linux-kernel - Re: [RFC 1/2] perf core: Add PERF_COUNT_SW_CGROUP

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Message-ID: <20201202192828.GG1363814@tassilo.jf.intel.com>
Date:   Wed, 2 Dec 2020 11:28:28 -0800
From:   Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
Cc:     Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
        Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>, 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>
Subject: Re: [RFC 1/2] perf core: Add PERF_COUNT_SW_CGROUP_SWITCHES event

> +	prev_cgrp = task_css_check(prev, perf_event_cgrp_id, 1)->cgroup;
> +	next_cgrp = task_css_check(next, perf_event_cgrp_id, 1)->cgroup;
> +
> +	if (prev_cgrp != next_cgrp)
> +		perf_sw_event_sched(PERF_COUNT_SW_CGROUP_SWITCHES, 1, 0);

Seems to be the perf cgroup only, not all cgroups.
That's a big difference and needs to be documented properly.

Probably would make sense to have two events for both, one for 
all cgroups and one for perf only.



-Andi