perf: Make -f the default for perf record
[safe/jmp/linux-2.6] / tools / perf / perf.c
1 /*
2  * perf.c
3  *
4  * Performance analysis utility.
5  *
6  * This is the main hub from which the sub-commands (perf stat,
7  * perf top, perf record, perf report, etc.) are started.
8  */
9 #include "builtin.h"
10
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"
17
18 bool use_browser;
19
20 const char perf_usage_string[] =
21         "perf [--version] [--help] COMMAND [ARGS]";
22
23 const char perf_more_info_string[] =
24         "See 'perf help COMMAND' for more information on a specific command.";
25
26 static int use_pager = -1;
27 struct pager_config {
28         const char *cmd;
29         int val;
30 };
31
32 static char debugfs_mntpt[MAXPATHLEN];
33
34 static int pager_command_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *data)
35 {
36         struct pager_config *c = data;
37         if (!prefixcmp(var, "pager.") && !strcmp(var + 6, c->cmd))
38                 c->val = perf_config_bool(var, value);
39         return 0;
40 }
41
42 /* returns 0 for "no pager", 1 for "use pager", and -1 for "not specified" */
43 int check_pager_config(const char *cmd)
44 {
45         struct pager_config c;
46         c.cmd = cmd;
47         c.val = -1;
48         perf_config(pager_command_config, &c);
49         return c.val;
50 }
51
52 static void commit_pager_choice(void)
53 {
54         switch (use_pager) {
55         case 0:
56                 setenv("PERF_PAGER", "cat", 1);
57                 break;
58         case 1:
59                 /* setup_pager(); */
60                 break;
61         default:
62                 break;
63         }
64 }
65
66 static void set_debugfs_path(void)
67 {
68         char *path;
69
70         path = getenv(PERF_DEBUGFS_ENVIRONMENT);
71         snprintf(debugfs_path, MAXPATHLEN, "%s/%s", path ?: debugfs_mntpt,
72                  "tracing/events");
73 }
74
75 static int handle_options(const char ***argv, int *argc, int *envchanged)
76 {
77         int handled = 0;
78
79         while (*argc > 0) {
80                 const char *cmd = (*argv)[0];
81                 if (cmd[0] != '-')
82                         break;
83
84                 /*
85                  * For legacy reasons, the "version" and "help"
86                  * commands can be written with "--" prepended
87                  * to make them look like flags.
88                  */
89                 if (!strcmp(cmd, "--help") || !strcmp(cmd, "--version"))
90                         break;
91
92                 /*
93                  * Check remaining flags.
94                  */
95                 if (!prefixcmp(cmd, CMD_EXEC_PATH)) {
96                         cmd += strlen(CMD_EXEC_PATH);
97                         if (*cmd == '=')
98                                 perf_set_argv_exec_path(cmd + 1);
99                         else {
100                                 puts(perf_exec_path());
101                                 exit(0);
102                         }
103                 } else if (!strcmp(cmd, "--html-path")) {
104                         puts(system_path(PERF_HTML_PATH));
105                         exit(0);
106                 } else if (!strcmp(cmd, "-p") || !strcmp(cmd, "--paginate")) {
107                         use_pager = 1;
108                 } else if (!strcmp(cmd, "--no-pager")) {
109                         use_pager = 0;
110                         if (envchanged)
111                                 *envchanged = 1;
112                 } else if (!strcmp(cmd, "--perf-dir")) {
113                         if (*argc < 2) {
114                                 fprintf(stderr, "No directory given for --perf-dir.\n");
115                                 usage(perf_usage_string);
116                         }
117                         setenv(PERF_DIR_ENVIRONMENT, (*argv)[1], 1);
118                         if (envchanged)
119                                 *envchanged = 1;
120                         (*argv)++;
121                         (*argc)--;
122                         handled++;
123                 } else if (!prefixcmp(cmd, CMD_PERF_DIR)) {
124                         setenv(PERF_DIR_ENVIRONMENT, cmd + strlen(CMD_PERF_DIR), 1);
125                         if (envchanged)
126                                 *envchanged = 1;
127                 } else if (!strcmp(cmd, "--work-tree")) {
128                         if (*argc < 2) {
129                                 fprintf(stderr, "No directory given for --work-tree.\n");
130                                 usage(perf_usage_string);
131                         }
132                         setenv(PERF_WORK_TREE_ENVIRONMENT, (*argv)[1], 1);
133                         if (envchanged)
134                                 *envchanged = 1;
135                         (*argv)++;
136                         (*argc)--;
137                 } else if (!prefixcmp(cmd, CMD_WORK_TREE)) {
138                         setenv(PERF_WORK_TREE_ENVIRONMENT, cmd + strlen(CMD_WORK_TREE), 1);
139                         if (envchanged)
140                                 *envchanged = 1;
141                 } else if (!strcmp(cmd, "--debugfs-dir")) {
142                         if (*argc < 2) {
143                                 fprintf(stderr, "No directory given for --debugfs-dir.\n");
144                                 usage(perf_usage_string);
145                         }
146                         strncpy(debugfs_mntpt, (*argv)[1], MAXPATHLEN);
147                         debugfs_mntpt[MAXPATHLEN - 1] = '\0';
148                         if (envchanged)
149                                 *envchanged = 1;
150                         (*argv)++;
151                         (*argc)--;
152                 } else if (!prefixcmp(cmd, CMD_DEBUGFS_DIR)) {
153                         strncpy(debugfs_mntpt, cmd + strlen(CMD_DEBUGFS_DIR), MAXPATHLEN);
154                         debugfs_mntpt[MAXPATHLEN - 1] = '\0';
