perf-kvm(1) — Linux manual page

NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | OPTIONS | STAT REPORT OPTIONS | STAT LIVE OPTIONS | SEE ALSO | COLOPHON

PERF-KVM(1)                    perf Manual                   PERF-KVM(1)

NAME         top

       perf-kvm - Tool to trace/measure kvm guest os

SYNOPSIS         top

       perf kvm [--host] [--guest] [--guestmount=<path>
               [--guestkallsyms=<path> --guestmodules=<path> | --guestvmlinux=<path>]]
               {top|record|report|diff|buildid-list} [<options>]
       perf kvm [--host] [--guest] [--guestkallsyms=<path> --guestmodules=<path>
               | --guestvmlinux=<path>] {top|record|report|diff|buildid-list|stat} [<options>]
       'perf kvm stat [record|report|live] [<options>]

DESCRIPTION         top

       There are a couple of variants of perf kvm:

           'perf kvm [options] top <command>' to generates and displays
           a performance counter profile of guest os in realtime
           of an arbitrary workload.

           'perf kvm record <command>' to record the performance counter profile
           of an arbitrary workload and save it into a perf data file. We set the
           default behavior of perf kvm as --guest, so if neither --host nor --guest
           is input, the perf data file name is perf.data.guest. If --host is input,
           the perf data file name is perf.data.kvm. If you want to record data into
           perf.data.host, please input --host --no-guest. The behaviors are shown as
           following:
             Default('')         ->  perf.data.guest
             --host              ->  perf.data.kvm
             --guest             ->  perf.data.guest
             --host --guest      ->  perf.data.kvm
             --host --no-guest   ->  perf.data.host

           'perf kvm report' to display the performance counter profile information
           recorded via perf kvm record.

           'perf kvm diff' to displays the performance difference amongst two perf.data
           files captured via perf record.

           'perf kvm buildid-list' to  display the buildids found in a perf data file,
           so that other tools can be used to fetch packages with matching symbol tables
           for use by perf report. As buildid is read from /sys/kernel/notes in os, then
           if you want to list the buildid for guest, please make sure your perf data file
           was captured with --guestmount in perf kvm record.

           'perf kvm stat <command>' to run a command and gather performance counter
           statistics.
           Especially, perf 'kvm stat record/report' generates a statistical analysis
           of KVM events. Currently, vmexit, mmio (x86 only) and ioport (x86 only)
           events are supported. 'perf kvm stat record <command>' records kvm events
           and the events between start and end <command>.
           And this command produces a file which contains tracing results of kvm
           events.

           'perf kvm stat report' reports statistical data which includes events
           handled sample, percent_sample, time, percent_time, max_t, min_t, mean_t.

           'perf kvm stat live' reports statistical data in a live mode (similar to
           record + report but with statistical data updated live at a given display
           rate).

OPTIONS         top

       -i, --input=<path>
           Input file name, for the report, diff and buildid-list
           subcommands.

       -o, --output=<path>
           Output file name, for the record subcommand. Doesn’t work
           with report, just redirect the output to a file when using
           report.

       --host
           Collect host side performance profile.

       --guest
           Collect guest side performance profile.

       --guestmount=<path>
           Guest OS root file system mount directory. Users mount guest
           OS root directories under <path> by a specific filesystem
           access method, typically, sshfs. For example, start 2 guest
           OS, one’s pid is 8888 and the other’s is 9999:

               $ mkdir ~/guestmount
               $ cd ~/guestmount
               $ sshfs -o allow_other,direct_io -p 5551 localhost:/ 8888/
               $ sshfs -o allow_other,direct_io -p 5552 localhost:/ 9999/
               $ perf kvm --host --guest --guestmount=~/guestmount top

       --guestkallsyms=<path>
           Guest OS /proc/kallsyms file copy. perf reads it to get guest
           kernel symbols. Users copy it out from guest OS.

       --guestmodules=<path>
           Guest OS /proc/modules file copy. perf reads it to get guest
           kernel module information. Users copy it out from guest OS.

       --guestvmlinux=<path>
           Guest OS kernel vmlinux.

       --guest-code
           Indicate that guest code can be found in the hypervisor
           process, which is a common case for KVM test programs.

       --stdio
           Use the stdio interface.

       -v, --verbose
           Be more verbose (show counter open errors, etc).

STAT REPORT OPTIONS         top

       --vcpu=<value>
           analyze events which occur on this vcpu. (default: all vcpus)

       --event=<value>
           event to be analyzed. Possible values: vmexit, mmio (x86
           only), ioport (x86 only). (default: vmexit)

       -k, --key=<value>
           Sorting key. Possible values: sample (default, sort by
           samples number), percent_sample (sort by sample percentage),
           time (sort by average time), precent_time (sort by time
           percentage), max_t (sort by maximum time), min_t (sort by
           minimum time), mean_t (sort by mean time).

       -p, --pid=
           Analyze events only for given process ID(s) (comma separated
           list).

STAT LIVE OPTIONS         top

       -d, --display
           Time in seconds between display updates

       -m, --mmap-pages=
           Number of mmap data pages (must be a power of two) or size
           specification with appended unit character - B/K/M/G. The
           size is rounded up to have nearest pages power of two value.

       -a, --all-cpus
           System-wide collection from all CPUs.

       -p, --pid=
           Analyze events only for given process ID(s) (comma separated
           list).

       --vcpu=<value>
           analyze events which occur on this vcpu. (default: all vcpus)

       --event=<value>
           event to be analyzed. Possible values: vmexit, mmio (x86
           only), ioport (x86 only). (default: vmexit)

       -k, --key=<value>
           Sorting key. Possible values: sample (default, sort by
           samples number), time (sort by average time).

       --duration=<value>
           Show events other than HLT (x86 only) or Wait state (s390
           only) that take longer than duration usecs.

       --proc-map-timeout
           When processing pre-existing threads /proc/XXX/mmap, it may
           take a long time, because the file may be huge. A time out is
           needed in such cases. This option sets the time out limit.
           The default value is 500 ms.

SEE ALSO         top

       perf-top(1), perf-record(1), perf-report(1), perf-diff(1),
       perf-buildid-list(1), perf-stat(1)

COLOPHON         top

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perf                           2023-03-15                    PERF-KVM(1)

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