart", cmd_timechart, 0 },
302 { "top", cmd_top, 0 },
303 { "annotate", cmd_annotate, 0 },
304 { "version", cmd_version, 0 },
305 { "trace", cmd_trace, 0 },
306 { "sched", cmd_sched, 0 },
307 { "probe", cmd_probe, 0 },
308 { "kmem", cmd_kmem, 0 },
309 { "lock", cmd_lock, 0 },
310 { "kvm", cmd_kvm, 0 },
311 { "test", cmd_test, 0 },
312 { "inject", cmd_inject, 0 },
315 static const char ext[] = STRIP_EXTENSION;
317 if (sizeof(ext) > 1) {
318 i = strlen(argv[0]) - strlen(ext);
319 if (i > 0 && !strcmp(argv[0] + i, ext)) {
320 char *argv0 = strdup(argv[0]);
321 argv[0] = cmd = argv0;
326 /* Turn "perf cmd --help" into "perf help cmd" */
327 if (argc > 1 && !strcmp(argv[1], "--help")) {
329 argv[0] = cmd = "help";
332 for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(commands); i++) {
333 struct cmd_struct *p = commands+i;
334 if (strcmp(p->cmd, cmd))
336 exit(run_builtin(p, argc, argv));
340 static void execv_dashed_external(const char **argv)
342 struct strbuf cmd = STRBUF_INIT;
346 strbuf_addf(&cmd, "perf-%s", argv[0]);
349 * argv[0] must be the perf command, but the argv array
350 * belongs to the caller, and may be reused in
351 * subsequent loop iterations. Save argv[0] and
352 * restore it on error.
358 * if we fail because the command is not found, it is
359 * OK to return. Otherwise, we just pass along the status code.
361 status = run_command_v_opt(argv, 0);
362 if (status != -ERR_RUN_COMMAND_EXEC) {
363 if (IS_RUN_COMMAND_ERR(status))
364 die("unable to run '%s'", argv[0]);
367 errno = ENOENT; /* as if we called execvp */
371 strbuf_release(&cmd);
374 static int run_argv(int *argcp, const char ***argv)
379 /* See if it's an internal command */
380 handle_internal_command(*argcp, *argv);
382 /* .. then try the external ones */
383 execv_dashed_external(*argv);
385 /* It could be an alias -- this works around the insanity
386 * of overriding "perf log" with "perf show" by having
389 if (done_alias || !handle_alias(argcp, argv))
397 /* mini /proc/mounts parser: searching for "^blah /mount/point debugfs" */
398 static void get_debugfs_mntpt(void)
400 const char *path = debugfs_mount(NULL);
403 strncpy(debugfs_mntpt, path, sizeof(debugfs_mntpt));
405 debugfs_mntpt[0] = '\0';
408 int main(int argc, const char **argv)
412 cmd = perf_extract_argv0_path(argv[0]);
415 /* get debugfs mount point from /proc/mounts */
418 * "perf-xxxx" is the same as "perf xxxx", but we obviously:
420 * - cannot take flags in between the "perf" and the "xxxx".
421 * - cannot execute it externally (since it would just do
422 * the same thing over again)
424 * So we just directly call the internal command handler, and
425 * die if that one cannot handle it.
427 if (!prefixcmp(cmd, "perf-")) {
430 handle_internal_command(argc, argv);
431 die("cannot handle %s internally", cmd);
434 /* Look for flags.. */
437 handle_options(&argv, &argc, NULL);
438 commit_pager_choice();
441 if (!prefixcmp(argv[0], "--"))
444 /* The user didn't specify a command; give them help */
445 printf("\n usage: %s\n\n", perf_usage_string);
446 list_common_cmds_help();
447 printf("\n %s\n\n", perf_more_info_string);
453 * We use PATH to find perf commands, but we prepend some higher
454 * precedence paths: the "--exec-path" option, the PERF_EXEC_PATH
455 * environment, and the $(perfexecdir) from the Makefile at build
461 static int done_help;
462 static int was_alias;
464 was_alias = run_argv(&argc, &argv);
469 fprintf(stderr, "Expansion of alias '%s' failed; "
470 "'%s' is not a perf-command\n",
475 cmd = argv[0] = help_unknown_cmd(cmd);
481 fprintf(stderr, "Failed to run command '%s': %s\n",
482 cmd, strerror(errno));