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

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
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perf build-id: Ensure struct build_id is empty before use

If a build ID is read then not all code paths may ensure it is empty
before use. Initialize the build_id to be zero-ed unless there is
clear

perf build-id: Ensure struct build_id is empty before use

If a build ID is read then not all code paths may ensure it is empty
before use. Initialize the build_id to be zero-ed unless there is
clear initialization such as a call to build_id__init.

Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250724163302.596743-6-irogers@google.com
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>

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perf build-id: Change sprintf functions to snprintf

Pass in a size argument rather than implying all build id strings must
be SBUILD_ID_SIZE.

Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
Link: ht

perf build-id: Change sprintf functions to snprintf

Pass in a size argument rather than implying all build id strings must
be SBUILD_ID_SIZE.

Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250724163302.596743-4-irogers@google.com
[ fixed some build errors ]
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>

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Merge tag 'v5.18'

Linux 5.18

Merge tag 'v5.17-rc4' into for-linus

Merge with mainline to get the Intel ASoC generic helpers header and
other changes.

Merge tag 'v5.16' into next

Sync up with mainline to bring in the latest API changes.

Merge branch 'for-5.17/core' into for-linus

- support for USI style pens (Tero Kristo, Mika Westerberg)
- quirk for devices that need inverted X/Y axes (Alistair Francis)
- small core code cleanups

Merge branch 'for-5.17/core' into for-linus

- support for USI style pens (Tero Kristo, Mika Westerberg)
- quirk for devices that need inverted X/Y axes (Alistair Francis)
- small core code cleanups and deduplication (Benjamin Tissoires)

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Merge branch 'for-next' into for-linus

Pull 5.17 materials.

Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>

Merge drm/drm-next into drm-misc-next-fixes

Backmerging to bring drm-misc-next-fixes up to the latest state for
the current release cycle.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>

Merge branch 'reset/of-get-optional-exclusive' of git://git.pengutronix.de/pza/linux into timers/drivers/next

"Add optional variant of of_reset_control_get_exclusive(). If the
requested reset is not

Merge branch 'reset/of-get-optional-exclusive' of git://git.pengutronix.de/pza/linux into timers/drivers/next

"Add optional variant of of_reset_control_get_exclusive(). If the
requested reset is not specified in the device tree, this function
returns NULL instead of an error."

This dependency is needed for the Generic Timer Module (a.k.a OSTM)
support for RZ/G2L.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@linaro.org>

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Merge drm/drm-next into drm-intel-next

Sync up with drm-next to get v5.16-rc2.

Signed-off-by: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@intel.com>

Merge drm/drm-next into drm-intel-gt-next

Thomas needs the dma_resv_for_each_fence API for i915/ttm async migration
work.

Signed-off-by: Tvrtko Ursulin <tvrtko.ursulin@intel.com>

Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net

Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>

Merge drm/drm-next into drm-misc-next

Backmerging from drm/drm-next for v5.16-rc1.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>

Merge drm/drm-fixes into drm-misc-fixes

We need -rc1 to address a breakage in drm/scheduler affecting panfrost.

Signed-off-by: Maxime Ripard <maxime@cerno.tech>

Merge tag 'perf-tools-for-v5.16-2021-11-13' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/acme/linux

Pull more perf tools updates from Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo:
"Hardware tracing:

- ARM:

Merge tag 'perf-tools-for-v5.16-2021-11-13' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/acme/linux

Pull more perf tools updates from Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo:
"Hardware tracing:

- ARM:
* Print the size of the buffer size consistently in hexadecimal in
ARM Coresight.
* Add Coresight snapshot mode support.
* Update --switch-events docs in 'perf record'.
* Support hardware-based PID tracing.
* Track task context switch for cpu-mode events.

- Vendor events:
* Add metric events JSON file for power10 platform

perf test:

- Get 'perf test' unit tests closer to kunit.

- Topology tests improvements.

