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Date:   Fri, 10 Sep 2021 23:42:14 +0200
From:   Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
To:     Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
Cc:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>,
        Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
        Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>,
        Michael Petlan <mpetlan@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] perf/core: Add a new read format to get a number of
 lost samples

On Wed, Sep 08, 2021 at 10:24:20AM -0700, Namhyung Kim wrote:
> Sometimes we want to know an accurate number of samples even if it's
> lost.  Currenlty PERF_RECORD_LOST is generated for a ring-buffer which
> might be shared with other events.  So it's hard to know per-event
> lost count.
> 
> Add event->lost_samples field and PERF_FORMAT_LOST to retrieve it from
> userspace.

hi,
looks good.. will there be some tools/perf change using this?

thanks,
jirka

> 
> Original-patch-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
> ---
>  include/linux/perf_event.h      |  2 ++
>  include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h |  5 ++++-
>  kernel/events/core.c            | 22 +++++++++++++++++++---
>  kernel/events/ring_buffer.c     |  5 ++++-
>  4 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/perf_event.h b/include/linux/perf_event.h
> index f5a6a2f069ed..189a471fba42 100644
> --- a/include/linux/perf_event.h
> +++ b/include/linux/perf_event.h
> @@ -756,6 +756,8 @@ struct perf_event {
>  	struct pid_namespace		*ns;
>  	u64				id;
>  
> +	atomic64_t			lost_samples;
> +
>  	u64				(*clock)(void);
>  	perf_overflow_handler_t		overflow_handler;
>  	void				*overflow_handler_context;
> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h b/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
> index bf8143505c49..f72008949ff0 100644
> --- a/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
> @@ -299,6 +299,7 @@ enum {
>   *	  { u64		time_enabled; } && PERF_FORMAT_TOTAL_TIME_ENABLED
>   *	  { u64		time_running; } && PERF_FORMAT_TOTAL_TIME_RUNNING
>   *	  { u64		id;           } && PERF_FORMAT_ID
> + *	  { u64		lost;         } && PERF_FORMAT_LOST
>   *	} && !PERF_FORMAT_GROUP
>   *
>   *	{ u64		nr;
> @@ -306,6 +307,7 @@ enum {
>   *	  { u64		time_running; } && PERF_FORMAT_TOTAL_TIME_RUNNING
>   *	  { u64		value;
>   *	    { u64	id;           } && PERF_FORMAT_ID
> + *	    { u64	lost;         } && PERF_FORMAT_LOST
>   *	  }		cntr[nr];
>   *	} && PERF_FORMAT_GROUP
>   * };
> @@ -315,8 +317,9 @@ enum perf_event_read_format {
>  	PERF_FORMAT_TOTAL_TIME_RUNNING		= 1U << 1,
>  	PERF_FORMAT_ID				= 1U << 2,
>  	PERF_FORMAT_GROUP			= 1U << 3,
> +	PERF_FORMAT_LOST			= 1U << 4,
>  
> -	PERF_FORMAT_MAX = 1U << 4,		/* non-ABI */
> +	PERF_FORMAT_MAX = 1U << 5,		/* non-ABI */
>  };
>  
>  #define PERF_ATTR_SIZE_VER0	64	/* sizeof first published struct */
> diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
> index 0e125ae2fa92..8708325ee4a2 100644
> --- a/kernel/events/core.c
> +++ b/kernel/events/core.c
> @@ -1841,6 +1841,9 @@ static void __perf_event_read_size(struct perf_event *event, int nr_siblings)
>  	if (event->attr.read_format & PERF_FORMAT_ID)
>  		entry += sizeof(u64);
>  
> +	if (event->attr.read_format & PERF_FORMAT_LOST)
> +		entry += sizeof(u64);
> +
>  	if (event->attr.read_format & PERF_FORMAT_GROUP) {
>  		nr += nr_siblings;
>  		size += sizeof(u64);
> @@ -5255,11 +5258,15 @@ static int __perf_read_group_add(struct perf_event *leader,
>  	values[n++] += perf_event_count(leader);
>  	if (read_format & PERF_FORMAT_ID)
>  		values[n++] = primary_event_id(leader);
> +	if (read_format & PERF_FORMAT_ID)
