[PATCH 0/5] perf tools: Few fixes

[PATCH 0/5] perf tools: Few fixes

[Jiri Olsa]

hi,
sending some assorted fixes.

Available also here:
  git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jolsa/perf.git
  perf/fixes

thanks,
jirka

---
Jiri Olsa (5):
      perf build: Add special fixdep cleaning rule
      perf tools: Move new_term arguments into struct parse_events_term template
      perf tools: Fail on using multiple bits long terms without value
      perf stat: Add -a as a default target
      perf record: Add -a as a default target

 tools/build/Makefile                     |  4 ++--
 tools/build/Makefile.include             |  3 +++
 tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt |  2 +-
 tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt   |  2 +-
 tools/perf/Makefile.perf                 |  4 ++--
 tools/perf/builtin-record.c              |  6 ++++--
 tools/perf/builtin-stat.c                |  6 ++++--
 tools/perf/util/parse-events.c           | 71 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------------
 tools/perf/util/parse-events.h           |  2 ++
 tools/perf/util/parse-events.y           | 14 +++++++-------
 tools/perf/util/pmu.c                    | 13 +++++++++++--
 11 files changed, 78 insertions(+), 49 deletions(-)

[PATCH 1/5] perf build: Add special fixdep cleaning rule

[Jiri Olsa]

From: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>

Ingo reported following build failure:

On Sat, Feb 11, 2017 at 12:12:34PM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>
> So I had this oldish 32-bit 15.10 Ubuntu installation around (fully updated), and
> trying to build perf gave me:
>
> deimos:~/tip/tools/perf> make
>   BUILD:   Doing 'make -j4' parallel build
> make[3]: *** No rule to make target '/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/sys/types.h', needed by 'fixdep.o'.  Stop.
> Makefile:42: recipe for target 'fixdep-in.o' failed
> make[2]: *** [fixdep-in.o] Error 2
> /home/mingo/tip/tools/build/Makefile.include:4: recipe for target 'fixdep' failed
> make[1]: *** [fixdep] Error 2
> Makefile:68: recipe for target 'all' failed
> make: *** [all] Error 2
>
> Now this got a bit better after I did a 'make mrproper' in the kernel tree:
>
> deimos:~/tip/tools/perf> make
>   BUILD:   Doing 'make -j4' parallel build
>   HOSTCC   fixdep.o
> /home/mingo/tip/tools/build/fixdep: 1: /home/mingo/tip/tools/build/fixdep: Syntax error: "(" unexpected
> /home/mingo/tip/tools/build/Makefile.build:101: recipe for target 'fixdep.o' failed
> make[3]: *** [fixdep.o] Error 2
> Makefile:42: recipe for target 'fixdep-in.o' failed
> make[2]: *** [fixdep-in.o] Error 2
> /home/mingo/tip/tools/build/Makefile.include:4: recipe for target 'fixdep' failed
> make[1]: *** [fixdep] Error 2
> Makefile:68: recipe for target 'all' failed
> make: *** [all] Error 2
>
> After some digging it turns out that my 'fixdep' binary was 64-bit:
>
> deimos:~/tip/tools/perf> file /home/mingo/tip/tools/build/fixdep
> /home/mingo/tip/tools/build/fixdep: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1
> (SYSV), dynamically linked, interpreter /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2, for GNU/Linux
> 2.6.32, BuildID[sha1]=d527f736b57b5ba47210fbcb562a3b52867d21c1, not stripped
>
> But it did not get cleaned out by 'make clean'.
>
> Only after I did a 'make clean' in tools/ itself, did it get built properly.

It shows we don't clean up properly the fixdep objects,
so adding special rule for that.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-0u41aa6z3t2vtodya7h3nom2@git.kernel.org
---
 tools/build/Makefile         | 4 ++--
 tools/build/Makefile.include | 3 +++
 tools/perf/Makefile.perf     | 4 ++--
 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/build/Makefile b/tools/build/Makefile
index aaf7ed329a45..477f00eda591 100644
--- a/tools/build/Makefile
+++ b/tools/build/Makefile
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ all: $(OUTPUT)fixdep
 
 clean:
 	$(call QUIET_CLEAN, fixdep)
-	$(Q)find . -name '*.o' -delete -o -name '\.*.cmd' -delete -o -name '\.*.d' -delete
-	$(Q)rm -f fixdep
+	$(Q)find $(if $(OUTPUT),$(OUTPUT),.) -name '*.o' -delete -o -name '\.*.cmd' -delete -o -name '\.*.d' -delete
+	$(Q)rm -f $(OUTPUT)fixdep
 
 $(OUTPUT)fixdep-in.o: FORCE
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=fixdep
diff --git a/tools/build/Makefile.include b/tools/build/Makefile.include
index ad22e4e7bc59..d360f39a445b 100644
--- a/tools/build/Makefile.include
+++ b/tools/build/Makefile.include
@@ -3,4 +3,7 @@ build := -f $(srctree)/tools/build/Makefile.build dir=. obj
 fixdep:
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) -C $(srctree)/tools/build CFLAGS= LDFLAGS= $(OUTPUT)fixdep
 
+fixdep-clean:
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) -C $(srctree)/tools/build clean
+
 .PHONY: fixdep
diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
index 4da19b6ba94a..79fe31f20a17 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
@@ -726,13 +726,13 @@ config-clean:
 	$(call QUIET_CLEAN, config)
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) -C $(srctree)/tools/build/feature/ $(if $(OUTPUT),OUTPUT=$(OUTPUT)feature/,) clean >/dev/null
 
-clean:: $(LIBTRACEEVENT)-clean $(LIBAPI)-clean $(LIBBPF)-clean $(LIBSUBCMD)-clean config-clean
+clean:: $(LIBTRACEEVENT)-clean $(LIBAPI)-clean $(LIBBPF)-clean $(LIBSUBCMD)-clean config-clean fixdep-clean
 	$(call QUIET_CLEAN, core-objs)  $(RM) $(LIB_FILE) $(OUTPUT)perf-archive $(OUTPUT)perf-with-kcore $(LANG_BINDINGS)
 	$(Q)find $(if $(OUTPUT),$(OUTPUT),.) -name '*.o' -delete -o -name '\.*.cmd' -delete -o -name '\.*.d' -delete
 	$(Q)$(RM) $(OUTPUT).config-detected
 	$(call QUIET_CLEAN, core-progs) $(RM) $(ALL_PROGRAMS) perf perf-read-vdso32 perf-read-vdsox32 $(OUTPUT)pmu-events/jevents $(OUTPUT)$(LIBJVMTI).so
 	$(call QUIET_CLEAN, core-gen)   $(RM)  *.spec *.pyc *.pyo */*.pyc */*.pyo $(OUTPUT)common-cmds.h TAGS tags cscope* $(OUTPUT)PERF-VERSION-FILE $(OUTPUT)FEATURE-DUMP $(OUTPUT)util/*-bison* $(OUTPUT)util/*-flex* \
-		$(OUTPUT)util/intel-pt-decoder/inat-tables.c $(OUTPUT)fixdep \
+		$(OUTPUT)util/intel-pt-decoder/inat-tables.c \
 		$(OUTPUT)tests/llvm-src-{base,kbuild,prologue,relocation}.c \
 		$(OUTPUT)pmu-events/pmu-events.c
 	$(QUIET_SUBDIR0)Documentation $(QUIET_SUBDIR1) clean
-- 
2.7.4

[tip:perf/urgent] perf build: Add special fixdep cleaning rule

[tip-bot for Jiri Olsa]

Commit-ID:  85e0d509654c2e2e58b29e50a883acd4c4e8807d
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/85e0d509654c2e2e58b29e50a883acd4c4e8807d
Author:     Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
AuthorDate: Fri, 17 Feb 2017 15:00:54 +0100
Committer:  Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
CommitDate: Fri, 17 Feb 2017 16:04:38 -0300

perf build: Add special fixdep cleaning rule

Ingo reported following build failure:

On Sat, Feb 11, 2017 at 12:12:34PM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>
> So I had this oldish 32-bit 15.10 Ubuntu installation around (fully updated), and
> trying to build perf gave me:
>
> deimos:~/tip/tools/perf> make
>   BUILD:   Doing 'make -j4' parallel build
> make[3]: *** No rule to make target '/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/sys/types.h', needed by 'fixdep.o'.  Stop.
> Makefile:42: recipe for target 'fixdep-in.o' failed
> make[2]: *** [fixdep-in.o] Error 2
> /home/mingo/tip/tools/build/Makefile.include:4: recipe for target 'fixdep' failed
> make[1]: *** [fixdep] Error 2
> Makefile:68: recipe for target 'all' failed
> make: *** [all] Error 2
>
> Now this got a bit better after I did a 'make mrproper' in the kernel tree:
>
> deimos:~/tip/tools/perf> make
>   BUILD:   Doing 'make -j4' parallel build
>   HOSTCC   fixdep.o
> /home/mingo/tip/tools/build/fixdep: 1: /home/mingo/tip/tools/build/fixdep: Syntax error: "(" unexpected
> /home/mingo/tip/tools/build/Makefile.build:101: recipe for target 'fixdep.o' failed
> make[3]: *** [fixdep.o] Error 2
> Makefile:42: recipe for target 'fixdep-in.o' failed
> make[2]: *** [fixdep-in.o] Error 2
> /home/mingo/tip/tools/build/Makefile.include:4: recipe for target 'fixdep' failed
> make[1]: *** [fixdep] Error 2
> Makefile:68: recipe for target 'all' failed
> make: *** [all] Error 2
>
> After some digging it turns out that my 'fixdep' binary was 64-bit:
>
> deimos:~/tip/tools/perf> file /home/mingo/tip/tools/build/fixdep
> /home/mingo/tip/tools/build/fixdep: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1
> (SYSV), dynamically linked, interpreter /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2, for GNU/Linux
> 2.6.32, BuildID[sha1]=d527f736b57b5ba47210fbcb562a3b52867d21c1, not stripped
>
> But it did not get cleaned out by 'make clean'.
>
> Only after I did a 'make clean' in tools/ itself, did it get built properly.

