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Message-ID: <5d534069-a1b3-4789-8d76-f36f956a1e12@linux.intel.com>
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2024 11:31:44 -0400
From: "Liang, Kan" <kan.liang@...ux.intel.com>
To: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>
Cc: namhyung@...nel.org, irogers@...gle.com, peterz@...radead.org,
 Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>, mingo@...nel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, adrian.hunter@...el.com, ak@...ux.intel.com,
 eranian@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/9] Support branch counters in block annotation

Hi Arnaldo,

On 2024-07-31 11:05 a.m., Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 03, 2024 at 01:03:47PM -0700, kan.liang@...ux.intel.com wrote:
>> From: Kan Liang <kan.liang@...ux.intel.com>
>>
>> The branch counters logging (A.K.A LBR event logging) introduces a
>> per-counter indication of precise event occurrences in LBRs. It can
>> provide a means to attribute exposed retirement latency to combinations
>> of events across a block of instructions. It also provides a means of
>> attributing Timed LBR latencies to events.
>>
>> The kernel support and basic perf tool support have been merged.
>> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20231025201626.3000228-1-kan.liang@linux.intel.com/
>>
>> This series is to provide advanced perf tool support via adding the
>> branch counters information in block annotation. It can further
>> facilitate the analysis of branch blocks.
>>
>> The patch 1 and 2 are to fix two existing issues of --total-cycles and
>> the branch counters feature.
>>
>> The patch 3-9 are the advanced perf tool support.
> 
> I couldn't find any newer versions of this series nor reviews, is that
> right?

Right. There is no newer version nor reviews.

The patch series can be successfully applied on top of the latest
tmp.perf-tools-next (on top of the commit 756785ab6380 ("perf list: Give
clues if failed to open tracing events directory")).

I think we can still use it for the review.

> 
> I'll try and review this soon, but if someone else could take a look,
> try it and provide a Reviewed-by or at least an Acked-by, that would
> help!

Thanks!

