linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 6/7] perf pmu-events: Remember the events and metrics table

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Message-ID: <ebdd9eac-410e-4b66-84ff-d5756f5c9b55@intel.com>
Date:   Thu, 12 Oct 2023 14:53:18 +0300
From:   Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>
To:     Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>,
        Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@....com>,
        Mike Leach <mike.leach@...aro.org>,
        James Clark <james.clark@....com>,
        Leo Yan <leo.yan@...aro.org>,
        John Garry <john.g.garry@...cle.com>,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>,
        Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
        Thomas Richter <tmricht@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Ravi Bangoria <ravi.bangoria@....com>,
        Kajol Jain <kjain@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Jing Zhang <renyu.zj@...ux.alibaba.com>,
        Kan Liang <kan.liang@...ux.intel.com>,
        Yang Jihong <yangjihong1@...wei.com>,
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        linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 6/7] perf pmu-events: Remember the events and metrics
 table

On 7/10/23 05:13, Ian Rogers wrote:
> strcmp_cpuid_str performs regular expression comparisons. Avoid
> repeated computation of the table by remembering the table in a
> static.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>
> ---
>  tools/perf/pmu-events/jevents.py | 48 +++++++++++++++++++-------------
>  1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/perf/pmu-events/jevents.py b/tools/perf/pmu-events/jevents.py
> index fd009752b427..8d8d5088c53c 100755
> --- a/tools/perf/pmu-events/jevents.py
> +++ b/tools/perf/pmu-events/jevents.py
> @@ -978,28 +978,32 @@ int pmu_metrics_table__for_each_metric(const struct pmu_metrics_table *table,
>  
>  const struct pmu_events_table *perf_pmu__find_events_table(struct perf_pmu *pmu)
>  {
> -        const struct pmu_events_table *table = NULL;
> -        char *cpuid = perf_pmu__getcpuid(pmu);
> +        static const struct pmu_events_table *table;
>          size_t i;
>  
> -        /* on some platforms which uses cpus map, cpuid can be NULL for
> -         * PMUs other than CORE PMUs.
> -         */
> -        if (!cpuid)
> -                return NULL;
> -
> -        i = 0;
> -        for (;;) {
> -                const struct pmu_events_map *map = &pmu_events_map[i++];
> -                if (!map->arch)
> -                        break;
> -
> -                if (!strcmp_cpuid_str(map->cpuid, cpuid)) {
> -                        table = &map->event_table;
> -                        break;
> +        if (!table) {
> +                char *cpuid = perf_pmu__getcpuid(pmu);

Seems to assume the function is never called with a pmu
that would give a different result for perf_pmu__getcpuid(pmu)

> +
> +                /*
> +                 * On some platforms which uses cpus map, cpuid can be NULL for
> +                 * PMUs other than CORE PMUs.
> +                 */
> +                if (!cpuid)
> +                        return NULL;
> +
> +                i = 0;
> +                for (;;) {
> +                        const struct pmu_events_map *map = &pmu_events_map[i++];
> +                        if (!map->arch)
> +                                break;
> +
> +                        if (!strcmp_cpuid_str(map->cpuid, cpuid)) {
> +                                table = &map->event_table;
> +                                break;
> +                        }
>                  }
> +                free(cpuid);
>          }
> -        free(cpuid);
>          if (!pmu)
>                  return table;
>  
> @@ -1015,13 +1019,17 @@ const struct pmu_events_table *perf_pmu__find_events_table(struct perf_pmu *pmu)
>  
>  const struct pmu_metrics_table *perf_pmu__find_metrics_table(struct perf_pmu *pmu)
>  {
> -        const struct pmu_metrics_table *table = NULL;
> -        char *cpuid = perf_pmu__getcpuid(pmu);
> +        static const struct pmu_metrics_table *table;
> +        char *cpuid;
>          int i;
>  
> +        if (table)
> +                return table;

Ditto

> +
>          /* on some platforms which uses cpus map, cpuid can be NULL for
>           * PMUs other than CORE PMUs.
>           */
> +        cpuid = perf_pmu__getcpuid(pmu);
>          if (!cpuid)
>                  return NULL;
>