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Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2019 08:38:14 -0600
From: Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@...aro.org>
To: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <arnaldo.melo@...il.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>,
Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
"Suzuki K. Poulose" <suzuki.poulose@....com>,
Leo Yan <leo.yan@...aro.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 16/17] perf tools: Add notion of time to decoding code
On Thu, 6 Jun 2019 at 12:50, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
<arnaldo.melo@...il.com> wrote:
>
> Em Fri, May 24, 2019 at 11:35:07AM -0600, Mathieu Poirier escreveu:
> > This patch deals with timestamp packets received from the decoding library
> > in order to give the front end packet processing loop a handle on the time
> > instruction conveyed by range packets have been executed at.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@...aro.org>
> > ---
> > .../perf/util/cs-etm-decoder/cs-etm-decoder.c | 112 +++++++++++++++++-
> > tools/perf/util/cs-etm.c | 19 +++
> > tools/perf/util/cs-etm.h | 17 +++
> > 3 files changed, 144 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/tools/perf/util/cs-etm-decoder/cs-etm-decoder.c b/tools/perf/util/cs-etm-decoder/cs-etm-decoder.c
> > index ce85e52f989c..33e975c8d11b 100644
> > --- a/tools/perf/util/cs-etm-decoder/cs-etm-decoder.c
> > +++ b/tools/perf/util/cs-etm-decoder/cs-etm-decoder.c
> > @@ -269,6 +269,76 @@ cs_etm_decoder__create_etm_packet_printer(struct cs_etm_trace_params *t_params,
> > trace_config);
> > }
> >
> > +static ocsd_datapath_resp_t
> > +cs_etm_decoder__do_soft_timestamp(struct cs_etm_queue *etmq,
> > + struct cs_etm_packet_queue *packet_queue,
> > + const uint8_t trace_chan_id)
> > +{
> > + /* No timestamp packet has been received, nothing to do */
> > + if (!packet_queue->timestamp)
> > + return OCSD_RESP_CONT;
> > +
> > + packet_queue->timestamp = packet_queue->next_timestamp;
> > +
> > + /* Estimate the timestamp for the next range packet */
> > + packet_queue->next_timestamp += packet_queue->instr_count;
> > + packet_queue->instr_count = 0;
> > +
> > + /* Tell the front end which traceid_queue needs attention */
> > + cs_etm__etmq_set_traceid_queue_timestamp(etmq, trace_chan_id);
> > +
> > + return OCSD_RESP_WAIT;
> > +}
> > +
> > +static ocsd_datapath_resp_t
> > +cs_etm_decoder__do_hard_timestamp(struct cs_etm_queue *etmq,
> > + const ocsd_generic_trace_elem *elem,
> > + const uint8_t trace_chan_id)
> > +{
> > + struct cs_etm_packet_queue *packet_queue;
> > +
> > + /* First get the packet queue for this traceID */
> > + packet_queue = cs_etm__etmq_get_packet_queue(etmq, trace_chan_id);
> > + if (!packet_queue)
> > + return OCSD_RESP_FATAL_SYS_ERR;
> > +
> > + /*
> > + * We've seen a timestamp packet before - simply record the new value.
> > + * Function do_soft_timestamp() will report the value to the front end,
> > + * hence asking the decoder to keep decoding rather than stopping.
> > + */
> > + if (packet_queue->timestamp) {
> > + packet_queue->next_timestamp = elem->timestamp;
> > + return OCSD_RESP_CONT;
> > + }
> > +
> > + /*
> > + * This is the first timestamp we've seen since the beginning of traces
> > + * or a discontinuity. Since timestamps packets are generated *after*
> > + * range packets have been generated, we need to estimate the time at
> > + * which instructions started by substracting the number of instructions
> > + * executed to the timestamp.
> > + */
> > + packet_queue->timestamp = elem->timestamp -
> > + packet_queue->instr_count;
>
> No need to break lines like that, in this case it even wouldn't pass the
> width used for the comments right above it :-)
>
> I'm fixing it up this time.
>
> Something else, all the patches in this series, so far, needed to have
> as the subject prefix "perf cs-etm: ...", not the generic one "perf
> tools: ...". I'm fixing it up as well, no need to resend.
