linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 2/7] perf metric: Event "Compat" value supports matching multiple identifiers

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Message-ID: <738dda90-6235-07dd-145a-d1dd3b1f5b5c@linux.alibaba.com>
Date:   Wed, 21 Jun 2023 11:15:15 +0800
From:   Jing Zhang <renyu.zj@...ux.alibaba.com>
To:     John Garry <john.g.garry@...cle.com>
Cc:     James Clark <james.clark@....com>,
        Mike Leach <mike.leach@...aro.org>,
        Leo Yan <leo.yan@...aro.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Ilkka Koskinen <ilkka@...amperecomputing.com>,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>,
        Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
        Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org,
        Zhuo Song <zhuo.song@...ux.alibaba.com>,
        Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>, Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
        Shuai Xue <xueshuai@...ux.alibaba.com>,
        Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/7] perf metric: Event "Compat" value supports
 matching multiple identifiers



在 2023/6/20 下午3:01, John Garry 写道:
> On 20/06/2023 03:12, Jing Zhang wrote:
>>> But that JSON is not in this series. Why is it not included?
>>>
>> Because the RFC version of the cmn.json file does not define the EventCode for each event, this will not take effect, so I temporarily removed it.
>> The EventID of CMN events is different from other events. For example, hnf_slc_sf_cache_access corresponds to arm_cmn_0/type=0x5,eventid=0x2/.
>> The current JSON format parsing does not support this EventID, and jevent.py needs to be extended.
> 
> So please do that then. I would suggest just to first support event aliasing, and then support metrics. JFYI, I am still reworking current perf tool metric code for sys events, which should take a few more days.
> 

Ok, thank you.

>>
>>> The cmn kernel driver exposes event hnf_slc_sf_cache_access, but I did not think that perf tool metric code matches those events described in/bus/event_sourcs/devices/<PMU>/events
>>>
>> If there is no alias defined, other events with the same name may be matched, it is indeed necessary to define an alias for each event first,
>> and I will add it in the next version. But first I need to extend jevent.py to support cmn EventID.
> 
> ok, please do this. I assume that you are talking about wildcard matching for cmn HW identifier. We would also need perf tool self-test expanded to cover this wildcard matching - see tests/pmu-events.c
> 

Ok, let me try.

Thanks,
Jing