Kan
> 
> - Arnaldo
>  
>> Here are some examples.
>>
>> perf annotation:
>>
>> $perf record -e "{branch-instructions:ppp,branch-misses}:S" -j any,counter
>> $perf report  --total-cycles --stdio
>>
>>  # To display the perf.data header info, please use --header/--header-only options.
>>  #
>>  #
>>  # Total Lost Samples: 0
>>  #
>>  # Samples: 1M of events 'anon group { branch-instructions:ppp, branch-misses }'
>>  # Event count (approx.): 1610046
>>  #
>>  # Branch counter abbr list:
>>  # branch-instructions:ppp = A
>>  # branch-misses = B
>>  # '-' No event occurs
>>  # '+' Event occurrences may be lost due to branch counter saturated
>>  #
>>  # Sampled Cycles%  Sampled Cycles  Avg Cycles%  Avg Cycles          Branch Counter [Program Block Range]
>>  # ...............  ..............  ...........  ..........  ......................  ..
>>  #
>>            57.55%            2.5M        0.00%           3             |A   |-   |                 ...
>>            25.27%            1.1M        0.00%           2             |AA  |-   |                 ...
>>            15.61%          667.2K        0.00%           1             |A   |-   |                 ...
>>             0.16%            6.9K        0.81%         575             |A   |-   |                 ...
>>             0.16%            6.8K        1.38%         977             |AA  |-   |                 ...
>>             0.16%            6.8K        0.04%          28             |AA  |B   |                 ...
>>             0.15%            6.6K        1.33%         946             |A   |-   |                 ...
>>             0.11%            4.5K        0.06%          46             |AAA+|-   |                 ...
>>
>> (The below output is in the TUI mode. Users can press 'B' to display
>> the Branch counter abbr list.)
>>
>> Samples: 1M of events 'anon group { branch-instructions:ppp, branch-misses }',
>> 4000 Hz, Event count (approx.):
>> f3  /home/sdp/test/tchain_edit [Percent: local period]
>> Percent       │ IPC Cycle       Branch Counter (Average IPC: 1.39, IPC Coverage: 29.4%)
>>               │                                     0000000000401755 <f3>:
>>   0.00   0.00 │                                       endbr64
>>               │                                       push    %rbp
>>               │                                       mov     %rsp,%rbp
>>               │                                       movl    $0x0,-0x4(%rbp)
>>   0.00   0.00 │1.33     3          |A   |-   |      ↓ jmp     25
>>  11.03  11.03 │                                 11:   mov     -0x4(%rbp),%eax
>>               │                                       and     $0x1,%eax
>>               │                                       test    %eax,%eax
>>  17.13  17.13 │2.41     1          |A   |-   |      ↓ je      21
>>               │                                       addl    $0x1,-0x4(%rbp)
>>  21.84  21.84 │2.22     2          |AA  |-   |      ↓ jmp     25
>>  17.13  17.13 │                                 21:   addl    $0x1,-0x4(%rbp)
>>  21.84  21.84 │                                 25:   cmpl    $0x270f,-0x4(%rbp)
>>  11.03  11.03 │0.61     3          |A   |-   |      ↑ jle     11
>>               │                                       nop
>>               │                                       pop     %rbp
>>   0.00   0.00 │0.24    20          |AA  |B   |      ← ret
>>
>> perf script:
>>
>> $perf script -F +brstackinsn,+brcntr
>>
>>  # Branch counter abbr list:
>>  # branch-instructions:ppp = A
>>  # branch-misses = B
>>  # '-' No event occurs
>>  # '+' Event occurrences may be lost due to branch counter saturated
>>      tchain_edit  332203 3366329.405674:      53030 branch-instructions:ppp:            401781 f3+0x2c (home/sdp/test/tchain_edit)
>>         f3+31:
>>         0000000000401774        insn: eb 04                     br_cntr: AA     # PRED 5 cycles [5]
>>         000000000040177a        insn: 81 7d fc 0f 27 00 00
>>         0000000000401781        insn: 7e e3                     br_cntr: A      # PRED 1 cycles [6] 2.00 IPC
>>         0000000000401766        insn: 8b 45 fc
>>         0000000000401769        insn: 83 e0 01
>>         000000000040176c        insn: 85 c0
>>
>> $perf script -F +brstackinsn,+brcntr -v
>>
>>      tchain_edit  332203 3366329.405674:      53030 branch-instructions:ppp:            401781 f3+0x2c (/home/sdp/test/tchain_edit)
>>         f3+31:
>>         0000000000401774        insn: eb 04                     br_cntr: branch-instructions:ppp 2 branch-misses 0      # PRED 5 cycles [5]
>>         000000000040177a        insn: 81 7d fc 0f 27 00 00
>>         0000000000401781        insn: 7e e3                     br_cntr: branch-instructions:ppp 1 branch-misses 0      # PRED 1 cycles [6] 2.00 IPC
>>         0000000000401766        insn: 8b 45 fc
>>         0000000000401769        insn: 83 e0 01
>>         000000000040176c        insn: 85 c0
>>
>> Kan Liang (9):
>>   perf report: Fix --total-cycles --stdio output error
>>   perf report: Remove the first overflow check for branch counters
>>   perf evlist: Save branch counters information
>>   perf annotate: Save branch counters for each block
>>   perf evsel: Assign abbr name for the branch counter events
>>   perf report: Display the branch counter histogram
>>   perf annotate: Display the branch counter histogram
>>   perf script: Add branch counters
>>   perf test: Add new test cases for the branch counter feature
>>
>>  tools/perf/Documentation/perf-report.txt |   1 +
>>  tools/perf/Documentation/perf-script.txt |   2 +-
>>  tools/perf/builtin-annotate.c            |  13 +-
>>  tools/perf/builtin-diff.c                |   8 +-
>>  tools/perf/builtin-report.c              |  25 ++-
>>  tools/perf/builtin-script.c              |  69 +++++++-
>>  tools/perf/builtin-top.c                 |   4 +-
>>  tools/perf/tests/shell/record.sh         |  17 +-
>>  tools/perf/ui/browsers/annotate.c        |  18 +-
>>  tools/perf/ui/browsers/hists.c           |  18 +-
>>  tools/perf/util/annotate.c               | 209 +++++++++++++++++++++--
>>  tools/perf/util/annotate.h               |  24 ++-
>>  tools/perf/util/block-info.c             |  66 ++++++-
>>  tools/perf/util/block-info.h             |   8 +-
>>  tools/perf/util/branch.h                 |   1 +
>>  tools/perf/util/disasm.c                 |   1 +
>>  tools/perf/util/evlist.c                 |  66 +++++++
>>  tools/perf/util/evlist.h                 |   2 +
>>  tools/perf/util/evsel.c                  |  15 +-
>>  tools/perf/util/evsel.h                  |  12 ++
>>  tools/perf/util/hist.c                   |   5 +-
>>  tools/perf/util/hist.h                   |   2 +-
>>  tools/perf/util/machine.c                |   3 +
>>  23 files changed, 519 insertions(+), 70 deletions(-)
>>
>> -- 
>> 2.38.1
> 

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