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Date:	Tue, 26 May 2015 18:07:12 +0200
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@...ne.edu>,
	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>,
	"Liang, Kan" <kan.liang@...el.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 02/11] perf/x86: Improve HT workaround GP counter
 constraint

On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 03:19:50PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 04:47:11AM -0700, Stephane Eranian wrote:
> > > I'm going to overhaul the whole get/put constraints stuff first.
> > 
> > Ok, I think it would be good to balance to number of get/put. It would
> > avoid the confusion. Is that what you are thinking about?
> 
> Yes, and remove the few associated modifications to events.

I have the below (in 4 patches); compile tested only so far.

---
 perf_event.c       |   51 +++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------------
 perf_event.h       |    4 ++--
 perf_event_intel.c |   40 ++++------------------------------------
 3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 64 deletions(-)

--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
@@ -810,9 +810,15 @@ int x86_schedule_events(struct cpu_hw_ev
 		x86_pmu.start_scheduling(cpuc);
 
 	for (i = 0, wmin = X86_PMC_IDX_MAX, wmax = 0; i < n; i++) {
-		cpuc->event_constraint[i] = NULL;
-		c = x86_pmu.get_event_constraints(cpuc, i, cpuc->event_list[i]);
-		cpuc->event_constraint[i] = c;
+		/*
+		 * Only call get_event_constraints() once!
+		 */
+		c = cpuc->event_constraint[i];
+		if (!c) {
+			e = cpuc->event_list[i];
+			c = x86_pmu.get_event_constraints(cpuc, i, e);
+			cpuc->event_constraint[i] = c;
+		}
 
 		wmin = min(wmin, c->weight);
 		wmax = max(wmax, c->weight);
@@ -875,27 +881,23 @@ int x86_schedule_events(struct cpu_hw_ev
 	 * validate an event group (assign == NULL)
 	 */
 	if (!unsched && assign) {
-		for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
-			e = cpuc->event_list[i];
-			e->hw.flags |= PERF_X86_EVENT_COMMITTED;
-			if (x86_pmu.commit_scheduling)
+		if (x86_pmu.commit_scheduling) {
+			for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
 				x86_pmu.commit_scheduling(cpuc, i, assign[i]);
+			}
 		}
-	} else {
-		for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
-			e = cpuc->event_list[i];
-			/*
-			 * do not put_constraint() on comitted events,
-			 * because they are good to go
-			 */
-			if ((e->hw.flags & PERF_X86_EVENT_COMMITTED))
-				continue;
+	} else if (x86_pmu.put_event_constraints) {
+		/* x86_pmu_add() will not yet have updated n_events */
+		i = cpuc->n_events;
+
+		/* x86_pmu_commit_txn() relies on n_txn */
+		if (cpuc->group_flag & PERF_EVENT_TXN)
+			i -= cpuc->n_txn;
 
-			/*
-			 * release events that failed scheduling
-			 */
-			if (x86_pmu.put_event_constraints)
-				x86_pmu.put_event_constraints(cpuc, e);
+		for (; i < n; i++) {
+			e = cpuc->event_list[i];
+			/* release events that failed scheduling */
+			x86_pmu.put_event_constraints(cpuc, e);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -923,6 +925,7 @@ static int collect_events(struct cpu_hw_
 		if (n >= max_count)
 			return -EINVAL;
 		cpuc->event_list[n] = leader;
+		cpuc->event_constraint[n] = NULL;
 		n++;
 	}
 	if (!dogrp)
@@ -937,6 +940,7 @@ static int collect_events(struct cpu_hw_
 			return -EINVAL;
 
 		cpuc->event_list[n] = event;
+		cpuc->event_constraint[n] = NULL;
 		n++;
 	}
 	return n;
@@ -1295,11 +1299,6 @@ static void x86_pmu_del(struct perf_even
 	int i;
 
