Merge tag 'perf-tools-for-v6.17-2025-08-01' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/perf/perf-tools

Pull perf tools updates from Namhyung Kim:
 "Build-ID processing goodies:

     Build-IDs are content based hashes to link regions of memory to ELF
     files in post processing. They have been available in distros for
     quite a while:

       $ file /bin/bash
       /bin/bash: ELF 64-bit LSB pie executable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV),
       dynamically linked, interpreter /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2,
       BuildID[sha1]=707a1c670cd72f8e55ffedfbe94ea98901b7ce3a,
       for GNU/Linux 3.2.0, stripped

     It is possible to ask the kernel to get it from mmap executable
     backing storage at time they are being put in place and send it as
     metadata at that moment to have in perf.data.

     Prefer that across the board to speed up 'record' time - it post
     processes the samples to find binaries touched by any samples and
     to save them with build-ID. It can skip reading build-ID in
     userspace if it comes from the kernel.

  perf record:

   * Make --buildid-mmap default.  The kernel can generate MMAP2 events
     with a build-ID from ELF header.  Use that by default instead of using
     inode and device ID to identify binaries.  It also can be disabled
     with --no-buildid-mmap.

   * Use BPF for -u/--uid option to sample processes belong to a user.
     BPF can track user processes more accurately and the existing logic
     often fails to get the list of processes due to race with reading the
     /proc filesystem.

   * Generate PERF_RECORD_BPF_METADATA when it profiles BPF programs and
     they have variables starting with "bpf_metadata_".  This will help to
     identify BPF objects used in the profile.  This has been supported in
     bpftool for some time and allows the recording of metadata such as
     commit hashes, versions, etc, that now gets recorded in perf.data as
     well.

   * Collect list of DSOs touched in the sample callchains as well as in
     the sample itself.  This would increase the processing time at the end
     of record, but can improve the data quality.

  perf stat:

   * Add a new 'drm' pseudo-PMU support like in 'hwmon'.  It can collect
     DRM usage stats using fdinfo in /proc.

     On my Intel laptop, it shows like below:

       $ perf list drm
       ...

       drm:
         drm-active-stolen-system0
              [Total memory active in one or more engines. Unit: drm_i915]
         drm-active-system0
              [Total memory active in one or more engines. Unit: drm_i915]
         drm-engine-capacity-video
              [Engine capacity. Unit: drm_i915]
         drm-engine-copy
              [Utilization in ns. Unit: drm_i915]
         drm-engine-render
              [Utilization in ns. Unit: drm_i915]
         drm-engine-video
              [Utilization in ns. Unit: drm_i915]
         ...

       $ sudo perf stat -a -e drm-engine-render,drm-engine-video,drm-engine-capacity-video sleep 1

        Performance counter stats for 'system wide':

       48,137,316,988,873 ns       drm-engine-render
           34,452,696,746 ns       drm-engine-video
                       20 capacity drm-engine-capacity-video

              1.002086194 seconds time elapsed

  perf list

   * Add description for software events.  The description is in JSON format
     and the event parser now can handle the software events like others
     (for example, it's case-insensitive and subject to wildcard matching).

       $ perf list software

       List of pre-defined events (to be used in -e or -M):

       software:
         alignment-faults
              [Number of kernel handled memory alignment faults. Unit: software]
         bpf-output
              [An event used by BPF programs to write to the perf ring buffer. Unit: software]
         cgroup-switches
              [Number of context switches to a task in a different cgroup. Unit: software]
         context-switches
              [Number of context switches [This event is an alias of cs]. Unit: software]
         cpu-clock
              [Per-CPU high-resolution timer based event. Unit: software]
         cpu-migrations
              [Number of times a process has migrated to a new CPU [This event is an alias of migrations]. Unit: software]
         cs
              [Number of context switches [This event is an alias of context-switches]. Unit: software]
         dummy
              [A placeholder event that doesn't count anything. Unit: software]
         emulation-faults
              [Number of kernel handled unimplemented instruction faults handled through emulation. Unit: software]
         faults
              [Number of page faults [This event is an alias of page-faults]. Unit: software]
         major-faults
              [Number of major page faults. Major faults require I/O to handle. Unit: software]
         migrations
              [Number of times a process has migrated to a new CPU [This event is an alias of cpu-migrations]. Unit: software]
         minor-faults
              [Number of minor page faults. Minor faults don't require I/O to handle. Unit: software]
         page-faults
              [Number of page faults [This event is an alias of faults]. Unit: software]
         task-clock
              [Per-task high-resolution timer based event. Unit: software]

  perf ftrace:

   * Add -e/--events option to perf ftrace latency to measure latency
     between the two events instead of a function.

