Enhance the thread stack to output detailed information about paired
calls and returns.
The enhanced processing consumes sample information via
thread_stack__process() and outputs information about paired calls /
returns via a call-back.
While the call-back makes it possible for the facility to be used by
arbitrary tools, a subsequent patch will provide the information to
Python scripting via the db-export interface.
An important part of the call/return information is the
call path which provides a structure that defines a context
sensitive call graph.
Note that there are now two ways to use the thread stack.
For simply providing a call stack (like you would get from the perf
record -g option) the interface consists of thread_stack__event() and
thread_stack__sample().
Whereas the enhanced interface consists of call_return_processor__new()
and thread_stack__process().
Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Jiri Olsa <[email protected]>
Cc: David Ahern <[email protected]>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <[email protected]>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <[email protected]>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <[email protected]>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <[email protected]>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <[email protected]>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <[email protected]>
Adrian Hunter