Message-ID: <91ba66e7-737f-6526-a703-a755e114f9d4@arm.com>
Date:   Thu, 20 Apr 2023 13:30:59 +0100
From:   James Clark <james.clark@....com>
To:     Ganapatrao Kulkarni <gankulkarni@...amperecomputing.com>
Cc:     mathieu.poirier@...aro.org, acme@...nel.org,
        darren@...amperecomputing.com, scott@...amperecomputing.com,
        scclevenger@...amperecomputing.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        coresight@...ts.linaro.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        mike.leach@...aro.org, suzuki.poulose@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] perf cs-etm: Add support for coresight trace for any
 range of CPUs



On 20/04/2023 12:47, Ganapatrao Kulkarni wrote:
> 
> Hi James,
> 
> On 20-04-2023 03:13 pm, James Clark wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 19/04/2023 18:21, Ganapatrao Kulkarni wrote:
>>> The current implementation supports coresight trace for a range of
>>> CPUs, if the first CPU is CPU0.
>>>
>>> Adding changes to enable coresight trace for any range of CPUs by
>>> decoding the first CPU also from the header.
>>> Later, first CPU id is used instead of CPU0 across the decoder
>>> functions.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Ganapatrao Kulkarni <gankulkarni@...amperecomputing.com>
>>> ---
>>>   .../perf/util/cs-etm-decoder/cs-etm-decoder.c |  4 +-
>>>   .../perf/util/cs-etm-decoder/cs-etm-decoder.h |  3 +-
>>>   tools/perf/util/cs-etm.c                      | 62 ++++++++++++-------
>>>   3 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/cs-etm-decoder/cs-etm-decoder.c
>>> b/tools/perf/util/cs-etm-decoder/cs-etm-decoder.c
>>> index 82a27ab90c8b..41ab299b643b 100644
>>> --- a/tools/perf/util/cs-etm-decoder/cs-etm-decoder.c
>>> +++ b/tools/perf/util/cs-etm-decoder/cs-etm-decoder.c
>>> @@ -724,7 +724,7 @@ cs_etm_decoder__create_etm_decoder(struct
>>> cs_etm_decoder_params *d_params,
>>>   }
>>>     struct cs_etm_decoder *
>>> -cs_etm_decoder__new(int decoders, struct cs_etm_decoder_params
>>> *d_params,
>>> +cs_etm_decoder__new(int first_decoder, int decoders, struct
>>> cs_etm_decoder_params *d_params,
>>>               struct cs_etm_trace_params t_params[])
>>>   {
>>>       struct cs_etm_decoder *decoder;
>>> @@ -769,7 +769,7 @@ cs_etm_decoder__new(int decoders, struct
>>> cs_etm_decoder_params *d_params,
>>>       /* init raw frame logging if required */
>>>       cs_etm_decoder__init_raw_frame_logging(d_params, decoder);
>>>   -    for (i = 0; i < decoders; i++) {
>>> +    for (i = first_decoder; i < decoders; i++) {
>>>           ret = cs_etm_decoder__create_etm_decoder(d_params,
>>>                                &t_params[i],
>>>                                decoder);
>>> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/cs-etm-decoder/cs-etm-decoder.h
>>> b/tools/perf/util/cs-etm-decoder/cs-etm-decoder.h
>>> index 92a855fbe5b8..b06193fc75b4 100644
>>> --- a/tools/perf/util/cs-etm-decoder/cs-etm-decoder.h
>>> +++ b/tools/perf/util/cs-etm-decoder/cs-etm-decoder.h
>>> @@ -90,7 +90,8 @@ int cs_etm_decoder__process_data_block(struct
>>> cs_etm_decoder *decoder,
>>>                          size_t len, size_t *consumed);
>>>     struct cs_etm_decoder *
>>> -cs_etm_decoder__new(int num_cpu,
>>> +cs_etm_decoder__new(int first_decoder,
>>> +            int decoders,
>>>               struct cs_etm_decoder_params *d_params,
>>>               struct cs_etm_trace_params t_params[]);
>>>   diff --git a/tools/perf/util/cs-etm.c b/tools/perf/util/cs-etm.c
>>> index 94e2d02009eb..2619513ae088 100644
>>> --- a/tools/perf/util/cs-etm.c
>>> +++ b/tools/perf/util/cs-etm.c
>>> @@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ struct cs_etm_auxtrace {
>>>       u8 has_virtual_ts; /* Virtual/Kernel timestamps in the trace. */
>>>         int num_cpu;
>>> +    int first_cpu;
>>> +    int last_cpu;
>>>       u64 latest_kernel_timestamp;
>>>       u32 auxtrace_type;
>>>       u64 branches_sample_type;
>>> @@ -638,14 +640,13 @@ static void cs_etm__set_trace_param_ete(struct
>>> cs_etm_trace_params *t_params,
>>>   }
>>>     static int cs_etm__init_trace_params(struct cs_etm_trace_params
>>> *t_params,
>>> -                     struct cs_etm_auxtrace *etm,
>>> -                     int decoders)
>>> +                     struct cs_etm_auxtrace *etm)
>>>   {
>>>       int i;
>>>       u32 etmidr;
>>>       u64 architecture;
>>>   -    for (i = 0; i < decoders; i++) {
>>> +    for (i = etm->first_cpu; i < etm->last_cpu; i++) {
>>>           architecture = etm->metadata[i][CS_ETM_MAGIC];
>>>             switch (architecture) {
>>> @@ -817,7 +818,7 @@ static void cs_etm__free(struct perf_session
>>> *session)
>>>       /* Then the RB tree itself */
>>>       intlist__delete(traceid_list);
>>>   -    for (i = 0; i < aux->num_cpu; i++)
>>> +    for (i = aux->first_cpu; i < aux->last_cpu; i++)
>>>           zfree(&aux->metadata[i]);
>>>         thread__zput(aux->unknown_thread);
>>> @@ -921,7 +922,8 @@ static struct cs_etm_queue
