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Deprecated Linux kernel 5.10.110 for OrangePi 5/5B/5+ boards

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^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300   2) 		------------------------------
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300   3) 		****** perf by examples ******
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300   4) 		------------------------------
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300   5) 
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300   6) [ From an e-mail by Ingo Molnar, http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/8/4/346 ]
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300   7) 
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300   8) 
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300   9) First, discovery/enumeration of available counters can be done via
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300  10) 'perf list':
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300  11) 
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300  12) titan:~> perf list
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300  13)   [...]
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300  14)   kmem:kmalloc                             [Tracepoint event]
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300  15)   kmem:kmem_cache_alloc                    [Tracepoint event]
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300  16)   kmem:kmalloc_node                        [Tracepoint event]
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300  17)   kmem:kmem_cache_alloc_node               [Tracepoint event]
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300  18)   kmem:kfree                               [Tracepoint event]
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300  19)   kmem:kmem_cache_free                     [Tracepoint event]
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300  20)   kmem:mm_page_free                        [Tracepoint event]
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300  21)   kmem:mm_page_free_batched                [Tracepoint event]
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300  22)   kmem:mm_page_alloc                       [Tracepoint event]
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300  23)   kmem:mm_page_alloc_zone_locked           [Tracepoint event]
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300  24)   kmem:mm_page_pcpu_drain                  [Tracepoint event]
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300  25)   kmem:mm_page_alloc_extfrag               [Tracepoint event]
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300  26) 
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300  27) Then any (or all) of the above event sources can be activated and
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300  28) measured. For example the page alloc/free properties of a 'hackbench
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300  29) run' are:
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300  30) 
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300  31)  titan:~> perf stat -e kmem:mm_page_pcpu_drain -e kmem:mm_page_alloc
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300  32)  -e kmem:mm_page_free_batched -e kmem:mm_page_free ./hackbench 10
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300  33)  Time: 0.575
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300  34) 
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300  35)  Performance counter stats for './hackbench 10':
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300  36) 
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300  37)           13857  kmem:mm_page_pcpu_drain
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300  38)           27576  kmem:mm_page_alloc
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300  39)            6025  kmem:mm_page_free_batched
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300  40)           20934  kmem:mm_page_free
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300  41) 
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300  42)     0.613972165  seconds time elapsed
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300  43) 
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300  44) You can observe the statistical properties as well, by using the
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300  45) 'repeat the workload N times' feature of perf stat:
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300  46) 
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300  47)  titan:~> perf stat --repeat 5 -e kmem:mm_page_pcpu_drain -e
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300  48)    kmem:mm_page_alloc -e kmem:mm_page_free_batched -e
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300  49)    kmem:mm_page_free ./hackbench 10
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300  50)  Time: 0.627
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300  51)  Time: 0.644
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300  52)  Time: 0.564
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300  53)  Time: 0.559
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300  54)  Time: 0.626
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300  55) 
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300  56)  Performance counter stats for './hackbench 10' (5 runs):
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300  57) 
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300  58)           12920  kmem:mm_page_pcpu_drain    ( +-   3.359% )
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300  59)           25035  kmem:mm_page_alloc         ( +-   3.783% )
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300  60)            6104  kmem:mm_page_free_batched  ( +-   0.934% )
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300  61)           18376  kmem:mm_page_free	    ( +-   4.941% )
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300  62) 
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300  63)     0.643954516  seconds time elapsed   ( +-   2.363% )
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300  64) 
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300  65) Furthermore, these tracepoints can be used to sample the workload as
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300  66) well. For example the page allocations done by a 'git gc' can be
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300  67) captured the following way:
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300  68) 
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300  69)  titan:~/git> perf record -e kmem:mm_page_alloc -c 1 ./git gc
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300  70)  Counting objects: 1148, done.
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300  71)  Delta compression using up to 2 threads.
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300  72)  Compressing objects: 100% (450/450), done.
