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Message-ID: <e2a2eb762f9d373dd5cc5b0f4b8f41e2984a0b49.camel@intel.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2025 19:47:11 +0000
From: "Falcon, Thomas" <thomas.falcon@...el.com>
To: "james.clark@...aro.org" <james.clark@...aro.org>,
	"alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com" <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 3/3] perf evsel: Skip store_evsel_ids for
 non-perf-event PMUs

On Fri, 2025-11-14 at 14:05 -0800, Ian Rogers wrote:
> The IDs are associated with perf events and not applicable to non-perf
> event PMUs. The failure to generate the ids was causing perf stat
> record to fail.
> 

Hi Ian, looks good to me.

Tested-by: Thomas Falcon <thomas.falcon@...el.com>

Here's the output on my alder lake:

 % sudo ./perf stat record -a sleep 1


 Performance counter stats for 'system wide':

             3,485      context-switches                 #    144.8 cs/sec  cs_per_second     
         24,075.55 msec cpu-clock                        #     24.0    CPUs  CPUs_utilized       
               206      cpu-migrations                   #      8.6 migrations/sec  migrations_per_second
               678      page-faults                      #     28.2 faults/sec  page_faults_per_second
         1,508,292      cpu_core/branch-misses/          #      2.1 %  branch_miss_rate       
        73,298,298      cpu_core/branches/               #      3.0 M/sec  branch_frequency   
       319,787,502      cpu_core/cpu-cycles/             #      0.0 GHz  cycles_frequency     
       366,691,216      cpu_core/instructions/           #      1.1 instructions  insn_per_cycle
           455,948      cpu_atom/branch-misses/          #      1.6 %  branch_miss_rate         (49.87%)
        28,573,057      cpu_atom/branches/               #      1.2 M/sec  branch_frequency     (49.98%)
       235,791,714      cpu_atom/cpu-cycles/             #      0.0 GHz  cycles_frequency       (50.07%)
       158,014,230      cpu_atom/instructions/           #      0.7 instructions  insn_per_cycle  (50.15%)
             TopdownL1 (cpu_core)                        #      8.1 %  tma_bad_speculation    
                                                         #     37.0 %  tma_frontend_bound     
                                                         #     36.6 %  tma_backend_bound      
                                                         #     18.2 %  tma_retiring           
             TopdownL1 (cpu_atom)                        #     51.0 %  tma_backend_bound        (59.99%)
                                                         #     21.4 %  tma_frontend_bound       (59.90%)
                                                         #     11.5 %  tma_bad_speculation    
                                                         #     16.2 %  tma_retiring             (59.82%)

       1.003087466 seconds time elapsed


 % sudo ./perf stat report           

 Performance counter stats for '/home/tfalcon/perf-tools-next/tools/perf/perf':

