Re: [RFC PATCH] perf: Add load latency monitoring on Intel Nehalem/Westmere

Peter Zijlstra
2010-12-22T09:14:47Z

On Wed, 2010-12-22 at 16:12 +0800, Lin Ming wrote:
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
> index ed6ff11..2a02529 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
> @@ -197,18 +197,25 @@ struct extra_reg {
> unsigned int extra_shift;
> u64 config_mask;
> u64 valid_mask;
> + u64 flags;
> };
>
> -#define EVENT_EXTRA_REG(e, ms, m, vm, es) { \
> +#define EVENT_EXTRA_REG(e, ms, m, vm, es, f) { \
> .event = (e), \
> .msr = (ms), \
> .config_mask = (m), \
> .valid_mask = (vm), \
> .extra_shift = (es), \
> + .flags = (f), \
> }
> #define INTEL_EVENT_EXTRA_REG(event, msr, vm, es) \
> - EVENT_EXTRA_REG(event, msr, ARCH_PERFMON_EVENTSEL_EVENT, vm, es)
> -#define EVENT_EXTRA_END EVENT_EXTRA_REG(0, 0, 0, 0, 0)
> + EVENT_EXTRA_REG(event, msr, ARCH_PERFMON_EVENTSEL_EVENT, vm, es, 0)
> +#define INTEL_EVENT_EXTRA_REG2(event, msr, vm, es, f) \
> + EVENT_EXTRA_REG(event, msr, ARCH_PERFMON_EVENTSEL_EVENT | \
> + ARCH_PERFMON_EVENTSEL_UMASK, vm, es, f)
> +#define EVENT_EXTRA_END EVENT_EXTRA_REG(0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0)

You'll need to increment MAX_EXTRA_REGS to 3 I think.

> +#define EXTRA_REG_LD_LAT 0x1

I'm not quite sure we actually need the whole flags business.

> union perf_capabilities {
> struct {
> @@ -384,6 +391,11 @@ static int x86_pmu_extra_regs(u64 config, struct perf_event *event)
> if (extra & ~er->valid_mask)
> return -EINVAL;
> event->hw.extra_config = extra;
> + event->hw.extra_flags = er->flags;
> +
> + /* The minimum value that may be programmed into MSR_PEBS_LD_LAT is 3 */
> + if ((er->flags & EXTRA_REG_LD_LAT) && extra < 3)
> + event->hw.extra_config = 3;

if (er->msr == MSR_PEBS_LD_LAT_THRESHOLD && extra < 3)
event->hw.extra_config = 3;

> break;
> }
> return 0;
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel.c
> index bc4afb1..7e2b873 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel.c
> @@ -89,6 +89,8 @@ static struct event_constraint intel_nehalem_event_constraints[] =
> static struct extra_reg intel_nehalem_extra_regs[] =
> {
> INTEL_EVENT_EXTRA_REG(0xb7, 0x1a6, 0xffff, 32), /* OFFCORE_RESPONSE */
> + /* MEM_INST_RETIRED.LATENCY_ABOVE_THRESHOLD */
> + INTEL_EVENT_EXTRA_REG2(0x100b, 0x3f6, 0xffff, 32, EXTRA_REG_LD_LAT),
> EVENT_EXTRA_END
> };

Maybe use the MSR names instead of the numbers.

> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_ds.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_ds.c
> index b7dcd9f..d008c40 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_ds.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_ds.c
> @@ -376,6 +376,7 @@ static struct event_constraint intel_core_pebs_events[] = {
> };
>
> static struct event_constraint intel_nehalem_pebs_events[] = {
> + PEBS_EVENT_CONSTRAINT(0x100b, 0xf), /* MEM_INST_RETIRED.LATENCY_ABOVE_THRESHOLD */
> PEBS_EVENT_CONSTRAINT(0x00c0, 0xf), /* INSTR_RETIRED.ANY */
> PEBS_EVENT_CONSTRAINT(0xfec1, 0xf), /* X87_OPS_RETIRED.ANY */
> PEBS_EVENT_CONSTRAINT(0x00c5, 0xf), /* BR_INST_RETIRED.MISPRED */
> @@ -414,6 +415,8 @@ static void intel_pmu_pebs_enable(struct perf_event *event)
> hwc->config &= ~ARCH_PERFMON_EVENTSEL_INT;
>
> cpuc->pebs_enabled |= 1ULL << hwc->idx;
> + if (hwc->extra_flags & EXTRA_REG_LD_LAT)
> + cpuc->pebs_enabled |= 1ULL << (hwc->idx + 32);

if (hwc->extra_reg == MSR_PEBS_LD_LAT_THRESHOLD)
cpuc->pebs_enabled |= 1ULL << (hwc->idx + 32);

> WARN_ON_ONCE(cpuc->enabled);
>
> if (x86_pmu.intel_cap.pebs_trap && event->attr.precise_ip > 1)
> @@ -426,6 +429,8 @@ static void intel_pmu_pebs_disable(struct perf_event *event)
> struct hw_perf_event *hwc = &event->hw;
>
> cpuc->pebs_enabled &= ~(1ULL << hwc->idx);
> + if (hwc->extra_flags & EXTRA_REG_LD_LAT)
> + cpuc->pebs_enabled &= ~(1ULL << (hwc->idx + 32));

if (hwx->extra_reg == MSR_PEBS_LD_LAT_THRESHOLD)
cpuc->pebs_enabled &= ~(1ULL << (hwc->idx + 32));

> if (cpuc->enabled)
> wrmsrl(MSR_IA32_PEBS_ENABLE, cpuc->pebs_enabled);
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/perf_event.h b/include/linux/perf_event.h
> index d24d9ab..38bffa4 100644
> --- a/include/linux/perf_event.h
> +++ b/include/linux/perf_event.h
> @@ -541,6 +541,7 @@ struct hw_perf_event {
> int last_cpu;
> unsigned int extra_reg;
> u64 extra_config;
> + u64 extra_flags;
> };
> struct { /* software */
> struct hrtimer hrtimer;
>

Which then also obviates the need for this extra field.

You also need some extra goo in intel_pmu_drain_pebs_nhm(), we can
already use the PERF_SAMPLE_ADDR for the linear data address provided by
the pebs-ll thing, and we might need to add:

PERF_SAMPLE_LATENCY -- Stephane said other archs can also use this

Not quite sure what to do for the source bits, POWER also has some extra
bits, but I'm not sure they qualify as purely source bits. And
interpreting them is going to be inherently arch specific, which
sucks :/