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300  73)  Writing objects: 100% (1148/1148), done.
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300  74)  Total 1148 (delta 690), reused 1148 (delta 690)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300  75)  [ perf record: Captured and wrote 0.267 MB perf.data (~11679 samples) ]
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300  76) 
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300  77) To check which functions generated page allocations:
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300  78) 
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300  79)  titan:~/git> perf report
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300  80)  # Samples: 10646
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300  81)  #
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300  82)  # Overhead          Command               Shared Object
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300  83)  # ........  ...............  ..........................
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300  84)  #
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300  85)     23.57%       git-repack  /lib64/libc-2.5.so
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300  86)     21.81%              git  /lib64/libc-2.5.so
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300  87)     14.59%              git  ./git
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300  88)     11.79%       git-repack  ./git
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300  89)      7.12%              git  /lib64/ld-2.5.so
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300  90)      3.16%       git-repack  /lib64/libpthread-2.5.so
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300  91)      2.09%       git-repack  /bin/bash
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300  92)      1.97%               rm  /lib64/libc-2.5.so
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300  93)      1.39%               mv  /lib64/ld-2.5.so
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300  94)      1.37%               mv  /lib64/libc-2.5.so
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300  95)      1.12%       git-repack  /lib64/ld-2.5.so
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300  96)      0.95%               rm  /lib64/ld-2.5.so
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300  97)      0.90%  git-update-serv  /lib64/libc-2.5.so
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300  98)      0.73%  git-update-serv  /lib64/ld-2.5.so
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300  99)      0.68%             perf  /lib64/libpthread-2.5.so
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 100)      0.64%       git-repack  /usr/lib64/libz.so.1.2.3
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 101) 
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 102) Or to see it on a more finegrained level:
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 103) 
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 104) titan:~/git> perf report --sort comm,dso,symbol
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 105) # Samples: 10646
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 106) #
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 107) # Overhead          Command               Shared Object  Symbol
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 108) # ........  ...............  ..........................  ......
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 109) #
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 110)      9.35%       git-repack  ./git                       [.] insert_obj_hash
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 111)      9.12%              git  ./git                       [.] insert_obj_hash
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 112)      7.31%              git  /lib64/libc-2.5.so          [.] memcpy
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 113)      6.34%       git-repack  /lib64/libc-2.5.so          [.] _int_malloc
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 114)      6.24%       git-repack  /lib64/libc-2.5.so          [.] memcpy
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 115)      5.82%       git-repack  /lib64/libc-2.5.so          [.] __GI___fork
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 116)      5.47%              git  /lib64/libc-2.5.so          [.] _int_malloc
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 117)      2.99%              git  /lib64/libc-2.5.so          [.] memset
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 118) 
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 119) Furthermore, call-graph sampling can be done too, of page
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 120) allocations - to see precisely what kind of page allocations there
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 121) are:
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 122) 
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 123)  titan:~/git> perf record -g -e kmem:mm_page_alloc -c 1 ./git gc
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 124)  Counting objects: 1148, done.
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 125)  Delta compression using up to 2 threads.
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 126)  Compressing objects: 100% (450/450), done.
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 127)  Writing objects: 100% (1148/1148), done.
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 128)  Total 1148 (delta 690), reused 1148 (delta 690)
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 129)  [ perf record: Captured and wrote 0.963 MB perf.data (~42069 samples) ]
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 130) 
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 131)  titan:~/git> perf report -g
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 132)  # Samples: 10686
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 133)  #
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 134)  # Overhead          Command               Shared Object
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 135)  # ........  ...............  ..........................