It shows we don't clean up properly the fixdep objects, so adding
special rule for that.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Reported-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1487340058-10496-2-git-send-email-jolsa@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
---
 tools/build/Makefile         | 4 ++--
 tools/build/Makefile.include | 3 +++
 tools/perf/Makefile.perf     | 4 ++--
 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/build/Makefile b/tools/build/Makefile
index aaf7ed3..477f00e 100644
--- a/tools/build/Makefile
+++ b/tools/build/Makefile
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ all: $(OUTPUT)fixdep
 
 clean:
 	$(call QUIET_CLEAN, fixdep)
-	$(Q)find . -name '*.o' -delete -o -name '\.*.cmd' -delete -o -name '\.*.d' -delete
-	$(Q)rm -f fixdep
+	$(Q)find $(if $(OUTPUT),$(OUTPUT),.) -name '*.o' -delete -o -name '\.*.cmd' -delete -o -name '\.*.d' -delete
+	$(Q)rm -f $(OUTPUT)fixdep
 
 $(OUTPUT)fixdep-in.o: FORCE
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=fixdep
diff --git a/tools/build/Makefile.include b/tools/build/Makefile.include
index ad22e4e..d360f39a4 100644
--- a/tools/build/Makefile.include
+++ b/tools/build/Makefile.include
@@ -3,4 +3,7 @@ build := -f $(srctree)/tools/build/Makefile.build dir=. obj
 fixdep:
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) -C $(srctree)/tools/build CFLAGS= LDFLAGS= $(OUTPUT)fixdep
 
+fixdep-clean:
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) -C $(srctree)/tools/build clean
+
 .PHONY: fixdep
diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
index 4da19b6..79fe31f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
@@ -726,13 +726,13 @@ config-clean:
 	$(call QUIET_CLEAN, config)
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) -C $(srctree)/tools/build/feature/ $(if $(OUTPUT),OUTPUT=$(OUTPUT)feature/,) clean >/dev/null
 
-clean:: $(LIBTRACEEVENT)-clean $(LIBAPI)-clean $(LIBBPF)-clean $(LIBSUBCMD)-clean config-clean
+clean:: $(LIBTRACEEVENT)-clean $(LIBAPI)-clean $(LIBBPF)-clean $(LIBSUBCMD)-clean config-clean fixdep-clean
 	$(call QUIET_CLEAN, core-objs)  $(RM) $(LIB_FILE) $(OUTPUT)perf-archive $(OUTPUT)perf-with-kcore $(LANG_BINDINGS)
 	$(Q)find $(if $(OUTPUT),$(OUTPUT),.) -name '*.o' -delete -o -name '\.*.cmd' -delete -o -name '\.*.d' -delete
 	$(Q)$(RM) $(OUTPUT).config-detected
 	$(call QUIET_CLEAN, core-progs) $(RM) $(ALL_PROGRAMS) perf perf-read-vdso32 perf-read-vdsox32 $(OUTPUT)pmu-events/jevents $(OUTPUT)$(LIBJVMTI).so
 	$(call QUIET_CLEAN, core-gen)   $(RM)  *.spec *.pyc *.pyo */*.pyc */*.pyo $(OUTPUT)common-cmds.h TAGS tags cscope* $(OUTPUT)PERF-VERSION-FILE $(OUTPUT)FEATURE-DUMP $(OUTPUT)util/*-bison* $(OUTPUT)util/*-flex* \
-		$(OUTPUT)util/intel-pt-decoder/inat-tables.c $(OUTPUT)fixdep \
+		$(OUTPUT)util/intel-pt-decoder/inat-tables.c \
 		$(OUTPUT)tests/llvm-src-{base,kbuild,prologue,relocation}.c \
 		$(OUTPUT)pmu-events/pmu-events.c
 	$(QUIET_SUBDIR0)Documentation $(QUIET_SUBDIR1) clean

[PATCH 2/5] perf tools: Move new_term arguments into struct parse_events_term template

[Jiri Olsa]

We need to add yet another parameter to new_term
function in following patch, so it's better to
move first all the current params into template
struct parse_events_term and use it as a single
argument.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-5vdq8gfbsva97vwrfmjl5p6f@git.kernel.org
---
 tools/perf/util/parse-events.c | 69 ++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------
 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
index 281e44af31e2..984d99a8fdc5 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
@@ -2318,24 +2318,20 @@ int parse_events__is_hardcoded_term(struct parse_events_term *term)
 	return term->type_term != PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_USER;
 }
 
-static int new_term(struct parse_events_term **_term, int type_val,
-		    int type_term, char *config,
-		    char *str, u64 num, int err_term, int err_val)
+static int new_term(struct parse_events_term **_term,
+		    struct parse_events_term *temp,
+		    char *str, u64 num)
 {
 	struct parse_events_term *term;
 
-	term = zalloc(sizeof(*term));
+	term = malloc(sizeof(*term));
 	if (!term)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
+	*term = *temp;
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&term->list);
-	term->type_val  = type_val;
-	term->type_term = type_term;
-	term->config = config;
-	term->err_term = err_term;
-	term->err_val  = err_val;
 
-	switch (type_val) {
+	switch (term->type_val) {
 	case PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_NUM:
 		term->val.num = num;
 		break;
@@ -2358,10 +2354,15 @@ int parse_events_term__num(struct parse_events_term **term,
 	YYLTYPE *loc_term = loc_term_;
 	YYLTYPE *loc_val = loc_val_;
 
-	return new_term(term, PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_NUM, type_term,
-			config, NULL, num,
-			loc_term ? loc_term->first_column : 0,
-			loc_val ? loc_val->first_column : 0);
+	struct parse_events_term temp = {
+		.type_val  = PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_NUM,
+		.type_term = type_term,
+		.config    = config,
+		.err_term  = loc_term ? loc_term->first_column : 0,
+		.err_val   = loc_val  ? loc_val->first_column  : 0,
+	};
+
+	return new_term(term, &temp, NULL, num);
 }
 
 int parse_events_term__str(struct parse_events_term **term,
@@ -2371,37 +2372,45 @@ int parse_events_term__str(struct parse_events_term **term,
 	YYLTYPE *loc_term = loc_term_;
 	YYLTYPE *loc_val = loc_val_;
 
-	return new_term(term, PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_STR, type_term,
-			config, str, 0,
-			loc_term ? loc_term->first_column : 0,
-			loc_val ? loc_val->first_column : 0);
+	struct parse_events_term temp = {
+		.type_val  = PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_STR,
+		.type_term = type_term,
+		.config    = config,
+		.err_term  = loc_term ? loc_term->first_column : 0,
+		.err_val   = loc_val  ? loc_val->first_column  : 0,
+	};
+
+	return new_term(term, &temp, str, 0);
 }
 
 int parse_events_term__sym_hw(struct parse_events_term **term,
 			      char *config, unsigned idx)
 {
 	struct event_symbol *sym;
+	struct parse_events_term temp = {
+		.type_val  = PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_STR,
+		.type_term = PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_USER,
+		.config    = config ?: (char *) "event",
+	};
 
 	BUG_ON(idx >= PERF_COUNT_HW_MAX);
 	sym = &event_symbols_hw[idx];
 
-	if (config)
-		return new_term(term, PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_STR,
-				PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_USER, config,
-				(char *) sym->symbol, 0, 0, 0);
-	else
-		return new_term(term, PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_STR,
-				PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_USER,
-				(char *) "event", (char *) sym->symbol,
-				0, 0, 0);
+	return new_term(term, &temp, (char *) sym->symbol, 0);
 }
 
 int parse_events_term__clone(struct parse_events_term **new,
 			     struct parse_events_term *term)
 {
-	return new_term(new, term->type_val, term->type_term, term->config,
-			term->val.str, term->val.num,
-			term->err_term, term->err_val);
+	struct parse_events_term temp = {
+		.type_val  = term->type_val,
+		.type_term = term->type_term,
+		.config    = term->config,
+		.err_term  = term->err_term,
+		.err_val   = term->err_val,
+	};
+
+	return new_term(new, &temp, term->val.str, term->val.num);
 }
 
 void parse_events_terms__purge(struct list_head *terms)
-- 
2.7.4

[tip:perf/urgent] perf tools: Move new_term arguments into struct parse_events_term template

[tip-bot for Jiri Olsa]

