linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/4] perf/x86/mbm: Fix mbm counting when RMIDs are reused

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Date:	Mon, 25 Apr 2016 14:43:51 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Vikas Shivappa <vikas.shivappa@...el.com>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
cc:	Vikas Shivappa <vikas.shivappa@...el.com>,
	Vikas Shivappa <vikas.shivappa@...ux.intel.com>,
	tony.luck@...el.com, "Shankar, Ravi V" <ravi.v.shankar@...el.com>,
	"Yu, Fenghua" <fenghua.yu@...el.com>, x86@...nel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, hpa@...or.com, tglx@...utronix.de,
	mingo@...nel.org, h.peter.anvin@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] perf/x86/mbm: Fix mbm counting when RMIDs are
 reused



On Mon, 25 Apr 2016, Peter Zijlstra wrote:

> On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 09:44:53AM -0700, Vikas Shivappa wrote:
>>
>>
>> On Mon, 25 Apr 2016, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
>>
>>> On Fri, Apr 22, 2016 at 05:27:20PM -0700, Vikas Shivappa wrote:
>>>> When multiple instances of perf reuse RMID, then we need to start
>>>> counting for each instance rather than reporting the current RMID count.
>>>> This patch adds a st_count(start count) per event to track the same.
>>>
>>> what?
>>>
>>
>> Will fix the comit log :
>>
>> When multiple instances of perf reuse RMID for the same PID, then we need to
>> start counting from zero for each new event, rather than reporting the
>> current RMID. This patch adds a st_count(start count) per event to track the
>> same.
>>
>> For ex:
>> 1.RMID1's total_bytes is 100MB for event1(PID1)
>> 2.another perf instance starts measuring the same PID1 with event2. We reuse
>> RMID1 as the PID1 is already counted.
>> 3.event2 stores st_count as 100MB.
>> 4.After some time, when user wants to count event2 and say RMID1's current
>> total_bytes 110MB, we report 110MB - 100MB = 10MB
>
> This is naturally handled by the scheme I outlined in the other patch.

Something similar although there is one per rmid and one per event..

u64 read_sample(rmid...) // for each rmid
{
...

start:
   'per rmid' prev = read_hw_counter();

count:
   cur_count = read_hw_counter();
   delta = cur_count - prev;
   prev = cur_count;
   total_bytes += delta;

   return total_bytes;
}

when we lose the rmid -

xchng(event, rmid=-1)
{
..

'per event' rc_count = read_sample(event->rmid) - per event start count;
'per event' start_count = 0;

}


for each event -

start:
   if rmid is reused
    'per event' prev = read_sample(rmid);
   else
    prev = 0;

count: // we use count instead of read
   count = read_sample(rmid) + rc_count - prev;


>