>>> *cs_etm__alloc_queue(struct cs_etm_auxtrace *etm,
>>>        * Each queue can only contain data from one CPU when
>>> unformatted, so only one decoder is
>>>        * needed.
>>>        */
>>> -    int decoders = formatted ? etm->num_cpu : 1;
>>> +    int first_decoder = formatted ? etm->first_cpu : 0;
>>> +    int decoders = first_decoder + (formatted ? etm->num_cpu : 1);
>>>         etmq = zalloc(sizeof(*etmq));
>>>       if (!etmq)
>>> @@ -937,7 +939,7 @@ static struct cs_etm_queue
>>> *cs_etm__alloc_queue(struct cs_etm_auxtrace *etm,
>>>       if (!t_params)
>>>           goto out_free;
>>>   -    if (cs_etm__init_trace_params(t_params, etm, decoders))
>>> +    if (cs_etm__init_trace_params(t_params, etm))
>>>           goto out_free;
>>>         /* Set decoder parameters to decode trace packets */
>>> @@ -947,8 +949,7 @@ static struct cs_etm_queue
>>> *cs_etm__alloc_queue(struct cs_etm_auxtrace *etm,
>>>                       formatted))
>>>           goto out_free;
>>>   -    etmq->decoder = cs_etm_decoder__new(decoders, &d_params,
>>> -                        t_params);
>>> +    etmq->decoder = cs_etm_decoder__new(first_decoder, decoders,
>>> &d_params, t_params);
>>>         if (!etmq->decoder)
>>>           goto out_free;
>>> @@ -2959,11 +2960,11 @@ static int cs_etm__queue_aux_records(struct
>>> perf_session *session)
>>>    * Loop through the ETMs and complain if we find at least one where
>>> ts_source != 1 (virtual
>>>    * timestamps).
>>>    */
>>> -static bool cs_etm__has_virtual_ts(u64 **metadata, int num_cpu)
>>> +static bool cs_etm__has_virtual_ts(u64 **metadata, struct
>>> cs_etm_auxtrace *etm)
>>>   {
>>>       int j;
>>>   -    for (j = 0; j < num_cpu; j++) {
>>> +    for (j = etm->first_cpu; j < etm->last_cpu; j++) {
>>>           switch (metadata[j][CS_ETM_MAGIC]) {
>>>           case __perf_cs_etmv4_magic:
>>>               if (HAS_PARAM(j, ETMV4, TS_SOURCE) ||
>>> metadata[j][CS_ETMV4_TS_SOURCE] != 1)
>>> @@ -2982,13 +2983,14 @@ static bool cs_etm__has_virtual_ts(u64
>>> **metadata, int num_cpu)
>>>   }
>>>     /* map trace ids to correct metadata block, from information in
>>> metadata */
>>> -static int cs_etm__map_trace_ids_metadata(int num_cpu, u64 **metadata)
>>> +static int cs_etm__map_trace_ids_metadata(struct cs_etm_auxtrace *etm)
>>>   {
>>>       u64 cs_etm_magic;
>>> +    u64 **metadata = etm->metadata;
>>>       u8 trace_chan_id;
>>>       int i, err;
>>>   -    for (i = 0; i < num_cpu; i++) {
>>> +    for (i = etm->first_cpu; i < etm->last_cpu; i++) {
>>>           cs_etm_magic = metadata[i][CS_ETM_MAGIC];
>>>           switch (cs_etm_magic) {
>>>           case __perf_cs_etmv3_magic:
>>> @@ -3015,12 +3017,13 @@ static int cs_etm__map_trace_ids_metadata(int
>>> num_cpu, u64 **metadata)
>>>    * If we found AUX_HW_ID packets, then set any metadata marked as
>>> unused to the
>>>    * unused value to reduce the number of unneeded decoders created.
>>>    */
>>> -static int cs_etm__clear_unused_trace_ids_metadata(int num_cpu, u64
>>> **metadata)
>>> +static int cs_etm__clear_unused_trace_ids_metadata(struct
>>> cs_etm_auxtrace *etm)
>>>   {
>>>       u64 cs_etm_magic;
>>> +    u64 **metadata = etm->metadata;
>>>       int i;
>>>   -    for (i = 0; i < num_cpu; i++) {
>>> +    for (i = etm->first_cpu; i < etm->last_cpu; i++) {
>>>           cs_etm_magic = metadata[i][CS_ETM_MAGIC];
>>>           switch (cs_etm_magic) {
>>>           case __perf_cs_etmv3_magic:
>>> @@ -3049,7 +3052,7 @@ int cs_etm__process_auxtrace_info_full(union
>>> perf_event *event,
>>>       int event_header_size = sizeof(struct perf_event_header);
>>>       int total_size = auxtrace_info->header.size;
>>>       int priv_size = 0;
>>> -    int num_cpu;
>>> +    int num_cpu, first_cpu = 0, last_cpu;
>>>       int err = 0;
>>>       int aux_hw_id_found;
>>>       int i, j;
>>> @@ -3068,22 +3071,31 @@ int cs_etm__process_auxtrace_info_full(union
>>> perf_event *event,
>>>       /* First the global part */
>>>       ptr = (u64 *) auxtrace_info->priv;
>>>       num_cpu = ptr[CS_PMU_TYPE_CPUS] & 0xffffffff;
>>> -    metadata = zalloc(sizeof(*metadata) * num_cpu);
>>> +
>>> +    /* Start parsing after the common part of the header */
>>> +    i = CS_HEADER_VERSION_MAX;
>>> +
>>> +    /*Get CPU id of first event */
>>> +    first_cpu = ptr[i + CS_ETM_CPU];
>>> +    last_cpu = first_cpu + num_cpu;
>>> +
>>> +    if (first_cpu > cpu__max_cpu().cpu ||
>>> +            last_cpu > cpu__max_cpu().cpu)
>>> +        return -EINVAL;
>>> +
>>> +    metadata = zalloc(sizeof(*metadata) * last_cpu);
>>
>> Hi Ganapatrao,
>>
>> I think I see what the problem is, but I'm wondering if a better fix
>> would be to further decouple the CPU ID from the index in the array.
>>
>> With your change it's not clear what happens with sparse recordings, for
>> example 'perf record -e cs_etm// -C 1,3,5'. And it seems like there is
> 
> This patch fixes for any range of CPUs.
> Record with sparse list of CPUs will not work with current code still.
> 