Commit-ID:  67b49b38f7bd6f34319b540ce824d5697241b3a8
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/67b49b38f7bd6f34319b540ce824d5697241b3a8
Author:     Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
AuthorDate: Fri, 17 Feb 2017 15:00:55 +0100
Committer:  Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
CommitDate: Fri, 17 Feb 2017 17:27:54 -0300

perf tools: Move new_term arguments into struct parse_events_term template

We need to add yet another parameter to new_term function in following
patch, so it's better to move first all the current params into template
struct parse_events_term and use it as a single argument.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1487340058-10496-3-git-send-email-jolsa@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
---
 tools/perf/util/parse-events.c | 69 ++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------
 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
index 281e44a..984d99a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
@@ -2318,24 +2318,20 @@ int parse_events__is_hardcoded_term(struct parse_events_term *term)
 	return term->type_term != PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_USER;
 }
 
-static int new_term(struct parse_events_term **_term, int type_val,
-		    int type_term, char *config,
-		    char *str, u64 num, int err_term, int err_val)
+static int new_term(struct parse_events_term **_term,
+		    struct parse_events_term *temp,
+		    char *str, u64 num)
 {
 	struct parse_events_term *term;
 
-	term = zalloc(sizeof(*term));
+	term = malloc(sizeof(*term));
 	if (!term)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
+	*term = *temp;
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&term->list);
-	term->type_val  = type_val;
-	term->type_term = type_term;
-	term->config = config;
-	term->err_term = err_term;
-	term->err_val  = err_val;
 
-	switch (type_val) {
+	switch (term->type_val) {
 	case PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_NUM:
 		term->val.num = num;
 		break;
@@ -2358,10 +2354,15 @@ int parse_events_term__num(struct parse_events_term **term,
 	YYLTYPE *loc_term = loc_term_;
 	YYLTYPE *loc_val = loc_val_;
 
-	return new_term(term, PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_NUM, type_term,
-			config, NULL, num,
-			loc_term ? loc_term->first_column : 0,
-			loc_val ? loc_val->first_column : 0);
+	struct parse_events_term temp = {
+		.type_val  = PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_NUM,
+		.type_term = type_term,
+		.config    = config,
+		.err_term  = loc_term ? loc_term->first_column : 0,
+		.err_val   = loc_val  ? loc_val->first_column  : 0,
+	};
+
+	return new_term(term, &temp, NULL, num);
 }
 
 int parse_events_term__str(struct parse_events_term **term,
@@ -2371,37 +2372,45 @@ int parse_events_term__str(struct parse_events_term **term,
 	YYLTYPE *loc_term = loc_term_;
 	YYLTYPE *loc_val = loc_val_;
 
-	return new_term(term, PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_STR, type_term,
-			config, str, 0,
-			loc_term ? loc_term->first_column : 0,
-			loc_val ? loc_val->first_column : 0);
+	struct parse_events_term temp = {
+		.type_val  = PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_STR,
+		.type_term = type_term,
+		.config    = config,
+		.err_term  = loc_term ? loc_term->first_column : 0,
+		.err_val   = loc_val  ? loc_val->first_column  : 0,
+	};
+
+	return new_term(term, &temp, str, 0);
 }
 
 int parse_events_term__sym_hw(struct parse_events_term **term,
 			      char *config, unsigned idx)
 {
 	struct event_symbol *sym;
+	struct parse_events_term temp = {
+		.type_val  = PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_STR,
+		.type_term = PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_USER,
+		.config    = config ?: (char *) "event",
+	};
 
 	BUG_ON(idx >= PERF_COUNT_HW_MAX);
 	sym = &event_symbols_hw[idx];
 
-	if (config)
-		return new_term(term, PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_STR,
-				PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_USER, config,
-				(char *) sym->symbol, 0, 0, 0);
-	else
-		return new_term(term, PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_STR,
-				PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_USER,
-				(char *) "event", (char *) sym->symbol,
-				0, 0, 0);
+	return new_term(term, &temp, (char *) sym->symbol, 0);
 }
 
 int parse_events_term__clone(struct parse_events_term **new,
 			     struct parse_events_term *term)
 {
-	return new_term(new, term->type_val, term->type_term, term->config,
-			term->val.str, term->val.num,
-			term->err_term, term->err_val);
+	struct parse_events_term temp = {
+		.type_val  = term->type_val,
+		.type_term = term->type_term,
+		.config    = term->config,
+		.err_term  = term->err_term,
+		.err_val   = term->err_val,
+	};
+
+	return new_term(new, &temp, term->val.str, term->val.num);
 }
 
 void parse_events_terms__purge(struct list_head *terms)

[PATCH 3/5] perf tools: Fail on using multiple bits long terms without value

[Jiri Olsa]

Currently we allow not to specify value for numeric terms
and we set them to value 1. This was originaly meant just
for single bit terms to allow user to type:

  $ perf record -e 'cpu/cpu-cycles,any'

instead of:

  $ perf record -e 'cpu/cpu-cycles,any=1'

However it works also for multi bits terms like:

  $ perf record -e 'cpu/event/' ls
  ...
  $ perf evlist -v
  ..., config: 0x1, ...

After discussion with Peter making such term usage
to fail, like:

  $ perf record -e 'cpu/event/' ls
  event syntax error: 'cpu/event/'
                       \___ no value assigned for term
  ...

Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-5vdq8gfbsva97vwrfmjl5p6f@git.kernel.org
---
 tools/perf/util/parse-events.c |  2 ++
 tools/perf/util/parse-events.h |  2 ++
 tools/perf/util/parse-events.y | 14 +++++++-------
 tools/perf/util/pmu.c          | 13 +++++++++++--
 4 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
index 984d99a8fdc5..67a8aebc67ab 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
@@ -2349,6 +2349,7 @@ static int new_term(struct parse_events_term **_term,
 
 int parse_events_term__num(struct parse_events_term **term,
 			   int type_term, char *config, u64 num,
+			   bool no_value,
 			   void *loc_term_, void *loc_val_)
 {
 	YYLTYPE *loc_term = loc_term_;
@@ -2358,6 +2359,7 @@ int parse_events_term__num(struct parse_events_term **term,
 		.type_val  = PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_NUM,
 		.type_term = type_term,
 		.config    = config,
+		.no_value  = no_value,
 		.err_term  = loc_term ? loc_term->first_column : 0,
 		.err_val   = loc_val  ? loc_val->first_column  : 0,
 	};
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h
index da246a3ddb69..1af6a267c21b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ struct parse_events_term {
 	int type_term;
 	struct list_head list;
 	bool used;
+	bool no_value;
 
 	/* error string indexes for within parsed string */
 	int err_term;
@@ -122,6 +123,7 @@ void parse_events__shrink_config_terms(void);
 int parse_events__is_hardcoded_term(struct parse_events_term *term);
 int parse_events_term__num(struct parse_events_term **term,
 			   int type_term, char *config, u64 num,
+			   bool novalue,
 			   void *loc_term, void *loc_val);
 int parse_events_term__str(struct parse_events_term **term,
 			   int type_term, char *config, char *str,
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.y b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.y
index a14b47ab3879..30f018ea1370 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.y
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.y
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ PE_KERNEL_PMU_EVENT sep_dc
 			if (!strcasecmp(alias->name, $1)) {
 				ALLOC_LIST(head);
 				ABORT_ON(parse_events_term__num(&term, PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_USER,
-					$1, 1, &@1, NULL));
+					$1, 1, false, &@1, NULL));
 				list_add_tail(&term->list, head);
 
 				if (!parse_events_add_pmu(data, list,
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ PE_PMU_EVENT_PRE '-' PE_PMU_EVENT_SUF sep_dc
 
 	ALLOC_LIST(head);
 	ABORT_ON(parse_events_term__num(&term, PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_USER,
-					&pmu_name, 1, &@1, NULL));
+					&pmu_name, 1, false, &@1, NULL));
 	list_add_tail(&term->list, head);
 
 	ALLOC_LIST(list);
@@ -548,7 +548,7 @@ PE_NAME '=' PE_VALUE
 	struct parse_events_term *term;
 
 	ABORT_ON(parse_events_term__num(&term, PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_USER,
-					$1, $3, &@1, &@3));
+					$1, $3, false, &@1, &@3));
 	$$ = term;
 }
 |
@@ -566,7 +566,7 @@ PE_NAME
 	struct parse_events_term *term;
 
 	ABORT_ON(parse_events_term__num(&term, PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_USER,
-					$1, 1, &@1, NULL));
+					$1, 1, true, &@1, NULL));
 	$$ = term;
 }
 |
@@ -591,7 +591,7 @@ PE_TERM '=' PE_VALUE
 {
 	struct parse_events_term *term;
 
-	ABORT_ON(parse_events_term__num(&term, (int)$1, NULL, $3, &@1, &@3));
+	ABORT_ON(parse_events_term__num(&term, (int)$1, NULL, $3, false, &@1, &@3));
 	$$ = term;
 }
 |
@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ PE_TERM
 {
 	struct parse_events_term *term;
 
-	ABORT_ON(parse_events_term__num(&term, (int)$1, NULL, 1, &@1, NULL));
+	ABORT_ON(parse_events_term__num(&term, (int)$1, NULL, 1, true, &@1, NULL));
 	$$ = term;
 }
 |
@@ -620,7 +620,7 @@ PE_NAME array '=' PE_VALUE
 	struct parse_events_term *term;
 
