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Message-ID: <CAM9d7cguqEnxABCNYDr6W93sY3hPRBV1ieuWhy+6+H54OmWprA@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2024 15:27:48 -0700
From: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
To: "Wang, Weilin" <weilin.wang@...el.com>
Cc: Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>, Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>,
"Hunter, Adrian" <adrian.hunter@...el.com>, Kan Liang <kan.liang@...ux.intel.com>,
"linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org" <linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org>,
"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, "Taylor, Perry" <perry.taylor@...el.com>,
"Alt, Samantha" <samantha.alt@...el.com>, "Biggers, Caleb" <caleb.biggers@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v3 2/6] perf stat: Fork and launch perf record when
perf stat needs to get retire latency value for a metric.
On Mon, Mar 11, 2024 at 2:30 PM Wang, Weilin <weilin.wang@...el.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
> > Sent: Monday, March 11, 2024 2:08 PM
> > To: Wang, Weilin <weilin.wang@...el.com>
> > Cc: Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>; Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>;
> > Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>; Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
> > <acme@...nel.org>; Alexander Shishkin
> > <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>; Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>; Hunter,
> > Adrian <adrian.hunter@...el.com>; Kan Liang <kan.liang@...ux.intel.com>;
> > linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org; linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org; Taylor, Perry
> > <perry.taylor@...el.com>; Alt, Samantha <samantha.alt@...el.com>; Biggers,
> > Caleb <caleb.biggers@...el.com>
> > Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v3 2/6] perf stat: Fork and launch perf record when
> > perf stat needs to get retire latency value for a metric.
> >
> > Hello Weilin,
> >
> > On Fri, Mar 1, 2024 at 4:11 PM <weilin.wang@...el.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > From: Weilin Wang <weilin.wang@...el.com>
> > >
> > > When retire_latency value is used in a metric formula, perf stat would fork a
> > > perf record process with "-e" and "-W" options. Perf record will collect
> > > required retire_latency values in parallel while perf stat is collecting
> > > counting values.
> > >
> > > At the point of time that perf stat stops counting, it would send sigterm
> > signal
> > > to perf record process and receiving sampling data back from perf record
> > from a
> > > pipe. Perf stat will then process the received data to get retire latency data
> > > and calculate metric result.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Weilin Wang <weilin.wang@...el.com>
> > > ---
> > > tools/perf/builtin-stat.c | 179
> > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> > > tools/perf/util/data.c | 4 +
> > > tools/perf/util/data.h | 1 +
> > > tools/perf/util/metricgroup.h | 7 ++
> > > tools/perf/util/stat.h | 3 +
> > > 5 files changed, 191 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
> > > index 5a3093541cff..3890a579349e 100644
> > > --- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
> > > +++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
> > > @@ -94,8 +94,13 @@
> > > #include <perf/evlist.h>
> > > #include <internal/threadmap.h>
> > >
> > > +#include "util/sample.h"
> > > +#include <sys/param.h>
> > > +#include <subcmd/run-command.h>
> > > +
> > > #define DEFAULT_SEPARATOR " "
> > > #define FREEZE_ON_SMI_PATH "devices/cpu/freeze_on_smi"
> > > +#define PERF_DATA "-"
> > >
> > > static void print_counters(struct timespec *ts, int argc, const char **argv);
> > >
> > > @@ -162,7 +167,8 @@ static struct perf_stat_config stat_config = {
> > > .ctl_fd = -1,
> > > .ctl_fd_ack = -1,
> > > .iostat_run = false,
> > > - .tpebs_event_size = 0,
> > > + .tpebs_event_size = 0,
> > > + .tpebs_pid = -1,
> > > };
> > >
> > > static bool cpus_map_matched(struct evsel *a, struct evsel *b)
> > > @@ -687,12 +693,163 @@ static enum counter_recovery
> > stat_handle_error(struct evsel *counter)
> > > return COUNTER_FATAL;
> > > }
> > >
> > > -static int __run_perf_record(void)
> > > +static int __run_perf_record(const char **record_argv)
> > > {
> > > + int i = 0;
> > > + struct tpebs_event *e;
> >
> > Please put a blank line after the declaration.
> >
> >
> > > pr_debug("Prepare perf record for retire_latency\n");
> > > +
> > > +
> >
> > A duplicate new line.
> >
> > > + record_argv[i++] = "perf";
> > > + record_argv[i++] = "record";
> > > + record_argv[i++] = "-W";
> > > +
> > > + if (stat_config.user_requested_cpu_list) {
> > > + record_argv[i++] = "-C";
> > > + record_argv[i++] = stat_config.user_requested_cpu_list;
> > > + }
> > > +
> > > + if (stat_config.system_wide)
> > > + record_argv[i++] = "-a";
> > > +
> > > + list_for_each_entry(e, &stat_config.tpebs_events, nd) {
> > > + record_argv[i++] = "-e";
> > > + record_argv[i++] = e->name;
> > > + }
> > > +
> > > + record_argv[i++] = "-o";
> > > + record_argv[i++] = PERF_DATA;
> >
> > I don't think you need side-band records and synthesizing for this.
> > I'd like to disable all of them but it'd require changes in perf record.
> > For now, you need to pass --synth=no at least.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Namhyung
> >
>
> Thanks Namhyung! I will update the code and send a new version.
Sure, let me finish my review before then.
Thanks,
Namhyung
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