- Remove bashisms from some tests.

perf bench:

- Fix memory leak of perf_cpu_map__new() in the futex benchmarks.

libbpf:

- Add some more weak libbpf functions o allow building with the
libbpf versions, old ones, present in distros.

libbeauty:

- Translate [gs]setsockopt 'level' argument integer values to
strings.

tools headers UAPI:

- Sync futex_waitv, arch prctl, sound, i195_drm and msr-index files
with the kernel sources.

Documentation:

- Add documentation to 'struct symbol'.

- Synchronize the definition of enum perf_hw_id with code in
tools/perf/design.txt"

* tag 'perf-tools-for-v5.16-2021-11-13' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/acme/linux: (67 commits)
perf tests: Remove bash constructs from stat_all_pmu.sh
perf tests: Remove bash construct from record+zstd_comp_decomp.sh
perf test: Remove bash construct from stat_bpf_counters.sh test
perf bench futex: Fix memory leak of perf_cpu_map__new()
tools arch x86: Sync the msr-index.h copy with the kernel sources
tools headers UAPI: Sync drm/i915_drm.h with the kernel sources
tools headers UAPI: Sync sound/asound.h with the kernel sources
tools headers UAPI: Sync linux/prctl.h with the kernel sources
tools headers UAPI: Sync arch prctl headers with the kernel sources
perf tools: Add more weak libbpf functions
perf bpf: Avoid memory leak from perf_env__insert_btf()
perf symbols: Factor out annotation init/exit
perf symbols: Bit pack to save a byte
perf symbols: Add documentation to 'struct symbol'
tools headers UAPI: Sync files changed by new futex_waitv syscall
perf test bpf: Use ARRAY_CHECK() instead of ad-hoc equivalent, addressing array_size.cocci warning
perf arm-spe: Support hardware-based PID tracing
perf arm-spe: Save context ID in record
perf arm-spe: Update --switch-events docs in 'perf record'
perf arm-spe: Track task context switch for cpu-mode events
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perf test: Rename struct test to test_suite

This is to align with kunit's terminology.

Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
Tested-by: Sohaib Mohamed <sohaib.amhmd@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Ji

perf test: Rename struct test to test_suite

This is to align with kunit's terminology.

Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
Tested-by: Sohaib Mohamed <sohaib.amhmd@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Brendan Higgins <brendanhiggins@google.com>
Cc: Daniel Latypov <dlatypov@google.com>
Cc: David Gow <davidgow@google.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: Jin Yao <yao.jin@linux.intel.com>
Cc: John Garry <john.garry@huawei.com>
Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Paul Clarke <pc@us.ibm.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211104064208.3156807-6-irogers@google.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>

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perf test: Move each test suite struct to its test

Rather than export test functions, export the test struct. Rename with a
suite__ prefix to avoid name collisions.

Committer notes:

Its '&suite__v

perf test: Move each test suite struct to its test

Rather than export test functions, export the test struct. Rename with a
suite__ prefix to avoid name collisions.

Committer notes:

Its '&suite__vectors_page', not '&suite__vectors_pages', noticed when
cross building to arm (32-bit).

Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
Tested-by: Sohaib Mohamed <sohaib.amhmd@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Brendan Higgins <brendanhiggins@google.com>
Cc: Daniel Latypov <dlatypov@google.com>
Cc: David Gow <davidgow@google.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: Jin Yao <yao.jin@linux.intel.com>
Cc: John Garry <john.garry@huawei.com>
Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Paul Clarke <pc@us.ibm.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211104064208.3156807-5-irogers@google.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>

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Merge branch 'next' into for-linus

Prepare input updates for 5.12 merge window.

Merge tag 'v5.11' into next

Merge with mainline to get latest APIs and device tree bindings.