 	ABORT_ON(parse_events_term__num(&term, PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_USER,
-					$1, $4, &@1, &@4));
+					$1, $4, false, &@1, &@4));
 	term->array = $2;
 	$$ = term;
 }
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
index 49bfee0e3d9e..63cb46cb9b0f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
@@ -834,9 +834,18 @@ static int pmu_config_term(struct list_head *formats,
 	 * Either directly use a numeric term, or try to translate string terms
 	 * using event parameters.
 	 */
-	if (term->type_val == PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_NUM)
+	if (term->type_val == PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_NUM) {
+		if (term->no_value &&
+		    bitmap_weight(format->bits, PERF_PMU_FORMAT_BITS) > 1) {
+			if (err) {
+				err->idx = term->err_val;
+				err->str = strdup("no value assigned for term");
+			}
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
+
 		val = term->val.num;
-	else if (term->type_val == PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_STR) {
+	} else if (term->type_val == PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_STR) {
 		if (strcmp(term->val.str, "?")) {
 			if (verbose) {
 				pr_info("Invalid sysfs entry %s=%s\n",
-- 
2.7.4

[tip:perf/urgent] perf tools: Fail on using multiple bits long terms without value

[tip-bot for Jiri Olsa]

Commit-ID:  99e7138eb7897aa0ccc6661173ae2d7e79721e05
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/99e7138eb7897aa0ccc6661173ae2d7e79721e05
Author:     Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
AuthorDate: Fri, 17 Feb 2017 15:00:56 +0100
Committer:  Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
CommitDate: Fri, 17 Feb 2017 17:28:22 -0300

perf tools: Fail on using multiple bits long terms without value

Currently we allow not to specify value for numeric terms and we set
them to value 1. This was originaly meant just for single bit terms to
allow user to type:

  $ perf record -e 'cpu/cpu-cycles,any'

instead of:

  $ perf record -e 'cpu/cpu-cycles,any=1'

However it works also for multi bits terms like:

  $ perf record -e 'cpu/event/' ls
  ...
  $ perf evlist -v
  ..., config: 0x1, ...

After discussion with Peter we decided making such term usage to fail,
like:

  $ perf record -e 'cpu/event/' ls
  event syntax error: 'cpu/event/'
                       \___ no value assigned for term
  ...

Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1487340058-10496-4-git-send-email-jolsa@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
---
 tools/perf/util/parse-events.c |  2 ++
 tools/perf/util/parse-events.h |  2 ++
 tools/perf/util/parse-events.y | 14 +++++++-------
 tools/perf/util/pmu.c          | 13 +++++++++++--
 4 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
index 984d99a..67a8aeb 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
@@ -2349,6 +2349,7 @@ static int new_term(struct parse_events_term **_term,
 
 int parse_events_term__num(struct parse_events_term **term,
 			   int type_term, char *config, u64 num,
+			   bool no_value,
 			   void *loc_term_, void *loc_val_)
 {
 	YYLTYPE *loc_term = loc_term_;
@@ -2358,6 +2359,7 @@ int parse_events_term__num(struct parse_events_term **term,
 		.type_val  = PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_NUM,
 		.type_term = type_term,
 		.config    = config,
+		.no_value  = no_value,
 		.err_term  = loc_term ? loc_term->first_column : 0,
 		.err_val   = loc_val  ? loc_val->first_column  : 0,
 	};
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h
index da246a3..1af6a26 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ struct parse_events_term {
 	int type_term;
 	struct list_head list;
 	bool used;
+	bool no_value;
 
 	/* error string indexes for within parsed string */
 	int err_term;
@@ -122,6 +123,7 @@ void parse_events__shrink_config_terms(void);
 int parse_events__is_hardcoded_term(struct parse_events_term *term);
 int parse_events_term__num(struct parse_events_term **term,
 			   int type_term, char *config, u64 num,
+			   bool novalue,
 			   void *loc_term, void *loc_val);
 int parse_events_term__str(struct parse_events_term **term,
 			   int type_term, char *config, char *str,
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.y b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.y
index a14b47a..30f018e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.y
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.y
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ PE_KERNEL_PMU_EVENT sep_dc
 			if (!strcasecmp(alias->name, $1)) {
 				ALLOC_LIST(head);
 				ABORT_ON(parse_events_term__num(&term, PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_USER,
-					$1, 1, &@1, NULL));
+					$1, 1, false, &@1, NULL));
 				list_add_tail(&term->list, head);
 
 				if (!parse_events_add_pmu(data, list,
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ PE_PMU_EVENT_PRE '-' PE_PMU_EVENT_SUF sep_dc
 
 	ALLOC_LIST(head);
 	ABORT_ON(parse_events_term__num(&term, PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_USER,
-					&pmu_name, 1, &@1, NULL));
+					&pmu_name, 1, false, &@1, NULL));
 	list_add_tail(&term->list, head);
 
 	ALLOC_LIST(list);
@@ -548,7 +548,7 @@ PE_NAME '=' PE_VALUE
 	struct parse_events_term *term;
 
 	ABORT_ON(parse_events_term__num(&term, PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_USER,
-					$1, $3, &@1, &@3));
+					$1, $3, false, &@1, &@3));
 	$$ = term;
 }
 |
@@ -566,7 +566,7 @@ PE_NAME
 	struct parse_events_term *term;
 
 	ABORT_ON(parse_events_term__num(&term, PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_USER,
-					$1, 1, &@1, NULL));
+					$1, 1, true, &@1, NULL));
 	$$ = term;
 }
 |
@@ -591,7 +591,7 @@ PE_TERM '=' PE_VALUE
 {
 	struct parse_events_term *term;
 
-	ABORT_ON(parse_events_term__num(&term, (int)$1, NULL, $3, &@1, &@3));
+	ABORT_ON(parse_events_term__num(&term, (int)$1, NULL, $3, false, &@1, &@3));
 	$$ = term;
 }
 |
@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ PE_TERM
 {
 	struct parse_events_term *term;
 
-	ABORT_ON(parse_events_term__num(&term, (int)$1, NULL, 1, &@1, NULL));
+	ABORT_ON(parse_events_term__num(&term, (int)$1, NULL, 1, true, &@1, NULL));
 	$$ = term;
 }
 |
@@ -620,7 +620,7 @@ PE_NAME array '=' PE_VALUE
 	struct parse_events_term *term;
 
 	ABORT_ON(parse_events_term__num(&term, PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_USER,
-					$1, $4, &@1, &@4));
+					$1, $4, false, &@1, &@4));
 	term->array = $2;
 	$$ = term;
 }
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
index 49bfee0..63cb46c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
@@ -834,9 +834,18 @@ static int pmu_config_term(struct list_head *formats,
 	 * Either directly use a numeric term, or try to translate string terms
 	 * using event parameters.
 	 */
-	if (term->type_val == PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_NUM)
+	if (term->type_val == PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_NUM) {
+		if (term->no_value &&
+		    bitmap_weight(format->bits, PERF_PMU_FORMAT_BITS) > 1) {
+			if (err) {
+				err->idx = term->err_val;
+				err->str = strdup("no value assigned for term");
+			}
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
+
 		val = term->val.num;
-	else if (term->type_val == PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_STR) {
+	} else if (term->type_val == PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_STR) {
 		if (strcmp(term->val.str, "?")) {
 			if (verbose) {
 				pr_info("Invalid sysfs entry %s=%s\n",

[PATCH 4/5] perf stat: Add -a as a default target

[Jiri Olsa]

Boris asked for default -a option in case we monitor
only uncore events. While implementing that I thought
it might be actually useful to make it overall default.

  # perf stat
  Warning: No target specified, setting system-wide collection (-a).
  ...

Requested-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-tq11of2qlz8kxpxzva05d54l@git.kernel.org
---
 tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt | 2 +-
 tools/perf/builtin-stat.c              | 6 ++++--
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt
index d96ccd4844df..aecf2a87e7d6 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ report::
 
 -a::
 --all-cpus::
-        system-wide collection from all CPUs
+        system-wide collection from all CPUs (default if no target is specified)
 
 -c::
 --scale::
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
index f28719178b51..0d09ec7029d3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
@@ -2445,8 +2445,10 @@ int cmd_stat(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 	} else if (big_num_opt == 0) /* User passed --no-big-num */
 		big_num = false;
 
-	if (!argc && target__none(&target))
-		usage_with_options(stat_usage, stat_options);
+	if (!argc && target__none(&target)) {
+		pr_warning("Warning: No target specified, setting system-wide collection (-a).\n");
+		target.system_wide = true;
+	}
 
 	if (run_count < 0) {
 		pr_err("Run count must be a positive number\n");
-- 
2.7.4

Re: [PATCH 4/5] perf stat: Add -a as a default target

[Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo]

Em Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 03:00:57PM +0100, Jiri Olsa escreveu:
> Boris asked for default -a option in case we monitor
> only uncore events. While implementing that I thought
> it might be actually useful to make it overall default.
> 
>   # perf stat
>   Warning: No target specified, setting system-wide collection (-a).

Humm, would be interesting to disable this after a few warnings? Just
one?

BTW, this is how 'perf trace' works since day one, i.e. no target means
system wide syscall tracing.