       $ sudo perf ftrace latency -ab -e i915_request_wait_begin,i915_request_wait_end --hide-empty -- sleep 1
       #   DURATION     |      COUNT | GRAPH                                |
          256 -  512 us |          4 | ######                               |
            2 -    4 ms |          2 | ###                                  |
            4 -    8 ms |         12 | ###################                  |
            8 -   16 ms |         10 | ################                     |

       # statistics  (in usec)
         total time:               194915
           avg time:                 6961
           max time:                12855
           min time:                  373
              count:                   28

   * Add new function graph tracer options (--graph-opts) to display more
     info like arguments and return value.  They will be passed to the
     kernel ftrace directly.

       $ sudo perf ftrace -G vfs_write --graph-opts retval,retaddr
       # tracer: function_graph
       #
       # CPU  DURATION                  FUNCTION CALLS
       # |     |   |                     |   |   |   |
       ...
       5)               |  mutex_unlock() { /* <-rb_simple_write+0xda/0x150 */
       5)   0.188 us    |    local_clock(); /* <-lock_release+0x2ad/0x440 ret=0x3bf2a3cf90e */
       5)               |    rt_mutex_slowunlock() { /* <-rb_simple_write+0xda/0x150 */
       5)               |      _raw_spin_lock_irqsave() { /* <-rt_mutex_slowunlock+0x4f/0x200 */
       5)   0.123 us    |        preempt_count_add(); /* <-_raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x23/0x90 ret=0x0 */
       5)   0.128 us    |        local_clock(); /* <-__lock_acquire.isra.0+0x17a/0x740 ret=0x3bf2a3cfc8b */
       5)   0.086 us    |        do_raw_spin_trylock(); /* <-_raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x4a/0x90 ret=0x1 */
       5)   0.845 us    |      } /* _raw_spin_lock_irqsave ret=0x292 */
       ...

  Misc:

   * Add perf archive --exclude-buildids <FILE> option to skip some binaries.
     The format of the FILE should be same as an output of perf buildid-list.

   * Get rid of dependency of libcrypto.  It was just to get SHA-1 hash so
     implement it directly like in the kernel.  A side effect is that it
     needs -fno-strict-aliasing compiler option (again, like in the kernel).

   * Convert all shell script tests to use bash"

* tag 'perf-tools-for-v6.17-2025-08-01' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/perf/perf-tools: (179 commits)
  perf record: Cache build-ID of hit DSOs only
  perf test: Ensure lock contention using pipe mode
  perf python: Stop using deprecated PyUnicode_AsString()
  perf list: Skip ABI PMUs when printing pmu values
  perf list: Remove tracepoint printing code
  perf tp_pmu: Add event APIs
  perf tp_pmu: Factor existing tracepoint logic to new file
  perf parse-events: Remove non-json software events
  perf jevents: Add common software event json
  perf tools: Remove libtraceevent in .gitignore
  perf test: Fix comment ordering
  perf sort: Use perf_env to set arch sort keys and header
  perf test: Move PERF_SAMPLE_WEIGHT_STRUCT parsing to common test
  perf sample: Remove arch notion of sample parsing
  perf env: Remove global perf_env
  perf trace: Avoid global perf_env with evsel__env
  perf auxtrace: Pass perf_env from session through to mmap read
  perf machine: Explicitly pass in host perf_env
  perf bench synthesize: Avoid use of global perf_env
  perf top: Make perf_env locally scoped
  ...

