linux-kernel - [patch] perf tools: perf list broken on ARM

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.10.1312301536150.28814@vincent-weaver-1.um.maine.edu>
Date:	Mon, 30 Dec 2013 15:39:45 -0500 (EST)
From:	Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@...ne.edu>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
cc:	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
	Chad Paradis <chad.paradis@...t.maine.edu>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...stprotocols.net>
Subject: [patch] perf tools: perf list broken on ARM


"perf list" listing of hardware events doesn't work on older ARM devices.
The change enabling event detection:

 commit b41f1cec91c37eeea6fdb15effbfa24ea0a5536b
 Author: Namhyung Kim <namhyung.kim@....com>
 Date:   Tue Aug 27 11:41:53 2013 +0900

     perf list: Skip unsupported events


uses the following code in tools/perf/util/parse-events.c:

        struct perf_event_attr attr = {
                .type = type,
                .config = config,
                .disabled = 1,
                .exclude_kernel = 1,
        };

On ARM machines pre-dating the Cortex-A15 this doesn't work, as
these machines don't support .exclude_kernel.  So starting with 3.12
"perf list" does not report any hardware events at all on older
machines (seen on Rasp-Pi, Pandaboard, Beagleboard, etc).

This version of the patch makes changes suggested by Namhyung Kim
to check for EACCESS and retry (instead of just dropping
the exclude_kernel) so we can properly handle machines where 
/proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_paranoid is set to 2.

Reported-by: Chad Paradis <chad.paradis@...t.maine.edu>
Signed-off-by: Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@...ne.edu>
Acked-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
index 6de6f89..1fa98b9 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
@@ -1082,12 +1082,12 @@ int is_valid_tracepoint(const char *event_string)
 static bool is_event_supported(u8 type, unsigned config)
 {
 	bool ret = true;
+	int open_return;
 	struct perf_evsel *evsel;
 	struct perf_event_attr attr = {
 		.type = type,
 		.config = config,
 		.disabled = 1,
-		.exclude_kernel = 1,
 	};
 	struct {
 		struct thread_map map;
@@ -1099,7 +1099,20 @@ static bool is_event_supported(u8 type, unsigned config)
 
 	evsel = perf_evsel__new(&attr);
 	if (evsel) {
-		ret = perf_evsel__open(evsel, NULL, &tmap.map) >= 0;
+		open_return = perf_evsel__open(evsel, NULL, &tmap.map);
+		ret = open_return >= 0;
+
+		if (open_return == -EACCES) {
+			/*
+			 * This happens if the paranoid value
+			 * /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_paranoid is set to 2
+			 * Re-run with exclude_kernel set; we don't do that
+			 * by default as some ARM machines do not support it.
+			 *
+			 */
+			evsel->attr.exclude_kernel = 1;
+			ret = perf_evsel__open(evsel, NULL, &tmap.map) >= 0;
+		}
 		perf_evsel__delete(evsel);
 	}
 
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