155                         if (envchanged)
156                                 *envchanged = 1;
157                 } else {
158                         fprintf(stderr, "Unknown option: %s\n", cmd);
159                         usage(perf_usage_string);
160                 }
161
162                 (*argv)++;
163                 (*argc)--;
164                 handled++;
165         }
166         return handled;
167 }
168
169 static int handle_alias(int *argcp, const char ***argv)
170 {
171         int envchanged = 0, ret = 0, saved_errno = errno;
172         int count, option_count;
173         const char **new_argv;
174         const char *alias_command;
175         char *alias_string;
176
177         alias_command = (*argv)[0];
178         alias_string = alias_lookup(alias_command);
179         if (alias_string) {
180                 if (alias_string[0] == '!') {
181                         if (*argcp > 1) {
182                                 struct strbuf buf;
183
184                                 strbuf_init(&buf, PATH_MAX);
185                                 strbuf_addstr(&buf, alias_string);
186                                 sq_quote_argv(&buf, (*argv) + 1, PATH_MAX);
187                                 free(alias_string);
188                                 alias_string = buf.buf;
189                         }
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);
196                 }
197                 count = split_cmdline(alias_string, &new_argv);
198                 if (count < 0)
199                         die("Bad alias.%s string", alias_command);
200                 option_count = handle_options(&new_argv, &count, &envchanged);
201                 if (envchanged)
202                         die("alias '%s' changes environment variables\n"
203                                  "You can use '!perf' in the alias to do this.",
204                                  alias_command);
205                 memmove(new_argv - option_count, new_argv,
206                                 count * sizeof(char *));
207                 new_argv -= option_count;
208
209                 if (count < 1)
210                         die("empty alias for %s", alias_command);
211
212                 if (!strcmp(alias_command, new_argv[0]))
213                         die("recursive alias: %s", alias_command);
214
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;
220
221                 *argv = new_argv;
222                 *argcp += count - 1;
223
224                 ret = 1;
225         }
226
227         errno = saved_errno;
228
229         return ret;
230 }
231
232 const char perf_version_string[] = PERF_VERSION;
233
234 #define RUN_SETUP       (1<<0)
235 #define USE_PAGER       (1<<1)
236 /*
237  * require working tree to be present -- anything uses this needs
238  * RUN_SETUP for reading from the configuration file.
239  */
240 #define NEED_WORK_TREE  (1<<2)
241
242 struct cmd_struct {
243         const char *cmd;
244         int (*fn)(int, const char **, const char *);
245         int option;
246 };
247
248 static int run_builtin(struct cmd_struct *p, int argc, const char **argv)
249 {
250         int status;
251         struct stat st;
252         const char *prefix;
253
254         prefix = NULL;
255         if (p->option & RUN_SETUP)
256                 prefix = NULL; /* setup_perf_directory(); */
257
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)
261                 use_pager = 1;
262         commit_pager_choice();
263         set_debugfs_path();
264
265         status = p->fn(argc, argv, prefix);
266         exit_browser(status);
267
268         if (status)
269                 return status & 0xff;
270
271         /* Somebody closed stdout? */
272         if (fstat(fileno(stdout), &st))
273                 return 0;
274         /* Ignore write errors for pipes and sockets.. */
275         if (S_ISFIFO(st.st_mode) || S_ISSOCK(st.st_mode))
276                 return 0;
277
278         /* Check for ENOSPC and EIO errors.. */
279         if (fflush(stdout))
280                 die("write failure on standard output: %s", strerror(errno));
281         if (ferror(stdout))
282                 die("unknown write failure on standard output");
283         if (fclose(stdout))
284                 die("close failed on standard output: %s", strerror(errno));
285         return 0;
286 }
287
288 static void handle_internal_command(int argc, const char **argv)
289 {
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         };
311         unsigned int i;
312         static const char ext[] = STRIP_EXTENSION;
313
314         if (sizeof(ext) > 1) {
315                 i = strlen(argv[0]) - strlen(ext);
316                 if (i > 0 && !strcmp(argv[0] + i, ext)) {
317                         char *argv0 = strdup(argv[0]);
318                         argv[0] = cmd = argv0;
319                         argv0[i] = '\0';
320                 }
321         }
322
323         /* Turn "perf cmd --help" into "perf help cmd" */
324         if (argc > 1 && !strcmp(argv[1], "--help")) {
325                 argv[1] = argv[0];
326                 argv[0] = cmd = "help";
327         }
328
329         for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(commands); i++) {
330                 struct cmd_struct *p = commands+i;
331                 if (strcmp(p->cmd, cmd))
332                         continue;
333                 exit(run_builtin(p, argc, argv));
334         }
335 }
336
337 static void execv_dashed_external(const char **argv)
338 {
339         struct strbuf cmd = STRBUF_INIT;
340         const char *tmp;
341         int status;
342
343         strbuf_addf(&cmd, "perf-%s", argv[0]);
344
345         /*
346          * argv[0] must be the perf command, but the argv array
347          * belongs to the caller, and may be reused in
348          * subsequent loop iterations. Save argv[0] and
349          * restore it on error.
