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Message-ID: <ZthbiKEi7BMr_Zuz@x1>
Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2024 10:07:20 -0300
From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>
To: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
Cc: Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>, Kan Liang <kan.liang@...ux.intel.com>,
Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>,
Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org,
Ravi Bangoria <ravi.bangoria@....com>,
Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
James Clark <james.clark@....com>,
Athira Rajeev <atrajeev@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
Kajol Jain <kjain@...ux.ibm.com>,
Thomas Richter <tmricht@...ux.ibm.com>,
Atish Patra <atishp@...shpatra.org>,
Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...osinc.com>,
Mingwei Zhang <mizhang@...gle.com>,
James Clark <james.clark@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/8] perf tools: Don't set attr.exclude_guest by default
On Tue, Sep 03, 2024 at 11:41:24PM -0700, Namhyung Kim wrote:
> The exclude_guest in the event attribute is to limit profiling in the
> host environment. But I'm not sure why we want to set it by default
> cause we don't care about it in most cases and I feel like it just
> makes new PMU implementation complicated.
>
> Of course it's useful for perf kvm command so I added the
> exclude_GH_default variable to preserve the old behavior for perf kvm
> and other commands like perf record and stat won't set the exclude bit.
> This is helpful for AMD IBS case since having exclude_guest bit will
> clear new feature bit due to the missing feature check logic.
>
> $ sysctl kernel.perf_event_paranoid
> kernel.perf_event_paranoid = 0
>
> $ perf record -W -e ibs_op// -vv true 2>&1 | grep switching
> switching off PERF_FORMAT_LOST support
> switching off weight struct support
> switching off bpf_event
> switching off ksymbol
> switching off cloexec flag
> switching off mmap2
> switching off exclude_guest, exclude_host
>
> Maybe Apple M1 users will scream but actually the default event for
> perf record was converted to "cycles:P" which doesn't set the
> exclude_guest bit already. So they need to specify the necessary
> modifier manually like "cycles:PH" and I think it's ok.
Would be really, really good to have a Tested-by: Someone # on an Apple M1
I'll reinstall my rk-3399-pc and try it on that hybrid aarch64 board.
I have access to Ampere Altra systems, will try there as well.
- Arnaldo
> Intestingly, I found it sets the exclude_bit if "u" modifier is used.
> I don't know why but it's neither intuitive nor consistent. Let's
> remove the bit there too.
>
> Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
> Cc: James Clark <james.clark@...aro.org>
> Cc: Ravi Bangoria <ravi.bangoria@....com>
> Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
> ---
> tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c | 1 +
> tools/perf/tests/attr/test-record-dummy-C0 | 2 +-
> tools/perf/tests/parse-events.c | 18 +++++++++---------
> tools/perf/util/parse-events.c | 2 +-
> tools/perf/util/util.c | 10 ++++++++--
> tools/perf/util/util.h | 3 +++
> 6 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c b/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c
> index 692267b1b7e8311f..ca94dd3de04d34a3 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/builtin-kvm.c
> @@ -2147,6 +2147,7 @@ int cmd_kvm(int argc, const char **argv)
> "buildid-list", "stat", NULL };
> const char *kvm_usage[] = { NULL, NULL };
>
> + exclude_HG_default = true;
> perf_host = 0;
> perf_guest = 1;
>
> diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/attr/test-record-dummy-C0 b/tools/perf/tests/attr/test-record-dummy-C0
> index 576ec48b3aafaa6a..8ce6f0a5df5b7013 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/tests/attr/test-record-dummy-C0
> +++ b/tools/perf/tests/attr/test-record-dummy-C0
> @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ precise_ip=0
> mmap_data=0
> sample_id_all=1
> exclude_host=0
> -exclude_guest=1
> +exclude_guest=0
> exclude_callchain_kernel=0
> exclude_callchain_user=0
> mmap2=1
> diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/tests/parse-events.c
> index edc2adcf1baed195..9179bf3084c302c1 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/tests/parse-events.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/tests/parse-events.c
> @@ -932,7 +932,7 @@ static int test__group2(struct evlist *evlist)
> TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude_user", !evsel->core.attr.exclude_user);
> TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude_kernel", !evsel->core.attr.exclude_kernel);
> TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude_hv", evsel->core.attr.exclude_hv);
> - TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude guest", evsel->core.attr.exclude_guest);
> + TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude guest", !evsel->core.attr.exclude_guest);
> TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude host", !evsel->core.attr.exclude_host);
> TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong precise_ip", !evsel->core.attr.precise_ip);
> TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong leader", evsel__is_group_leader(evsel));
> @@ -947,7 +947,7 @@ static int test__group2(struct evlist *evlist)
> TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude_user", !evsel->core.attr.exclude_user);
> TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude_kernel", evsel->core.attr.exclude_kernel);
> TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude_hv", evsel->core.attr.exclude_hv);
> - TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude guest", evsel->core.attr.exclude_guest);
> + TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude guest", !evsel->core.attr.exclude_guest);
> TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude host", !evsel->core.attr.exclude_host);
> TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong precise_ip", !evsel->core.attr.precise_ip);
> if (evsel__has_leader(evsel, leader))
> @@ -1072,7 +1072,7 @@ static int test__group3(struct evlist *evlist __maybe_unused)
> TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude_user", !evsel->core.attr.exclude_user);
> TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude_kernel", evsel->core.attr.exclude_kernel);
> TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude_hv", evsel->core.attr.exclude_hv);
> - TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude guest", evsel->core.attr.exclude_guest);
> + TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude guest", !evsel->core.attr.exclude_guest);
> TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude host", !evsel->core.attr.exclude_host);
> TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong precise_ip", !evsel->core.attr.precise_ip);
> TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong leader", evsel__is_group_leader(evsel));
> @@ -1222,7 +1222,7 @@ static int test__group5(struct evlist *evlist __maybe_unused)
> TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude_user", !evsel->core.attr.exclude_user);
> TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude_kernel", !evsel->core.attr.exclude_kernel);
> TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude_hv", !evsel->core.attr.exclude_hv);
> - TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude guest", evsel->core.attr.exclude_guest);
> + TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude guest", !evsel->core.attr.exclude_guest);
> TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude host", !evsel->core.attr.exclude_host);
> TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong precise_ip", !evsel->core.attr.precise_ip);
> TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong leader", evsel__is_group_leader(evsel));
> @@ -1437,7 +1437,7 @@ static int test__leader_sample1(struct evlist *evlist)
> TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude_user", !evsel->core.attr.exclude_user);
> TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude_kernel", !evsel->core.attr.exclude_kernel);
> TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude_hv", !evsel->core.attr.exclude_hv);
> - TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude guest", evsel->core.attr.exclude_guest);
> + TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude guest", !evsel->core.attr.exclude_guest);
> TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude host", !evsel->core.attr.exclude_host);
> TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong precise_ip", !evsel->core.attr.precise_ip);
> TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong group name", !evsel->group_name);
> @@ -1453,7 +1453,7 @@ static int test__leader_sample1(struct evlist *evlist)
> TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude_user", !evsel->core.attr.exclude_user);
> TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude_kernel", !evsel->core.attr.exclude_kernel);
> TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude_hv", !evsel->core.attr.exclude_hv);
> - TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude guest", evsel->core.attr.exclude_guest);
> + TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude guest", !evsel->core.attr.exclude_guest);
> TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude host", !evsel->core.attr.exclude_host);
> TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong precise_ip", !evsel->core.attr.precise_ip);
> TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong leader", evsel__has_leader(evsel, leader));
> @@ -1468,7 +1468,7 @@ static int test__leader_sample1(struct evlist *evlist)
> TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude_user", !evsel->core.attr.exclude_user);
> TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude_kernel", !evsel->core.attr.exclude_kernel);
> TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude_hv", !evsel->core.attr.exclude_hv);
> - TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude guest", evsel->core.attr.exclude_guest);
> + TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude guest", !evsel->core.attr.exclude_guest);
> TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude host", !evsel->core.attr.exclude_host);
> TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong precise_ip", !evsel->core.attr.precise_ip);
> TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong group name", !evsel->group_name);
> @@ -1497,7 +1497,7 @@ static int test__leader_sample2(struct evlist *evlist __maybe_unused)
> TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude_user", !evsel->core.attr.exclude_user);
> TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude_kernel", evsel->core.attr.exclude_kernel);
> TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude_hv", evsel->core.attr.exclude_hv);
> - TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude guest", evsel->core.attr.exclude_guest);
> + TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude guest", !evsel->core.attr.exclude_guest);
> TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude host", !evsel->core.attr.exclude_host);
> TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong precise_ip", !evsel->core.attr.precise_ip);
> TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong group name", !evsel->group_name);
> @@ -1513,7 +1513,7 @@ static int test__leader_sample2(struct evlist *evlist __maybe_unused)
> TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude_user", !evsel->core.attr.exclude_user);
> TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude_kernel", evsel->core.attr.exclude_kernel);
> TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude_hv", evsel->core.attr.exclude_hv);
> - TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude guest", evsel->core.attr.exclude_guest);
> + TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude guest", !evsel->core.attr.exclude_guest);
> TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude host", !evsel->core.attr.exclude_host);
> TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong precise_ip", !evsel->core.attr.precise_ip);
> TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong group name", !evsel->group_name);
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
> index fab01ba54e34da7d..ab73b3d45f0467f9 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
> @@ -1739,7 +1739,7 @@ static int parse_events__modifier_list(struct parse_events_state *parse_state,
> if (mod.user) {
> if (!exclude)
> exclude = eu = ek = eh = 1;
> - if (!exclude_GH && !perf_guest)
> + if (!exclude_GH && !perf_guest && exclude_HG_default)
> eG = 1;
> eu = 0;
> }
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/util.c b/tools/perf/util/util.c
> index 9d55a13787ce3c05..7e3159faaa1991df 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/util.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/util.c
> @@ -78,17 +78,23 @@ bool sysctl__nmi_watchdog_enabled(void)
>
> bool test_attr__enabled;
>
> +bool exclude_HG_default;
> +
> bool perf_host = true;
> bool perf_guest = false;
>
> void event_attr_init(struct perf_event_attr *attr)
> {
> + /* to capture ABI version */
> + attr->size = sizeof(*attr);
> +
> + if (!exclude_HG_default)
> + return;
> +
> if (!perf_host)
> attr->exclude_host = 1;
> if (!perf_guest)
> attr->exclude_guest = 1;
> - /* to capture ABI version */
> - attr->size = sizeof(*attr);
> }
>
> int mkdir_p(char *path, mode_t mode)
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/util.h b/tools/perf/util/util.h
> index 9966c21aaf048479..d33ae883a54f2f2f 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/util.h
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/util.h
> @@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ extern const char perf_more_info_string[];
>
> extern const char *input_name;
>
> +/* This will control if perf_{host,guest} will set attr.exclude_{host,guest}. */
> +extern bool exclude_HG_default;
> +
> extern bool perf_host;
> extern bool perf_guest;
>
> --
> 2.46.0.469.g59c65b2a67-goog
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