[PATCH v5 6/7] perf report: Show branch type statistics for stdio mode

Jin Yao
2017-04-19T07:51:24Z

Show the branch type statistics at the end of perf report --stdio.

For example:
perf report --stdio

JCC forward: 27.6%
JCC backward: 10.0%
CROSS_4K: 0.0%
CROSS_2M: 14.3%
JCC: 37.6%
JMP: 0.0%
IND_JMP: 6.5%
CALL: 26.6%
IND_CALL: 0.0%
RET: 29.3%

The branch types are:
---------------------
JCC forward: Conditional forward jump
JCC backward: Conditional backward jump
JMP: Jump imm
IND_JMP: Jump reg/mem
CALL: Call imm
IND_CALL: Call reg/mem
RET: Ret
SYSCALL: Syscall
SYSRET: Syscall return
IRQ: HW interrupt/trap/fault
INT: SW interrupt
IRET: Return from interrupt
FAR_BRANCH: Others not generic branch type

CROSS_4K and CROSS_2M:
----------------------
They are the metrics checking for branches cross 4K or 2MB pages.
It's an approximate computing. We don't know if the area is 4K or
2MB, so always compute both.

To make the output simple, if a branch crosses 2M area, CROSS_4K
will not be incremented.

Change log
----------

v5: Remove the unnecessary sort__mode checking in
hist_iter__branch_callback().

v4: Comparing to previous version, the major changes are:

Add the computing of JCC forward/JCC backward and cross page checking
by using the from and to addresses.

Signed-off-by: Jin Yao <yao.jin@linux.intel.com>
---
tools/perf/builtin-report.c | 69 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
tools/perf/util/hist.c | 5 +---
2 files changed, 70 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
index c18158b..0050b13 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
#include "arch/common.h"
#include "util/time-utils.h"
#include "util/auxtrace.h"
+#include "util/branch.h"

#include <dlfcn.h>
#include <linux/bitmap.h>
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@ struct report {
u64 queue_size;
int socket_filter;
DECLARE_BITMAP(cpu_bitmap, MAX_NR_CPUS);
+ struct branch_type_stat brtype_stat;
};

static int report__config(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
@@ -144,6 +146,22 @@ static int hist_iter__report_callback(struct hist_entry_iter *iter,
return err;
}

+static int hist_iter__branch_callback(struct hist_entry_iter *iter,
+ struct addr_location *al __maybe_unused,
+ bool single __maybe_unused,
+ void *arg)
+{
+ struct hist_entry *he = iter->he;
+ struct report *rep = arg;
+ struct branch_info *bi;
+
+ bi = he->branch_info;
+ branch_type_count(&rep->brtype_stat, &bi->flags,
+ bi->from.addr, bi->to.addr);
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
static int process_sample_event(struct perf_tool *tool,
union perf_event *event,
struct perf_sample *sample,
@@ -182,6 +200,8 @@ static int process_sample_event(struct perf_tool *tool,
*/
if (!sample->branch_stack)
goto out_put;
+
+ iter.add_entry_cb = hist_iter__branch_callback;
iter.ops = &hist_iter_branch;
} else if (rep->mem_mode) {
iter.ops = &hist_iter_mem;
@@ -369,6 +389,50 @@ static size_t hists__fprintf_nr_sample_events(struct hists *hists, struct report
return ret + fprintf(fp, "\n#\n");
}

+static void branch_type_stat_display(FILE *fp, struct branch_type_stat *stat)
+{
+ u64 total = 0;
+ int i;
+
+ for (i = 0; i < PERF_BR_MAX; i++)
+ total += stat->counts[i];
+
+ if (total == 0)
+ return;
+
+ fprintf(fp, "\n#");
+ fprintf(fp, "\n# Branch Statistics:");
+ fprintf(fp, "\n#");
+
+ if (stat->jcc_fwd > 0)
+ fprintf(fp, "\n%12s: %5.1f%%",
+ "JCC forward",
+ 100.0 * (double)stat->jcc_fwd / (double)total);
+
+ if (stat->jcc_bwd > 0)
+ fprintf(fp, "\n%12s: %5.1f%%",
+ "JCC backward",
+ 100.0 * (double)stat->jcc_bwd / (double)total);
+
+ if (stat->cross_4k > 0)
+ fprintf(fp, "\n%12s: %5.1f%%",
+ "CROSS_4K",
+ 100.0 * (double)stat->cross_4k / (double)total);
+
+ if (stat->cross_2m > 0)
+ fprintf(fp, "\n%12s: %5.1f%%",
+ "CROSS_2M",
+ 100.0 * (double)stat->cross_2m / (double)total);
+
+ for (i = 0; i < PERF_BR_MAX; i++) {
+ if (stat->counts[i] > 0)
+ fprintf(fp, "\n%12s: %5.1f%%",
+ branch_type_name(i),
+ 100.0 *
+ (double)stat->counts[i] / (double)total);
+ }
+}
+
static int perf_evlist__tty_browse_hists(struct perf_evlist *evlist,
struct report *rep,
const char *help)
@@ -404,6 +468,9 @@ static int perf_evlist__tty_browse_hists(struct perf_evlist *evlist,
perf_read_values_destroy(&rep->show_threads_values);
}

+ if (sort__mode == SORT_MODE__BRANCH)
+ branch_type_stat_display(stdout, &rep->brtype_stat);
+
return 0;
}

@@ -936,6 +1003,8 @@ int cmd_report(int argc, const char **argv)
if (has_br_stack && branch_call_mode)
symbol_conf.show_branchflag_count = true;

+ memset(&report.brtype_stat, 0, sizeof(struct branch_type_stat));
+
/*
* Branch mode is a tristate:
* -1 means default, so decide based on the file having branch data.
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/hist.c b/tools/perf/util/hist.c
index 61bf304..c8aee25 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/hist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/hist.c
@@ -745,12 +745,9 @@ iter_prepare_branch_entry(struct hist_entry_iter *iter, struct addr_location *al
}

static int
-iter_add_single_branch_entry(struct hist_entry_iter *iter,
+iter_add_single_branch_entry(struct hist_entry_iter *iter __maybe_unused,
struct addr_location *al __maybe_unused)
{
- /* to avoid calling callback function */
- iter->he = NULL;
-
return 0;
}

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