     1,005,135,862      duration_time                                                         
     <not counted>      duration_time                                                         
     <not counted>      duration_time                                                         
     <not counted>      duration_time                                                         
     <not counted>      duration_time                                                         
     <not counted>      duration_time                                                         
             3,485      context-switches                                                      
         24,075.55 msec cpu-clock                                                             
               206      cpu-migrations                                                        
               678      page-faults                                                           
         1,508,292      cpu_core/branch-misses/                                               
        73,299,004      cpu_core/branches/                                                    
        73,298,298      cpu_core/branches/                                                    
       319,787,502      cpu_core/cpu-cycles/                                                  
       319,799,050      cpu_core/cpu-cycles/                                                  
       366,691,216      cpu_core/instructions/                                                
     <not counted>      cpu_core/cpu-cycles/                                                  
     <not counted>      cpu_core/stalled-cycles-frontend/                                      
     <not counted>      cpu_core/cpu-cycles/                                                  
     <not counted>      cpu_core/stalled-cycles-backend/                                      
     <not counted>      cpu_core/stalled-cycles-backend/                                      
     <not counted>      cpu_core/instructions/                                                
     <not counted>      cpu_core/stalled-cycles-frontend/                                      
           455,948      cpu_atom/branch-misses/                                                 (49.87%)
        29,378,879      cpu_atom/branches/                                                      (49.87%)
        28,573,057      cpu_atom/branches/                                                      (49.98%)
       235,791,714      cpu_atom/cpu-cycles/                                                    (50.07%)
       231,878,974      cpu_atom/cpu-cycles/                                                    (50.15%)
       158,014,230      cpu_atom/instructions/                                                  (50.15%)
     <not counted>      cpu_atom/cpu-cycles/                                                  
     <not counted>      cpu_atom/stalled-cycles-frontend/                                      
     <not counted>      cpu_atom/cpu-cycles/                                                  
     <not counted>      cpu_atom/stalled-cycles-backend/                                      
     <not counted>      cpu_atom/stalled-cycles-backend/                                      
     <not counted>      cpu_atom/instructions/                                                
     <not counted>      cpu_atom/stalled-cycles-frontend/                                      
         2,082,641      cpu_core/INT_MISC.UOP_DROPPING/                                       
     1,895,277,552      cpu_core/TOPDOWN.SLOTS/                                               
       345,024,206      cpu_core/topdown-retiring/                                            
       152,096,310      cpu_core/topdown-bad-spec/                                            
       704,850,131      cpu_core/topdown-fe-bound/                                            
       695,054,658      cpu_core/topdown-be-bound/                                            
       231,791,063      cpu_atom/CPU_CLK_UNHALTED.CORE/                                         (60.09%)
       590,930,101      cpu_atom/TOPDOWN_BE_BOUND.ALL/                                          (59.99%)
       247,501,143      cpu_atom/TOPDOWN_FE_BOUND.ALL/                                          (59.90%)
       187,767,093      cpu_atom/TOPDOWN_RETIRING.ALL/                                          (59.82%)

       1.003087466 seconds time elapsed

Some events weren't counted. Try disabling the NMI watchdog:
	echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/nmi_watchdog
	perf stat ...
	echo 1 > /proc/sys/kernel/nmi_watchdog

