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Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2015 06:16:05 -0800
From: Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>
To: Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/10] perf, tools, stat: Force --per-core mode for
.agg-per-core aliases
On Tue, Dec 15, 2015 at 4:54 PM, Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org> wrote:
> From: Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
>
> When an event alias is used that the kernel marked as .agg-per-core, force
> --per-core mode (and also require -a and forbid cgroups or per thread mode).
> This in term means, --topdown forces --per-core mode.
>
> This is needed for TopDown in SMT mode, because it needs to measure
> all threads in a core together and merge the values to compute the correct
> percentages of how the pipeline is limited.
>
> We do this if any alias is agg-per-core.
>
I would rather call this attribute aggr-per-core. That would be more consistent
with how perf calls this.
> Add the code to parse the .agg-per-core attributes and propagate
> the information to the evsel. Then the main stat code does
> the necessary checks and forces per core mode.
>
> Open issue: in combination with -C ... we get wrong values. I think that's
> a existing bug that needs to be debugged/fixed separately.
>
> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
> ---
> tools/perf/builtin-stat.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
> tools/perf/util/evsel.h | 1 +
> tools/perf/util/parse-events.c | 1 +
> tools/perf/util/pmu.c | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
> tools/perf/util/pmu.h | 2 ++
> 5 files changed, 45 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
> index 4777355..0c7cdda 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
> @@ -1540,6 +1540,7 @@ static int add_default_attributes(void)
>
> int cmd_stat(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
> {
> + struct perf_evsel *counter;
> const char * const stat_usage[] = {
> "perf stat [<options>] [<command>]",
> NULL
> @@ -1674,6 +1675,23 @@ int cmd_stat(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
> if (add_default_attributes())
> goto out;
>
> + evlist__for_each (evsel_list, counter) {
> + /* Enable per core mode if only a single event requires it. */
> + if (counter->agg_per_core) {
> + if (stat_config.aggr_mode != AGGR_GLOBAL &&
> + stat_config.aggr_mode != AGGR_CORE) {
> + pr_err("per core event configuration requires per core mode\n");
> + goto out;
> + }
> + stat_config.aggr_mode = AGGR_CORE;
> + if (nr_cgroups || !target__has_cpu(&target)) {
> + pr_err("per core event configuration requires system-wide mode (-a)\n");
> + goto out;
> + }
> + break;
> + }
> + }
> +
> target__validate(&target);
>
> if (perf_evlist__create_maps(evsel_list, &target) < 0) {
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
> index 5ded1fc..efc7f7c 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
> @@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ struct perf_evsel {
> bool tracking;
> bool per_pkg;
> bool precise_max;
> + bool agg_per_core;
> /* parse modifier helper */
> int exclude_GH;
> int nr_members;
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
> index 6fc8cd7..66d8ebd 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
> @@ -1027,6 +1027,7 @@ int parse_events_add_pmu(struct parse_events_evlist *data,
> evsel->unit = info.unit;
> evsel->scale = info.scale;
> evsel->per_pkg = info.per_pkg;
> + evsel->agg_per_core = info.agg_per_core;
> evsel->snapshot = info.snapshot;
> }
>
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
> index 8a520e9..5a52dac 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
> @@ -189,6 +189,23 @@ perf_pmu__parse_per_pkg(struct perf_pmu_alias *alias, char *dir, char *name)
> return 0;
> }
>
> +static void
> +perf_pmu__parse_agg_per_core(struct perf_pmu_alias *alias, char *dir, char *name)
> +{
> + char path[PATH_MAX];
> + FILE *f;
> + int flag;
> +
> + snprintf(path, PATH_MAX, "%s/%s.agg-per-core", dir, name);
> +
> + f = fopen(path, "r");
> + if (f && fscanf(f, "%d", &flag) == 1) {
> + alias->agg_per_core = flag != 0;
> + fclose(f);
> + }
> +}
> +
> +
> static int perf_pmu__parse_snapshot(struct perf_pmu_alias *alias,
> char *dir, char *name)
> {
> @@ -237,6 +254,7 @@ static int __perf_pmu__new_alias(struct list_head *list, char *dir, char *name,
> perf_pmu__parse_scale(alias, dir, name);
> perf_pmu__parse_per_pkg(alias, dir, name);
> perf_pmu__parse_snapshot(alias, dir, name);
> + perf_pmu__parse_agg_per_core(alias, dir, name);
> }
>
> list_add_tail(&alias->list, list);
> @@ -271,6 +289,8 @@ static inline bool pmu_alias_info_file(char *name)
> return true;
> if (len > 9 && !strcmp(name + len - 9, ".snapshot"))
> return true;
> + if (len > 13 && !strcmp(name + len - 13, ".agg-per-core"))
> + return true;
>
> return false;
> }
> @@ -847,6 +867,7 @@ int perf_pmu__check_alias(struct perf_pmu *pmu, struct list_head *head_terms,
> int ret;
>
> info->per_pkg = false;
> + info->agg_per_core = false;
>
> /*
> * Mark unit and scale as not set
> @@ -870,6 +891,8 @@ int perf_pmu__check_alias(struct perf_pmu *pmu, struct list_head *head_terms,
>
> if (alias->per_pkg)
> info->per_pkg = true;
> + if (alias->agg_per_core)
> + info->agg_per_core = true;
>
> list_del(&term->list);
> free(term);
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/pmu.h b/tools/perf/util/pmu.h
> index 5d7e844..5a43719 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/pmu.h
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/pmu.h
> @@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ struct perf_pmu_info {
> double scale;
> bool per_pkg;
> bool snapshot;
> + bool agg_per_core;
> };
>
> #define UNIT_MAX_LEN 31 /* max length for event unit name */
> @@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ struct perf_pmu_alias {
> double scale;
> bool per_pkg;
> bool snapshot;
> + bool agg_per_core;
> };
>
> struct perf_pmu *perf_pmu__find(const char *name);
> --
> 2.4.3
>
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