On upstream kernel(4.19) or RHEL-8 kernel(4.18.0): # perf record -e 'skb:consume_skb' -ag ^C[ perf record: Woken up 1 times to write data ] [ perf record: Captured and wrote 0.612 MB perf.data (634 samples) ]
# perf script swapper 0 [009] 274370.117711: skb:consume_skb: skbaddr=0xffff962c591d5b00 ffffffffa4abe534 consume_skb+0x64 ([kernel.kallsyms]) kworker/9:1-eve 926 [009] 274370.117729: skb:consume_skb: skbaddr=0xffff962c591d5b00 ffffffffa4abe534 consume_skb+0x64 ([kernel.kallsyms]) kworker/9:1-eve 926 [009] 274370.117732: skb:consume_skb: skbaddr=0xffff962c591d4900 ffffffffa4abe534 consume_skb+0x64 ([kernel.kallsyms]) swapper 0 [009] 274370.145528: skb:consume_skb: skbaddr=0xffff962c591d4900 ffffffffa4abe534 consume_skb+0x64 ([kernel.kallsyms]) kworker/9:1-eve 926 [009] 274370.145545: skb:consume_skb: skbaddr=0xffff962c591d4900 ffffffffa4abe534 consume_skb+0x64 ([kernel.kallsyms]) kworker/9:1-eve 926 [009] 274370.145547: skb:consume_skb: skbaddr=0xffff962c591d5b00 ffffffffa4abe534 consume_skb+0x64 ([kernel.kallsyms]) swapper 0 [009] 274370.173443: skb:consume_skb: skbaddr=0xffff962c591d5b00 ffffffffa4abe534 consume_skb+0x64 ([kernel.kallsyms]) On RHEL-7 kernel(3.10.0): # perf record -e 'skb:consume_skb' -ag ^C[ perf record: Woken up 1 times to write data ] [ perf record: Captured and wrote 0.170 MB perf.data (214 samples) ] # perf script swapper 0 [001] 69006.726193: skb:consume_skb: skbaddr=0xffff917db9647900 7fffb3425a00 consume_skb ([kernel.kallsyms]) 7fffb34ba3cb arp_process ([kernel.kallsyms]) 7fffb34bad65 arp_rcv ([kernel.kallsyms]) 7fffb343b6d9 __netif_receive_skb_core ([kernel.kallsyms]) 7fffb343b9d8 __netif_receive_skb ([kernel.kallsyms]) 7fffb343ba60 netif_receive_skb_internal ([kernel.kallsyms]) 7fffb343c6e8 napi_gro_receive ([kernel.kallsyms]) 7fffc007d1f5 virtnet_poll ([kernel.kallsyms]) 7fffb343c07f net_rx_action ([kernel.kallsyms]) 7fffb2ea2f05 __do_softirq ([kernel.kallsyms]) 7fffb357a32c call_softirq ([kernel.kallsyms]) 7fffb2e30675 do_softirq ([kernel.kallsyms]) 7fffb2ea3285 irq_exit ([kernel.kallsyms]) 7fffb357b5e6 __irqentry_text_start ([kernel.kallsyms]) 7fffb356d362 ret_from_intr ([kernel.kallsyms]) 7fffb356c12e default_idle ([kernel.kallsyms]) 7fffb2e386f0 arch_cpu_idle ([kernel.kallsyms]) 7fffb2efe3ba cpu_startup_entry ([kernel.kallsyms]) 7fffb2e59db7 start_secondary ([kernel.kallsyms]) 7fffb2e020d5 start_cpu ([kernel.kallsyms]) swapper 0 [001] 69006.754090: skb:consume_skb: skbaddr=0xffff917db9647100 7fffb3425a00 consume_skb ([kernel.kallsyms]) 7fffb34ba3cb arp_process ([kernel.kallsyms]) 7fffb34bad65 arp_rcv ([kernel.kallsyms]) 7fffb343b6d9 __netif_receive_skb_core ([kernel.kallsyms]) 7fffb343b9d8 __netif_receive_skb ([kernel.kallsyms]) 7fffb343ba60 netif_receive_skb_internal ([kernel.kallsyms]) 7fffb343c6e8 napi_gro_receive ([kernel.kallsyms]) 7fffc007d1f5 virtnet_poll ([kernel.kallsyms]) 7fffb343c07f net_rx_action ([kernel.kallsyms]) 7fffb2ea2f05 __do_softirq ([kernel.kallsyms]) 7fffb357a32c call_softirq ([kernel.kallsyms]) 7fffb2e30675 do_softirq ([kernel.kallsyms]) 7fffb2ea3285 irq_exit ([kernel.kallsyms]) 7fffb357b5e6 __irqentry_text_start ([kernel.kallsyms]) 7fffb356d362 ret_from_intr ([kernel.kallsyms]) 7fffb356c12e default_idle ([kernel.kallsyms]) 7fffb2e386f0 arch_cpu_idle ([kernel.kallsyms]) 7fffb2efe3ba cpu_startup_entry ([kernel.kallsyms]) any idea why I could get a proper call trace on the new kernel? Thanks.