Thanks,
Tom

> ```
> $ perf stat record -a sleep 1
> 
>  Performance counter stats for 'system wide':
> 
>             47,941      context-switches                 #      nan cs/sec  cs_per_second
>               0.00 msec cpu-clock                        #      0.0 CPUs  CPUs_utilized
>              3,261      cpu-migrations                   #      nan migrations/sec  migrations_per_second
>                516      page-faults                      #      nan faults/sec  page_faults_per_second
>          7,525,483      cpu_core/branch-misses/          #      2.3 %  branch_miss_rate
>        322,069,004      cpu_core/branches/               #      nan M/sec  branch_frequency
>      1,895,684,291      cpu_core/cpu-cycles/             #      nan GHz  cycles_frequency
>      2,789,777,426      cpu_core/instructions/           #      1.5 instructions  insn_per_cycle
>          7,074,765      cpu_atom/branch-misses/          #      3.2 %  branch_miss_rate         (49.89%)
>        224,225,412      cpu_atom/branches/               #      nan M/sec  branch_frequency     (50.29%)
>      2,061,679,981      cpu_atom/cpu-cycles/             #      nan GHz  cycles_frequency       (50.33%)
>      2,011,242,533      cpu_atom/instructions/           #      1.0 instructions  insn_per_cycle  (50.33%)
>              TopdownL1 (cpu_core)                        #      9.0 %  tma_bad_speculation
>                                                          #     28.3 %  tma_frontend_bound
>                                                          #     35.2 %  tma_backend_bound
>                                                          #     27.5 %  tma_retiring
>              TopdownL1 (cpu_atom)                        #     36.8 %  tma_backend_bound        (59.65%)
>                                                          #     22.8 %  tma_frontend_bound       (59.60%)
>                                                          #     11.6 %  tma_bad_speculation
>                                                          #     28.8 %  tma_retiring             (59.59%)
> 
>        1.006777519 seconds time elapsed
> 
> $ perf stat report
> 
>  Performance counter stats for 'perf':
> 
>      1,013,376,154      duration_time
>      <not counted>      duration_time
>      <not counted>      duration_time
>      <not counted>      duration_time
>      <not counted>      duration_time
>      <not counted>      duration_time
>             47,941      context-switches
>               0.00 msec cpu-clock
>              3,261      cpu-migrations
>                516      page-faults
>          7,525,483      cpu_core/branch-misses/
>        322,069,814      cpu_core/branches/
>        322,069,004      cpu_core/branches/
>      1,895,684,291      cpu_core/cpu-cycles/
>      1,895,679,209      cpu_core/cpu-cycles/
>      2,789,777,426      cpu_core/instructions/
>      <not counted>      cpu_core/cpu-cycles/
>      <not counted>      cpu_core/stalled-cycles-frontend/
>      <not counted>      cpu_core/cpu-cycles/
>      <not counted>      cpu_core/stalled-cycles-backend/
>      <not counted>      cpu_core/stalled-cycles-backend/
>      <not counted>      cpu_core/instructions/
>      <not counted>      cpu_core/stalled-cycles-frontend/
>          7,074,765      cpu_atom/branch-misses/                                                 (49.89%)
>        221,679,088      cpu_atom/branches/                                                      (49.89%)
>        224,225,412      cpu_atom/branches/                                                      (50.29%)
>      2,061,679,981      cpu_atom/cpu-cycles/                                                    (50.33%)
>      2,016,259,567      cpu_atom/cpu-cycles/                                                    (50.33%)
>      2,011,242,533      cpu_atom/instructions/                                                  (50.33%)
>      <not counted>      cpu_atom/cpu-cycles/
>      <not counted>      cpu_atom/stalled-cycles-frontend/
>      <not counted>      cpu_atom/cpu-cycles/
>      <not counted>      cpu_atom/stalled-cycles-backend/
>      <not counted>      cpu_atom/stalled-cycles-backend/
>      <not counted>      cpu_atom/instructions/
>      <not counted>      cpu_atom/stalled-cycles-frontend/
>         17,145,113      cpu_core/INT_MISC.UOP_DROPPING/
>     10,594,226,100      cpu_core/TOPDOWN.SLOTS/
>      2,919,021,401      cpu_core/topdown-retiring/
>        943,101,838      cpu_core/topdown-bad-spec/
>      3,031,152,533      cpu_core/topdown-fe-bound/
>      3,739,756,791      cpu_core/topdown-be-bound/
>      1,909,501,648      cpu_atom/CPU_CLK_UNHALTED.CORE/                                         (60.04%)
>      3,516,608,359      cpu_atom/TOPDOWN_BE_BOUND.ALL/                                          (59.65%)
>      2,179,403,876      cpu_atom/TOPDOWN_FE_BOUND.ALL/                                          (59.60%)
>      2,745,732,458      cpu_atom/TOPDOWN_RETIRING.ALL/                                          (59.59%)
> 
>        1.006777519 seconds time elapsed
> 
> Some events weren't counted. Try disabling the NMI watchdog:
>         echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/nmi_watchdog
>         perf stat ...
>         echo 1 > /proc/sys/kernel/nmi_watchdog
> ```
> 
> Reported-by: James Clark <james.clark@...aro.org>
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/ca0f0cd3-7335-48f9-8737-2f70a75b019a@linaro.org/
> Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>
> ---
> I looked into adding metrics to perf stat report but there would be a
> merge conflict with:
> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20251113180517.44096-1-irogers@google.com/
> so holding off for now.
> ---
>  tools/perf/util/evsel.c | 3 +++
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
> index 989c56d4a23f..aee42666e882 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
> @@ -3974,6 +3974,9 @@ static int store_evsel_ids(struct evsel *evsel, struct evlist *evlist)
>  	if (evsel__is_retire_lat(evsel))
>  		return 0;
>  
> +	if (perf_pmu__kind(evsel->pmu) != PERF_PMU_KIND_PE)
> +		return 0;
> +
>  	for (cpu_map_idx = 0; cpu_map_idx < xyarray__max_x(evsel->core.fd); cpu_map_idx++) {
>  		for (thread = 0; thread < xyarray__max_y(evsel->core.fd);
>  		     thread++) {

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