Merge branch 'for-5.11/elecom' into for-linus

- support for EX-G M-XGL20DLBK device, from YOSHIOKA Takuma

Merge remote-tracking branch 'spi/for-5.10' into spi-linus

Merge remote-tracking branch 'asoc/for-5.10' into asoc-linus

Merge branches 'for-next/kvm-build-fix', 'for-next/va-refactor', 'for-next/lto', 'for-next/mem-hotplug', 'for-next/cppc-ffh', 'for-next/pad-image-header', 'for-next/zone-dma-default-32-bit', 'for-nex

Merge branches 'for-next/kvm-build-fix', 'for-next/va-refactor', 'for-next/lto', 'for-next/mem-hotplug', 'for-next/cppc-ffh', 'for-next/pad-image-header', 'for-next/zone-dma-default-32-bit', 'for-next/signal-tag-bits' and 'for-next/cmdline-extended' into for-next/core

* for-next/kvm-build-fix:
: Fix KVM build issues with 64K pages
KVM: arm64: Fix build error in user_mem_abort()

* for-next/va-refactor:
: VA layout changes
arm64: mm: don't assume struct page is always 64 bytes
Documentation/arm64: fix RST layout of memory.rst
arm64: mm: tidy up top of kernel VA space
arm64: mm: make vmemmap region a projection of the linear region
arm64: mm: extend linear region for 52-bit VA configurations

* for-next/lto:
: Upgrade READ_ONCE() to RCpc acquire on arm64 with LTO
arm64: lto: Strengthen READ_ONCE() to acquire when CONFIG_LTO=y
arm64: alternatives: Remove READ_ONCE() usage during patch operation
arm64: cpufeatures: Add capability for LDAPR instruction
arm64: alternatives: Split up alternative.h
arm64: uaccess: move uao_* alternatives to asm-uaccess.h

* for-next/mem-hotplug:
: Memory hotplug improvements
arm64/mm/hotplug: Ensure early memory sections are all online
arm64/mm/hotplug: Enable MEM_OFFLINE event handling
arm64/mm/hotplug: Register boot memory hot remove notifier earlier
arm64: mm: account for hotplug memory when randomizing the linear region

* for-next/cppc-ffh:
: Add CPPC FFH support using arm64 AMU counters
arm64: abort counter_read_on_cpu() when irqs_disabled()
arm64: implement CPPC FFH support using AMUs
arm64: split counter validation function
arm64: wrap and generalise counter read functions

* for-next/pad-image-header:
: Pad Image header to 64KB and unmap it
arm64: head: tidy up the Image header definition
arm64/head: avoid symbol names pointing into first 64 KB of kernel image
arm64: omit [_text, _stext) from permanent kernel mapping

* for-next/zone-dma-default-32-bit:
: Default to 32-bit wide ZONE_DMA (previously reduced to 1GB for RPi4)
of: unittest: Fix build on architectures without CONFIG_OF_ADDRESS
mm: Remove examples from enum zone_type comment
arm64: mm: Set ZONE_DMA size based on early IORT scan
arm64: mm: Set ZONE_DMA size based on devicetree's dma-ranges
of: unittest: Add test for of_dma_get_max_cpu_address()
of/address: Introduce of_dma_get_max_cpu_address()
arm64: mm: Move zone_dma_bits initialization into zone_sizes_init()
arm64: mm: Move reserve_crashkernel() into mem_init()
arm64: Force NO_BLOCK_MAPPINGS if crashkernel reservation is required
arm64: Ignore any DMA offsets in the max_zone_phys() calculation

* for-next/signal-tag-bits:
: Expose the FAR_EL1 tag bits in siginfo
arm64: expose FAR_EL1 tag bits in siginfo
signal: define the SA_EXPOSE_TAGBITS bit in sa_flags
signal: define the SA_UNSUPPORTED bit in sa_flags
arch: provide better documentation for the arch-specific SA_* flags
signal: clear non-uapi flag bits when passing/returning sa_flags
arch: move SA_* definitions to generic headers
parisc: start using signal-defs.h
parisc: Drop parisc special case for __sighandler_t

* for-next/cmdline-extended:
: Add support for CONFIG_CMDLINE_EXTENDED
arm64: Extend the kernel command line from the bootloader
arm64: kaslr: Refactor early init command line parsing

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Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/master' into perf/core

Further perf/core patches will depend on:

d3f7b1bb2040 ("mm/gup: fix gup_fast with dynamic page table folding")

which is already in Li

Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/master' into perf/core

Further perf/core patches will depend on:

d3f7b1bb2040 ("mm/gup: fix gup_fast with dynamic page table folding")

which is already in Linus' tree.

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