 	/*
-	 * event is descheduled
-	 */
-	event->hw.flags &= ~PERF_X86_EVENT_COMMITTED;
-
-	/*
 	 * If we're called during a txn, we don't need to do anything.
 	 * The events never got scheduled and ->cancel_txn will truncate
 	 * the event_list.
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.h
@@ -68,13 +68,13 @@ struct event_constraint {
 #define PERF_X86_EVENT_PEBS_LDLAT	0x0001 /* ld+ldlat data address sampling */
 #define PERF_X86_EVENT_PEBS_ST		0x0002 /* st data address sampling */
 #define PERF_X86_EVENT_PEBS_ST_HSW	0x0004 /* haswell style datala, store */
-#define PERF_X86_EVENT_COMMITTED	0x0008 /* event passed commit_txn */
+
 #define PERF_X86_EVENT_PEBS_LD_HSW	0x0010 /* haswell style datala, load */
 #define PERF_X86_EVENT_PEBS_NA_HSW	0x0020 /* haswell style datala, unknown */
 #define PERF_X86_EVENT_EXCL		0x0040 /* HT exclusivity on counter */
 #define PERF_X86_EVENT_DYNAMIC		0x0080 /* dynamic alloc'd constraint */
 #define PERF_X86_EVENT_RDPMC_ALLOWED	0x0100 /* grant rdpmc permission */
-#define PERF_X86_EVENT_EXCL_ACCT	0x0200 /* accounted EXCL event */
+
 #define PERF_X86_EVENT_AUTO_RELOAD	0x0400 /* use PEBS auto-reload */
 #define PERF_X86_EVENT_FREERUNNING	0x0800 /* use freerunning PEBS */
 
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel.c
@@ -1955,14 +1955,6 @@ __intel_shared_reg_get_constraints(struc
 	unsigned long flags;
 	int idx = reg->idx;
 
-	/*
-	 * reg->alloc can be set due to existing state, so for fake cpuc we
-	 * need to ignore this, otherwise we might fail to allocate proper fake
-	 * state for this extra reg constraint. Also see the comment below.
-	 */
-	if (reg->alloc && !cpuc->is_fake)
-		return NULL; /* call x86_get_event_constraint() */
-
 again:
 	era = &cpuc->shared_regs->regs[idx];
 	/*
@@ -1986,14 +1978,6 @@ __intel_shared_reg_get_constraints(struc
 		if (!cpuc->is_fake) {
 			if (idx != reg->idx)
 				intel_fixup_er(event, idx);
-
-			/*
-			 * x86_schedule_events() can call get_event_constraints()
-			 * multiple times on events in the case of incremental
-			 * scheduling(). reg->alloc ensures we only do the ER
-			 * allocation once.
-			 */
-			reg->alloc = 1;
 		}
 
 		/* lock in msr value */
@@ -2026,24 +2010,12 @@ __intel_shared_reg_put_constraints(struc
 {
 	struct er_account *era;
 
-	/*
-	 * Only put constraint if extra reg was actually allocated. Also takes
-	 * care of event which do not use an extra shared reg.
-	 *
-	 * Also, if this is a fake cpuc we shouldn't touch any event state
-	 * (reg->alloc) and we don't care about leaving inconsistent cpuc state
-	 * either since it'll be thrown out.
-	 */
-	if (!reg->alloc || cpuc->is_fake)
-		return;
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(cpuc->is_fake);
 
 	era = &cpuc->shared_regs->regs[reg->idx];
 
 	/* one fewer user */
 	atomic_dec(&era->ref);
-
-	/* allocate again next time */
-	reg->alloc = 0;
 }
 
 static struct event_constraint *
@@ -2261,8 +2233,7 @@ intel_get_excl_constraints(struct cpu_hw
 	 * across HT threads
 	 */
 	is_excl = c->flags & PERF_X86_EVENT_EXCL;
-	if (is_excl && !(event->hw.flags & PERF_X86_EVENT_EXCL_ACCT)) {
-		event->hw.flags |= PERF_X86_EVENT_EXCL_ACCT;
+	if (is_excl) {
 		if (!cpuc->n_excl++)
 			WRITE_ONCE(excl_cntrs->has_exclusive[tid], 1);
 	}
@@ -2350,11 +2321,8 @@ static void intel_put_excl_constraints(s
 	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!excl_cntrs))
 		return;
 
-	if (hwc->flags & PERF_X86_EVENT_EXCL_ACCT) {
-		hwc->flags &= ~PERF_X86_EVENT_EXCL_ACCT;
-		if (!--cpuc->n_excl)
-			WRITE_ONCE(excl_cntrs->has_exclusive[tid], 0);
-	}
+	if ((hwc->flags & PERF_X86_EVENT_EXCL) && !--cpuc->n_excl)
+		WRITE_ONCE(excl_cntrs->has_exclusive[tid], 0);
 
 	/*
 	 * If event was actually assigned, then mark the counter state as
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