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Date:   Tue, 13 Oct 2020 09:37:48 -0300
From:   Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>
To:     Joel Fernandes <joel@...lfernandes.org>
Cc:     Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] perf: sched: Show start of latency as well

Em Sat, Sep 26, 2020 at 11:45:39AM -0400, Joel Fernandes escreveu:
> On Sat, Sep 26, 2020 at 10:10 AM Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org> wrote:
> [...]
> > On Sat, Sep 26, 2020 at 8:56 AM Joel Fernandes (Google)
> > <joel@...lfernandes.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > perf sched latency is really useful at showing worst-case latencies that task
> > > encountered since wakeup. However it shows only the end of the latency. Often
> > > times the start of a latency is interesting as it can show what else was going
> > > on at the time to cause the latency. I certainly myself spending a lot of time
> > > backtracking to the start of the latency in "perf sched script" which wastes a
> > > lot of time.
> > >
> > > This patch therefore adds a new column "Max delay start". Considering this,
> > > also rename "Maximum delay at" to "Max delay end" as its easier to understand.
> >
> > Oh, I thought we print start time not the end time.  I think it's better
> > to print start time but others may think differently.
> 
> Right, glad you think so too.
> 
> > Actually we can calculate the start time from the end time and the
> > latency but it'd be convenient if the tool does that for us (as they are
> > printed in different units).
> 
> Correct, but as you mention it is more burdensome to calculate each time.
> 
> > Then the remaining concern is the screen
> > width (of 114 or 115?) but I think it should be fine for most of us.
> 
> It is 114 without the patch and 140 with it. I tried my best to trim
> it a little. It fits fine on my screen with the patch. So I think we
> should be good!

So, what do you think of removing all the redundant info so that we can
get it in a more compact way, i.e.:

                                                 | Delays
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Task                  |  Runtime    | Switches |    Avg    | Max       | Max start    | Max end    |
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  MediaScannerSer:11936 |  651.296 ms |    67978 |  0.113 ms | 77.250 ms | 477.691360 s | 477.768610 s
  audio@...-servi:(3)   |    0.000 ms |     3440 |  0.034 ms | 72.267 ms | 477.697051 s | 477.769318 s
  AudioOut_1D:8112      |    0.000 ms |     2588 |  0.083 ms | 64.020 ms | 477.710740 s | 477.774760 s
  Time-limited te:14973 | 7966.090 ms |    24807 |  0.073 ms | 15.563 ms | 477.162746 s | 477.178309 s
  surfaceflinger:8049   |    9.680 ms |      603 |  0.063 ms | 13.275 ms | 476.931791 s | 476.945067 s
  HeapTaskDaemon:(3)    | 1588.830 ms |     7040 |  0.065 ms |  6.880 ms | 473.666043 s | 473.672922 s
  mount-passthrou:(3)   | 1370.809 ms |    68904 |  0.011 ms |  6.524 ms | 478.090630 s | 478.097154 s
  ReferenceQueueD:(3)   |   11.794 ms |     1725 |  0.014 ms |  6.521 ms | 476.119782 s | 476.126303 s
  writer:14077          |   18.410 ms |     1427 |  0.036 ms |  6.131 ms | 474.169675 s | 474.175805 s
 