Is there a major issue that means sparse can't be done? I'm thinking it
would be best to fix both issues with one change while we understand
this part rather than a half fix that might have do be completely
re-understood and re-done later anyway. Unless there is some big blocker
but I can't see it?

>> some wastage in the zalloc here for example if only CPU 256 is traced
>> then we'd still make 256 decoders but 255 of them would be unused?
>>
>> I tried to test sparse recordings, but your change doesn't apply to the
>> latest coresight/next branch. I did notice that 'perf report -D' doesn't
>> work with them on coresight/next (it just quits), but I couldn't see if
>> that's fixed with your change.
> 
> My patch is rebased on 6.3-RC7 codebase with Mike's 3 perf patches
> related to dynamic id [1] support(queued for 6.4).
> 
> "perf report -D" works for me.

I was referring to sparse CPU lists, which I think you mentioned above
doesn't work even with this patch.

> 
> [1] https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-perf-users/msg27452.html
> 

It should be based on the next branch here:
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/coresight/linux.git

>>
>> Would a better fix not be to keep the metadata loops from 0-N and
>> instead save the CPU ID in cs_etm_decoder_params or the decoder. That
>> way it would support both sparse and not starting from 0 cases? I think
> 
> Yep, I though this initially, it got complicated due to for more
> for-loops. I will try again and post V2.
> 

I can't imagine it would need any extra for loops off the top of my
head. Just saving the CPU ID in a few structs and using it wherever it's
needed instead of the loop index. I imagine most of the loops would
actually stay the same rather than be changed like you have in V1.

>> the code would be better if it's worded like "i < recorded_cpus" rather
>> than "i < cpu" to make it clear that i isn't actually the CPU ID it's
>> just an index.
> 
> Yes, makes sense to call it "recorded_cpus".
> 
>>
>> Also a new test for this scenario would probably be a good idea.
>>
>> Thanks
>> James
>>
> Thanks,
> Ganapat

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