- Arnaldo

>   ...
> 
> Requested-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
> Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
> Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-tq11of2qlz8kxpxzva05d54l@git.kernel.org
> ---
>  tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt | 2 +-
>  tools/perf/builtin-stat.c              | 6 ++++--
>  2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt
> index d96ccd4844df..aecf2a87e7d6 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt
> +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt
> @@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ report::
>  
>  -a::
>  --all-cpus::
> -        system-wide collection from all CPUs
> +        system-wide collection from all CPUs (default if no target is specified)
>  
>  -c::
>  --scale::
> diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
> index f28719178b51..0d09ec7029d3 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
> @@ -2445,8 +2445,10 @@ int cmd_stat(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
>  	} else if (big_num_opt == 0) /* User passed --no-big-num */
>  		big_num = false;
>  
> -	if (!argc && target__none(&target))
> -		usage_with_options(stat_usage, stat_options);
> +	if (!argc && target__none(&target)) {
> +		pr_warning("Warning: No target specified, setting system-wide collection (-a).\n");
> +		target.system_wide = true;
> +	}
>  
>  	if (run_count < 0) {
>  		pr_err("Run count must be a positive number\n");
> -- 
> 2.7.4

Re: [PATCH 4/5] perf stat: Add -a as a default target

[Jiri Olsa]

On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 11:27:47AM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> Em Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 03:00:57PM +0100, Jiri Olsa escreveu:
> > Boris asked for default -a option in case we monitor
> > only uncore events. While implementing that I thought
> > it might be actually useful to make it overall default.
> > 
> >   # perf stat
> >   Warning: No target specified, setting system-wide collection (-a).
> 
> Humm, would be interesting to disable this after a few warnings? Just
> one?

not sure it's good idea to keep the count of that somewhere..
how about i make the warning smaller ;-)

  # perf stat
  Forced system wide target.
  ...

> 
> BTW, this is how 'perf trace' works since day one, i.e. no target means
> system wide syscall tracing.

or we could omit the warning completely as probably perf trace does

thanks,
jirka

Re: [PATCH 4/5] perf stat: Add -a as a default target

[Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo]

Em Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 03:33:27PM +0100, Jiri Olsa escreveu:
> On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 11:27:47AM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> > Em Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 03:00:57PM +0100, Jiri Olsa escreveu:
> > > Boris asked for default -a option in case we monitor
> > > only uncore events. While implementing that I thought
> > > it might be actually useful to make it overall default.

> > >   # perf stat
> > >   Warning: No target specified, setting system-wide collection (-a).

> > Humm, would be interesting to disable this after a few warnings? Just
> > one?
 
> not sure it's good idea to keep the count of that somewhere..
> how about i make the warning smaller ;-)
 
>   # perf stat
>   Forced system wide target.
>   ...
 
> > BTW, this is how 'perf trace' works since day one, i.e. no target means
> > system wide syscall tracing.
 
> or we could omit the warning completely as probably perf trace does

I think that we should have some note on the Documentation (have you
added it?) and be done with it.

Another thing possiblity my mind, print that at the end? like:

perf record
^C[ perf record: Woken up 1 times to write data - system wide samples ]
[ perf record: Captured and wrote 1.738 MB perf.data (7565 samples) ]

----------

Then people will thing, hey, so now it does systemwide samples when I
pass no target, I don't have anymore to type _three_ keys! cool! :-)

- Arnaldo

Re: [PATCH 4/5] perf stat: Add -a as a default target

[Jiri Olsa]

On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 11:41:28AM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> Em Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 03:33:27PM +0100, Jiri Olsa escreveu:
> > On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 11:27:47AM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> > > Em Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 03:00:57PM +0100, Jiri Olsa escreveu:
> > > > Boris asked for default -a option in case we monitor
> > > > only uncore events. While implementing that I thought
> > > > it might be actually useful to make it overall default.
> 
> > > >   # perf stat
> > > >   Warning: No target specified, setting system-wide collection (-a).
> 
> > > Humm, would be interesting to disable this after a few warnings? Just
> > > one?
>  
> > not sure it's good idea to keep the count of that somewhere..
> > how about i make the warning smaller ;-)
>  
> >   # perf stat
> >   Forced system wide target.
> >   ...
>  
> > > BTW, this is how 'perf trace' works since day one, i.e. no target means
> > > system wide syscall tracing.
>  
> > or we could omit the warning completely as probably perf trace does
> 
> I think that we should have some note on the Documentation (have you
> added it?) and be done with it.
> 
> Another thing possiblity my mind, print that at the end? like:
> 
> perf record
> ^C[ perf record: Woken up 1 times to write data - system wide samples ]
> [ perf record: Captured and wrote 1.738 MB perf.data (7565 samples) ]
> 
> ----------
> 
> Then people will thing, hey, so now it does systemwide samples when I
> pass no target, I don't have anymore to type _three_ keys! cool! :-)

ok, I'll check on that and send new version for the last 2 patches

thanks,
jirka

[PATCHv2 4/5] perf stat: Add -a as a default target

[Jiri Olsa]

On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 11:41:28AM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> Em Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 03:33:27PM +0100, Jiri Olsa escreveu:
> > On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 11:27:47AM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> > > Em Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 03:00:57PM +0100, Jiri Olsa escreveu:
> > > > Boris asked for default -a option in case we monitor
> > > > only uncore events. While implementing that I thought
> > > > it might be actually useful to make it overall default.
> 
> > > >   # perf stat
> > > >   Warning: No target specified, setting system-wide collection (-a).
> 
> > > Humm, would be interesting to disable this after a few warnings? Just
> > > one?
>  
> > not sure it's good idea to keep the count of that somewhere..
> > how about i make the warning smaller ;-)
>  
> >   # perf stat
> >   Forced system wide target.
> >   ...
>  
> > > BTW, this is how 'perf trace' works since day one, i.e. no target means
> > > system wide syscall tracing.
>  
> > or we could omit the warning completely as probably perf trace does
> 
> I think that we should have some note on the Documentation (have you
> added it?) and be done with it.
> 
> Another thing possiblity my mind, print that at the end? like:
> 
> perf record
> ^C[ perf record: Woken up 1 times to write data - system wide samples ]
> [ perf record: Captured and wrote 1.738 MB perf.data (7565 samples) ]
> 
> ----------
> 
> Then people will thing, hey, so now it does systemwide samples when I
> pass no target, I don't have anymore to type _three_ keys! cool! :-)

ok, posting the change with no warning

jirka

---
Boris asked for default -a option in case we monitor
only uncore events. While implementing that I thought
it might be actually useful to make it overall default.

Running 'perf stat' will now collect system wide data.

Requested-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-tq11of2qlz8kxpxzva05d54l@git.kernel.org
---
 tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt | 2 +-
 tools/perf/builtin-stat.c              | 3 ++-
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt
index d96ccd4844df..aecf2a87e7d6 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ report::
 
 -a::
 --all-cpus::
-        system-wide collection from all CPUs
+        system-wide collection from all CPUs (default if no target is specified)
 
 -c::
 --scale::
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
index f28719178b51..70ed4f9d014e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
@@ -2445,8 +2445,9 @@ int cmd_stat(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 	} else if (big_num_opt == 0) /* User passed --no-big-num */
 		big_num = false;
 
+	/* Make system wide (-a) the default target. */
 	if (!argc && target__none(&target))
-		usage_with_options(stat_usage, stat_options);
+		target.system_wide = true;
 
 	if (run_count < 0) {
 		pr_err("Run count must be a positive number\n");
-- 
2.7.4

Re: [PATCHv2 4/5] perf stat: Add -a as a default target

[Boris Petkov]

On February 17, 2017 6:00:34 PM GMT+01:00, Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com> wrote:
>---
>Boris asked for default -a option in case we monitor
>only uncore events. While implementing that I thought
>it might be actually useful to make it overall default.
>
>Running 'perf stat' will now collect system wide data.
>
>Requested-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
>Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
>Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
>Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
>Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
>Link:
>http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-tq11of2qlz8kxpxzva05d54l@git.kernel.org

LGTM.

Acked-by: me

Thanks.

-- 
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Re: [PATCHv2 4/5] perf stat: Add -a as a default target

[Borislav Petkov]

On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 06:48:13PM +0100, Boris Petkov wrote:
> LGTM.
> 
> Acked-by: me

Well, it looks good but actually trying it is a different story. For
example:

$ ./perf stat -e amd_nb/event=0xe0,umask=0x1f/ sleep 1

still says <not supported> because argc is not 0.

So how about the below diff instead?

$ ./perf stat -e amd_nb/event=0xe0,umask=0x1f/

without args dumps the usage message and

$ ./perf stat -e amd_nb/event=0xe0,umask=0x1f/ sleep 1

actually does the system-wide thing:

 Performance counter stats for 'system wide':

           196,469      amd_nb/event=0xe0,umask=0x1f/

       1.001815180 seconds time elapsed

Hmmm?

 tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt | 2 +-
 tools/perf/builtin-stat.c              | 3 ++-
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Index: linux/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt
===================================================================
--- linux.orig/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt	2017-02-18 18:38:23.751960730 +0100
+++ linux/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt	2017-02-18 18:38:23.743960730 +0100
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ report::
 
 -a::
 --all-cpus::
-        system-wide collection from all CPUs
+        system-wide collection from all CPUs (default if no target is specified)
 
 -c::
 --scale::
Index: linux/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
===================================================================
--- linux.orig/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c	2017-02-18 18:38:23.751960730 +0100
+++ linux/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c	2017-02-18 18:48:33.531959828 +0100
@@ -2445,8 +2445,12 @@ int cmd_stat(int argc, const char **argv
 	} else if (big_num_opt == 0) /* User passed --no-big-num */
 		big_num = false;
 
-	if (!argc && target__none(&target))
-		usage_with_options(stat_usage, stat_options);
+	/* Make system wide (-a) the default target. */
+	if (target__none(&target)) {
+		if (!argc)
+			usage_with_options(stat_usage, stat_options);
+		target.system_wide = true;
+	}
 
 	if (run_count < 0) {
 		pr_err("Run count must be a positive number\n");