Author: torvalds

tools/build/Makefile.feature

@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@ FEATURE_TESTS_BASIC :=                  \
         libtraceevent                   \
         libtracefs                      \
         libcpupower                     \
-        libcrypto                       \
         pthread-attr-setaffinity-np     \
         pthread-barrier     		\
         reallocarray                    \
@@ -126,12 +125,7 @@ FEATURE_TESTS_EXTRA :=                  \
          llvm                           \
          clang                          \
          libbpf                         \
-         libbpf-btf__load_from_kernel_by_id \
-         libbpf-bpf_prog_load           \
-         libbpf-bpf_object__next_program \
-         libbpf-bpf_object__next_map    \
-         libbpf-bpf_program__set_insns  \
-         libbpf-bpf_create_map		\
+         libbpf-strings                 \
          libpfm4                        \
          libdebuginfod			\
          clang-bpf-co-re		\
@@ -152,7 +146,6 @@ FEATURE_DISPLAY ?=              \
          numa_num_possible_cpus \
          libperl                \
          libpython              \
-         libcrypto              \
          libcapstone            \
          llvm-perf              \
          zlib                   \

tools/build/feature/Makefile

@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ FILES=                                          \
          test-libtraceevent.bin                 \
          test-libcpupower.bin                   \
          test-libtracefs.bin                    \
-         test-libcrypto.bin                     \
          test-libunwind.bin                     \
          test-libunwind-debug-frame.bin         \
          test-libunwind-x86.bin                 \
@@ -59,6 +58,7 @@ FILES=                                          \
          test-lzma.bin                          \
          test-bpf.bin                           \
          test-libbpf.bin                        \
+         test-libbpf-strings.bin                \
          test-get_cpuid.bin                     \
          test-sdt.bin                           \
          test-cxx.bin                           \
@@ -246,9 +246,6 @@ $(OUTPUT)test-libcpupower.bin:
 $(OUTPUT)test-libtracefs.bin:
 	 $(BUILD) $(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --cflags libtracefs 2>/dev/null) -ltracefs
 
-$(OUTPUT)test-libcrypto.bin:
-	$(BUILD) -lcrypto
-
 $(OUTPUT)test-gtk2.bin:
 	$(BUILD) $(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --libs --cflags gtk+-2.0 2>/dev/null) -Wno-deprecated-declarations
 
@@ -339,26 +336,8 @@ $(OUTPUT)test-bpf.bin:
 $(OUTPUT)test-libbpf.bin:
 	$(BUILD) -lbpf
 
-$(OUTPUT)test-libbpf-btf__load_from_kernel_by_id.bin:
-	$(BUILD) -lbpf
-
-$(OUTPUT)test-libbpf-bpf_prog_load.bin:
-	$(BUILD) -lbpf
-
-$(OUTPUT)test-libbpf-bpf_map_create.bin:
-	$(BUILD) -lbpf
-
-$(OUTPUT)test-libbpf-bpf_object__next_program.bin:
-	$(BUILD) -lbpf
-
-$(OUTPUT)test-libbpf-bpf_object__next_map.bin:
-	$(BUILD) -lbpf
-
-$(OUTPUT)test-libbpf-bpf_program__set_insns.bin:
-	$(BUILD) -lbpf
-
-$(OUTPUT)test-libbpf-btf__raw_data.bin:
-	$(BUILD) -lbpf
+$(OUTPUT)test-libbpf-strings.bin:
+	$(BUILD)
 
 $(OUTPUT)test-sdt.bin:
 	$(BUILD)

tools/build/feature/test-all.c

@@ -66,14 +66,6 @@
 # include "test-libslang.c"
 #undef main
 
-#define main main_test_libbfd
-# include "test-libbfd.c"
-#undef main
-
-#define main main_test_libbfd_buildid
-# include "test-libbfd-buildid.c"
-#undef main
-
 #define main main_test_backtrace
 # include "test-backtrace.c"
 #undef main
@@ -138,10 +130,6 @@
 # include "test-bpf.c"
 #undef main
 
-#define main main_test_libcrypto
-# include "test-libcrypto.c"
-#undef main
-
 #define main main_test_sdt
 # include "test-sdt.c"
 #undef main
@@ -158,14 +146,6 @@
 # include "test-reallocarray.c"
 #undef main
 
-#define main main_test_disassembler_four_args
-# include "test-disassembler-four-args.c"
-#undef main
-
-#define main main_test_disassembler_init_styled
-# include "test-disassembler-init-styled.c"
-#undef main
-
 #define main main_test_libzstd
 # include "test-libzstd.c"
 #undef main
@@ -193,8 +173,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	main_test_libelf_gelf_getnote();
 	main_test_libelf_getshdrstrndx();
 	main_test_libslang();
-	main_test_libbfd();
-	main_test_libbfd_buildid();
 	main_test_backtrace();
 	main_test_libnuma();
 	main_test_numa_num_possible_cpus();
@@ -206,14 +184,12 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	main_test_lzma();
 	main_test_get_cpuid();
 	main_test_bpf();
-	main_test_libcrypto();
 	main_test_scandirat();
 	main_test_sched_getcpu();
 	main_test_sdt();
 	main_test_setns();
 	main_test_libaio();
 	main_test_reallocarray();
-	main_test_disassembler_four_args();
 	main_test_libzstd();
 	main_test_libtraceevent();
 	main_test_libtracefs();

