perf_WSL2

How to run perf on WSL2

This is heavily based on the comment of MondayCha.

Tested with

wsl2 Linux Kernel	Distribution	is_working?
5.15.90.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2 x86_64	Ubuntu-22.04	[x]
5.15.90.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2 x86_64	Ubuntu-20.04	[x]

tl;dr

Windows

dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux /all /norestart
dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:VirtualMachinePlatform /all /norestart
wsl --update
wsl --install -d Ubuntu-22.04

WSL2

sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
sudo apt install flex bison 
sudo apt install libdwarf-dev libelf-dev libnuma-dev libunwind-dev \
libnewt-dev libdwarf++0 libelf++0 libdw-dev libbfb0-dev \
systemtap-sdt-dev libssl-dev libperl-dev python-dev-is-python3 \
binutils-dev libiberty-dev libzstd-dev libcap-dev libbabeltrace-dev \
make
git clone https://github.com/microsoft/WSL2-Linux-Kernel --depth 1
cd WSL2-Linux-Kernel/tools/perf
make
sudo cp perf /usr/local/bin

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Windows

More Info

• activate WSL and virtual machine functions

  dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux /all /norestart
  dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:VirtualMachinePlatform /all /norestart

• update WSL

  wsl --update
  wsl --install -d Ubuntu-22.04

• install linux distribution (wsl --list --online shows all available distributions)

  wsl --install -d Ubuntu-22.04

WSL2

• Update and Upgrade

  update rereads all package sources, while upgrade brings the installed packages up to the latest available in the package sources.

  sudo apt update
  sudo apt upgrade

• Installing packages to build perf

  sudo apt install flex bison 
  sudo apt install libdwarf-dev libelf-dev libnuma-dev libunwind-dev \
  libnewt-dev libdwarf++0 libelf++0 libdw-dev libbfb0-dev \
  systemtap-sdt-dev libssl-dev libperl-dev python-dev-is-python3 \
  binutils-dev libiberty-dev libzstd-dev libcap-dev libbabeltrace-dev \
  make

• clone WSL2-Linux-Kernel sources

  git clone https://github.com/microsoft/WSL2-Linux-Kernel --depth 1

• set current directory to WSL2-Linux-Kernel/tools/perf

  cd WSL2-Linux-Kernel/tools/perf

• build perf from sources

  make

• copy sources to /usr/local/bin

  sudo cp perf /usr/local/bin