linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 6/9] perf report: Support instruction latency

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Date:   Fri, 5 Feb 2021 20:08:33 +0900
From:   Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
To:     Kan Liang <kan.liang@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>,
        Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>, Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
        Yao Jin <yao.jin@...ux.intel.com>, maddy@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/9] perf report: Support instruction latency

On Wed, Feb 3, 2021 at 5:14 AM <kan.liang@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
>
> From: Kan Liang <kan.liang@...ux.intel.com>
>
> The instruction latency information can be recorded on some platforms,
> e.g., the Intel Sapphire Rapids server. With both memory latency
> (weight) and the new instruction latency information, users can easily
> locate the expensive load instructions, and also understand the time
> spent in different stages. The users can optimize their applications
> in different pipeline stages.
>
> The 'weight' field is shared among different architectures. Reusing the
> 'weight' field may impacts other architectures. Add a new field to store
> the instruction latency.
>
> Like the 'weight' support, introduce a 'ins_lat' for the global
> instruction latency, and a 'local_ins_lat' for the local instruction
> latency version.

Could you please clarify the difference between the global latency
and the local latency?

Thanks,
Namhyung


>
> Add new sort functions, INSTR Latency and Local INSTR Latency,
> accordingly.
>
> Add local_ins_lat to the default_mem_sort_order[].
>
> Signed-off-by: Kan Liang <kan.liang@...ux.intel.com>