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 136)  #
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 137)     23.25%       git-repack  /lib64/libc-2.5.so
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 138)                 |
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 139)                 |--50.00%-- _int_free
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 140)                 |
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 141)                 |--37.50%-- __GI___fork
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 142)                 |          make_child
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 143)                 |
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 144)                 |--12.50%-- ptmalloc_unlock_all2
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 145)                 |          make_child
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 146)                 |
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 147)                  --6.25%-- __GI_strcpy
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 148)     21.61%              git  /lib64/libc-2.5.so
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 149)                 |
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 150)                 |--30.00%-- __GI_read
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 151)                 |          |
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 152)                 |           --83.33%-- git_config_from_file
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 153)                 |                     git_config
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 154)                 |                     |
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 155)    [...]
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 156) 
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 157) Or you can observe the whole system's page allocations for 10
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 158) seconds:
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 159) 
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 160) titan:~/git> perf stat -a -e kmem:mm_page_pcpu_drain -e
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 161) kmem:mm_page_alloc -e kmem:mm_page_free_batched -e
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 162) kmem:mm_page_free sleep 10
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 163) 
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 164)  Performance counter stats for 'sleep 10':
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 165) 
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 166)          171585  kmem:mm_page_pcpu_drain
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 167)          322114  kmem:mm_page_alloc
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 168)           73623  kmem:mm_page_free_batched
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 169)          254115  kmem:mm_page_free
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 170) 
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 171)    10.000591410  seconds time elapsed
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 172) 
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 173) Or observe how fluctuating the page allocations are, via statistical
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 174) analysis done over ten 1-second intervals:
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 175) 
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 176)  titan:~/git> perf stat --repeat 10 -a -e kmem:mm_page_pcpu_drain -e
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 177)    kmem:mm_page_alloc -e kmem:mm_page_free_batched -e
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 178)    kmem:mm_page_free sleep 1
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 179) 
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 180)  Performance counter stats for 'sleep 1' (10 runs):
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 181) 
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 182)           17254  kmem:mm_page_pcpu_drain    ( +-   3.709% )
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 183)           34394  kmem:mm_page_alloc         ( +-   4.617% )
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 184)            7509  kmem:mm_page_free_batched  ( +-   4.820% )
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 185)           25653  kmem:mm_page_free	    ( +-   3.672% )
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 186) 
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 187)     1.058135029  seconds time elapsed   ( +-   3.089% )
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 188) 
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 189) Or you can annotate the recorded 'git gc' run on a per symbol basis
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 190) and check which instructions/source-code generated page allocations:
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 191) 
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 192)  titan:~/git> perf annotate __GI___fork
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 193)  ------------------------------------------------
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 194)   Percent |      Source code & Disassembly of libc-2.5.so
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 195)  ------------------------------------------------
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 196)           :
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 197)           :
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 198)           :      Disassembly of section .plt:
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 199)           :      Disassembly of section .text:
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 200)           :
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 201)           :      00000031a2e95560 <__fork>:
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 202)  [...]
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 203)      0.00 :        31a2e95602:   b8 38 00 00 00          mov    $0x38,%eax
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 204)      0.00 :        31a2e95607:   0f 05                   syscall
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 205)     83.42 :        31a2e95609:   48 3d 00 f0 ff ff       cmp    $0xfffffffffffff000,%rax
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 206)      0.00 :        31a2e9560f:   0f 87 4d 01 00 00       ja     31a2e95762 <__fork+0x202>
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 207)      0.00 :        31a2e95615:   85 c0                   test   %eax,%eax
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 208) 
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 209) ( this shows that 83.42% of __GI___fork's page allocations come from
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 210)   the 0x38 system call it performs. )
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 211) 
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 212) etc. etc. - a lot more is possible. I could list a dozen of
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 213) other different usecases straight away - neither of which is
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 214) possible via /proc/vmstat.
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 215) 
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 216) /proc/vmstat is not in the same league really, in terms of
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 217) expressive power of system analysis and performance
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 218) analysis.
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 219) 
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 220) All that the above results needed were those new tracepoints
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 221) in include/tracing/events/kmem.h.
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 222) 
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 223) 	Ingo
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 224) 
^8f3ce5b39 (kx 2023-10-28 12:00:06 +0300 225)