From: Athira Rajeev <atrajeev@linux.ibm.com>
To: acme@kernel.org, jolsa@kernel.org, adrian.hunter@intel.com,
maddy@linux.ibm.com, irogers@google.com, namhyung@kernel.org
Cc: linux-perf-users@vger.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org,
atrajeev@linux.ibm.com, hbathini@linux.vnet.ibm.com,
tejas05@linux.ibm.com, tshah@linux.ibm.com,
venkat88@linux.ibm.com, usha.r2@ibm.com
Subject: [PATCH V3 2/6] tools/perf: Add AUXTRACE recording support for powerpc HTM
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2026 12:37:43 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260725070747.81435-3-atrajeev@linux.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260725070747.81435-1-atrajeev@linux.ibm.com>
Add powerpc perf tool support for the HTM PMU AUXTRACE recording path.
Introduce htm_recording_init() and the associated auxtrace callbacks so
perf record can create PERF_RECORD_AUXTRACE records for HTM data.
htm_info_fill() stores the PMU type, number of HTM evsels, and a
(cpu, attr.config) pair for each evsel into PERF_RECORD_AUXTRACE_INFO
priv[]. The decode side reads these back to map each AUX buffer
(identified by event->auxtrace.cpu) to the correct (node, chip, core)
target when writing htm.bin.* output files.
Update auxtrace_record__init() to detect HTM events and dispatch to the
HTM-specific recording initializer.
Signed-off-by: Athira Rajeev <atrajeev@linux.ibm.com>
---
Changes in V3:
- Switch HTM event detection in auxtrace_record__init() from
strstarts(pos->name, "htm") to !strcmp(evsel__pmu_name(pos), "htm"),
matching the kernel-assigned PMU name and preventing false
matches on user-named events.
- Switch htm_recording_options(), htm_nr_events(), and the
loop in htm_info_fill() from strstarts(pos->name, "htm")
to evsel__pmu_name(), consistent with the above and with
patches 4 and 6.
- Add #include <linux/zalloc.h> to htm.c for zalloc().
- Set auxtrace_info->type = PERF_AUXTRACE_POWERPC_HTM directly
in htm_info_fill(), removing the placeholder comment. (V2
deferred this to patch 5; it is cleaner to set it in the same
patch that defines the enum.)
- Set aux_watermark to half the AUX ring-buffer size
(auxtrace_mmap_pages * page_size / 2) so there is always
headroom for hardware to write while userspace drains. V2 set
it to the full buffer size, risking data loss under back-pressure.
- Add PERF_AUXTRACE_POWERPC_HTM to the enum auxtrace_type in
util/auxtrace.h and add #include "powerpc-htm.h" plus a stub
case PERF_AUXTRACE_POWERPC_HTM: (falls through to
PERF_AUXTRACE_UNKNOWN) in util/auxtrace.c in this patch, so
the enum is defined before it is used in htm_info_fill().
(V2 did this in patch 5.)
Changes in V2:
- htm_info_fill() now stores a (cpu, attr.config) pair for every HTM
evsel into PERF_RECORD_AUXTRACE_INFO priv[]. V1 stored only the PMU
type and a single config value; there was no per-CPU mapping.
- The priv[] layout is formalised in util/powerpc-htm.h with enum
constants POWERPC_HTM_PMU_TYPE, POWERPC_HTM_NUM_EVENTS, and
POWERPC_HTM_EVENT_DATA and the helper macros HTM_AUXTRACE_PRIV_FIXED
and HTM_AUXTRACE_PRIV_SIZE(n). V1 used bare numeric offsets.
- PERF_SAMPLE_RAW is enabled in the recording options so that memory
configuration records emitted by the kernel driver are captured
alongside the AUX stream. V1 added this in a later patch.
- PERF_AUXTRACE_POWERPC_HTM type constant is set in htm_info_fill()
(wired up in patch 5 once the enum is defined).
