linux-kernel - [PATCH v8 51/52] perf jevents: Add cycles breakdown metric for arm64/AMD/Intel

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Message-ID: <20251113032040.1994090-52-irogers@google.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2025 19:20:39 -0800
From: Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>
To: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>, 
	Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>, 
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>, Benjamin Gray <bgray@...ux.ibm.com>, 
	Caleb Biggers <caleb.biggers@...el.com>, Edward Baker <edward.baker@...el.com>, 
	Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, 
	James Clark <james.clark@...aro.org>, Jing Zhang <renyu.zj@...ux.alibaba.com>, 
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	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>, Perry Taylor <perry.taylor@...el.com>, 
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, Samantha Alt <samantha.alt@...el.com>, 
	Sandipan Das <sandipan.das@....com>, Thomas Falcon <thomas.falcon@...el.com>, 
	Weilin Wang <weilin.wang@...el.com>, Xu Yang <xu.yang_2@....com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v8 51/52] perf jevents: Add cycles breakdown metric for arm64/AMD/Intel

Breakdown cycles to user, kernel and guest. Add a common_metrics.py
file for such metrics.

Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>
---
 tools/perf/pmu-events/Build             |  2 +-
 tools/perf/pmu-events/amd_metrics.py    |  2 ++
 tools/perf/pmu-events/arm64_metrics.py  |  2 ++
 tools/perf/pmu-events/common_metrics.py | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 tools/perf/pmu-events/intel_metrics.py  |  2 ++
 5 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 tools/perf/pmu-events/common_metrics.py

diff --git a/tools/perf/pmu-events/Build b/tools/perf/pmu-events/Build
index f7d67d03d055..a3d7a04f0abf 100644
--- a/tools/perf/pmu-events/Build
+++ b/tools/perf/pmu-events/Build
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ $(LEGACY_CACHE_JSON): $(LEGACY_CACHE_PY)
 	$(call rule_mkdir)
 	$(Q)$(call echo-cmd,gen)$(PYTHON) $(LEGACY_CACHE_PY) > $@
 
-GEN_METRIC_DEPS := pmu-events/metric.py
+GEN_METRIC_DEPS := pmu-events/metric.py pmu-events/common_metrics.py
 
 # Generate AMD Json
 ZENS = $(shell ls -d pmu-events/arch/x86/amdzen*)
diff --git a/tools/perf/pmu-events/amd_metrics.py b/tools/perf/pmu-events/amd_metrics.py
index b2e3e2883022..5bc53fcf6448 100755
--- a/tools/perf/pmu-events/amd_metrics.py
+++ b/tools/perf/pmu-events/amd_metrics.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import argparse
 import math
 import os
 from typing import Optional
+from common_metrics import Cycles
 from metric import (d_ratio, has_event, max, Event, JsonEncodeMetric,
                     JsonEncodeMetricGroupDescriptions, Literal, LoadEvents,
                     Metric, MetricGroup, Select)
@@ -694,6 +695,7 @@ def main() -> None:
         AmdSwpf(),
         AmdUopCache(),
         AmdUpc(),
+        Cycles(),
         Idle(),
         Rapl(),
         UncoreL3(),
diff --git a/tools/perf/pmu-events/arm64_metrics.py b/tools/perf/pmu-events/arm64_metrics.py
index 9678253e2e0e..ac518e7f1120 100755
--- a/tools/perf/pmu-events/arm64_metrics.py
+++ b/tools/perf/pmu-events/arm64_metrics.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import argparse
 import os
 from typing import Optional
+from common_metrics import Cycles
 from metric import (d_ratio, Event, JsonEncodeMetric, JsonEncodeMetricGroupDescriptions,
                     LoadEvents, Metric, MetricGroup)
 
@@ -173,6 +174,7 @@ def main() -> None:
 
     all_metrics = MetricGroup("", [
         Arm64Topdown(),
+        Cycles(),
     ])
 
     if _args.metricgroups:
diff --git a/tools/perf/pmu-events/common_metrics.py b/tools/perf/pmu-events/common_metrics.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fcdfb9d3e648
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/pmu-events/common_metrics.py
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: (LGPL-2.1 OR BSD-2-Clause)
+from metric import (d_ratio, Event, Metric, MetricGroup)
+
+
+def Cycles() -> MetricGroup:
+    cyc_k = Event("cpu\\-cycles:kHh")  # exclude user and guest
+    cyc_g = Event("cpu\\-cycles:G")   # exclude host
+    cyc_u = Event("cpu\\-cycles:uH")  # exclude kernel, hypervisor and guest
+    cyc = cyc_k + cyc_g + cyc_u
+
+    return MetricGroup("lpm_cycles", [
+        Metric("lpm_cycles_total", "Total number of cycles", cyc, "cycles"),
+        Metric("lpm_cycles_user", "User cycles as a percentage of all cycles",
+               d_ratio(cyc_u, cyc), "100%"),
+        Metric("lpm_cycles_kernel", "Kernel cycles as a percentage of all cycles",
+               d_ratio(cyc_k, cyc), "100%"),
+        Metric("lpm_cycles_guest", "Hypervisor guest cycles as a percentage of all cycles",
+               d_ratio(cyc_g, cyc), "100%"),
+    ], description="cycles breakdown per privilege level (users, kernel, guest)")
diff --git a/tools/perf/pmu-events/intel_metrics.py b/tools/perf/pmu-events/intel_metrics.py
index d56bab7337df..52035433b505 100755
--- a/tools/perf/pmu-events/intel_metrics.py
+++ b/tools/perf/pmu-events/intel_metrics.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import math
 import os
 import re
 from typing import Optional
+from common_metrics import Cycles
 from metric import (d_ratio, has_event, max, source_count, CheckPmu, Event,
                     JsonEncodeMetric, JsonEncodeMetricGroupDescriptions,
                     Literal, LoadEvents, Metric, MetricConstraint, MetricGroup,
@@ -1095,6 +1096,7 @@ def main() -> None:
     LoadEvents(directory)
 
     all_metrics = MetricGroup("", [
+        Cycles(),
         Idle(),
         Rapl(),
         Smi(),
-- 
2.51.2.1041.gc1ab5b90ca-goog