tools/build/feature/test-libbpf-strings.c

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+#include <bpf/btf.h>
+
+int main(void)
+{
+	struct btf_dump_type_data_opts opts;
+
+	opts.emit_strings = 0;
+	return opts.emit_strings;
+}

tools/build/feature/test-libcrypto.c

@@ -36,49 +36,88 @@ void perf_evlist__init(struct perf_evlist *evlist)
 static void __perf_evlist__propagate_maps(struct perf_evlist *evlist,
 					  struct perf_evsel *evsel)
 {
-	if (evsel->system_wide) {
-		/* System wide: set the cpu map of the evsel to all online CPUs. */
-		perf_cpu_map__put(evsel->cpus);
-		evsel->cpus = perf_cpu_map__new_online_cpus();
-	} else if (evlist->has_user_cpus && evsel->is_pmu_core) {
-		/*
-		 * User requested CPUs on a core PMU, ensure the requested CPUs
-		 * are valid by intersecting with those of the PMU.
-		 */
+	if (perf_cpu_map__is_empty(evsel->cpus)) {
+		if (perf_cpu_map__is_empty(evsel->pmu_cpus)) {
+			/*
+			 * Assume the unset PMU cpus were for a system-wide
+			 * event, like a software or tracepoint.
+			 */
+			evsel->pmu_cpus = perf_cpu_map__new_online_cpus();
+		}
+		if (evlist->has_user_cpus && !evsel->system_wide) {
+			/*
+			 * Use the user CPUs unless the evsel is set to be
+			 * system wide, such as the dummy event.
+			 */
+			evsel->cpus = perf_cpu_map__get(evlist->user_requested_cpus);
+		} else {
+			/*
+			 * System wide and other modes, assume the cpu map
+			 * should be set to all PMU CPUs.
+			 */
+			evsel->cpus = perf_cpu_map__get(evsel->pmu_cpus);
+		}
+	}
+	/*
+	 * Avoid "any CPU"(-1) for uncore and PMUs that require a CPU, even if
+	 * requested.
+	 */
+	if (evsel->requires_cpu && perf_cpu_map__has_any_cpu(evsel->cpus)) {
 		perf_cpu_map__put(evsel->cpus);
-		evsel->cpus = perf_cpu_map__intersect(evlist->user_requested_cpus, evsel->own_cpus);
+		evsel->cpus = perf_cpu_map__get(evsel->pmu_cpus);
+	}
 
