From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from bombadil.infradead.org (bombadil.infradead.org [198.137.202.133]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EFC62C52D7C for ; Thu, 22 Aug 2024 15:54:16 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lists.infradead.org; s=bombadil.20210309; h=Sender:List-Subscribe:List-Help :List-Post:List-Archive:List-Unsubscribe:List-Id:Content-Transfer-Encoding: Content-Type:In-Reply-To:From:References:Cc:To:Subject:MIME-Version:Date: Message-ID:Reply-To:Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From: Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Owner; bh=p7tsNn2dZozFUNjfZdzkZYsmRh0NyVYh+cOwkyMYG1Y=; b=QRjugQgyk9V6Xh8cXjdn/maFDu ABgi9UMlosizkbyK+ZuguvZyQLGCt/OnxKTU2P4q7Q7EntQ6V15/wJSmuG0MNiY6/m1jTiHg0+K/t X2yUC22shfTETEjI94INjQa8NzE1KavltkWJ7JFUujbq430CEIcUcqCrjzyEMGBJlYIc/bv4P0Ycu tC7aSDrf8t4dZ80EpTU2ZMiXqDjbKF0DCVWqHkc+uBheViDRQdCTwxGJBQOwjHpOHl1sR6xwKXVyH rEXmd9Bc6wzgYKPGCCUpJm0YO9lU+OlCqsOyTUxJbfMkNTZ1KCakB+GXXydmSFgV3PXvMDOgXPnXj F16r1HMg==; Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=bombadil.infradead.org) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.97.1 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1shA8T-0000000DR1Q-0jvD; Thu, 22 Aug 2024 15:54:05 +0000 Received: from mgamail.intel.com ([192.198.163.18]) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.97.1 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1sh9aO-0000000DJfB-3jjz for linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org; Thu, 22 Aug 2024 15:20:36 +0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=intel.com; i=@intel.com; q=dns/txt; s=Intel; t=1724339932; x=1755875932; h=message-id:date:mime-version:subject:to:cc:references: from:in-reply-to:content-transfer-encoding; bh=YyfGO78CAwcZoLYK5WysriOso1HPKdlX6tstLpHk1hc=; b=SbW/NpTyjCADuhPvN9QO/9UqR6CgXrJZ5g1g/qKRLh8HVf+r2rHa0Kks GZ53ml8xq9ud6+HnijzgaQ+h9Xkl9wQ69V5KlUDGCF5HUnlh9eCTra6M2 Lzsffpy6MVjUz1UsPKo5AgWz16AIg0XTjTYsxKIMXwMNmWiOZ1S2CXXQK wkXPVnjGvEwwXdGoOPfcxf38qMF5GLbG3/mdiWmtBBSv3Vnf4uNOHJIGM reUJA4jg738W4iE2qALiXsDrh3vj05bnyUCakCWiYKR4vZfZvjlly9rAM aFuwJK2o58W0NMrOyXFqsfI2M8AMRbwo9SZ00rLXmNmTHwBIlrzkfLqP1 w==; X-CSE-ConnectionGUID: Jg30KdaWRgi0QsywdUUbnA== X-CSE-MsgGUID: OcfoitUWTgay6KSnzFlmpQ== X-IronPort-AV: E=McAfee;i="6700,10204,11172"; a="22287384" X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="6.10,167,1719903600"; d="scan'208";a="22287384" Received: from orviesa002.jf.intel.com ([10.64.159.142]) by fmvoesa112.fm.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 22 Aug 2024 08:18:50 -0700 X-CSE-ConnectionGUID: gVcd2Tb+R6CFy5pi61C96g== X-CSE-MsgGUID: R2BlqlgZTmeE77PC6vVQZQ== X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="6.10,167,1719903600"; d="scan'208";a="92230600" Received: from linux.intel.com ([10.54.29.200]) by orviesa002.jf.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 22 Aug 2024 08:18:50 -0700 Received: from [10.212.65.115] (kliang2-mobl1.ccr.corp.intel.com [10.212.65.115]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 (128/128 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by linux.intel.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id F396220CFED7; Thu, 22 Aug 2024 08:18:46 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <961ff6d6-a9b3-4329-9a22-6934ca152318@linux.intel.com> Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2024 11:18:45 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 0/7] Event parsing fixes To: Ian Rogers Cc: James Clark , linux-perf-users@vger.kernel.org, John Garry , Will Deacon , Mike Leach , Leo Yan , Peter Zijlstra , Ingo Molnar , Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo , Namhyung Kim , Mark Rutland , Alexander Shishkin , Jiri Olsa , Adrian Hunter , Weilin Wang , Athira Rajeev , Dominique Martinet , Yang Jihong , Colin Ian King , Andi Kleen , Ze Gao , Jing Zhang , Sun Haiyong , Yicong Yang , linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20240822132506.1468090-1-james.clark@linaro.org> Content-Language: en-US From: "Liang, Kan" In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-CRM114-Version: 20100106-BlameMichelson ( TRE 0.8.0 (BSD) ) MR-646709E3 X-CRM114-CacheID: sfid-20240822_081852_977618_377B375A X-CRM114-Status: GOOD ( 30.26 ) X-BeenThere: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: "linux-arm-kernel" Errors-To: linux-arm-kernel-bounces+linux-arm-kernel=archiver.kernel.org@lists.infradead.org On 2024-08-22 11:10 a.m., Ian Rogers wrote: > On Thu, Aug 22, 2024 at 7:32 AM Liang, Kan wrote: >> >> >> >> On 2024-08-22 9:24 a.m., James Clark wrote: >>> I rebased this one and made some other fixes so that I could test it, >>> so I thought I'd repost it here in case it's helpful. I also added a >>> new test. >>> >>> But for the testing it all looks ok. >>> >>> There is one small difference where it now shows "stalled-cycles-..." >>> as events, when before it just didn't show them at all when >>> they weren't supported: >>> >>> $ perf stat -- true >>> >>> Performance counter stats for 'true': >>> >>> 0.66 msec task-clock # 0.384 CPUs utilized >>> 0 context-switches # 0.000 /sec >>> 0 cpu-migrations # 0.000 /sec >>> 52 page-faults # 78.999 K/sec >>> cpu_atom/instructions/ (0.00%) >>> 978,399 cpu_core/instructions/ # 1.02 insn per cycle >>> cpu_atom/cycles/ (0.00%) >>> 959,722 cpu_core/cycles/ # 1.458 GHz >>> cpu_atom/stalled-cycles-frontend/ >>> cpu_core/stalled-cycles-frontend/ >>> >> >> Intel didn't support the events for a very long time. It would impact >> many existing generations and all future generations. >> The current method is to hide the non-exist events. The TopdownL1 is an >> example. If it doesn't exist in the json file, perf stat will not >> display it. >> I don't think it's a good idea to disclose non-exist events in the perf >> stat default. >> >> The doesn't help here, since there could be many reasons >> that the perf tool fails to open a counter. It just provides a >> misleading message for an event that never existed. > > The list of "default" events, not metrics, similarly has " supported>" in many configurations with "-dd" or "-ddd" on AMD. I'm > not sure the set of default events, at different detail levels, is > necessarily the best. The default events can also be a source of > multiplexing, for example, showing branch miss rate alongside topdown > metrics. Anyway, for the "" we should probably be able > to tweak should_skip_zero_counter that is in stat-display.c and tag > these default events as "skippable". The "skippable" should be fine as long as it's completely hidden. BTW: The stalled-cycles-backend should be similar to the stalled-cycles-frontend, but it isn't shown in the example. Is the stalled-cycles-backend event missed? Thanks, Kan > > Thanks, > Ian > >> Thanks, >> Kan >>> I don't think that's a big deal though and could probably be fixed up >>> later if we really want to. >>> >>> Tested on Raptor Lake, Juno, N1, Ampere (with the DSU cycles PMU) and >>> I also faked an Apple M on Juno. >>> >>> Changes since v3: >>> >>> * Rebase onto perf-tools-next 6236ebe07 >>> * Fix Intel TPEBS counting mode test >>> * Fix arm-spe build >>> * Add support for DT devices in stat test >>> * Add a new test for hybrid perf stat default arguments >>> >>> Ian Rogers (5): >>> perf evsel: Add alternate_hw_config and use in evsel__match >>> perf stat: Uniquify event name improvements >>> perf stat: Remove evlist__add_default_attrs use strings >>> perf evsel x86: Make evsel__has_perf_metrics work for legacy events >>> perf evsel: Remove pmu_name >>> >>> James Clark (2): >>> perf test: Make stat test work on DT devices >>> perf test: Add a test for default perf stat command >>> >>> tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/arm-spe.c | 4 +- >>> tools/perf/arch/x86/util/evlist.c | 74 +---- >>> tools/perf/arch/x86/util/evsel.c | 35 ++- >>> tools/perf/builtin-diff.c | 6 +- >>> tools/perf/builtin-stat.c | 291 +++++++----------- >>> tools/perf/tests/parse-events.c | 2 +- >>> tools/perf/tests/shell/stat.sh | 33 +- >>> .../perf/tests/shell/test_stat_intel_tpebs.sh | 11 +- >>> tools/perf/util/evlist.c | 46 +-- >>> tools/perf/util/evlist.h | 12 - >>> tools/perf/util/evsel.c | 28 +- >>> tools/perf/util/evsel.h | 22 +- >>> tools/perf/util/metricgroup.c | 4 +- >>> tools/perf/util/parse-events.c | 58 ++-- >>> tools/perf/util/parse-events.h | 8 +- >>> tools/perf/util/parse-events.y | 2 +- >>> tools/perf/util/pmu.c | 6 +- >>> tools/perf/util/pmu.h | 2 +- >>> tools/perf/util/stat-display.c | 101 ++++-- >>> tools/perf/util/stat-shadow.c | 14 +- >>> tools/perf/util/stat.c | 2 +- >>> 21 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 413 deletions(-) >>> >