Got that - thanks
Mathieu
>
> - Arnaldo
>
> > + packet_queue->next_timestamp = elem->timestamp;
> > + packet_queue->instr_count = 0;
> > +
> > + /* Tell the front end which traceid_queue needs attention */
> > + cs_etm__etmq_set_traceid_queue_timestamp(etmq, trace_chan_id);
> > +
> > + /* Halt processing until we are being told to proceed */
> > + return OCSD_RESP_WAIT;
> > +}
> > +
> > +static void
> > +cs_etm_decoder__reset_timestamp(struct cs_etm_packet_queue *packet_queue)
> > +{
> > + packet_queue->timestamp = 0;
> > + packet_queue->next_timestamp = 0;
> > + packet_queue->instr_count = 0;
> > +}
> > +
> > static ocsd_datapath_resp_t
> > cs_etm_decoder__buffer_packet(struct cs_etm_packet_queue *packet_queue,
> > const u8 trace_chan_id,
> > @@ -310,7 +380,8 @@ cs_etm_decoder__buffer_packet(struct cs_etm_packet_queue *packet_queue,
> > }
> >
> > static ocsd_datapath_resp_t
> > -cs_etm_decoder__buffer_range(struct cs_etm_packet_queue *packet_queue,
> > +cs_etm_decoder__buffer_range(struct cs_etm_queue *etmq,
> > + struct cs_etm_packet_queue *packet_queue,
> > const ocsd_generic_trace_elem *elem,
> > const uint8_t trace_chan_id)
> > {
> > @@ -365,6 +436,23 @@ cs_etm_decoder__buffer_range(struct cs_etm_packet_queue *packet_queue,
> >
> > packet->last_instr_size = elem->last_instr_sz;
> >
> > + /* per-thread scenario, no need to generate a timestamp */
> > + if (cs_etm__etmq_is_timeless(etmq))
> > + goto out;
> > +
> > + /*
> > + * The packet queue is full and we haven't seen a timestamp (had we
> > + * seen one the packet queue wouldn't be full). Let the front end
> > + * deal with it.
> > + */
> > + if (ret == OCSD_RESP_WAIT)
> > + goto out;
> > +
> > + packet_queue->instr_count += elem->num_instr_range;
> > + /* Tell the front end we have a new timestamp to process */
> > + ret = cs_etm_decoder__do_soft_timestamp(etmq, packet_queue,
> > + trace_chan_id);
> > +out:
> > return ret;
> > }
> >
> > @@ -372,6 +460,11 @@ static ocsd_datapath_resp_t
> > cs_etm_decoder__buffer_discontinuity(struct cs_etm_packet_queue *queue,
> > const uint8_t trace_chan_id)
> > {
> > + /*
> > + * Something happened and who knows when we'll get new traces so
> > + * reset time statistics.
> > + */
> > + cs_etm_decoder__reset_timestamp(queue);
> > return cs_etm_decoder__buffer_packet(queue, trace_chan_id,
> > CS_ETM_DISCONTINUITY);
> > }
> > @@ -404,6 +497,7 @@ cs_etm_decoder__buffer_exception_ret(struct cs_etm_packet_queue *queue,
> >
> > static ocsd_datapath_resp_t
> > cs_etm_decoder__set_tid(struct cs_etm_queue *etmq,
> > + struct cs_etm_packet_queue *packet_queue,
> > const ocsd_generic_trace_elem *elem,
> > const uint8_t trace_chan_id)
> > {
> > @@ -417,6 +511,12 @@ cs_etm_decoder__set_tid(struct cs_etm_queue *etmq,
> > if (cs_etm__etmq_set_tid(etmq, tid, trace_chan_id))
> > return OCSD_RESP_FATAL_SYS_ERR;
> >
> > + /*
> > + * A timestamp is generated after a PE_CONTEXT element so make sure
> > + * to rely on that coming one.
