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Message-ID: <535E2FDC.2020309@de.ibm.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2014 12:39:24 +0200
From: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@...ibm.com>
To: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
CC: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
Corey Ashford <cjashfor@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>,
Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...stprotocols.net>,
Jean Pihet <jean.pihet@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] perf tools: Cache register accesses for unwind processing
On 17/04/14 19:39, Jiri Olsa wrote:
> Caching registers value into an array. Got about 4% speed up
> of perf_reg_value function for report command processing
> dwarf unwind stacks.
>
> Output from report over 1.5 GB data with DWARF unwind stacks:
> (TODO fix perf diff)
>
> current code:
> 6.81% perf.old perf.old [.] perf_reg_value
>
> change:
> 2.24% perf perf [.] perf_reg_value
>
> And little bit of speed up:
>
> Performance counter stats for './perf.old report -i perf-test.data --stdio':
>
> 134,664,011,577 cycles:u # 2.472 GHz
> 189,677,227,475 instructions:u # 1.41 insns per cycle
> 54465.096050 task-clock (msec) # 0.998 CPUs utilized
>
> 54.598339009 seconds time elapsed
>
> Performance counter stats for './perf report -i perf-test.data --stdio':
>
> 124,478,681,672 cycles:u # 2.466 GHz
> 168,998,379,866 instructions:u # 1.36 insns per cycle
> 50487.110482 task-clock (msec) # 0.997 CPUs utilized
>
> 50.635824229 seconds time elapsed
>
> Cc: Corey Ashford <cjashfor@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
> Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
> Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...stprotocols.net>
> Cc: Jean Pihet <jean.pihet@...aro.org>
> Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
> ---
> tools/perf/util/event.h | 5 +++++
> tools/perf/util/perf_regs.c | 10 +++++++++-
> tools/perf/util/perf_regs.h | 4 +++-
> 3 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/event.h b/tools/perf/util/event.h
> index 38457d4..970d4eb 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/event.h
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/event.h
> @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
> #include "../perf.h"
> #include "map.h"
> #include "build-id.h"
> +#include "perf_regs.h"
>
> struct mmap_event {
> struct perf_event_header header;
> @@ -87,6 +88,10 @@ struct regs_dump {
> u64 abi;
> u64 mask;
> u64 *regs;
> +
> + /* Cached values/mask filled by first register access. */
> + u64 cache_regs[PERF_REGS_MAX];
> + u64 cache_mask;
> };
>
> struct stack_dump {
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/perf_regs.c b/tools/perf/util/perf_regs.c
> index a3539ef..43168fb 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/perf_regs.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/perf_regs.c
> @@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
> #include <errno.h>
> #include "perf_regs.h"
> +#include "event.h"
>
> int perf_reg_value(u64 *valp, struct regs_dump *regs, int id)
> {
> int i, idx = 0;
> u64 mask = regs->mask;
>
> + if (regs->cache_mask & (1 << id))
> + goto out;
> +
> if (!(mask & (1 << id)))
> return -EINVAL;
>
> @@ -14,6 +18,10 @@ int perf_reg_value(u64 *valp, struct regs_dump *regs, int id)
> idx++;
> }
>
> - *valp = regs->regs[idx];
> + regs->cache_mask |= (1 << id);
> + regs->cache_regs[id] = regs->regs[idx];
> +
> +out:
> + *valp = regs->cache_regs[id];
> return 0;
> }
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/perf_regs.h b/tools/perf/util/perf_regs.h
> index d6e8b6a..80d8ab1 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/perf_regs.h
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/perf_regs.h
> @@ -2,15 +2,17 @@
> #define __PERF_REGS_H
>
> #include "types.h"
> -#include "event.h"
>
> #ifdef HAVE_PERF_REGS_SUPPORT
> #include <perf_regs.h>
>
> +struct regs_dump;
> +
> int perf_reg_value(u64 *valp, struct regs_dump *regs, int id);
>
> #else
> #define PERF_REGS_MASK 0
> +#define PERF_REGS_MAX 0
>
> static inline const char *perf_reg_name(int id __maybe_unused)
> {
>
Want such a speedup,
but it does not compile on my s390x system:
CC util/top.o
In file included from util/event.h:10:0,
from util/event.c:2:
util/perf_regs.h:24:6: error: ‘struct regs_dump’ declared inside parameter list [-Werror]
util/perf_regs.h:24:6: error: its scope is only this definition or declaration, which is probably not what you want [-Werror]
In file included from util/event.h:10:0,
from util/callchain.h:7,
from util/hist.h:6,
from util/evsel.h:11,
from util/evsel.c:18:
util/perf_regs.h:24:6: error: ‘struct regs_dump’ declared inside parameter list [-Werror]
util/perf_regs.h:24:6: error: its scope is only this definition or declaration, which is probably not what you want [-Werror]
In file included from /home/cborntra/REPOS/linux/tools/perf/util/event.h:10:0,
from /home/cborntra/REPOS/linux/tools/perf/util/debug.h:6,
from util/cpumap.h:8,
from util/top.c:9:
/home/cborntra/REPOS/linux/tools/perf/util/perf_regs.h:24:6: error: ‘struct regs_dump’ declared inside parameter list [-Werror]
/home/cborntra/REPOS/linux/tools/perf/util/perf_regs.h:24:6: error: its scope is only this definition or declaration, which is probably not what you want [-Werror]
In file included from /home/cborntra/REPOS/linux/tools/perf/util/event.h:10:0,
from /home/cborntra/REPOS/linux/tools/perf/util/debug.h:6,
from util/cpumap.h:8,
from util/evlist.c:12:
/home/cborntra/REPOS/linux/tools/perf/util/perf_regs.h:24:6: error: ‘struct regs_dump’ declared inside parameter list [-Werror]
/home/cborntra/REPOS/linux/tools/perf/util/perf_regs.h:24:6: error: its scope is only this definition or declaration, which is probably not what you want [-Werror]
CC util/usage.o
CC util/wrapper.o
CC util/sigchain.o
In file included from util/event.h:10:0,
from util/header.h:8,
from util/parse-options.c:4:
util/perf_regs.h:24:6: error: ‘struct regs_dump’ declared inside parameter list [-Werror]
util/perf_regs.h:24:6: error: its scope is only this definition or declaration, which is probably not what you want [-Werror]
cc1: all warnings being treated as errors
make[1]: *** [util/parse-options.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
cc1: all warnings being treated as errors
cc1: all warnings being treated as errors
make[1]: *** [util/event.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [util/evsel.o] Error 1
In file included from util/event.h:10:0,
from util/debug.h:6,
from util/usage.c:10:
util/perf_regs.h:24:6: error: ‘struct regs_dump’ declared inside parameter list [-Werror]
util/perf_regs.h:24:6: error: its scope is only this definition or declaration, which is probably not what you want [-Werror]
cc1: all warnings being treated as errors
make[1]: *** [util/usage.o] Error 1
cc1: all warnings being treated as errors
make[1]: *** [util/evlist.o] Error 1
cc1: all warnings being treated as errors
make[1]: *** [util/top.o] Error 1
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