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Message-ID: <CAP-5=fVXmR70eUMco+B5TVmzTRjSfrk4tk3pw2o0epYiqQ=tTw@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2024 20:39:55 -0700
From: Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>
To: weilin.wang@...el.com
Cc: 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>, Kan Liang <kan.liang@...ux.intel.com>, 
	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>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v4 2/6] perf stat: Fork and launch perf record when
 perf stat needs to get retire latency value for a metric.

On Tue, Mar 12, 2024 at 4:49 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     | 165 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  tools/perf/util/data.c        |   4 +
>  tools/perf/util/data.h        |   1 +
>  tools/perf/util/metricgroup.h |  12 +++
>  tools/perf/util/stat.h        |   2 +
>  5 files changed, 182 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
> index 6291e1e24535..4e92e73cbeaf 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);
>
> @@ -163,6 +168,8 @@ static struct perf_stat_config stat_config = {
>         .ctl_fd_ack             = -1,
>         .iostat_run             = false,
>         .tpebs_events           = LIST_HEAD_INIT(stat_config.tpebs_events),
> +       .tpebs_results          = LIST_HEAD_INIT(stat_config.tpebs_results),
> +       .tpebs_pid              = -1,
>  };
>
>  static bool cpus_map_matched(struct evsel *a, struct evsel *b)
> @@ -687,12 +694,155 @@ 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;
> +
>         pr_debug("Prepare perf record for retire_latency\n");
> +
> +       record_argv[i++] = "perf";
> +       record_argv[i++] = "record";
> +       record_argv[i++] = "-W";
> +       record_argv[i++] = "--synth=no";
> +
> +       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;
> +
>         return 0;
>  }
>
> +static void prepare_run_command(struct child_process *cmd,
> +                              const char **argv)
> +{
> +       memset(cmd, 0, sizeof(*cmd));
> +       cmd->argv = argv;
> +       cmd->out = -1;
> +}
> +
> +static int prepare_perf_record(struct child_process *cmd)
> +{
> +       const char **record_argv;
> +
> +       record_argv = calloc(10 + 2 * stat_config.tpebs_event_size, sizeof(char *));
> +       if (!record_argv)
> +               return -1;
> +       __run_perf_record(record_argv);
> +
> +       prepare_run_command(cmd, record_argv);
> +       return start_command(cmd);
> +}
> +
> +struct perf_script {
> +       struct perf_tool        tool;
> +       struct perf_session     *session;
> +};
> +
> +static void tpebs_data__delete(void)
> +{
> +       struct tpebs_retire_lat *r, *rtmp;
> +       struct tpebs_event *e, *etmp;
> +       list_for_each_entry_safe(r, rtmp, &stat_config.tpebs_results, nd) {
> +               list_del_init(&r->nd);
> +               free(r);
> +       }
> +       list_for_each_entry_safe(e, etmp, &stat_config.tpebs_events, nd) {
> +               list_del_init(&e->nd);
> +               free(e);
> +       }
> +}
> +
> +static int process_sample_event(struct perf_tool *tool __maybe_unused,
> +                               union perf_event *event __maybe_unused,
> +                               struct perf_sample *sample,
> +                               struct evsel *evsel,
> +                               struct machine *machine __maybe_unused)
> +{
> +       int ret = 0;
> +       const char *evname;
> +       struct tpebs_retire_lat *t;
> +
> +       evname = evsel__name(evsel);
> +
> +       /*
> +        * Need to handle per core results? We are assuming average retire
> +        * latency value will be used. Save the number of samples and the sum of
> +        * retire latency value for each event.
> +        */
> +       list_for_each_entry(t, &stat_config.tpebs_results, nd) {
> +               if (!strcmp(evname, t->name)) {
> +                       t->count += 1;
> +                       t->sum += sample->retire_lat;
> +                       break;
> +               }
> +       }
> +
> +       return ret;
> +}
> +
> +static int process_feature_event(struct perf_session *session,
> +                                union perf_event *event)
> +{
> +       if (event->feat.feat_id < HEADER_LAST_FEATURE)
> +               return perf_event__process_feature(session, event);
> +       return 0;
> +}
> +
> +static int __cmd_script(struct child_process *cmd __maybe_unused)
> +{
> +       int err = 0;
> +       struct perf_session *session;
> +       struct perf_data data = {
> +               .mode = PERF_DATA_MODE_READ,
> +               .path = PERF_DATA,
> +               .fd   = cmd->out,
> +       };
> +       struct perf_script script = {
> +               .tool = {
> +               .sample          = process_sample_event,
> +               .ordering_requires_timestamps = true,
> +               .feature         = process_feature_event,
> +               .attr            = perf_event__process_attr,
> +               },
> +       };
> +       struct tpebs_event *e;
> +
> +       list_for_each_entry(e, &stat_config.tpebs_events, nd) {
> +               struct tpebs_retire_lat *new = malloc(sizeof(struct tpebs_retire_lat));
> +
> +               if (!new)
> +                       return -1;
> +               new->name = strdup(e->name);
> +               new->tpebs_name = strdup(e->tpebs_name);
> +               new->count = 0;
> +               new->sum = 0;
> +               list_add_tail(&new->nd, &stat_config.tpebs_results);
> +       }
> +
> +       kill(cmd->pid, SIGTERM);
> +       session = perf_session__new(&data, &script.tool);
> +       if (IS_ERR(session))
> +               return PTR_ERR(session);
> +       script.session = session;
> +       err = perf_session__process_events(session);
> +       perf_session__delete(session);
> +
> +       return err;
> +}
> +
>  static int __run_perf_stat(int argc, const char **argv, int run_idx)
>  {
>         int interval = stat_config.interval;
> @@ -709,13 +859,15 @@ static int __run_perf_stat(int argc, const char **argv, int run_idx)
>         struct affinity saved_affinity, *affinity = NULL;
>         int err;
>         bool second_pass = false;
> +       struct child_process cmd;
>
>         /* Prepare perf record for sampling event retire_latency before fork and
>          * prepare workload */
>         if (stat_config.tpebs_event_size > 0) {
>                 int ret;
>
> -               ret = __run_perf_record();
> +               pr_debug("perf stat pid = %d\n", getpid());
> +               ret = prepare_perf_record(&cmd);
>                 if (ret)
>                         return ret;
>         }
> @@ -925,6 +1077,13 @@ static int __run_perf_stat(int argc, const char **argv, int run_idx)
>
>         t1 = rdclock();
>
> +       if (stat_config.tpebs_event_size > 0) {
> +               int ret;
> +
> +               ret = __cmd_script(&cmd);
> +               close(cmd.out);
> +       }
> +
>         if (stat_config.walltime_run_table)
>                 stat_config.walltime_run[run_idx] = t1 - t0;
>
> @@ -2972,5 +3131,7 @@ int cmd_stat(int argc, const char **argv)
>         metricgroup__rblist_exit(&stat_config.metric_events);
>         evlist__close_control(stat_config.ctl_fd, stat_config.ctl_fd_ack, &stat_config.ctl_fd_close);
>
> +       tpebs_data__delete();
> +
>         return status;
>  }
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/data.c b/tools/perf/util/data.c
> index 08c4bfbd817f..2e2a20fc5c30 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/data.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/data.c
> @@ -185,6 +185,10 @@ static bool check_pipe(struct perf_data *data)
>         int fd = perf_data__is_read(data) ?
>                  STDIN_FILENO : STDOUT_FILENO;
>
> +       if (data->fd > 0) {
> +               fd = data->fd;
> +       }