- Patch is now 2/6 instead of 2/9.
tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/Build | 1 +
tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/auxtrace.c | 9 ++
tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/htm.c | 170 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
tools/perf/util/auxtrace.c | 2 +
tools/perf/util/auxtrace.h | 1 +
tools/perf/util/powerpc-htm.h | 43 ++++++
6 files changed, 226 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/htm.c
create mode 100644 tools/perf/util/powerpc-htm.h
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/Build b/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/Build
index 7819c8f5af2d..297152591046 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/Build
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/Build
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ perf-util-$(CONFIG_LIBDW) += skip-callchain-idx.o
perf-util-y += auxtrace.o
perf-util-y += vpa-dtl.o
+perf-util-y += htm.o
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/auxtrace.c b/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/auxtrace.c
index e04a0bd61755..74f0a37236b8 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/auxtrace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/auxtrace.c
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
#include "../../util/debug.h"
#include "../../util/auxtrace.h"
#include "../../util/powerpc-vpadtl.h"
+#include "../../util/powerpc-htm.h"
#include "../../util/record.h"
struct auxtrace_record *auxtrace_record__init(struct evlist *evlist,
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ struct auxtrace_record *auxtrace_record__init(struct evlist *evlist,
{
struct evsel *pos;
struct evsel *vpa_dtl_evsel = NULL;
+ struct evsel *htm_evsel = NULL;
/*
* Set err value to zero here. Any fail later
@@ -32,11 +34,18 @@ struct auxtrace_record *auxtrace_record__init(struct evlist *evlist,
/* Remember the first matching VPA DTL event */
if (!vpa_dtl_evsel)
vpa_dtl_evsel = pos;
+ } else if (pos->name && (!strcmp(evsel__pmu_name(pos), "htm"))) {
+ pos->needs_auxtrace_mmap = true;
+ /* Remember the first matching HTM event */
+ if (!htm_evsel)
+ htm_evsel = pos;
}
}
if (vpa_dtl_evsel)
return vpa_dtl_recording_init(vpa_dtl_evsel, err);
+ else if (htm_evsel)
+ return htm_recording_init(htm_evsel, err);
return NULL;
}
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/htm.c b/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/htm.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9a12a8fe8027
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/htm.c
@@ -0,0 +1,170 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * HTM AUX tracing support
+ */
+
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
+#include <linux/zalloc.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <limits.h>
+#include "../../util/evsel.h"
+#include "../../util/evlist.h"
+#include "../../util/session.h"
+#include "../../util/debug.h"
+#include "../../util/auxtrace.h"
+#include "../../util/powerpc-htm.h"
+#include "../../util/record.h"
+#include <internal/lib.h> /* page_size */
+#include <errno.h>
+
+#define KiB(x) ((x) * 1024)
+
+struct htm_recording {
+ struct auxtrace_record itr;
+ struct evsel *evsel;
+};
+
+static int
+htm_recording_options(struct auxtrace_record *itr __maybe_unused,
+ struct evlist *evlist,
+ struct record_opts *opts)
+{
+ struct evsel *pos;
+
+ opts->full_auxtrace = true;
+
+ if (!opts->auxtrace_mmap_pages) {
+ opts->auxtrace_mmap_pages = KiB(128) / page_size;
+ if (opts->mmap_pages == UINT_MAX)
+ opts->mmap_pages = KiB(256) / page_size;
+ }
+
+ evlist__for_each_entry(evlist, pos) {
+ if (!pos->name || (strcmp(evsel__pmu_name(pos), "htm")))
+ continue;
+ pos->core.attr.aux_watermark =
+ opts->auxtrace_mmap_pages * (size_t)page_size / 2;
+ pos->core.attr.freq = 0;
+ pos->core.attr.sample_type |= PERF_SAMPLE_RAW;
+ pos->needs_auxtrace_mmap = true;
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+/* Count htm evsels in the evlist */
+static int htm_nr_events(struct evlist *evlist)
+{
+ struct evsel *pos;
+ int n = 0;
+
+ evlist__for_each_entry(evlist, pos) {
+ if (pos->name && (!strcmp(evsel__pmu_name(pos), "htm")))
+ n++;
+ }
+ return n;
+}
+
+static size_t htm_info_priv_size(struct auxtrace_record *itr __maybe_unused,
+ struct evlist *evlist)
+{
+ return HTM_AUXTRACE_PRIV_SIZE(htm_nr_events(evlist));
+}
+
+/*
+ * Fill the PERF_RECORD_AUXTRACE_INFO private data with:
+ * priv[POWERPC_HTM_PMU_TYPE] = pmu->type of the first htm evsel
+ * priv[POWERPC_HTM_NUM_EVENTS] = number of htm evsels
+ * priv[POWERPC_HTM_EVENT_DATA + n*2] = CPU for nth htm evsel
+ * priv[POWERPC_HTM_EVENT_DATA + n*2 + 1] = attr.config for nth htm evsel
+ *
+ * The CPU is the first CPU in the evsel's cpu map; for events opened with
+ * cpu=N there is exactly one CPU. The decode side uses event->auxtrace.cpu
+ * to look up the matching config and derive (node, chip, core) for the
+ * output file name.
