linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 01/43] perf stat: Disable TopdownL1 on hybrid

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Message-Id: <20230428073809.1803624-2-irogers@google.com>
Date:   Fri, 28 Apr 2023 00:37:27 -0700
From:   Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>
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Subject: [PATCH v2 01/43] perf stat: Disable TopdownL1 on hybrid

Bugs with event parsing, event grouping and metrics causes the
TopdownL1 metricgroup to crash the perf command. Temporarily disable
the group if no events/metrics are spcecified.

Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>
---
 tools/perf/builtin-stat.c | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
index efda63f6bf32..be9677aa642f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
@@ -1885,7 +1885,12 @@ static int add_default_attributes(void)
 		 * Add TopdownL1 metrics if they exist. To minimize
 		 * multiplexing, don't request threshold computation.
 		 */
-		if (metricgroup__has_metric("TopdownL1") &&
+		/*
+		 * TODO: TopdownL1 is disabled on hybrid CPUs to avoid a crashes
+		 * caused by exposing latent bugs. This is fixed properly in:
+		 * https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/bff481ba-e60a-763f-0aa0-3ee53302c480@linux.intel.com/
+		 */
+		if (metricgroup__has_metric("TopdownL1") && !perf_pmu__has_hybrid() &&
 		    metricgroup__parse_groups(evsel_list, "TopdownL1",
 					    /*metric_no_group=*/false,
 					    /*metric_no_merge=*/false,
@@ -1894,6 +1899,7 @@ static int add_default_attributes(void)
 					    stat_config.system_wide,
 					    &stat_config.metric_events) < 0)
 			return -1;
+
 		/* Platform specific attrs */
 		if (evlist__add_default_attrs(evsel_list, default_null_attrs) < 0)
 			return -1;
-- 
2.40.1.495.gc816e09b53d-goog