PERF-DLFILTER(1) perf Manual PERF-DLFILTER(1) (NAME) perf-dlfilter - (SYNOPSIS) perf script [--dlfilter file.so ] [ --dlarg arg ]... (DESCRIPTION) (shared object) . --dlarg perf_dlfilter_fns.args() . file.so <> perf ~/libexec/perf-core/dlfilters ( perf --exec-path) (dynamic linker) . (API) (API) : #include struct perf_dlfilter_fns perf_dlfilter_fns; int start(void **data, void *ctx); int stop(void *data, void *ctx); int filter_event(void *data, const struct perf_dlfilter_sample *sample, void *ctx); int filter_event_early(void *data, const struct perf_dlfilter_sample *sample, void *ctx); const char *filter_description(const char **long_description); start filter_event filter_event_early . 0 . *data . ctx perf_dlfilter_fns perf_dlfilter_fns start . stop filter_event filter_event_early . 0 . data start . ctx perf_dlfilter_fns perf_dlfilter_fns stop . filter_event . 0 ( ) 1 . data start . ctx perf_dlfilter_fns . filter_event_early filter_event . filter_description . sample filter_event filter_event_early ( ) . struct perf_dlfilter_sample filter_event filter_event_early ( ) . perf_dlfilter_sample filter_event filter_event_early perf_dlfilter_sample : /* * perf sample event information (as per perf script and ) */ struct perf_dlfilter_sample { __u32 size; /* Size of this structure (for compatibility checking) */ __u16 ins_lat; /* Refer PERF_SAMPLE_WEIGHT_TYPE in */ __u16 p_stage_cyc; /* Refer PERF_SAMPLE_WEIGHT_TYPE in */ __u64 ip; __s32 pid; __s32 tid; __u64 time; __u64 addr; __u64 id; __u64 stream_id; __u64 period; __u64 weight; /* Refer PERF_SAMPLE_WEIGHT_TYPE in */ __u64 transaction; /* Refer PERF_SAMPLE_TRANSACTION in */ __u64 insn_cnt; /* For instructions-per-cycle (IPC) */ __u64 cyc_cnt; /* For instructions-per-cycle (IPC) */ __s32 cpu; __u32 flags; /* Refer PERF_DLFILTER_FLAG_* above */ __u64 data_src; /* Refer PERF_SAMPLE_DATA_SRC in */ __u64 phys_addr; /* Refer PERF_SAMPLE_PHYS_ADDR in */ __u64 data_page_size; /* Refer PERF_SAMPLE_DATA_PAGE_SIZE in */ __u64 code_page_size; /* Refer PERF_SAMPLE_CODE_PAGE_SIZE in */ __u64 cgroup; /* Refer PERF_SAMPLE_CGROUP in */ __u8 cpumode; /* Refer CPUMODE_MASK etc in */ __u8 addr_correlates_sym; /* True => resolve_addr() can be called */ __u16 misc; /* Refer perf_event_header in */ __u32 raw_size; /* Refer PERF_SAMPLE_RAW in */ const void *raw_data; /* Refer PERF_SAMPLE_RAW in */ __u64 brstack_nr; /* Number of brstack entries */ const struct perf_branch_entry *brstack; /* Refer */ __u64 raw_callchain_nr; /* Number of raw_callchain entries */ const __u64 *raw_callchain; /* Refer */ const char *event; __s32 machine_pid; __s32 vcpu; }; : machine_pid vcpu . size . PERF_DLFILTER_HAS_MACHINE_PID . : #include #include #include static inline bool have_machine_pid(const struct perf_dlfilter_sample *sample) { #ifdef PERF_DLFILTER_HAS_MACHINE_PID return sample->size >= offsetof(struct perf_dlfilter_sample, vcpu) + sizeof(sample->vcpu); #else return false; #endif } perf_dlfilter_fns perf_dlfilter_fns . filter_event filter_event_early . struct perf_dlfilter_fns { const struct perf_dlfilter_al *(*resolve_ip)(void *ctx); const struct perf_dlfilter_al *(*resolve_addr)(void *ctx); char **(*args)(void *ctx, int *dlargc); __s32 (*resolve_address)(void *ctx, __u64 address, struct perf_dlfilter_al *al); const __u8 *(*insn)(void *ctx, __u32 *length); const char *(*srcline)(void *ctx, __u32 *line_number); struct perf_event_attr *(*attr)(void *ctx); __s32 (*object_code)(void *ctx, __u64 ip, void *buf, __u32 len); void (*al_cleanup)(void *ctx, struct perf_dlfilter_al *al); void *(*reserved[119])(void *); }; resolve_ip ip . resolve_addr addr ( addr_correlates_sym). args --dlarg . resolve_address address . al->size . 0 -1 . al al_cleanup() ( ) . insn . srcline . attr perf_event_attr . object_code (object code) . al_cleanup resolve_address() ( perf_dlfilter_fns.al_cleanup != NULL ) . perf_dlfilter_fns filter_event filter_event_early ( ) . perf_dlfilter_al perf_dlfilter_al . /* * Address location (as per perf script) */ struct perf_dlfilter_al { __u32 size; /* Size of this structure (for compatibility checking) */ __u32 symoff; const char *sym; __u64 addr; /* Mapped address (from dso) */ __u64 sym_start; __u64 sym_end; const char *dso; __u8 sym_binding; /* STB_LOCAL, STB_GLOBAL or STB_WEAK, refer */ __u8 is_64_bit; /* Only valid if dso is not NULL */ __u8 is_kernel_ip; /* True if in kernel space */ __u32 buildid_size; __u8 *buildid; /* Below members are only populated by resolve_ip() */ __u8 filtered; /* true if this sample event will be filtered out */ const char *comm; void *priv; /* Private data. Do not change */ }; struct perf_dlfilter_al filter_event filter_event_early ( ) . perf_dlfilter_sample flags perf_dlfilter_sample flags perf script . : /* Definitions for perf_dlfilter_sample flags */ enum { PERF_DLFILTER_FLAG_BRANCH = 1ULL << 0, PERF_DLFILTER_FLAG_CALL = 1ULL << 1, PERF_DLFILTER_FLAG_RETURN = 1ULL << 2, PERF_DLFILTER_FLAG_CONDITIONAL = 1ULL << 3, PERF_DLFILTER_FLAG_SYSCALLRET = 1ULL << 4, PERF_DLFILTER_FLAG_ASYNC = 1ULL << 5, PERF_DLFILTER_FLAG_INTERRUPT = 1ULL << 6, PERF_DLFILTER_FLAG_TX_ABORT = 1ULL << 7, PERF_DLFILTER_FLAG_TRACE_BEGIN = 1ULL << 8, PERF_DLFILTER_FLAG_TRACE_END = 1ULL << 9, PERF_DLFILTER_FLAG_IN_TX = 1ULL << 10, PERF_DLFILTER_FLAG_VMENTRY = 1ULL << 11, PERF_DLFILTER_FLAG_VMEXIT = 1ULL << 12, }; (EXAMPLES) "foo" "bar": #include #include struct perf_dlfilter_fns perf_dlfilter_fns; int filter_event(void *data, const struct perf_dlfilter_sample *sample, void *ctx) { const struct perf_dlfilter_al *al; const struct perf_dlfilter_al *addr_al; if (!sample->ip || !sample->addr_correlates_sym) return 1; al = perf_dlfilter_fns.resolve_ip(ctx); if (!al || !al->sym || strcmp(al->sym, "foo")) return 1; addr_al = perf_dlfilter_fns.resolve_addr(ctx); if (!addr_al || !addr_al->sym || strcmp(addr_al->sym, "bar")) return 1; return 0; } perf ( perf_dlfilter.h ~/include/perf ): gcc -c -I ~/include -fpic dlfilter-example.c gcc -shared -o dlfilter-example.so dlfilter-example.o perf script: perf script --dlfilter dlfilter-example.so (NOTES) dlfilter .so . .so . .so perf . ldd . (SEE ALSO) perf-script(1) perf 09/04/2026 PERF-DLFILTER(1)