350          */
351         tmp = argv[0];
352         argv[0] = cmd.buf;
353
354         /*
355          * if we fail because the command is not found, it is
356          * OK to return. Otherwise, we just pass along the status code.
357          */
358         status = run_command_v_opt(argv, 0);
359         if (status != -ERR_RUN_COMMAND_EXEC) {
360                 if (IS_RUN_COMMAND_ERR(status))
361                         die("unable to run '%s'", argv[0]);
362                 exit(-status);
363         }
364         errno = ENOENT; /* as if we called execvp */
365
366         argv[0] = tmp;
367
368         strbuf_release(&cmd);
369 }
370
371 static int run_argv(int *argcp, const char ***argv)
372 {
373         int done_alias = 0;
374
375         while (1) {
376                 /* See if it's an internal command */
377                 handle_internal_command(*argcp, *argv);
378
379                 /* .. then try the external ones */
380                 execv_dashed_external(*argv);
381
382                 /* It could be an alias -- this works around the insanity
383                  * of overriding "perf log" with "perf show" by having
384                  * alias.log = show
385                  */
386                 if (done_alias || !handle_alias(argcp, argv))
387                         break;
388                 done_alias = 1;
389         }
390
391         return done_alias;
392 }
393
394 /* mini /proc/mounts parser: searching for "^blah /mount/point debugfs" */
395 static void get_debugfs_mntpt(void)
396 {
397         const char *path = debugfs_mount(NULL);
398
399         if (path)
400                 strncpy(debugfs_mntpt, path, sizeof(debugfs_mntpt));
401         else
402                 debugfs_mntpt[0] = '\0';
403 }
404
405 int main(int argc, const char **argv)
406 {
407         const char *cmd;
408
409         cmd = perf_extract_argv0_path(argv[0]);
410         if (!cmd)
411                 cmd = "perf-help";
412         /* get debugfs mount point from /proc/mounts */
413         get_debugfs_mntpt();
414         /*
415          * "perf-xxxx" is the same as "perf xxxx", but we obviously:
416          *
417          *  - cannot take flags in between the "perf" and the "xxxx".
418          *  - cannot execute it externally (since it would just do
419          *    the same thing over again)
420          *
421          * So we just directly call the internal command handler, and
422          * die if that one cannot handle it.
423          */
424         if (!prefixcmp(cmd, "perf-")) {
425                 cmd += 5;
426                 argv[0] = cmd;
427                 handle_internal_command(argc, argv);
428                 die("cannot handle %s internally", cmd);
429         }
430
431         /* Look for flags.. */
432         argv++;
433         argc--;
434         handle_options(&argv, &argc, NULL);
435         commit_pager_choice();
436         set_debugfs_path();
437         if (argc > 0) {
438                 if (!prefixcmp(argv[0], "--"))
439                         argv[0] += 2;
440         } else {
441                 /* The user didn't specify a command; give them help */
442                 printf("\n usage: %s\n\n", perf_usage_string);
443                 list_common_cmds_help();
444                 printf("\n %s\n\n", perf_more_info_string);
445                 exit(1);
446         }
447         cmd = argv[0];
448
449         /*
450          * We use PATH to find perf commands, but we prepend some higher
451          * precedence paths: the "--exec-path" option, the PERF_EXEC_PATH
452          * environment, and the $(perfexecdir) from the Makefile at build
453          * time.
454          */
455         setup_path();
456
457         while (1) {
458                 static int done_help;
459                 static int was_alias;
460
461                 was_alias = run_argv(&argc, &argv);
462                 if (errno != ENOENT)
463                         break;
464
465                 if (was_alias) {
466                         fprintf(stderr, "Expansion of alias '%s' failed; "
467                                 "'%s' is not a perf-command\n",
468                                 cmd, argv[0]);
469                         exit(1);
470                 }
471                 if (!done_help) {
472                         cmd = argv[0] = help_unknown_cmd(cmd);
473                         done_help = 1;
474                 } else
475                         break;
476         }
477
478         fprintf(stderr, "Failed to run command '%s': %s\n",
479                 cmd, strerror(errno));
480
481         return 1;
482 }