[PATCH v3 2/9] perf record: implement -f,--mmap-flush= option

Alexey Budankov
2019-02-26T05:55:33Z

Implemented -f,--mmap-flush option that specifies threshold to postpone
and/or trigger the move of data from mmaped kernel buffers to a storage.

The option can be used to avoid capturing every single byte of data into
the stored trace. The default option value is 1.

$ tools/perf/perf record -f 1024 -e cycles -- matrix.gcc
$ tools/perf/perf record --aio -f 1024 -e cycles -- matrix.gcc

Implemented sync param is the mean to force data move independently from
the threshold value. Despite a user provides flush value from the command
line, the tool needs capability to drain memory buffers, at least in the
end of the collection.

Signed-off-by: Alexey Budankov <alexey.budankov@linux.intel.com>
---
tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt | 5 +++
tools/perf/builtin-record.c | 53 +++++++++++++++++++++---
tools/perf/perf.h | 1 +
tools/perf/util/evlist.c | 6 +--
tools/perf/util/evlist.h | 3 +-
tools/perf/util/mmap.c | 4 +-
tools/perf/util/mmap.h | 3 +-
7 files changed, 63 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
index 8f0c2be34848..8276d6517812 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
@@ -459,6 +459,11 @@ Set affinity mask of trace reading thread according to the policy defined by 'mo
node - thread affinity mask is set to NUMA node cpu mask of the processed mmap buffer
cpu - thread affinity mask is set to cpu of the processed mmap buffer

+-f::
+--mmap-flush=n::
+Minimal number of bytes accumulated in mmaped kernel buffer that is flushed to a storage (default: 1).
+Maximal allowed value is a quarter of mmaped kernel buffer size.
+
--all-kernel::
Configure all used events to run in kernel space.

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index 6c3719ac901d..6235cc6b59e9 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -334,6 +334,29 @@ static int record__aio_enabled(struct record *rec)
return rec->opts.nr_cblocks > 0;
}

+#define MMAP_FLUSH_DEFAULT 1
+static int record__mmap_flush_parse(const struct option *opt,
+ const char *str,
+ int unset)
+{
+ int mmap_len;
+ struct record_opts *opts = (struct record_opts *)opt->value;
+
+ if (unset)
+ return 0;
+
+ if (str)
+ opts->mmap_flush = strtol(str, NULL, 0);
+ if (!opts->mmap_flush)
+ opts->mmap_flush = MMAP_FLUSH_DEFAULT;
+
+ mmap_len = perf_evlist__mmap_size(opts->mmap_pages);
+ if (opts->mmap_flush > mmap_len / 4)
+ opts->mmap_flush = mmap_len / 4;
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
static int process_synthesized_event(struct perf_tool *tool,
union perf_event *event,
struct perf_sample *sample __maybe_unused,
@@ -543,7 +566,8 @@ static int record__mmap_evlist(struct record *rec,
if (perf_evlist__mmap_ex(evlist, opts->mmap_pages,
opts->auxtrace_mmap_pages,
opts->auxtrace_snapshot_mode,
- opts->nr_cblocks, opts->affinity) < 0) {
+ opts->nr_cblocks, opts->affinity,
+ opts->mmap_flush) < 0) {
if (errno == EPERM) {
pr_err("Permission error mapping pages.\n"
"Consider increasing "
@@ -734,7 +758,7 @@ static void record__adjust_affinity(struct record *rec, struct perf_mmap *map)
}

static int record__mmap_read_evlist(struct record *rec, struct perf_evlist *evlist,
- bool overwrite)
+ bool overwrite, bool sync)
{
u64 bytes_written = rec->bytes_written;
int i;
@@ -757,12 +781,19 @@ static int record__mmap_read_evlist(struct record *rec, struct perf_evlist *evli
off = record__aio_get_pos(trace_fd);

for (i = 0; i < evlist->nr_mmaps; i++) {
+ u64 flush = MMAP_FLUSH_DEFAULT;
struct perf_mmap *map = &maps[i];