> > + */
> > + cs_etm_decoder__reset_timestamp(packet_queue);
> > +
> > return OCSD_RESP_CONT;
> > }
> >
> > @@ -446,7 +546,7 @@ static ocsd_datapath_resp_t cs_etm_decoder__gen_trace_elem_printer(
> > trace_chan_id);
> > break;
> > case OCSD_GEN_TRC_ELEM_INSTR_RANGE:
> > - resp = cs_etm_decoder__buffer_range(packet_queue, elem,
> > + resp = cs_etm_decoder__buffer_range(etmq, packet_queue, elem,
> > trace_chan_id);
> > break;
> > case OCSD_GEN_TRC_ELEM_EXCEPTION:
> > @@ -457,11 +557,15 @@ static ocsd_datapath_resp_t cs_etm_decoder__gen_trace_elem_printer(
> > resp = cs_etm_decoder__buffer_exception_ret(packet_queue,
> > trace_chan_id);
> > break;
> > + case OCSD_GEN_TRC_ELEM_TIMESTAMP:
> > + resp = cs_etm_decoder__do_hard_timestamp(etmq, elem,
> > + trace_chan_id);
> > + break;
> > case OCSD_GEN_TRC_ELEM_PE_CONTEXT:
> > - resp = cs_etm_decoder__set_tid(etmq, elem, trace_chan_id);
> > + resp = cs_etm_decoder__set_tid(etmq, packet_queue,
> > + elem, trace_chan_id);
> > break;
> > case OCSD_GEN_TRC_ELEM_ADDR_NACC:
> > - case OCSD_GEN_TRC_ELEM_TIMESTAMP:
> > case OCSD_GEN_TRC_ELEM_CYCLE_COUNT:
> > case OCSD_GEN_TRC_ELEM_ADDR_UNKNOWN:
> > case OCSD_GEN_TRC_ELEM_EVENT:
> > diff --git a/tools/perf/util/cs-etm.c b/tools/perf/util/cs-etm.c
> > index 17adf554b679..91496a3a2209 100644
> > --- a/tools/perf/util/cs-etm.c
> > +++ b/tools/perf/util/cs-etm.c
> > @@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ struct cs_etm_queue {
> > struct cs_etm_decoder *decoder;
> > struct auxtrace_buffer *buffer;
> > unsigned int queue_nr;
> > + u8 pending_timestamp;
> > u64 offset;
> > const unsigned char *buf;
> > size_t buf_len, buf_used;
> > @@ -133,6 +134,19 @@ int cs_etm__get_cpu(u8 trace_chan_id, int *cpu)
> > return 0;
> > }
> >
> > +void cs_etm__etmq_set_traceid_queue_timestamp(struct cs_etm_queue *etmq,
> > + u8 trace_chan_id)
> > +{
> > + /*
> > + * Wnen a timestamp packet is encountered the backend code
> > + * is stopped so that the front end has time to process packets
> > + * that were accumulated in the traceID queue. Since there can
> > + * be more than one channel per cs_etm_queue, we need to specify
> > + * what traceID queue needs servicing.
> > + */
> > + etmq->pending_timestamp = trace_chan_id;
> > +}
> > +
> > static void cs_etm__clear_packet_queue(struct cs_etm_packet_queue *queue)
> > {
> > int i;
> > @@ -942,6 +956,11 @@ int cs_etm__etmq_set_tid(struct cs_etm_queue *etmq,
> > return 0;
> > }
> >
> > +bool cs_etm__etmq_is_timeless(struct cs_etm_queue *etmq)
> > +{
> > + return !!etmq->etm->timeless_decoding;
> > +}
> > +
> > static int cs_etm__synth_instruction_sample(struct cs_etm_queue *etmq,
> > struct cs_etm_traceid_queue *tidq,
> > u64 addr, u64 period)
> > diff --git a/tools/perf/util/cs-etm.h b/tools/perf/util/cs-etm.h
> > index b2a7628620bf..33b57e748c3d 100644
> > --- a/tools/perf/util/cs-etm.h
> > +++ b/tools/perf/util/cs-etm.h
> > @@ -150,6 +150,9 @@ struct cs_etm_packet_queue {
> > u32 packet_count;
> > u32 head;
> > u32 tail;
> > + u32 instr_count;
> > + u64 timestamp;
> > + u64 next_timestamp;
> > struct cs_etm_packet packet_buffer[CS_ETM_PACKET_MAX_BUFFER];
> > };
> >
> > @@ -183,6 +186,9 @@ int cs_etm__process_auxtrace_info(union perf_event *event,
> > int cs_etm__get_cpu(u8 trace_chan_id, int *cpu);
> > int cs_etm__etmq_set_tid(struct cs_etm_queue *etmq,
> > pid_t tid, u8 trace_chan_id);
> > +bool cs_etm__etmq_is_timeless(struct cs_etm_queue *etmq);
> > +void cs_etm__etmq_set_traceid_queue_timestamp(struct cs_etm_queue *etmq,
> > + u8 trace_chan_id);
> > struct cs_etm_packet_queue
> > *cs_etm__etmq_get_packet_queue(struct cs_etm_queue *etmq, u8 trace_chan_id);
> > #else
> > @@ -207,6 +213,17 @@ static inline int cs_etm__etmq_set_tid(
> > return -1;
> > }
> >
> > +static inline bool cs_etm__etmq_is_timeless(
> > + struct cs_etm_queue *etmq __maybe_unused)
> > +{
> > + /* What else to return? */
> > + return true;
> > +}
> > +
> > +static inline void cs_etm__etmq_set_traceid_queue_timestamp(
> > + struct cs_etm_queue *etmq __maybe_unused,
> > + u8 trace_chan_id __maybe_unused) {}
> > +
> > static inline struct cs_etm_packet_queue *cs_etm__etmq_get_packet_queue(
> > struct cs_etm_queue *etmq __maybe_unused,
> > u8 trace_chan_id __maybe_unused)
> > --
> > 2.17.1
>
> --
>
> - Arnaldo
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