-		/*
-		 * Empty cpu lists would eventually get opened as "any" so remove
-		 * genuinely empty ones before they're opened in the wrong place.
-		 */
-		if (perf_cpu_map__is_empty(evsel->cpus)) {
-			struct perf_evsel *next = perf_evlist__next(evlist, evsel);
-
-			perf_evlist__remove(evlist, evsel);
-			/* Keep idx contiguous */
-			if (next)
-				list_for_each_entry_from(next, &evlist->entries, node)
-					next->idx--;
+	/*
+	 * Globally requested CPUs replace user requested unless the evsel is
+	 * set to be system wide.
+	 */
+	if (evlist->has_user_cpus && !evsel->system_wide) {
+		assert(!perf_cpu_map__has_any_cpu(evlist->user_requested_cpus));
+		if (!perf_cpu_map__equal(evsel->cpus, evlist->user_requested_cpus)) {
+			perf_cpu_map__put(evsel->cpus);
+			evsel->cpus = perf_cpu_map__get(evlist->user_requested_cpus);
 		}
-	} else if (!evsel->own_cpus || evlist->has_user_cpus ||
-		(!evsel->requires_cpu && perf_cpu_map__has_any_cpu(evlist->user_requested_cpus))) {
-		/*
-		 * The PMU didn't specify a default cpu map, this isn't a core
-		 * event and the user requested CPUs or the evlist user
-		 * requested CPUs have the "any CPU" (aka dummy) CPU value. In
-		 * which case use the user requested CPUs rather than the PMU
-		 * ones.
-		 */
+	}
+
+	/* Ensure cpus only references valid PMU CPUs. */
+	if (!perf_cpu_map__has_any_cpu(evsel->cpus) &&
+	    !perf_cpu_map__is_subset(evsel->pmu_cpus, evsel->cpus)) {
+		struct perf_cpu_map *tmp = perf_cpu_map__intersect(evsel->pmu_cpus, evsel->cpus);
+
 		perf_cpu_map__put(evsel->cpus);
-		evsel->cpus = perf_cpu_map__get(evlist->user_requested_cpus);
-	} else if (evsel->cpus != evsel->own_cpus) {
-		/*
-		 * No user requested cpu map but the PMU cpu map doesn't match
-		 * the evsel's. Reset it back to the PMU cpu map.
-		 */
+		evsel->cpus = tmp;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Was event requested on all the PMU's CPUs but the user requested is
+	 * any CPU (-1)? If so switch to using any CPU (-1) to reduce the number
+	 * of events.
+	 */
+	if (!evsel->system_wide &&
+	    !evsel->requires_cpu &&
+	    perf_cpu_map__equal(evsel->cpus, evsel->pmu_cpus) &&
+	    perf_cpu_map__has_any_cpu(evlist->user_requested_cpus)) {
 		perf_cpu_map__put(evsel->cpus);
-		evsel->cpus = perf_cpu_map__get(evsel->own_cpus);
+		evsel->cpus = perf_cpu_map__get(evlist->user_requested_cpus);
+	}
+
+	/* Sanity check assert before the evsel is potentially removed. */
+	assert(!evsel->requires_cpu || !perf_cpu_map__has_any_cpu(evsel->cpus));
+
+	/*
+	 * Empty cpu lists would eventually get opened as "any" so remove
+	 * genuinely empty ones before they're opened in the wrong place.
+	 */
+	if (perf_cpu_map__is_empty(evsel->cpus)) {
+		struct perf_evsel *next = perf_evlist__next(evlist, evsel);
+
+		perf_evlist__remove(evlist, evsel);
+		/* Keep idx contiguous */
+		if (next)
+			list_for_each_entry_from(next, &evlist->entries, node)
+				next->idx--;
+
+		return;
 	}
 
 	if (evsel->system_wide) {
@@ -98,6 +137,10 @@ static void perf_evlist__propagate_maps(struct perf_evlist *evlist)
 
 	evlist->needs_map_propagation = true;
 
+	/* Clear the all_cpus set which will be merged into during propagation. */
+	perf_cpu_map__put(evlist->all_cpus);
+	evlist->all_cpus = NULL;
+
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(evsel, n, &evlist->entries, node)
 		__perf_evlist__propagate_maps(evlist, evsel);
 }

tools/lib/perf/evlist.c

@@ -40,8 +40,19 @@ struct perf_evsel *perf_evsel__new(struct perf_event_attr *attr)
 	return evsel;
 }
 
+void perf_evsel__exit(struct perf_evsel *evsel)
+{
+	assert(evsel->fd == NULL);  /* If not fds were not closed. */
+	assert(evsel->mmap == NULL); /* If not munmap wasn't called. */
+	assert(evsel->sample_id == NULL); /* If not free_id wasn't called. */
+	perf_cpu_map__put(evsel->cpus);
+	perf_cpu_map__put(evsel->pmu_cpus);
+	perf_thread_map__put(evsel->threads);
+}
+
 void perf_evsel__delete(struct perf_evsel *evsel)
 {
+	perf_evsel__exit(evsel);
 	free(evsel);
 }
 

tools/lib/perf/evsel.c

@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ struct perf_evsel {
 	 * cpu map for opening the event on, for example, the first CPU on a
 	 * socket for an uncore event.
 	 */
-	struct perf_cpu_map	*own_cpus;
+	struct perf_cpu_map	*pmu_cpus;
 	struct perf_thread_map	*threads;
 	struct xyarray		*fd;
 	struct xyarray		*mmap;
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ struct perf_evsel {
 
 void perf_evsel__init(struct perf_evsel *evsel, struct perf_event_attr *attr,
 		      int idx);
+void perf_evsel__exit(struct perf_evsel *evsel);
 int perf_evsel__alloc_fd(struct perf_evsel *evsel, int ncpus, int nthreads);
 void perf_evsel__close_fd(struct perf_evsel *evsel);
 void perf_evsel__free_fd(struct perf_evsel *evsel);