nit: no curlies needed here

> +
>         if (!data->path) {
>                 if (!fstat(fd, &st) && S_ISFIFO(st.st_mode))
>                         is_pipe = true;
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/data.h b/tools/perf/util/data.h
> index 110f3ebde30f..720638116ca0 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/data.h
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/data.h
> @@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ struct perf_data_file {
>
>  struct perf_data {
>         const char              *path;
> +       int                      fd;
>         struct perf_data_file    file;

Could fd and file be a union, so that its clear they are mutually
exclusive? Perhaps just comment.

>         bool                     is_pipe;
>         bool                     is_dir;
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.h b/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.h
> index 7c24ed768ff3..3c37d80c4d34 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.h
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.h
> @@ -68,10 +68,22 @@ struct metric_expr {
>
>  struct tpebs_event {
>         struct list_head nd;
> +       /* Event name */
>         const char *name;
> +       /* Event name with TPEBS modifier */
>         const char *tpebs_name;
>  };
>
> +struct tpebs_retire_lat {
> +       struct list_head nd;
> +       /* Event name */
> +       const char *name;
> +       /* Event name with TPEBS modifier */
> +       const char *tpebs_name;
> +       size_t count;
> +       int sum;
> +};

nit: Would it make sense to make this:

struct tpebs_retire_lat {
  struct tpebs_event event;
  size_t count;
  int sum;
}

Thanks,
Ian

> +
>  struct metric_event *metricgroup__lookup(struct rblist *metric_events,
>                                          struct evsel *evsel,
>                                          bool create);
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/stat.h b/tools/perf/util/stat.h
> index b987960df3c5..0726bdc06681 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/stat.h
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/stat.h
> @@ -111,6 +111,8 @@ struct perf_stat_config {
>         struct rblist            metric_events;
>         struct list_head         tpebs_events;
>         size_t                   tpebs_event_size;
> +       struct list_head         tpebs_results;
> +       pid_t                    tpebs_pid;
>         int                      ctl_fd;
>         int                      ctl_fd_ack;
>         bool                     ctl_fd_close;
> --
> 2.43.0
>

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