linux-kernel - [RFC PATCH v4 01/15] perf stat: Add new field in stat_config to enable hardware aware grouping.

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Message-ID: <20240209031441.943012-2-weilin.wang@intel.com>
Date: Thu,  8 Feb 2024 19:14:27 -0800
From: weilin.wang@...el.com
To: weilin.wang@...el.com,
	Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>,
	Kan Liang <kan.liang@...ux.intel.com>,
	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>,
	Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>
Cc: linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Perry Taylor <perry.taylor@...el.com>,
	Samantha Alt <samantha.alt@...el.com>,
	Caleb Biggers <caleb.biggers@...el.com>,
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
Subject: [RFC PATCH v4 01/15] perf stat: Add new field in stat_config to enable hardware aware grouping.

From: Weilin Wang <weilin.wang@...el.com>

Hardware counter and event information could be used to help creating event
groups that better utilize hardware counters and improve multiplexing.

Reviewed-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>
Signed-off-by: Weilin Wang <weilin.wang@...el.com>
---
 tools/perf/builtin-stat.c     | 5 +++++
 tools/perf/util/metricgroup.c | 5 +++++
 tools/perf/util/metricgroup.h | 1 +
 tools/perf/util/stat.h        | 1 +
 4 files changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
index 5fe9abc6a524..d08a40c4bae1 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
@@ -2062,6 +2062,7 @@ static int add_default_attributes(void)
 						stat_config.metric_no_threshold,
 						stat_config.user_requested_cpu_list,
 						stat_config.system_wide,
+						stat_config.hardware_aware_grouping,
 						&stat_config.metric_events);
 	}
 
@@ -2095,6 +2096,7 @@ static int add_default_attributes(void)
 						stat_config.metric_no_threshold,
 						stat_config.user_requested_cpu_list,
 						stat_config.system_wide,
+						stat_config.hardware_aware_grouping,
 						&stat_config.metric_events);
 	}
 
@@ -2129,6 +2131,7 @@ static int add_default_attributes(void)
 						/*metric_no_threshold=*/true,
 						stat_config.user_requested_cpu_list,
 						stat_config.system_wide,
+						stat_config.hardware_aware_grouping,
 						&stat_config.metric_events) < 0)
 			return -1;
 	}
@@ -2170,6 +2173,7 @@ static int add_default_attributes(void)
 							/*metric_no_threshold=*/true,
 							stat_config.user_requested_cpu_list,
 							stat_config.system_wide,
+							stat_config.hardware_aware_grouping,
 							&stat_config.metric_events) < 0)
 				return -1;
 
@@ -2702,6 +2706,7 @@ int cmd_stat(int argc, const char **argv)
 						stat_config.metric_no_threshold,
 						stat_config.user_requested_cpu_list,
 						stat_config.system_wide,
+						stat_config.hardware_aware_grouping,
 						&stat_config.metric_events);
 
 		zfree(&metrics);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.c b/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.c
index ca3e0404f187..18df1af4bdd3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.c
@@ -1690,12 +1690,17 @@ int metricgroup__parse_groups(struct evlist *perf_evlist,
 			      bool metric_no_threshold,
 			      const char *user_requested_cpu_list,
 			      bool system_wide,
+			      bool hardware_aware_grouping,
 			      struct rblist *metric_events)
 {
 	const struct pmu_metrics_table *table = pmu_metrics_table__find();
 
 	if (!table)
 		return -EINVAL;
+	if (hardware_aware_grouping) {
+		pr_debug("Use hardware aware grouping instead of traditional metric grouping method\n");
+	}
+
 
 	return parse_groups(perf_evlist, pmu, str, metric_no_group, metric_no_merge,
 			    metric_no_threshold, user_requested_cpu_list, system_wide,
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.h b/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.h
index d5325c6ec8e1..779f6ede1b51 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.h
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ int metricgroup__parse_groups(struct evlist *perf_evlist,
 			      bool metric_no_threshold,
 			      const char *user_requested_cpu_list,
 			      bool system_wide,
+			      bool hardware_aware_grouping,
 			      struct rblist *metric_events);
 int metricgroup__parse_groups_test(struct evlist *evlist,
 				   const struct pmu_metrics_table *table,
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/stat.h b/tools/perf/util/stat.h
index 4357ba114822..a7798506465b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/stat.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/stat.h
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ struct perf_stat_config {
 	bool			 metric_no_group;
 	bool			 metric_no_merge;
 	bool			 metric_no_threshold;
+	bool			 hardware_aware_grouping;
 	bool			 stop_read_counter;
 	bool			 iostat_run;
 	char			 *user_requested_cpu_list;
-- 
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