linux-kernel - [tip:perf/urgent] perf stat: Use cpu-clock event for cpu targets

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Date:	Thu, 19 May 2016 23:44:24 -0700
From:	tip-bot for Namhyung Kim <tipbot@...or.com>
To:	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	namhyung@...nel.org, tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...nel.org,
	andi@...stfloor.org, a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl, acme@...hat.com,
	hpa@...or.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, jolsa@...nel.org
Subject: [tip:perf/urgent] perf stat: Use cpu-clock event for cpu targets

Commit-ID:  a1f3d56761df31f0ffeb215b974e26d5613e92a4
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/a1f3d56761df31f0ffeb215b974e26d5613e92a4
Author:     Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
AuthorDate: Fri, 13 May 2016 15:01:03 +0900
Committer:  Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
CommitDate: Mon, 16 May 2016 23:11:47 -0300

perf stat: Use cpu-clock event for cpu targets

Currently 'perf stat' always counts task-clock event by default.  But
it's somewhat confusing for system-wide targets (especially with 'sleep
N' as the 'sleep' task just sleeps and doesn't use cputime).  Changing
to cpu-clock event instead for that case makes more sense IMHO.

Before:
  # perf stat -a sleep 0.1

   Performance counter stats for 'system wide':

        403.038603      task-clock (msec)     #    4.001 CPUs utilized
               150      context-switches      #    0.372 K/sec
                 7      cpu-migrations        #    0.017 K/sec
                71      page-faults           #    0.176 K/sec
        23,705,169      cycles                #    0.059 GHz
        15,888,166      instructions          #    0.67  insn per cycle
         3,326,078      branches              #    8.253 M/sec
            87,643      branch-misses         #    2.64% of all branches

       0.100737009 seconds time elapsed

  #

After:

  # perf stat -a sleep 0.1

   Performance counter stats for 'system wide':

        404.271182      cpu-clock (msec)      #    4.000 CPUs utilized
               143      context-switches      #    0.354 K/sec
                13      cpu-migrations        #    0.032 K/sec
                73      page-faults           #    0.181 K/sec
        22,119,220      cycles                #    0.055 GHz
        13,622,065      instructions          #    0.62  insn per cycle
         2,918,769      branches              #    7.220 M/sec
            85,033      branch-misses         #    2.91% of all branches

       0.101073089 seconds time elapsed

  #

Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1463119263-5569-3-git-send-email-namhyung@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
---
 tools/perf/builtin-stat.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
index 16a923c..efdd232 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
@@ -1905,6 +1905,9 @@ static int add_default_attributes(void)
 	}
 
 	if (!evsel_list->nr_entries) {
+		if (target__has_cpu(&target))
+			default_attrs0[0].config = PERF_COUNT_SW_CPU_CLOCK;
+
 		if (perf_evlist__add_default_attrs(evsel_list, default_attrs0) < 0)
 			return -1;
 		if (pmu_have_event("cpu", "stalled-cycles-frontend")) {