Re: [V3][PATCH 0/7] perf, x86: Implement AMD IBS

[Robert Richter <robert.richter@amd.com>]

On 04.10.11 16:26:41, Robert Richter wrote:
> On 04.10.11 04:54:09, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > So the whole IBS thing looks quite unintegrated to me - and that's 
> > partly because the hw is admittedly weird. The way we could perhaps 
> > live with it upstream is two conditions:
> > 
> >  - Testable IBS user-space code a bit more prominently integrated
> >    than having to go down into a cellar with no working lights and 
> >    finding the code on display in tools/perf/Documentation/examples/ 
> >    on the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused
> >    lavatory with a sign on the door saying 'Beware of the Leopard.'
> 
> With Lin Ming's patch
> 
>  [PATCH v2 6/6] perf tool: Parse general/raw events from sysfs
> 
> you can use perf record to collect IBS samples, e.g.:
> 
>  # perf record -e ibs_fetch:r0 -c 100000 -a bash -c someload
>  [ perf record: Woken up 3 times to write data ]
>  [ perf record: Captured and wrote 2.004 MB perf.data (~87572 samples) ]
> 
> With Stephane's patch
> 
>  [PATCH] perf: make perf.data more self-descriptive (v8)
> 
> I could extend perf report to add an IBS parser (I need to know the
> pmu name/type value mapping).
> 
> Do you have something like that in mind?
> 
> As all these patches are still off-tree I would rather prefer to
> decouple the IBS patches from a parser implementation and add it later
> as a single patch series. Hmm?
> 
> >  - Only root/privileged users should be able to access it. Right now
> >    i think it's root-only due to percpu restrictions, but wanted to 
> >    mention it that this is an explicit requirement.
> 
> Yes, IBS is restricted to percpu. And percpu requires root privileges
> like all other pmu events. What is your point here?

Ingo, any comments?

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