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From: Thomas Richter <tmricht@linux.ibm.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-s390@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-perf-users@vger.kernel.org, acme@kernel.org,
	namhyung@kernel.org, irogers@google.com
Cc: agordeev@linux.ibm.com, gor@linux.ibm.com,
	sumanthk@linux.ibm.com, hca@linux.ibm.com, japo@linux.ibm.com,
	Thomas Richter <tmricht@linux.ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH linux-next] perf stat: Regression perf stat -T cpi fails on s390 z/VM guest systems
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2025 09:28:51 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251113082852.2902356-1-tmricht@linux.ibm.com> (raw)

On s390 z/VM systems (linux guest on s390 LPAR) this happens:

 # perf test 96 97
 96: perf all metricgroups test        : FAILED!
 97: perf all metrics test             : FAILED!

This test works on the linux repo:
 # perf test 95 96
 95: perf all metricgroups test        : Ok
 96: perf all metrics test             : Ok

On both systems the command
 # ./perf list --raw-dump metric
 cpi est_cpi finite_cpi l1mp l2p l3p l4lp l4rp memp prbstate scpl1m \
	tlb_miss tlb_percent transaction
shows the same list of available metrics.

On z/VM the CPU Measurement facilities do not exist:

 # ll  /sys/devices/cpum_cf/events
 ls: cannot access '/sys/devices/cpum_cf/events': No such file or directory
 #

The json files for s390 define the metric 'cpi' in
arch/s390/cf_z16/transaction.json:

  {
    "BriefDescription": "Cycles per Instruction",
    "MetricName": "cpi",
    "MetricExpr": "CPU_CYCLES / INSTRUCTIONS \
                                if has_event(INSTRUCTIONS) else 0"
  },

The macro has_event(INSTRUCTIONS) now refers to a legacy event which
always exists. It is always true even when the hardware does not
support this event. Change the has_event(xxx) to check for a hardware
event not available, for example CPU_CYCLES.

Fixes: 0012e0fa221b ("perf jevents: Add legacy-hardware and legacy-cache json")
Suggested by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Richter <tmricht@linux.ibm.com>
---
 tools/perf/pmu-events/arch/s390/cf_z16/transaction.json | 8 ++++----
 tools/perf/pmu-events/arch/s390/cf_z17/transaction.json | 8 ++++----
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/pmu-events/arch/s390/cf_z16/transaction.json b/tools/perf/pmu-events/arch/s390/cf_z16/transaction.json
index 3ab1d3a6638c..26c550621d6a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/pmu-events/arch/s390/cf_z16/transaction.json
+++ b/tools/perf/pmu-events/arch/s390/cf_z16/transaction.json
@@ -7,17 +7,17 @@
   {
     "BriefDescription": "Cycles per Instruction",
     "MetricName": "cpi",
-    "MetricExpr": "CPU_CYCLES / INSTRUCTIONS if has_event(INSTRUCTIONS) else 0"
+    "MetricExpr": "CPU_CYCLES / INSTRUCTIONS if has_event(CPU_CYCLES) else 0"
   },
   {
     "BriefDescription": "Problem State Instruction Ratio",
     "MetricName": "prbstate",
-    "MetricExpr": "(PROBLEM_STATE_INSTRUCTIONS / INSTRUCTIONS) * 100 if has_event(INSTRUCTIONS) else 0"
+    "MetricExpr": "(PROBLEM_STATE_INSTRUCTIONS / INSTRUCTIONS) * 100 if has_event(CPU_CYCLES) else 0"
   },
   {
     "BriefDescription": "Level One Miss per 100 Instructions",
     "MetricName": "l1mp",
-    "MetricExpr": "((L1I_DIR_WRITES + L1D_DIR_WRITES) / INSTRUCTIONS) * 100 if has_event(INSTRUCTIONS) else 0"
+    "MetricExpr": "((L1I_DIR_WRITES + L1D_DIR_WRITES) / INSTRUCTIONS) * 100 if has_event(CPU_CYCLES) else 0"
   },
   {
     "BriefDescription": "Percentage sourced from Level 2 cache",
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
   {
     "BriefDescription": "Estimated Instruction Complexity CPI infinite Level 1",
     "MetricName": "est_cpi",
-    "MetricExpr": "(CPU_CYCLES / INSTRUCTIONS) - (L1C_TLB2_MISSES / INSTRUCTIONS) if has_event(INSTRUCTIONS) else 0"
+    "MetricExpr": "(CPU_CYCLES / INSTRUCTIONS) - (L1C_TLB2_MISSES / INSTRUCTIONS) if has_event(CPU_CYCLES) else 0"
   },
   {
     "BriefDescription": "Estimated Sourcing Cycles per Level 1 Miss",
diff --git a/tools/perf/pmu-events/arch/s390/cf_z17/transaction.json b/tools/perf/pmu-events/arch/s390/cf_z17/transaction.json
index 74df533c8b6f..4d296e0c8934 100644
--- a/tools/perf/pmu-events/arch/s390/cf_z17/transaction.json
+++ b/tools/perf/pmu-events/arch/s390/cf_z17/transaction.json
@@ -7,17 +7,17 @@
   {
     "BriefDescription": "Cycles per Instruction",
     "MetricName": "cpi",
-    "MetricExpr": "CPU_CYCLES / INSTRUCTIONS if has_event(INSTRUCTIONS) else 0"
+    "MetricExpr": "CPU_CYCLES / INSTRUCTIONS if has_event(CPU_CYCLES) else 0"
   },
   {
     "BriefDescription": "Problem State Instruction Ratio",
     "MetricName": "prbstate",
-    "MetricExpr": "(PROBLEM_STATE_INSTRUCTIONS / INSTRUCTIONS) * 100 if has_event(INSTRUCTIONS) else 0"
+    "MetricExpr": "(PROBLEM_STATE_INSTRUCTIONS / INSTRUCTIONS) * 100 if has_event(CPU_CYCLES) else 0"
   },
   {
     "BriefDescription": "Level One Miss per 100 Instructions",
     "MetricName": "l1mp",
-    "MetricExpr": "((L1I_DIR_WRITES + L1D_DIR_WRITES) / INSTRUCTIONS) * 100 if has_event(INSTRUCTIONS) else 0"
+    "MetricExpr": "((L1I_DIR_WRITES + L1D_DIR_WRITES) / INSTRUCTIONS) * 100 if has_event(CPU_CYCLES) else 0"
   },
   {
     "BriefDescription": "Percentage sourced from Level 2 cache",
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
   {
     "BriefDescription": "Estimated Instruction Complexity CPI infinite Level 1",
     "MetricName": "est_cpi",
-    "MetricExpr": "(CPU_CYCLES / INSTRUCTIONS) - (L1C_TLB2_MISSES / INSTRUCTIONS) if has_event(INSTRUCTIONS) else 0"
+    "MetricExpr": "(CPU_CYCLES / INSTRUCTIONS) - (L1C_TLB2_MISSES / INSTRUCTIONS) if has_event(CPU_CYCLES) else 0"
   },
   {
     "BriefDescription": "Estimated Sourcing Cycles per Level 1 Miss",
-- 
2.51.1


             reply	other threads:[~2025-11-13  8:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-11-13  8:28 Thomas Richter [this message]
2025-11-13 18:32 ` [PATCH linux-next] perf stat: Regression perf stat -T cpi fails on s390 z/VM guest systems Ian Rogers

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