6 perf-kvm - Tool to trace/measure kvm guest os
11 'perf kvm' [--host] [--guest] [--guestmount=<path>
12 [--guestkallsyms=<path> --guestmodules=<path> | --guestvmlinux=<path>]]
13 {top|record|report|diff|buildid-list} [<options>]
14 'perf kvm' [--host] [--guest] [--guestkallsyms=<path> --guestmodules=<path>
15 | --guestvmlinux=<path>] {top|record|report|diff|buildid-list|stat} [<options>]
16 'perf kvm stat [record|report|live] [<options>]
20 There are a couple of variants of perf kvm:
22 'perf kvm [options] top <command>' to generates and displays
23 a performance counter profile of guest os in realtime
24 of an arbitrary workload.
26 'perf kvm record <command>' to record the performance counter profile
27 of an arbitrary workload and save it into a perf data file. We set the
28 default behavior of perf kvm as --guest, so if neither --host nor --guest
29 is input, the perf data file name is perf.data.guest. If --host is input,
30 the perf data file name is perf.data.kvm. If you want to record data into
31 perf.data.host, please input --host --no-guest. The behaviors are shown as
33 Default('') -> perf.data.guest
34 --host -> perf.data.kvm
35 --guest -> perf.data.guest
36 --host --guest -> perf.data.kvm
37 --host --no-guest -> perf.data.host
39 'perf kvm report' to display the performance counter profile information
40 recorded via perf kvm record.
42 'perf kvm diff' to displays the performance difference amongst two perf.data
43 files captured via perf record.
45 'perf kvm buildid-list' to display the buildids found in a perf data file,
46 so that other tools can be used to fetch packages with matching symbol tables
47 for use by perf report. As buildid is read from /sys/kernel/notes in os, then
48 if you want to list the buildid for guest, please make sure your perf data file
49 was captured with --guestmount in perf kvm record.
51 'perf kvm stat <command>' to run a command and gather performance counter
53 Especially, perf 'kvm stat record/report' generates a statistical analysis
54 of KVM events. Currently, vmexit, mmio (x86 only) and ioport (x86 only)
55 events are supported. 'perf kvm stat record <command>' records kvm events
56 and the events between start and end <command>.
57 And this command produces a file which contains tracing results of kvm
60 'perf kvm stat report' reports statistical data which includes events
61 handled time, samples, and so on.
63 'perf kvm stat live' reports statistical data in a live mode (similar to
64 record + report but with statistical data updated live at a given display
76 Collect host side performance profile.
78 Collect guest side performance profile.
80 Guest os root file system mount directory. Users mounts guest os
81 root directories under <path> by a specific filesystem access method,
82 typically, sshfs. For example, start 2 guest os. The one's pid is 8888
83 and the other's is 9999.
84 #mkdir ~/guestmount; cd ~/guestmount
85 #sshfs -o allow_other,direct_io -p 5551 localhost:/ 8888/
86 #sshfs -o allow_other,direct_io -p 5552 localhost:/ 9999/
87 #perf kvm --host --guest --guestmount=~/guestmount top
88 --guestkallsyms=<path>::
89 Guest os /proc/kallsyms file copy. 'perf' kvm' reads it to get guest
90 kernel symbols. Users copy it out from guest os.
91 --guestmodules=<path>::
92 Guest os /proc/modules file copy. 'perf' kvm' reads it to get guest
93 kernel module information. Users copy it out from guest os.
94 --guestvmlinux=<path>::
95 Guest os kernel vmlinux.
98 Be more verbose (show counter open errors, etc).
103 analyze events which occur on this vcpu. (default: all vcpus)
106 event to be analyzed. Possible values: vmexit, mmio (x86 only),
107 ioport (x86 only). (default: vmexit)
110 Sorting key. Possible values: sample (default, sort by samples
111 number), time (sort by average time).
114 Analyze events only for given process ID(s) (comma separated list).
120 Time in seconds between display updates
124 Number of mmap data pages (must be a power of two) or size
125 specification with appended unit character - B/K/M/G. The
126 size is rounded up to have nearest pages power of two value.
130 System-wide collection from all CPUs.
134 Analyze events only for given process ID(s) (comma separated list).
137 analyze events which occur on this vcpu. (default: all vcpus)
141 event to be analyzed. Possible values: vmexit,
142 mmio (x86 only), ioport (x86 only).
147 Sorting key. Possible values: sample (default, sort by samples
148 number), time (sort by average time).
151 Show events other than HLT (x86 only) or Wait state (s390 only)
152 that take longer than duration usecs.
155 When processing pre-existing threads /proc/XXX/mmap, it may take
156 a long time, because the file may be huge. A time out is needed
158 This option sets the time out limit. The default value is 500 ms.
162 linkperf:perf-top[1], linkperf:perf-record[1], linkperf:perf-report[1],
163 linkperf:perf-diff[1], linkperf:perf-buildid-list[1],
164 linkperf:perf-stat[1]