linux-kernel - [PATCH V2 04/13] perf/core: output multiplexing overhead

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Date:   Fri,  2 Dec 2016 16:19:12 -0500
From:   kan.liang@...el.com
To:     peterz@...radead.org, mingo@...hat.com, acme@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com, tglx@...utronix.de,
        namhyung@...nel.org, jolsa@...nel.org, adrian.hunter@...el.com,
        wangnan0@...wei.com, mark.rutland@....com, andi@...stfloor.org,
        Kan Liang <kan.liang@...el.com>
Subject: [PATCH V2 04/13] perf/core: output multiplexing overhead

From: Kan Liang <kan.liang@...el.com>

Multiplexing overhead is one of the key overhead when the number of
events is more than available counters.

The multiplexing overhead PERF_CORE_MUX_OVERHEAD is a common overhead
type.

Signed-off-by: Kan Liang <kan.liang@...el.com>
---
 include/linux/perf_event.h      |  2 ++
 include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h |  1 +
 kernel/events/core.c            | 14 ++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 17 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/linux/perf_event.h b/include/linux/perf_event.h
index ebd356e..351d321 100644
--- a/include/linux/perf_event.h
+++ b/include/linux/perf_event.h
@@ -794,6 +794,8 @@ struct perf_cpu_context {
 
 	struct list_head		sched_cb_entry;
 	int				sched_cb_usage;
+
+	struct perf_overhead_entry	mux_overhead;
 };
 
 struct perf_output_handle {
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h b/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
index fe7b1fb..355086f 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
@@ -999,6 +999,7 @@ struct perf_branch_entry {
  */
 enum perf_record_overhead_type {
 	PERF_CORE_OVERHEAD	 = 0,
+	PERF_CORE_MUX_OVERHEAD	 = 0,
 
 	PERF_PMU_OVERHEAD	 = 20,
 	PERF_PMU_SAMPLE_OVERHEAD = 20,
diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index 306bc92..025a19d 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -1830,6 +1830,9 @@ event_sched_out(struct perf_event *event,
 	if (event->attr.exclusive || !cpuctx->active_oncpu)
 		cpuctx->exclusive = 0;
 
+	if (log_overhead && cpuctx->mux_overhead.nr)
+		perf_log_overhead(event, PERF_CORE_MUX_OVERHEAD, &cpuctx->mux_overhead);
+
 	perf_pmu_enable(event->pmu);
 }
 
@@ -3330,9 +3333,17 @@ static void rotate_ctx(struct perf_event_context *ctx)
 		list_rotate_left(&ctx->flexible_groups);
 }
 
+static void
+perf_calculate_mux_overhead(struct perf_cpu_context *cpuctx, u64 time)
+{
+	cpuctx->mux_overhead.nr++;
+	cpuctx->mux_overhead.time += time;
+}
+
 static int perf_rotate_context(struct perf_cpu_context *cpuctx)
 {
 	struct perf_event_context *ctx = NULL;
+	u64 start_clock, end_clock;
 	int rotate = 0;
 
 	if (cpuctx->ctx.nr_events) {
@@ -3349,6 +3360,7 @@ static int perf_rotate_context(struct perf_cpu_context *cpuctx)
 	if (!rotate)
 		goto done;
 
+	start_clock = perf_clock();
 	perf_ctx_lock(cpuctx, cpuctx->task_ctx);
 	perf_pmu_disable(cpuctx->ctx.pmu);
 
@@ -3364,6 +3376,8 @@ static int perf_rotate_context(struct perf_cpu_context *cpuctx)
 
 	perf_pmu_enable(cpuctx->ctx.pmu);
 	perf_ctx_unlock(cpuctx, cpuctx->task_ctx);
+	end_clock = perf_clock();
+	perf_calculate_mux_overhead(cpuctx, end_clock - start_clock);
 done:
 
 	return rotate;
-- 
2.5.5