+ */
+static int
+htm_info_fill(struct auxtrace_record *itr,
+ struct perf_session *session,
+ struct perf_record_auxtrace_info *auxtrace_info,
+ size_t priv_size)
+{
+ struct htm_recording *htm_r = container_of(itr, struct htm_recording, itr);
+ struct evlist *evlist = session->evlist;
+ struct evsel *pos;
+ int n = 0;
+ int expected_n = htm_nr_events(evlist);
+
+ if (priv_size != HTM_AUXTRACE_PRIV_SIZE(expected_n))
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ auxtrace_info->type = PERF_AUXTRACE_POWERPC_HTM;
+ auxtrace_info->priv[POWERPC_HTM_PMU_TYPE] = htm_r->evsel->core.attr.type;
+ auxtrace_info->priv[POWERPC_HTM_NUM_EVENTS] = expected_n;
+
+ evlist__for_each_entry(evlist, pos) {
+ struct perf_cpu_map *cpus;
+ int cpu;
+
+ if (!pos->name || (strcmp(evsel__pmu_name(pos), "htm")))
+ continue;
+
+ /*
+ * Get the CPU this evsel is pinned to. For events opened
+ * with cpu=N, evsel__cpus() returns a single-entry map {N}
+ * at record time (not during replay).
+ */
+ cpus = evsel__cpus(pos);
+ if (cpus && perf_cpu_map__nr(cpus) > 0)
+ cpu = perf_cpu_map__cpu(cpus, 0).cpu;
+ else
+ cpu = -1;
+
+ auxtrace_info->priv[POWERPC_HTM_EVENT_DATA + n * 2] = cpu;
+ auxtrace_info->priv[POWERPC_HTM_EVENT_DATA + n * 2 + 1] =
+ pos->core.attr.config;
+ n++;
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static u64 htm_reference(struct auxtrace_record *itr __maybe_unused)
+{
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static void htm_free(struct auxtrace_record *itr)
+{
+ struct htm_recording *htm_r = container_of(itr, struct htm_recording, itr);
+
+ free(htm_r);
+}
+
+struct auxtrace_record *htm_recording_init(struct evsel *pos, int *err)
+{
+ struct htm_recording *htm_r;
+
+ /*
+ * To obtain the auxtrace buffer file descriptor, the auxtrace event
+ * must come first.
