linux-kernel - [PATCH] perf stat: Use proper cpu for shadow stats

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Date:   Fri, 13 Nov 2020 14:02:36 +0900
From:   Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
To:     Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
        Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
Cc:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>,
        Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>,
        Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>, Sam Xi <xyzsam@...gle.com>
Subject: [PATCH] perf stat: Use proper cpu for shadow stats

Currently perf stat shows some metrics (like IPC) for defined events.
But when no aggregation mode is used (-A option), it shows incorrect
values since it used a value from a different cpu.

Before:

  $ perf stat -aA -e cycles,instructions sleep 1

   Performance counter stats for 'system wide':

  CPU0      116,057,380      cycles
  CPU1       86,084,722      cycles
  CPU2       99,423,125      cycles
  CPU3       98,272,994      cycles
  CPU0       53,369,217      instructions      #    0.46  insn per cycle
  CPU1       33,378,058      instructions      #    0.29  insn per cycle
  CPU2       58,150,086      instructions      #    0.50  insn per cycle
  CPU3       40,029,703      instructions      #    0.34  insn per cycle

       1.001816971 seconds time elapsed

So the IPC for CPU1 should be 0.38 (= 33,378,058 / 86,084,722)
but it was 0.29 (= 33,378,058 / 116,057,380) and so on.

After:

  $ perf stat -aA -e cycles,instructions sleep 1

   Performance counter stats for 'system wide':

  CPU0      109,621,384      cycles
  CPU1      159,026,454      cycles
  CPU2       99,460,366      cycles
  CPU3      124,144,142      cycles
  CPU0       44,396,706      instructions      #    0.41  insn per cycle
  CPU1      120,195,425      instructions      #    0.76  insn per cycle
  CPU2       44,763,978      instructions      #    0.45  insn per cycle
  CPU3       69,049,079      instructions      #    0.56  insn per cycle

       1.001910444 seconds time elapsed

Reported-by: Sam Xi <xyzsam@...gle.com>
Fixes: 44d49a600259 ("perf stat: Support metrics in --per-core/socket mode")
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
---
 tools/perf/util/stat-display.c | 5 +----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/stat-display.c b/tools/perf/util/stat-display.c
index 4b57c0c07632..a963b5b8eb72 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/stat-display.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/stat-display.c
@@ -324,13 +324,10 @@ static int first_shadow_cpu(struct perf_stat_config *config,
 	struct evlist *evlist = evsel->evlist;
 	int i;
 
-	if (!config->aggr_get_id)
-		return 0;
-
 	if (config->aggr_mode == AGGR_NONE)
 		return id;
 
-	if (config->aggr_mode == AGGR_GLOBAL)
+	if (!config->aggr_get_id)
 		return 0;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < evsel__nr_cpus(evsel); i++) {
-- 
2.29.2.299.gdc1121823c-goog