linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 1/4] tools/perf: support parsing parameterized events

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Message-ID: <20141208105907.GB4796@krava.redhat.com>
Date:	Mon, 8 Dec 2014 11:59:07 +0100
From:	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
To:	Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
	Michael Ellerman <michaele@....ibm.com>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>, dev@...yps.com,
	peterz@...radead.org, hbabu@...ibm.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 1/4] tools/perf: support parsing parameterized events

On Sat, Dec 06, 2014 at 11:37:24PM -0800, Sukadev Bhattiprolu wrote:
> Jiri Olsa [jolsa@...hat.com] wrote:
> 
> | anyway we could assign directly to the param term name as you do,
> | but I think we just need to mark the term as parametrized, like:
> | 
> | in /sys/bus/event_source/devices/pmu/events/event_name you have:
> |   param2=?,bar=1,param1=?
> 
> I like the idea of just using a single ? for required parameters, but
> the problem I had with this approach can be seen with these two sysfs
> entries:
> 
>         $ cat HPM_0THRD_NON_IDLE_CCYC__PHYS_CORE
>         domain=0x2,offset=0xe0,starting_index=core,lpar=0x0
> 
>         $ cat HPM_0THRD_NON_IDLE_CCYC__VCPU_HOME_CORE
>         domain=0x3,offset=0xe0,starting_index=vcpu,lpar=sibling_guest_id
> 
> The parameter 'starting_index' refers to a core in one event and vcpu in
> another event. We were trying to give a hint as to what it refers to.
> 
> Given that, 'starting_index' is not very intuitive, how about discarding
> starting_index and replacing with what it really means for the event and,
> use a simple '?' to indicate required parameter).
> 
>         $ cat HPM_0THRD_NON_IDLE_CCYC__PHYS_CORE
>         domain=0x2,offset=0xe0,core=?,lpar=0x0
> 
>         $ cat HPM_0THRD_NON_IDLE_CCYC__VCPU_HOME_CORE
>         domain=0x3,offset=0xe0,vcpu=?,lpar=?
> 
> perf list shows these as:
> 
> 	hv_24x7/HPM_0THRD_NON_IDLE_CCYC__PHYS_CORE,core=?/ 
> 	hv_24x7/HPM_0THRD_NON_IDLE_CCYC__VCPU_HOME_CHIP,vcpu=?,lpar=?/
> 
> command line would be
> 
> 	-e hv_24x7/HPM_0THRD_NON_IDLE_CCYC__PHYS_CORE,core=2/ 
> 
> 	or
> 
> 	-e hv_24x7/HPM_0THRD_NON_IDLE_CCYC__VCPU_HOME_CHIP,vcpu=2,lpar=7/
> 
> and would fail if a required parameter is missing.

that sounds good to me

jirka
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