perf tools: allow user to specify hardware breakpoint bp_len

Currently bp_len is given a default value of 4. Allow user to override it:

  $ perf stat -e mem:0x1000/8
                            ^
                            bp_len

If no value is given, it will default to 4 as it did before.

Signed-off-by: Jacob Shin <jacob.w.shin@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Suravee Suthikulpanit <suravee.suthikulpanit@amd.com>
Acked-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@ghostprotocols.net>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: xiakaixu <xiakaixu@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>

5 files changed, 42 insertions, 15 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
index af9a54ece024..81a20f21a3e6 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
@@ -33,12 +33,15 @@ OPTIONS
         - a raw PMU event (eventsel+umask) in the form of rNNN where NNN is a
           hexadecimal event descriptor.
 
-        - a hardware breakpoint event in the form of '\mem:addr[:access]'
+        - a hardware breakpoint event in the form of '\mem:addr[/len][:access]'
           where addr is the address in memory you want to break in.
           Access is the memory access type (read, write, execute) it can
-          be passed as follows: '\mem:addr[:[r][w][x]]'.
+          be passed as follows: '\mem:addr[:[r][w][x]]'. len is the range,
+          number of bytes from specified addr, which the breakpoint will cover.
           If you want to profile read-write accesses in 0x1000, just set
           'mem:0x1000:rw'.
+          If you want to profile write accesses in [0x1000~1008), just set
+          'mem:0x1000/8:w'.
 
 --filter=<filter>::
         Event filter.
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
index c659a3ca1283..efa1ff4cca63 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ do {					\
 }
 
 int parse_events_add_breakpoint(struct list_head *list, int *idx,
-                                void *ptr, char *type)
+                                void *ptr, char *type, u64 len)
 {
         struct perf_event_attr attr;
 
@@ -536,14 +536,15 @@ int parse_events_add_breakpoint(struct list_head *list, int *idx,
         if (parse_breakpoint_type(type, &attr))
                 return -EINVAL;
 
-        /*
-         * We should find a nice way to override the access length
-         * Provide some defaults for now
-         */
-        if (attr.bp_type == HW_BREAKPOINT_X)
-                attr.bp_len = sizeof(long);
-        else
-                attr.bp_len = HW_BREAKPOINT_LEN_4;
+        /* Provide some defaults if len is not specified */
+        if (!len) {
+                if (attr.bp_type == HW_BREAKPOINT_X)
+                        len = sizeof(long);
+                else
+                        len = HW_BREAKPOINT_LEN_4;
+        }
+
+        attr.bp_len = len;
 
         attr.type = PERF_TYPE_BREAKPOINT;
         attr.sample_period = 1;
@@ -1364,7 +1365,7 @@ void print_events(const char *event_glob, bool name_only)
                 printf("\n");
 
                 printf("  %-50s [%s]\n",
-                       "mem:<addr>[:access]",
+                       "mem:<addr>[/len][:access]",
                         event_type_descriptors[PERF_TYPE_BREAKPOINT]);
                 printf("\n");
         }
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h
index db2cf78ff0f3..a19fbeb80943 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ int parse_events_add_numeric(struct list_head *list, int *idx,
 int parse_events_add_cache(struct list_head *list, int *idx,
                            char *type, char *op_result1, char *op_result2);
 int parse_events_add_breakpoint(struct list_head *list, int *idx,
-                                void *ptr, char *type);
+                                void *ptr, char *type, u64 len);
 int parse_events_add_pmu(struct list_head *list, int *idx,
                          char *pmu , struct list_head *head_config);
 enum perf_pmu_event_symbol_type
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.l b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.l
index 906630bbf8eb..94eacb6c1ef7 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.l
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.l
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ branch_type		{ return term(yyscanner, PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_BRANCH_SAMPLE_TYPE
 <mem>{
 {modifier_bp}           { return str(yyscanner, PE_MODIFIER_BP); }
 :                       { return ':'; }
+"/"                     { return '/'; }
 {num_dec}               { return value(yyscanner, 10); }
 {num_hex}               { return value(yyscanner, 16); }
         /*
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.y b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.y
index 93c4c9fbc922..72def077dbbf 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.y
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.y
@@ -326,6 +326,28 @@ PE_NAME_CACHE_TYPE
 }
 
 event_legacy_mem:
+PE_PREFIX_MEM PE_VALUE '/' PE_VALUE ':' PE_MODIFIER_BP sep_dc
+{
+        struct parse_events_evlist *data = _data;
+        struct list_head *list;
+
+        ALLOC_LIST(list);
+        ABORT_ON(parse_events_add_breakpoint(list, &data->idx,
+                                             (void *) $2, $6, $4));
+        $$ = list;
+}
+|
+PE_PREFIX_MEM PE_VALUE '/' PE_VALUE sep_dc
+{
+        struct parse_events_evlist *data = _data;
+        struct list_head *list;
+
+        ALLOC_LIST(list);
+        ABORT_ON(parse_events_add_breakpoint(list, &data->idx,
+                                             (void *) $2, NULL, $4));
+        $$ = list;
+}
+|
 PE_PREFIX_MEM PE_VALUE ':' PE_MODIFIER_BP sep_dc
 {
         struct parse_events_evlist *data = _data;
@@ -333,7 +355,7 @@ PE_PREFIX_MEM PE_VALUE ':' PE_MODIFIER_BP sep_dc
 
         ALLOC_LIST(list);
         ABORT_ON(parse_events_add_breakpoint(list, &data->idx,
-                                             (void *) $2, $4));
+                                             (void *) $2, $4, 0));
         $$ = list;
 }
 |
@@ -344,7 +366,7 @@ PE_PREFIX_MEM PE_VALUE sep_dc
 
         ALLOC_LIST(list);
         ABORT_ON(parse_events_add_breakpoint(list, &data->idx,
-                                             (void *) $2, NULL));
+                                             (void *) $2, NULL, 0));
         $$ = list;
 }