+ */
+ evlist__to_front(pos->evlist, pos);
+
+ htm_r = zalloc(sizeof(*htm_r));
+ if (!htm_r) {
+ pr_debug("htm_recording allocation failed (-ENOMEM)\n");
+ *err = -ENOMEM;
+ return NULL;
+ }
+
+ htm_r->evsel = pos;
+ htm_r->itr.recording_options = htm_recording_options;
+ htm_r->itr.info_priv_size = htm_info_priv_size;
+ htm_r->itr.info_fill = htm_info_fill;
+ htm_r->itr.free = htm_free;
+ htm_r->itr.reference = htm_reference;
+ return &htm_r->itr;
+}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.c b/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.c
index 0b851f32e98c..31c0db933f61 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.c
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
#include "s390-cpumsf.h"
#include "util/mmap.h"
#include "powerpc-vpadtl.h"
+#include "powerpc-htm.h"
#include <linux/ctype.h>
#include "symbol/kallsyms.h"
@@ -1427,6 +1428,7 @@ int perf_event__process_auxtrace_info(const struct perf_tool *tool __maybe_unuse
case PERF_AUXTRACE_VPA_DTL:
err = powerpc_vpadtl_process_auxtrace_info(event, session);
break;
+ case PERF_AUXTRACE_POWERPC_HTM:
case PERF_AUXTRACE_UNKNOWN:
default:
return -EINVAL;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.h b/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.h
index 6947f3f284c0..68b17802a419 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/auxtrace.h
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ enum auxtrace_type {
PERF_AUXTRACE_S390_CPUMSF,
PERF_AUXTRACE_HISI_PTT,
PERF_AUXTRACE_VPA_DTL,
+ PERF_AUXTRACE_POWERPC_HTM,
};
enum itrace_period_type {
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/powerpc-htm.h b/tools/perf/util/powerpc-htm.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..18e39417d556
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/util/powerpc-htm.h
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+#ifndef __POWERPC_HTM_H
+#define __POWERPC_HTM_H
+
+#include <linux/types.h>
+
+/*
+ * Layout of the private data in PERF_RECORD_AUXTRACE_INFO for HTM.
+ *
+ * priv[POWERPC_HTM_PMU_TYPE] = htm PMU type ID (pmu->type from kernel)
+ * priv[POWERPC_HTM_NUM_EVENTS] = number of htm evsels recorded (N)
+ *
+ * Followed by N pairs (2 u64 each):
+ * priv[POWERPC_HTM_EVENT_DATA + n*2 + 0] = CPU number for nth htm evsel
+ * priv[POWERPC_HTM_EVENT_DATA + n*2 + 1] = attr.config for nth htm evsel
+ *
+ * Total priv entries: POWERPC_HTM_EVENT_DATA + N * 2
+ */
+enum {
+ POWERPC_HTM_PMU_TYPE = 0,
+ POWERPC_HTM_NUM_EVENTS,
+ POWERPC_HTM_EVENT_DATA, /* variable-length: 2 u64 per event */
+};
+
+/* Fixed header size (everything before the per-event data) */
+#define HTM_AUXTRACE_PRIV_FIXED (POWERPC_HTM_EVENT_DATA * sizeof(u64))
+
+/* Total priv size for N htm evsels */
+#define HTM_AUXTRACE_PRIV_SIZE(n) \
+ (HTM_AUXTRACE_PRIV_FIXED + (n) * 2 * sizeof(u64))
+
+struct evsel;
+struct evlist;
+union perf_event;
+struct perf_session;
+struct auxtrace_record;
+
+struct auxtrace_record *htm_recording_init(struct evsel *pos, int *err);
+
+int powerpc_htm_process_auxtrace_info(union perf_event *event,
+ struct perf_session *session);
+
+#endif /* __POWERPC_HTM_H */
--
2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-25 7:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-25 7:07 [PATCH V3 0/6] tools/perf: Add powerpc HTM auxtrace support Athira Rajeev
2026-07-25 7:07 ` [PATCH V3 1/6] tools/perf: Move powerpc VPA-DTL auxtrace init into a separate file Athira Rajeev
2026-07-25 7:07 ` Athira Rajeev [this message]
2026-07-25 7:07 ` [PATCH V3 3/6] tools/perf: Add arch hook to drain remaining data before event close Athira Rajeev
2026-07-25 7:07 ` [PATCH V3 4/6] tools/perf: Add powerpc callback support for arch_perf_record__need_read Athira Rajeev
2026-07-25 7:07 ` [PATCH V3 5/6] tools/perf: Add powerpc HTM auxtrace event processing support Athira Rajeev
2026-07-25 7:07 ` [PATCH V3 6/6] tools/perf: Add perf tool support for processing powerpc HTM AUXTRACE records Athira Rajeev
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