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#231 Use libunwind for more accurate callgraph profiling

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2014-12-16
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This is a feature request to update operf to use additional information provided by the kernel via the PERF_SAMPLE_STACK_USER sample type. If this sample type is supported (kernel version 3.7?), then operf can pass the additional kernel data to libunwind to accurately ascertain the caller of a function.

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  • Maynard Johnson

    Maynard Johnson - 2013-10-16

    Use the val4.c testcase to reproduce problems with callgraph which are hinted at in http://oprofile.sourceforge.net/doc/interpreting-callgraph.html. The logic flow in val4.c is:
    main -> fn2 -> fn1

    Steps to reproduce:
    1. On Intel/RHEL 6.4, use stock gcc and compile thusly:
    gcc -O1 val4.c -o val4_O1_stock
    2. Then run 'operf -g ./val4_O1_stock'
    3. Then 'opreport -c' will show an incorrect callgraph:

    samples  %        image name               symbol name
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    27157    49.9706  val4_O1_stock            fn2
      27157    99.8272  val4_O1_stock            fn2 [self]
      47        0.1728  no-vmlinux               /no-vmlinux
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    27078    49.8252  val4_O1_stock            fn1
      27078    99.8194  val4_O1_stock            fn1 [self]
      49        0.1806  no-vmlinux               /no-vmlinux
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    

    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

    Compiling val4.c with either 'O0' or 'O1 -fno-omit-frame-pointer' seems to resolve or at least ameliorate the problem.

     

    Last edit: Maynard Johnson 2013-10-16
  • Maynard Johnson

    Maynard Johnson - 2014-10-17
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  • William Cohen

    William Cohen - 2014-12-16
    • assigned_to: Maynard Johnson --> William Cohen
     

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