-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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Re: [PATCHv2 4/5] perf stat: Add -a as a default target

[Jiri Olsa]

On Sat, Feb 18, 2017 at 06:52:25PM +0100, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 06:48:13PM +0100, Boris Petkov wrote:
> > LGTM.
> > 
> > Acked-by: me
> 
> Well, it looks good but actually trying it is a different story. For
> example:
> 
> $ ./perf stat -e amd_nb/event=0xe0,umask=0x1f/ sleep 1
> 
> still says <not supported> because argc is not 0.
> 
> So how about the below diff instead?
> 
> $ ./perf stat -e amd_nb/event=0xe0,umask=0x1f/
> 
> without args dumps the usage message and
> 
> $ ./perf stat -e amd_nb/event=0xe0,umask=0x1f/ sleep 1
> 
> actually does the system-wide thing:
> 
>  Performance counter stats for 'system wide':
> 
>            196,469      amd_nb/event=0xe0,umask=0x1f/
> 
>        1.001815180 seconds time elapsed
> 
> Hmmm?

ugh, I thought it was too easy ;-)

it looks good to me

thanks,
jirka

Re: [PATCHv2 4/5] perf stat: Add -a as a default target

[Borislav Petkov]

Btw, I received your mail just now - probably greylisting...

On Mon, Feb 20, 2017 at 10:44:33AM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> Isn't this confusing, i.e. people runnin 'tool workload' can be lead to
> think that the events reported took place just when the workload was
> running, i.e. on the same cpu and while it was being scheduled?

That's a good point.

> I understand the desire to avoid asking people to use -a, i.e. if it
> only makes sense as system wide, hey, do it as system wide, but can't
> this be confusing?

Well, I did

tool workload

and it said <not supported>. Now, if I'm the only one to stare puzzled
at this and wonder why it says "not supported", then sure, I know now
that I should use -a.

But if other users are as confused as me, you probably want to tell them
to try -a too, no?

IOW, we probably could extend my other patch which says that people
should try to disable the HW NMI watchdog to say "try using -a for
uncore-only events" when it detects <not supported>.

Thoughts?

-- 
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    Boris.

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Re: [PATCHv2 4/5] perf stat: Add -a as a default target

[Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo]

Em Mon, Feb 20, 2017 at 09:31:49PM +0100, Borislav Petkov escreveu:
> Btw, I received your mail just now - probably greylisting...
> 
> On Mon, Feb 20, 2017 at 10:44:33AM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> > Isn't this confusing, i.e. people runnin 'tool workload' can be lead to
> > think that the events reported took place just when the workload was
> > running, i.e. on the same cpu and while it was being scheduled?
> 
> That's a good point.
> 
> > I understand the desire to avoid asking people to use -a, i.e. if it
> > only makes sense as system wide, hey, do it as system wide, but can't
> > this be confusing?
> 
> Well, I did
> 
> tool workload
> 
> and it said <not supported>. Now, if I'm the only one to stare puzzled

Well, this one should be read (and written in the tool output as):

<not supported in workload only mode, try system wide, using -a>

> at this and wonder why it says "not supported", then sure, I know now
> that I should use -a.
> 
> But if other users are as confused as me, you probably want to tell them
> to try -a too, no?
> 
> IOW, we probably could extend my other patch which says that people
> should try to disable the HW NMI watchdog to say "try using -a for
> uncore-only events" when it detects <not supported>.

Right, the ENOTSUPP in this case needs to be properly expanded into
something meaningful, as suggested above.

> 
> Thoughts?
> 
> -- 
> Regards/Gruss,
>     Boris.
> 
> Good mailing practices for 400: avoid top-posting and trim the reply.

Re: [PATCHv2 4/5] perf stat: Add -a as a default target

[Borislav Petkov]

On Mon, Feb 20, 2017 at 06:22:54PM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> Well, this one should be read (and written in the tool output as):
> 
> <not supported in workload only mode, try system wide, using -a>

Do you want to change that CNTR_NOT_SUPPORTED string unconditionally to
something like above?

Because perf_evsel.supported seems like it means that counter is not
supported but not necessarily only because of the missing -a for an
uncore event, AFAICT. I could be wrong.

> Right, the ENOTSUPP in this case needs to be properly expanded into
> something meaningful, as suggested above.

I dumped errno in __run_perf_stat():

./perf stat -v -e amd_nb/event=0xe0,umask=0x1f/ sleep 1
Using CPUID AuthenticAMD-21-2
Warning:
amd_nb/event=0xe0,umask=0x1f/ event is not supported by the kernel: 22.

It is -EINVAL and the syscall returns -EINVAL in bunch of places so I'm
guessing this might not be a good way to match the retval to the proper
error message.

Peterz said something about scanning all events supplied by -e and if
all are uncore, to set -a automatically. Can we do that?

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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Re: [PATCHv2 4/5] perf stat: Add -a as a default target

[Jiri Olsa]

On Mon, Feb 20, 2017 at 11:47:16PM +0100, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 20, 2017 at 06:22:54PM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> > Well, this one should be read (and written in the tool output as):
> > 
> > <not supported in workload only mode, try system wide, using -a>
> 
> Do you want to change that CNTR_NOT_SUPPORTED string unconditionally to
> something like above?
> 
> Because perf_evsel.supported seems like it means that counter is not
> supported but not necessarily only because of the missing -a for an
> uncore event, AFAICT. I could be wrong.
> 
> > Right, the ENOTSUPP in this case needs to be properly expanded into
> > something meaningful, as suggested above.
> 
> I dumped errno in __run_perf_stat():
> 
> ./perf stat -v -e amd_nb/event=0xe0,umask=0x1f/ sleep 1
> Using CPUID AuthenticAMD-21-2
> Warning:
> amd_nb/event=0xe0,umask=0x1f/ event is not supported by the kernel: 22.
> 
> It is -EINVAL and the syscall returns -EINVAL in bunch of places so I'm
> guessing this might not be a good way to match the retval to the proper
> error message.
> 
> Peterz said something about scanning all events supplied by -e and if
> all are uncore, to set -a automatically. Can we do that?

right, so that's different from what we actually did.. ;-)

I'll check on this one.. might not be as straight forward,
because some uncore events might have already cpumask limit

jirka

Re: [PATCHv2 4/5] perf stat: Add -a as a default target

[Jiri Olsa]

On Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 08:54:37AM +0100, Jiri Olsa wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 20, 2017 at 11:47:16PM +0100, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> > On Mon, Feb 20, 2017 at 06:22:54PM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> > > Well, this one should be read (and written in the tool output as):
> > > 
> > > <not supported in workload only mode, try system wide, using -a>
> > 
> > Do you want to change that CNTR_NOT_SUPPORTED string unconditionally to
> > something like above?
> > 
> > Because perf_evsel.supported seems like it means that counter is not
> > supported but not necessarily only because of the missing -a for an
> > uncore event, AFAICT. I could be wrong.
> > 
> > > Right, the ENOTSUPP in this case needs to be properly expanded into
> > > something meaningful, as suggested above.
> > 
> > I dumped errno in __run_perf_stat():
> > 
> > ./perf stat -v -e amd_nb/event=0xe0,umask=0x1f/ sleep 1
> > Using CPUID AuthenticAMD-21-2
> > Warning:
> > amd_nb/event=0xe0,umask=0x1f/ event is not supported by the kernel: 22.
> > 
> > It is -EINVAL and the syscall returns -EINVAL in bunch of places so I'm
> > guessing this might not be a good way to match the retval to the proper
> > error message.
> > 
> > Peterz said something about scanning all events supplied by -e and if
> > all are uncore, to set -a automatically. Can we do that?
> 
> right, so that's different from what we actually did.. ;-)
> 
> I'll check on this one.. might not be as straight forward,
> because some uncore events might have already cpumask limit

could you please test this change?

thanks,
jirka


---
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/pmu.c b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/pmu.c
index 79fe07158d00..424055bf32c9 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/pmu.c
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/pmu.c
@@ -14,5 +14,6 @@ struct perf_event_attr *perf_pmu__get_default_config(struct perf_pmu *pmu __mayb
 	if (!strcmp(pmu->name, INTEL_BTS_PMU_NAME))
 		pmu->selectable = true;
 #endif
+	pmu->system_wide = strcmp(pmu->name, "cpu");
 	return NULL;
 }
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
index 13b54999ad79..e924d56f3232 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
@@ -2339,6 +2339,27 @@ static int __cmd_report(int argc, const char **argv)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static void setup_system_wide(int argc)
+{
+	/*
+	 * Make system wide (-a) the default target
+	 * or change the target to system_wide if
+	 * all the counters are system_ wide.
+	 */
+	if (!argc && target__none(&target))
+		target.system_wide = true;
+	else {
+		struct perf_evsel *counter;
+
+		evlist__for_each_entry(evsel_list, counter) {
+			if (!counter->system_wide)
+				return;
+		}
+
+		target.system_wide = true;
+	}
+}
+
 int cmd_stat(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 {
 	const char * const stat_usage[] = {
@@ -2445,9 +2466,7 @@ int cmd_stat(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 	} else if (big_num_opt == 0) /* User passed --no-big-num */
 		big_num = false;
 
-	/* Make system wide (-a) the default target. */
-	if (!argc && target__none(&target))
-		target.system_wide = true;
+	setup_system_wide(argc);
 
 	if (run_count < 0) {
 		pr_err("Run count must be a positive number\n");
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
index 67a8aebc67ab..8b06b21f1bbc 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
@@ -1254,6 +1254,7 @@ int parse_events_add_pmu(struct parse_events_evlist *data,
 		evsel->scale = info.scale;
 		evsel->per_pkg = info.per_pkg;
 		evsel->snapshot = info.snapshot;
+		evsel->system_wide = pmu->system_wide;
 	}
 
 	return evsel ? 0 : -ENOMEM;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/pmu.h b/tools/perf/util/pmu.h
index 00852ddc7741..0ce3ffacbf92 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/pmu.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/pmu.h
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ struct perf_pmu {
 	char *name;
 	__u32 type;
 	bool selectable;
+	bool system_wide;
 	struct perf_event_attr *default_config;
 	struct cpu_map *cpus;
 	struct list_head format;  /* HEAD struct perf_pmu_format -> list */

Re: [PATCHv2 4/5] perf stat: Add -a as a default target

[Borislav Petkov]

On Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 12:04:51PM +0100, Jiri Olsa wrote:
> could you please test this change?

