linux-kernel - [PATCH v2] perf mem/c2c: Fix perf_mem

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Message-Id: <20190129132412.771-1-ravi.bangoria@linux.ibm.com>
Date:   Tue, 29 Jan 2019 18:54:12 +0530
From:   Ravi Bangoria <ravi.bangoria@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     acme@...nel.org, jolsa@...hat.com
Cc:     namhyung@...nel.org, dzickus@...hat.com, fowles@...each.com,
        jmario@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        mpe@...erman.id.au, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
        maddy@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
        Ravi Bangoria <ravi.bangoria@...ux.ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2] perf mem/c2c: Fix perf_mem_events to support powerpc

Powerpc hw does not have inbuilt latency filter (--ldlat) for mem-load
event and, perf_mem_events by default includes ldlat=30 which is
causing failure on powerpc. Refactor code to support perf mem/c2c on
powerpc.

This patch depends on kernel side changes done my Madhavan:
https://lists.ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2018-December/182596.html

Signed-off-by: Ravi Bangoria <ravi.bangoria@...ux.ibm.com>
---
 tools/perf/Documentation/perf-c2c.txt     | 16 ++++++++++++----
 tools/perf/Documentation/perf-mem.txt     |  2 +-
 tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/Build        |  1 +
 tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/mem-events.c | 11 +++++++++++
 tools/perf/util/mem-events.c              |  2 +-
 5 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/mem-events.c

diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-c2c.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-c2c.txt
index 095aebd..e6150f2 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-c2c.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-c2c.txt
@@ -19,8 +19,11 @@ C2C stands for Cache To Cache.
 The perf c2c tool provides means for Shared Data C2C/HITM analysis. It allows
 you to track down the cacheline contentions.
 
-The tool is based on x86's load latency and precise store facility events
-provided by Intel CPUs. These events provide:
+On x86, the tool is based on load latency and precise store facility events
+provided by Intel CPUs. On PowerPC, the tool uses random instruction sampling
+with thresholding feature.
+
+These events provide:
   - memory address of the access
   - type of the access (load and store details)
   - latency (in cycles) of the load access
@@ -46,7 +49,7 @@ RECORD OPTIONS
 
 -l::
 --ldlat::
-	Configure mem-loads latency.
+	Configure mem-loads latency. (x86 only)
 
 -k::
 --all-kernel::
@@ -119,11 +122,16 @@ Following perf record options are configured by default:
   -W,-d,--phys-data,--sample-cpu
 
 Unless specified otherwise with '-e' option, following events are monitored by
-default:
+default on x86:
 
   cpu/mem-loads,ldlat=30/P
   cpu/mem-stores/P
 
+and following on PowerPC:
+
+  cpu/mem-loads/
+  cpu/mem-stores/
+
 User can pass any 'perf record' option behind '--' mark, like (to enable
 callchains and system wide monitoring):
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-mem.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-mem.txt
index f8d2167..199ea0f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-mem.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-mem.txt
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ RECORD OPTIONS
 	Be more verbose (show counter open errors, etc)
 
 --ldlat <n>::
-	Specify desired latency for loads event.
+	Specify desired latency for loads event. (x86 only)
 
 In addition, for report all perf report options are valid, and for record
 all perf record options.
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/Build b/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/Build
index 2e659531..ba98bd0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/Build
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/Build
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ libperf-y += header.o
 libperf-y += sym-handling.o
 libperf-y += kvm-stat.o
 libperf-y += perf_regs.o
+libperf-y += mem-events.o
 
 libperf-$(CONFIG_DWARF) += dwarf-regs.o
 libperf-$(CONFIG_DWARF) += skip-callchain-idx.o
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/mem-events.c b/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/mem-events.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f1194fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/mem-events.c
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+#include "mem-events.h"
+
+/* PowerPC does not support 'ldlat' parameter. */
+char *perf_mem_events__name(int i)
+{
+	if (i == PERF_MEM_EVENTS__LOAD)
+		return (char *) "cpu/mem-loads/";
+
+	return (char *) "cpu/mem-stores/";
+}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/mem-events.c b/tools/perf/util/mem-events.c
index 93f74d8..42c3e5a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/mem-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/mem-events.c
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ struct perf_mem_event perf_mem_events[PERF_MEM_EVENTS__MAX] = {
 static char mem_loads_name[100];
 static bool mem_loads_name__init;
 
-char *perf_mem_events__name(int i)
+char * __weak perf_mem_events__name(int i)
 {
 	if (i == PERF_MEM_EVENTS__LOAD) {
 		if (!mem_loads_name__init) {
-- 
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