This patch relates to the exclude_host and exclude_guest bits added
by the following commit:
exclude_host, exclude_guest; Linux 3.2
commit a240f76165e6255384d4bdb8139895fac7988799
Author: Joerg Roedel <[email protected]>
Date: Wed Oct 5 14:01:16 2011 +0200
perf, core: Introduce attrs to count in either host or guest mode
Signed-off-by: Joerg Roedel <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Gleb Natapov <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]>
The updated manpage text clarifies that the "exclude_host" and
"exclude_guest" perf_event_open() attr bits only apply in the
context of a KVM environment and are currently x86 only.
The patch is the same as the previous version with the addition
of Joerf Roedel's ACK.
Signed-off-by: Vince Weaver <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Joerg Roedel <[email protected]>
diff --git a/man2/perf_event_open.2 b/man2/perf_event_open.2
index 39c8d8c..1ea56c9 100644
--- a/man2/perf_event_open.2
+++ b/man2/perf_event_open.2
@@ -1006,11 +1006,25 @@ struct sample_id {
.TP
.IR "exclude_host" " (since Linux 3.2)"
.\" commit a240f76165e6255384d4bdb8139895fac7988799
-Do not measure time spent in VM host.
+When conducting measurements that include processes running
+VM instances (i.e. have executed a
+.I KVM_RUN
+.BR ioctl (2)
+) only measure events happening inside a guest instance.
+This is only meaningful outside the guests; this setting does
+not change counts gathered inside of a guest.
+Currently this functionality is x86 only.
.TP
.IR "exclude_guest" " (since Linux 3.2)"
.\" commit a240f76165e6255384d4bdb8139895fac7988799
-Do not measure time spent in VM guest.
+When conducting measurements that include processes running
+VM instances (i.e. have executed a
+.I KVM_RUN
+.BR ioctl (2)
+) do not measure events happening inside guest instances.
+This is only meaningful outside the guests; this setting does
+not change counts gathered inside of a guest.
+Currently this functionality is x86 only.
.TP
.IR "exclude_callchain_kernel" " (since Linux 3.7)"
.\" commit d077526485d5c9b12fe85d0b2b3b7041e6bc5f91
On 07/21/2015 06:05 PM, Vince Weaver wrote:
>
> This patch relates to the exclude_host and exclude_guest bits added
> by the following commit:
>
> exclude_host, exclude_guest; Linux 3.2
> commit a240f76165e6255384d4bdb8139895fac7988799
> Author: Joerg Roedel <[email protected]>
> Date: Wed Oct 5 14:01:16 2011 +0200
>
> perf, core: Introduce attrs to count in either host or guest mode
>
> Signed-off-by: Joerg Roedel <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Gleb Natapov <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]>
> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]>
>
> The updated manpage text clarifies that the "exclude_host" and
> "exclude_guest" perf_event_open() attr bits only apply in the
> context of a KVM environment and are currently x86 only.
>
> The patch is the same as the previous version with the addition
> of Joerf Roedel's ACK.
Thanks, Vince. Applied.
Cheers,
Michael
> Signed-off-by: Vince Weaver <[email protected]>
> Acked-by: Joerg Roedel <[email protected]>
>
> diff --git a/man2/perf_event_open.2 b/man2/perf_event_open.2
> index 39c8d8c..1ea56c9 100644
> --- a/man2/perf_event_open.2
> +++ b/man2/perf_event_open.2
> @@ -1006,11 +1006,25 @@ struct sample_id {
> .TP
> .IR "exclude_host" " (since Linux 3.2)"
> .\" commit a240f76165e6255384d4bdb8139895fac7988799
> -Do not measure time spent in VM host.
> +When conducting measurements that include processes running
> +VM instances (i.e. have executed a
> +.I KVM_RUN
> +.BR ioctl (2)
> +) only measure events happening inside a guest instance.
> +This is only meaningful outside the guests; this setting does
> +not change counts gathered inside of a guest.
> +Currently this functionality is x86 only.
> .TP
> .IR "exclude_guest" " (since Linux 3.2)"
> .\" commit a240f76165e6255384d4bdb8139895fac7988799
> -Do not measure time spent in VM guest.
> +When conducting measurements that include processes running
> +VM instances (i.e. have executed a
> +.I KVM_RUN
> +.BR ioctl (2)
> +) do not measure events happening inside guest instances.
> +This is only meaningful outside the guests; this setting does
> +not change counts gathered inside of a guest.
> +Currently this functionality is x86 only.
> .TP
> .IR "exclude_callchain_kernel" " (since Linux 3.7)"
> .\" commit d077526485d5c9b12fe85d0b2b3b7041e6bc5f91
>
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Michael Kerrisk
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