LGTM, thanks!

$ ./perf stat -v -e amd_nb/event=0xe0,umask=0x1f/ sleep 1
Using CPUID AuthenticAMD-21-2
amd_nb/event=0xe0,umask=0x1f/: 249356 1002053637 1002053637

 Performance counter stats for 'system wide':

           249,356      amd_nb/event=0xe0,umask=0x1f/

       1.002080419 seconds time elapsed

$ ./perf stat -v -e amd_nb/event=0xe0,umask=0x1f/,cycles sleep 1
Using CPUID AuthenticAMD-21-2
Warning:
amd_nb/event=0xe0,umask=0x1f/ event is not supported by the kernel.
failed to read counter amd_nb/event=0xe0,umask=0x1f/
amd_nb/event=0xe0,umask=0x1f/: 0 0 0
cycles: 1223719 815034 815034

 Performance counter stats for 'sleep 1':

   <not supported>      amd_nb/event=0xe0,umask=0x1f/
         1,223,719      cycles

       1.001679931 seconds time elapsed

$ ./perf stat -v -e amd_nb/event=0xe0,umask=0x1f/,amd_nb/event=0xe1,umask=0x3/ sleep 1
Using CPUID AuthenticAMD-21-2
amd_nb/event=0xe0,umask=0x1f/: 262994 1001697720 1001697720
amd_nb/event=0xe1,umask=0x3/: 0 1001701216 1001701216

 Performance counter stats for 'system wide':

           262,994      amd_nb/event=0xe0,umask=0x1f
                 0      amd_nb/event=0xe1,umask=0x3/

       1.001718951 seconds time elapsed

$ ./perf stat -v -e amd_nb/event=0xe0,umask=0x1f/,amd_nb/event=0xe1,umask=0x3/,amd_nb/event=0xe2,umask=0x3/ sleep 1
Using CPUID AuthenticAMD-21-2
amd_nb/event=0xe0,umask=0x1f/: 203936 1001654831 1001654831
amd_nb/event=0xe1,umask=0x3/: 0 1001657636 1001657636
amd_nb/event=0xe2,umask=0x3/: 988016 1001657991 1001657991

 Performance counter stats for 'system wide':

           203,936      amd_nb/event=0xe0,umask=0x1f/
                 0      amd_nb/event=0xe1,umask=0x3/
           988,016      amd_nb/event=0xe2,umask=0x3/

       1.001681434 seconds time elapsed

$ ./perf stat -v -a -e amd_nb/event=0xe0,umask=0x1f/,amd_nb/event=0xe1,umask=0x3/,amd_nb/event=0xe2,umask=0x3/,cycles sleep 1
Using CPUID AuthenticAMD-21-2
amd_nb/event=0xe0,umask=0x1f/: 365803 1001738673 1001738673
amd_nb/event=0xe1,umask=0x3/: 0 1001736790 1001736790
amd_nb/event=0xe2,umask=0x3/: 1884159 1001731876 1001731876
cycles: 156820391 8014227609 8014227609

 Performance counter stats for 'system wide':

           365,803      amd_nb/event=0xe0,umask=0x1f/
                 0      amd_nb/event=0xe1,umask=0x3/
         1,884,159      amd_nb/event=0xe2,umask=0x3/
       156,820,391      cycles

       1.001963906 seconds time elapsed

-- 
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    Boris.

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Re: [PATCHv2 4/5] perf stat: Add -a as a default target

[Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo]

Em Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 12:20:28PM +0100, Borislav Petkov escreveu:
> On Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 12:04:51PM +0100, Jiri Olsa wrote:
> > could you please test this change?
> 
> LGTM, thanks!

Only one remark about a misleading warning, that is not a warning, is an
error, as its mere presence prevents what was asked for from being
performed.
 
> $ ./perf stat -v -e amd_nb/event=0xe0,umask=0x1f/ sleep 1
> Using CPUID AuthenticAMD-21-2
> amd_nb/event=0xe0,umask=0x1f/: 249356 1002053637 1002053637
> 
>  Performance counter stats for 'system wide':
> 
>            249,356      amd_nb/event=0xe0,umask=0x1f/
> 
>        1.002080419 seconds time elapsed
> 
> $ ./perf stat -v -e amd_nb/event=0xe0,umask=0x1f/,cycles sleep 1
> Using CPUID AuthenticAMD-21-2
> Warning:
  ^^^^^^^
  ^^^^^^^
  Error:
  ^^^^^^^
  ^^^^^^^
> amd_nb/event=0xe0,umask=0x1f/ event is not supported by the kernel.
                                                                     in system wide mode.
                                                                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                                                                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                                                                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

It _is_ supported by the kernel, and by the hardware, its just that it
is not supported in system wide mode, that BTW, in the case above, the
user doesn't even asked for (-a wasn't in the command line).

> failed to read counter amd_nb/event=0xe0,umask=0x1f/
> amd_nb/event=0xe0,umask=0x1f/: 0 0 0
> cycles: 1223719 815034 815034
> 
>  Performance counter stats for 'sleep 1':
> 
>    <not supported>      amd_nb/event=0xe0,umask=0x1f/
>          1,223,719      cycles
> 
>        1.001679931 seconds time elapsed
> 
> $ ./perf stat -v -e amd_nb/event=0xe0,umask=0x1f/,amd_nb/event=0xe1,umask=0x3/ sleep 1
> Using CPUID AuthenticAMD-21-2
> amd_nb/event=0xe0,umask=0x1f/: 262994 1001697720 1001697720
> amd_nb/event=0xe1,umask=0x3/: 0 1001701216 1001701216
> 
>  Performance counter stats for 'system wide':
> 
>            262,994      amd_nb/event=0xe0,umask=0x1f
>                  0      amd_nb/event=0xe1,umask=0x3/
> 
>        1.001718951 seconds time elapsed
> 
> $ ./perf stat -v -e amd_nb/event=0xe0,umask=0x1f/,amd_nb/event=0xe1,umask=0x3/,amd_nb/event=0xe2,umask=0x3/ sleep 1
> Using CPUID AuthenticAMD-21-2
> amd_nb/event=0xe0,umask=0x1f/: 203936 1001654831 1001654831
> amd_nb/event=0xe1,umask=0x3/: 0 1001657636 1001657636
> amd_nb/event=0xe2,umask=0x3/: 988016 1001657991 1001657991
> 
>  Performance counter stats for 'system wide':
> 
>            203,936      amd_nb/event=0xe0,umask=0x1f/
>                  0      amd_nb/event=0xe1,umask=0x3/
>            988,016      amd_nb/event=0xe2,umask=0x3/
> 
>        1.001681434 seconds time elapsed
> 
> $ ./perf stat -v -a -e amd_nb/event=0xe0,umask=0x1f/,amd_nb/event=0xe1,umask=0x3/,amd_nb/event=0xe2,umask=0x3/,cycles sleep 1
> Using CPUID AuthenticAMD-21-2
> amd_nb/event=0xe0,umask=0x1f/: 365803 1001738673 1001738673
> amd_nb/event=0xe1,umask=0x3/: 0 1001736790 1001736790
> amd_nb/event=0xe2,umask=0x3/: 1884159 1001731876 1001731876
> cycles: 156820391 8014227609 8014227609
> 
>  Performance counter stats for 'system wide':
> 
>            365,803      amd_nb/event=0xe0,umask=0x1f/
>                  0      amd_nb/event=0xe1,umask=0x3/
>          1,884,159      amd_nb/event=0xe2,umask=0x3/
>        156,820,391      cycles
> 
>        1.001963906 seconds time elapsed
> 
> -- 
> Regards/Gruss,
>     Boris.
> 
> Good mailing practices for 400: avoid top-posting and trim the reply.

Re: [PATCHv2 4/5] perf stat: Add -a as a default target

[Borislav Petkov]

On Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 10:34:26AM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> It _is_ supported by the kernel, and by the hardware, its just that it
> is not supported in system wide mode, that BTW, in the case above, the
> user doesn't even asked for (-a wasn't in the command line).

Well, that warning is issued for a bunch of errno's. Lumping them all
together is probably not what you want.

Also, EINVAL for example, as I noted earlier, can be issued for a
variety of conditions...