> +		values[n++] = atomic64_read(&leader->lost_samples);
>  
>  	for_each_sibling_event(sub, leader) {
>  		values[n++] += perf_event_count(sub);
>  		if (read_format & PERF_FORMAT_ID)
>  			values[n++] = primary_event_id(sub);
> +		if (read_format & PERF_FORMAT_ID)
> +			values[n++] = atomic64_read(&sub->lost_samples);
>  	}
>  
>  	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ctx->lock, flags);
> @@ -5316,7 +5323,7 @@ static int perf_read_one(struct perf_event *event,
>  				 u64 read_format, char __user *buf)
>  {
>  	u64 enabled, running;
> -	u64 values[4];
> +	u64 values[5];
>  	int n = 0;
>  
>  	values[n++] = __perf_event_read_value(event, &enabled, &running);
> @@ -5326,6 +5333,8 @@ static int perf_read_one(struct perf_event *event,
>  		values[n++] = running;
>  	if (read_format & PERF_FORMAT_ID)
>  		values[n++] = primary_event_id(event);
> +	if (read_format & PERF_FORMAT_LOST)
> +		values[n++] = atomic64_read(&event->lost_samples);
>  
>  	if (copy_to_user(buf, values, n * sizeof(u64)))
>  		return -EFAULT;
> @@ -5664,6 +5673,7 @@ static long _perf_ioctl(struct perf_event *event, unsigned int cmd, unsigned lon
>  
>  		return perf_event_modify_attr(event,  &new_attr);
>  	}
> +
>  	default:
>  		return -ENOTTY;
>  	}
> @@ -6835,7 +6845,7 @@ static void perf_output_read_one(struct perf_output_handle *handle,
>  				 u64 enabled, u64 running)
>  {
>  	u64 read_format = event->attr.read_format;
> -	u64 values[4];
> +	u64 values[5];
>  	int n = 0;
>  
>  	values[n++] = perf_event_count(event);
> @@ -6849,6 +6859,8 @@ static void perf_output_read_one(struct perf_output_handle *handle,
>  	}
>  	if (read_format & PERF_FORMAT_ID)
>  		values[n++] = primary_event_id(event);
> +	if (read_format & PERF_FORMAT_LOST)
> +		values[n++] = atomic64_read(&event->lost_samples);
>  
>  	__output_copy(handle, values, n * sizeof(u64));
>  }
> @@ -6859,7 +6871,7 @@ static void perf_output_read_group(struct perf_output_handle *handle,
>  {
>  	struct perf_event *leader = event->group_leader, *sub;
>  	u64 read_format = event->attr.read_format;
> -	u64 values[5];
> +	u64 values[6];
>  	int n = 0;
>  
>  	values[n++] = 1 + leader->nr_siblings;
> @@ -6877,6 +6889,8 @@ static void perf_output_read_group(struct perf_output_handle *handle,
>  	values[n++] = perf_event_count(leader);
>  	if (read_format & PERF_FORMAT_ID)
>  		values[n++] = primary_event_id(leader);
> +	if (read_format & PERF_FORMAT_LOST)
> +		values[n++] = atomic64_read(&leader->lost_samples);
>  
>  	__output_copy(handle, values, n * sizeof(u64));
>  
> @@ -6890,6 +6904,8 @@ static void perf_output_read_group(struct perf_output_handle *handle,
>  		values[n++] = perf_event_count(sub);
>  		if (read_format & PERF_FORMAT_ID)
>  			values[n++] = primary_event_id(sub);
> +		if (read_format & PERF_FORMAT_LOST)
> +			values[n++] = atomic64_read(&sub->lost_samples);
>  
>  		__output_copy(handle, values, n * sizeof(u64));
>  	}
> diff --git a/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c
> index 52868716ec35..727ca8f4caad 100644
> --- a/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c
> +++ b/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c
> @@ -172,8 +172,10 @@ __perf_output_begin(struct perf_output_handle *handle,
>  		goto out;
>  
>  	if (unlikely(rb->paused)) {
> -		if (rb->nr_pages)
> +		if (rb->nr_pages) {
>  			local_inc(&rb->lost);
> +			atomic64_inc(&event->lost_samples);
> +		}
>  		goto out;
>  	}
>  
> @@ -254,6 +256,7 @@ __perf_output_begin(struct perf_output_handle *handle,
>  
>  fail:
>  	local_inc(&rb->lost);
> +	atomic64_inc(&event->lost_samples);
>  	perf_output_put_handle(handle);
>  out:
>  	rcu_read_unlock();
> -- 
> 2.33.0.309.g3052b89438-goog
> 

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