> > Acked-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
> 
> Thanks, Namyhung!
> 
>  - Joel
> 
> > > Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@...lfernandes.org>
> > >
> > >
> > > ---
> > > A sample output can be seen after applying patch:
> > > https://hastebin.com/raw/ivinimaler
> > >
> > >  tools/perf/builtin-sched.c | 24 ++++++++++++++----------
> > >  1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c b/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c
> > > index 459e4229945e..2791da1fe5f7 100644
> > > --- a/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c
> > > +++ b/tools/perf/builtin-sched.c
> > > @@ -130,7 +130,8 @@ struct work_atoms {
> > >         struct thread           *thread;
> > >         struct rb_node          node;
> > >         u64                     max_lat;
> > > -       u64                     max_lat_at;
> > > +       u64                     max_lat_start;
> > > +       u64                     max_lat_end;
> > >         u64                     total_lat;
> > >         u64                     nb_atoms;
> > >         u64                     total_runtime;
> > > @@ -1096,7 +1097,8 @@ add_sched_in_event(struct work_atoms *atoms, u64 timestamp)
> > >         atoms->total_lat += delta;
> > >         if (delta > atoms->max_lat) {
> > >                 atoms->max_lat = delta;
> > > -               atoms->max_lat_at = timestamp;
> > > +               atoms->max_lat_start = atom->wake_up_time;
> > > +               atoms->max_lat_end = timestamp;
> > >         }
> > >         atoms->nb_atoms++;
> > >  }
> > > @@ -1322,7 +1324,7 @@ static void output_lat_thread(struct perf_sched *sched, struct work_atoms *work_
> > >         int i;
> > >         int ret;
> > >         u64 avg;
> > > -       char max_lat_at[32];
> > > +       char max_lat_start[32], max_lat_end[32];
> > >
> > >         if (!work_list->nb_atoms)
> > >                 return;
> > > @@ -1344,13 +1346,14 @@ static void output_lat_thread(struct perf_sched *sched, struct work_atoms *work_
> > >                 printf(" ");
> > >
> > >         avg = work_list->total_lat / work_list->nb_atoms;
> > > -       timestamp__scnprintf_usec(work_list->max_lat_at, max_lat_at, sizeof(max_lat_at));
> > > +       timestamp__scnprintf_usec(work_list->max_lat_start, max_lat_start, sizeof(max_lat_start));
> > > +       timestamp__scnprintf_usec(work_list->max_lat_end, max_lat_end, sizeof(max_lat_end));
> > >
> > > -       printf("|%11.3f ms |%9" PRIu64 " | avg:%9.3f ms | max:%9.3f ms | max at: %13s s\n",
> > > +       printf("|%11.3f ms |%9" PRIu64 " | avg:%8.3f ms | max:%8.3f ms | max start: %12s s | max end: %12s s\n",
> > >               (double)work_list->total_runtime / NSEC_PER_MSEC,
> > >                  work_list->nb_atoms, (double)avg / NSEC_PER_MSEC,
> > >                  (double)work_list->max_lat / NSEC_PER_MSEC,
> > > -                max_lat_at);
> > > +                max_lat_start, max_lat_end);
> > >  }
> > >
> > >  static int pid_cmp(struct work_atoms *l, struct work_atoms *r)
> > > @@ -3118,7 +3121,8 @@ static void __merge_work_atoms(struct rb_root_cached *root, struct work_atoms *d
> > >                         list_splice(&data->work_list, &this->work_list);
> > >                         if (this->max_lat < data->max_lat) {
> > >                                 this->max_lat = data->max_lat;
> > > -                               this->max_lat_at = data->max_lat_at;
> > > +                               this->max_lat_start = data->max_lat_start;
> > > +                               this->max_lat_end = data->max_lat_end;
> > >                         }
> > >                         zfree(&data);
> > >                         return;
> > > @@ -3157,9 +3161,9 @@ static int perf_sched__lat(struct perf_sched *sched)
> > >         perf_sched__merge_lat(sched);
> > >         perf_sched__sort_lat(sched);
> > >
> > > -       printf("\n -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n");
> > > -       printf("  Task                  |   Runtime ms  | Switches | Average delay ms | Maximum delay ms | Maximum delay at       |\n");
> > > -       printf(" -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n");
> > > +       printf("\n -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n");
> > > +       printf("  Task                  |   Runtime ms  | Switches | Avg delay ms    | Max delay ms    | Max delay start           | Max delay end          |\n");
> > > +       printf(" -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n");
> > >
> > >         next = rb_first_cached(&sched->sorted_atom_root);
> > >
> > > --
> > > 2.28.0.709.gb0816b6eb0-goog

-- 

- Arnaldo

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