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

Good mailing practices for 400: avoid top-posting and trim the reply.

Re: [PATCHv2 4/5] perf stat: Add -a as a default target

[Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo]

Em Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 03:05:44PM +0100, Borislav Petkov escreveu:
> On Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 10:34:26AM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> > It _is_ supported by the kernel, and by the hardware, its just that it
> > is not supported in system wide mode, that BTW, in the case above, the
> > user doesn't even asked for (-a wasn't in the command line).
> 
> Well, that warning is issued for a bunch of errno's. Lumping them all
> together is probably not what you want.
> 
> Also, EINVAL for example, as I noted earlier, can be issued for a
> variety of conditions...

That is well understood, but it doesn't prevents us from trying to, with
the context in mind, disambiguate that value into meaningful messages,
that ends up being possible to a great degree, see, for instance:

  perf_evsel__open_strerror()

It will take the errno and internal evsel state to try to provide a
better error message. So, if it is a uncore event and it the error
when trying to open it is EINVAL and it evsel->system_wide is not set...

- Arnaldo

[tip:perf/urgent] perf stat: Add -a as default target

[tip-bot for Jiri Olsa]

Commit-ID:  0d79f8b93187c771b6971acfaba67f4e2f1e0710
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/0d79f8b93187c771b6971acfaba67f4e2f1e0710
Author:     Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
AuthorDate: Fri, 17 Feb 2017 18:00:34 +0100
Committer:  Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
CommitDate: Fri, 17 Feb 2017 17:31:10 -0300

perf stat: Add -a as default target

Boris asked for default -a option in case we monitor only uncore events.

While implementing that I thought it might be actually useful to make it
overall default.

Running 'perf stat' will now collect system wide data.

Committer note:

Testing it:

  # perf stat
  ^C
   Performance counter stats for 'system wide':

         3571.559178      cpu-clock (msec)          #    4.000 CPUs utilized
               3,346      context-switches          #    0.937 K/sec
                 277      cpu-migrations            #    0.078 K/sec
              57,271      page-faults               #    0.016 M/sec
       4,535,633,835      cycles                    #    1.270 GHz
       6,389,736,516      instructions              #    1.41  insn per cycle
       1,541,293,875      branches                  #  431.547 M/sec
          14,526,396      branch-misses             #    0.94% of all branches

         0.892950118 seconds time elapsed

  #

Requested-and-Acked-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170217170034.GB15389@krava
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
---
 tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt | 2 +-
 tools/perf/builtin-stat.c              | 3 ++-
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt
index d96ccd4..aecf2a8 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ report::
 
 -a::
 --all-cpus::
-        system-wide collection from all CPUs
+        system-wide collection from all CPUs (default if no target is specified)
 
 -c::
 --scale::
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
index ca27a8a..9989b03 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
@@ -2445,8 +2445,9 @@ int cmd_stat(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 	} else if (big_num_opt == 0) /* User passed --no-big-num */
 		big_num = false;
 
+	/* Make system wide (-a) the default target. */
 	if (!argc && target__none(&target))
-		usage_with_options(stat_usage, stat_options);
+		target.system_wide = true;
 
 	if (run_count < 0) {
 		pr_err("Run count must be a positive number\n");

[PATCH 5/5] perf record: Add -a as a default target

[Jiri Olsa]

Adding system wide (-a) option as a default target
if non is specified.

  # perf record
  Warning: No target specified, setting system-wide collection (-a).
  ...

Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-tq11of2qlz8kxpxzva05d54l@git.kernel.org
---
 tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt | 2 +-
 tools/perf/builtin-record.c              | 6 ++++--
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
index 27256bc68eda..b16003ec14a7 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ OPTIONS
 
 -a::
 --all-cpus::
-        System-wide collection from all CPUs.
+        System-wide collection from all CPUs (default if no target is specified).
 
 -p::
 --pid=::
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index 6cd6776052e7..dab23f6b10f3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -1677,8 +1677,10 @@ int cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 
 	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, record_options, record_usage,
 			    PARSE_OPT_STOP_AT_NON_OPTION);
-	if (!argc && target__none(&rec->opts.target))
-		usage_with_options(record_usage, record_options);
+	if (!argc && target__none(&rec->opts.target)) {
+		pr_warning("Warning: No target specified, setting system-wide collection (-a).\n");
+		rec->opts.target.system_wide = true;
+	}
 
 	if (nr_cgroups && !rec->opts.target.system_wide) {
 		usage_with_options_msg(record_usage, record_options,
-- 
2.7.4

Re: [PATCH 5/5] perf record: Add -a as a default target

[Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo]

Em Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 03:00:58PM +0100, Jiri Olsa escreveu:
> Adding system wide (-a) option as a default target
> if non is specified.
> 
>   # perf record
>   Warning: No target specified, setting system-wide collection (-a).

Ditto, this warning will get annoying after a while...

>   ...
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
> Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-tq11of2qlz8kxpxzva05d54l@git.kernel.org
> ---
>  tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt | 2 +-
>  tools/perf/builtin-record.c              | 6 ++++--
>  2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
> index 27256bc68eda..b16003ec14a7 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
> +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
> @@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ OPTIONS
>  
>  -a::
>  --all-cpus::
> -        System-wide collection from all CPUs.
> +        System-wide collection from all CPUs (default if no target is specified).
>  
>  -p::
>  --pid=::
> diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
> index 6cd6776052e7..dab23f6b10f3 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
> @@ -1677,8 +1677,10 @@ int cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
>  
>  	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, record_options, record_usage,
>  			    PARSE_OPT_STOP_AT_NON_OPTION);
> -	if (!argc && target__none(&rec->opts.target))
> -		usage_with_options(record_usage, record_options);
> +	if (!argc && target__none(&rec->opts.target)) {
> +		pr_warning("Warning: No target specified, setting system-wide collection (-a).\n");
> +		rec->opts.target.system_wide = true;
> +	}
>  
>  	if (nr_cgroups && !rec->opts.target.system_wide) {
>  		usage_with_options_msg(record_usage, record_options,
> -- 
> 2.7.4

Re: [PATCH 5/5] perf record: Add -a as a default target

[Jiri Olsa]

On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 11:28:14AM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> Em Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 03:00:58PM +0100, Jiri Olsa escreveu:
> > Adding system wide (-a) option as a default target
> > if non is specified.
> > 
> >   # perf record
> >   Warning: No target specified, setting system-wide collection (-a).
> 
> Ditto, this warning will get annoying after a while...

ok, posting the change with no warning

jirka

---
Adding system wide (-a) option as a default target
if non is specified.

Running 'perf record' will now collect system wide data.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-tq11of2qlz8kxpxzva05d54l@git.kernel.org
---
 tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt | 2 +-
 tools/perf/builtin-record.c              | 4 +++-
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
index 27256bc68eda..b16003ec14a7 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ OPTIONS
 
 -a::
 --all-cpus::
-        System-wide collection from all CPUs.
+        System-wide collection from all CPUs (default if no target is specified).
 
 -p::
 --pid=::
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index 6cd6776052e7..b87bbef73394 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -1677,8 +1677,10 @@ int cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 
 	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, record_options, record_usage,
 			    PARSE_OPT_STOP_AT_NON_OPTION);
+
+	/* Make system wide (-a) the default target. */
 	if (!argc && target__none(&rec->opts.target))
-		usage_with_options(record_usage, record_options);
+		rec->opts.target.system_wide = true;
 
 	if (nr_cgroups && !rec->opts.target.system_wide) {
 		usage_with_options_msg(record_usage, record_options,
-- 
2.7.4

[tip:perf/urgent] perf record: Add -a as default target

[tip-bot for Jiri Olsa]

Commit-ID:  483635a9d0802d5ffbe402ceac5b93ddb2acb138
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/483635a9d0802d5ffbe402ceac5b93ddb2acb138
Author:     Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
AuthorDate: Fri, 17 Feb 2017 18:00:18 +0100
Committer:  Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
CommitDate: Fri, 17 Feb 2017 17:32:38 -0300

perf record: Add -a as default target

Running 'perf record' with no target (-a, -p, -t, etc) will now collect
system wide data.

Commiter notes:

Testing it:

  [root@jouet ~]# perf record
  ^C[ perf record: Woken up 1 times to write data ]
  [ perf record: Captured and wrote 1.351 MB perf.data (366 samples) ]
  #

is equivalent to:

  # perf record -a
  ^C[ perf record: Woken up 1 times to write data ]
  [ perf record: Captured and wrote 1.411 MB perf.data (978 samples) ]
  #

Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170217170018.GA15389@krava
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
---
 tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt | 2 +-
 tools/perf/builtin-record.c              | 4 +++-
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
index 27256bc..b16003e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ OPTIONS
 
 -a::
 --all-cpus::
-        System-wide collection from all CPUs.
+        System-wide collection from all CPUs (default if no target is specified).
 
 -p::
 --pid=::
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index 6cd6776..b87bbef 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -1677,8 +1677,10 @@ int cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 
 	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, record_options, record_usage,
 			    PARSE_OPT_STOP_AT_NON_OPTION);
+
+	/* Make system wide (-a) the default target. */
 	if (!argc && target__none(&rec->opts.target))
-		usage_with_options(record_usage, record_options);
+		rec->opts.target.system_wide = true;
 
 	if (nr_cgroups && !rec->opts.target.system_wide) {
 		usage_with_options_msg(record_usage, record_options,