Re: [PATCH v6 0/4] Add support for cpu event term

["Liang, Kan" <kan.liang@linux.intel.com>]

On 2025-04-03 3:43 p.m., Ian Rogers wrote:
> Being able to set the cpu mask per event was discussed in the context
> of a sysfs event.cpus file is discussed here:
> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAP-5=fXXuWchzUK0n5KTH8kamr=DQoEni+bUoo8f-4j8Y+eMBg@mail.gmail.com/
> Ultimately Kan preferred to have multiple PMUs with a cpumask each
> rather than an event.cpus file per event. It is still useful to have
> the cpu event term and so the sysfs part of the original patch series
> is dropped.
> 
> v6: Purely a rebase.
> v5: Purely a rebase.
> v4: Add the stat-display output change for zero counters Namhyung
>     requested as part of the series:
>     https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/Zvx9VbJWtmkcuSBs@google.com/
>     This skips zero values for CPUs not in the evsel's cpumask rather
>     than the evsel's PMU's cpumask.
> v3: Drop sysfs event.cpus file support patch from series.  Reference
>     to using cpu to modify uncore events is dropped from the commit
>     message. Reference counting issues on the cpumap are addressed.
> v2: Add support for multiple cpu terms on an event that are
>     merged. For example, an event of "l1d-misses/cpu=4,cpu=5/" will
>     now be opened on both CPU 4 and 5 rather than just CPU 4.
> 
> Ian Rogers (4):
>   libperf cpumap: Add ability to create CPU from a single CPU number
>   perf stat: Use counter cpumask to skip zero values
>   perf parse-events: Set is_pmu_core for legacy hardware events
>   perf parse-events: Add "cpu" term to set the CPU an event is recorded
>     on

Tried on a Hybrid platform. Everything looks good.

Tested-by: Kan Liang <kan.liang@linux.intel.com>

Thanks,
Kan>
>  tools/lib/perf/cpumap.c                |  10 +++
>  tools/lib/perf/include/perf/cpumap.h   |   2 +
>  tools/perf/Documentation/perf-list.txt |   9 ++
>  tools/perf/util/evsel_config.h         |   1 +
>  tools/perf/util/parse-events.c         | 113 ++++++++++++++++++-------
>  tools/perf/util/parse-events.h         |   3 +-
>  tools/perf/util/parse-events.l         |   1 +
>  tools/perf/util/pmu.c                  |   3 +-
>  tools/perf/util/stat-display.c         |  21 +++--
>  9 files changed, 124 insertions(+), 39 deletions(-)
>