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Date:	Thu, 27 Aug 2015 23:39:22 -0700
From:	tip-bot for Adrian Hunter <tipbot@...or.com>
To:	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	hpa@...or.com, tglx@...utronix.de, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	adrian.hunter@...el.com, acme@...hat.com, mingo@...nel.org,
	jolsa@...hat.com
Subject: [tip:perf/core] perf tools:
  Add Intel PT support for using MTC packets

Commit-ID:  b45fc0bfaf4a0b60ce2deda222f8ef2a23b89a5f
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/b45fc0bfaf4a0b60ce2deda222f8ef2a23b89a5f
Author:     Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>
AuthorDate: Fri, 17 Jul 2015 19:33:56 +0300
Committer:  Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
CommitDate: Mon, 24 Aug 2015 17:48:06 -0300

perf tools: Add Intel PT support for using MTC packets

MTC packets are a new Intel PT feature.

MTC packets provide finer grain timestamp information than TSC packets.

Support for this feature is indicated by:

  /sys/bus/event_source/devices/intel_pt/caps/mtc

which contains "1" if the feature is supported and "0" otherwise.

MTC packets can be requested using a PMU config term e.g. perf record -e
intel_pt/mtc/u sleep 1

The frequency of MTC packets can also be specified.  e.g. perf record -e
intel_pt/mtc,mtc_period=2/u sleep 1

The default value is 3 or the nearest lower value that is supported.  0
is always supported.

Valid values are given by:

/sys/bus/event_source/devices/intel_pt/caps/mtc_periods

which contains a hexadecimal value, the bits of which represent valid
values e.g. bit 2 set means value 2 is valid.

The value is converted to the MTC frequency as:

	CTC-frequency / (2 ^ value)

e.g. value 3 means one eighth of CTC-frequency

Where CTC is the hardware crystal clock, the frequency of which can be
related to TSC via values provided in cpuid leaf 0x15.

If an invalid value is entered, the error message will give a list of
valid values e.g.

	$ perf record -e intel_pt/mtc_period=15/u uname
	Invalid mtc_period for intel_pt. Valid values are: 0,3,6,9

tools/perf/Documentation/intel-pt.txt is updated in a later patch as
there are a number of new features being added.

For more information refer to the June 2015 or later Intel 64 and IA-32
Architectures SDM Chapter 36 Intel Processor Trace.

Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1437150840-31811-22-git-send-email-adrian.hunter@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
---
 tools/perf/arch/x86/util/intel-pt.c | 26 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/intel-pt.c b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/intel-pt.c
index faae928..a5de01d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/intel-pt.c
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/intel-pt.c
@@ -190,17 +190,33 @@ static int intel_pt_pick_bit(int bits, int target)
 static u64 intel_pt_default_config(struct perf_pmu *intel_pt_pmu)
 {
 	char buf[256];
+	int mtc, mtc_periods = 0, mtc_period;
 	int psb_cyc, psb_periods, psb_period;
 	int pos = 0;
 	u64 config;
 
 	pos += scnprintf(buf + pos, sizeof(buf) - pos, "tsc");
 
+	if (perf_pmu__scan_file(intel_pt_pmu, "caps/mtc", "%d",
+				&mtc) != 1)
+		mtc = 1;
+
+	if (mtc) {
+		if (perf_pmu__scan_file(intel_pt_pmu, "caps/mtc_periods", "%x",
+					&mtc_periods) != 1)
+			mtc_periods = 0;
+		if (mtc_periods) {
+			mtc_period = intel_pt_pick_bit(mtc_periods, 3);
+			pos += scnprintf(buf + pos, sizeof(buf) - pos,
+					 ",mtc,mtc_period=%d", mtc_period);
+		}
+	}
+
 	if (perf_pmu__scan_file(intel_pt_pmu, "caps/psb_cyc", "%d",
 				&psb_cyc) != 1)
 		psb_cyc = 1;
 
-	if (psb_cyc) {
+	if (psb_cyc && mtc_periods) {
 		if (perf_pmu__scan_file(intel_pt_pmu, "caps/psb_periods", "%x",
 					&psb_periods) != 1)
 			psb_periods = 0;
@@ -454,9 +470,17 @@ out_err:
 static int intel_pt_validate_config(struct perf_pmu *intel_pt_pmu,
 				    struct perf_evsel *evsel)
 {
+	int err;
+
 	if (!evsel)
 		return 0;
 
+	err = intel_pt_val_config_term(intel_pt_pmu, "caps/mtc_periods",
+				       "mtc_period", "caps/mtc",
+				       evsel->attr.config);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
 	return intel_pt_val_config_term(intel_pt_pmu, "caps/psb_periods",
 					"psb_period", "caps/psb_cyc",
 					evsel->attr.config);
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