if (map->base) {
record__adjust_affinity(rec, map);
+ if (sync) {
+ flush = map->flush;
+ map->flush = MMAP_FLUSH_DEFAULT;
+ }
if (!record__aio_enabled(rec)) {
if (perf_mmap__push(map, rec, record__pushfn) != 0) {
+ if (sync)
+ map->flush = flush;
rc = -1;
goto out;
}
@@ -775,10 +806,14 @@ static int record__mmap_read_evlist(struct record *rec, struct perf_evlist *evli
idx = record__aio_sync(map, false);
if (perf_mmap__aio_push(map, rec, idx, record__aio_pushfn, &off) != 0) {
record__aio_set_pos(trace_fd, off);
+ if (sync)
+ map->flush = flush;
rc = -1;
goto out;
}
}
+ if (sync)
+ map->flush = flush;
}

if (map->auxtrace_mmap.base && !rec->opts.auxtrace_snapshot_mode &&
@@ -804,15 +839,15 @@ static int record__mmap_read_evlist(struct record *rec, struct perf_evlist *evli
return rc;
}

-static int record__mmap_read_all(struct record *rec)
+static int record__mmap_read_all(struct record *rec, bool sync)
{
int err;

- err = record__mmap_read_evlist(rec, rec->evlist, false);
+ err = record__mmap_read_evlist(rec, rec->evlist, false, sync);
if (err)
return err;

- return record__mmap_read_evlist(rec, rec->evlist, true);
+ return record__mmap_read_evlist(rec, rec->evlist, true, sync);
}

static void record__init_features(struct record *rec)
@@ -1311,7 +1346,7 @@ static int __cmd_record(struct record *rec, int argc, const char **argv)
if (trigger_is_hit(&switch_output_trigger) || done || draining)
perf_evlist__toggle_bkw_mmap(rec->evlist, BKW_MMAP_DATA_PENDING);

- if (record__mmap_read_all(rec) < 0) {
+ if (record__mmap_read_all(rec, false) < 0) {
trigger_error(&auxtrace_snapshot_trigger);
trigger_error(&switch_output_trigger);
err = -1;
@@ -1412,6 +1447,7 @@ static int __cmd_record(struct record *rec, int argc, const char **argv)
record__synthesize_workload(rec, true);

out_child:
+ record__mmap_read_all(rec, true);
record__aio_mmap_read_sync(rec);

if (forks) {
@@ -1814,6 +1850,7 @@ static struct record record = {
.uses_mmap = true,
.default_per_cpu = true,
},
+ .mmap_flush = MMAP_FLUSH_DEFAULT,
},
.tool = {
.sample = process_sample_event,
@@ -1880,6 +1917,9 @@ static struct option __record_options[] = {
OPT_CALLBACK('m', "mmap-pages", &record.opts, "pages[,pages]",
"number of mmap data pages and AUX area tracing mmap pages",
record__parse_mmap_pages),
+ OPT_CALLBACK('f', "mmap-flush", &record.opts, "bytes",
+ "Minimal number of bytes in mmap data pages that is written to a storage (default: 1)",
+ record__mmap_flush_parse),
OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "group", &record.opts.group,
"put the counters into a counter group"),
OPT_CALLBACK_NOOPT('g', NULL, &callchain_param,
@@ -2183,6 +2223,7 @@ int cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv)
pr_info("nr_cblocks: %d\n", rec->opts.nr_cblocks);

pr_debug("affinity: %s\n", affinity_tags[rec->opts.affinity]);
+ pr_debug("mmap flush: %d\n", rec->opts.mmap_flush);

err = __cmd_record(&record, argc, argv);
out:
diff --git a/tools/perf/perf.h b/tools/perf/perf.h
index b120e547ddc7..7886cc9771cf 100644
--- a/tools/perf/perf.h
+++ b/tools/perf/perf.h
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ struct record_opts {
u64 clockid_res_ns;
int nr_cblocks;
int affinity;
+ int mmap_flush;
};

enum perf_affinity {
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
index 08cedb643ea6..937039faac59 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
@@ -1022,7 +1022,7 @@ int perf_evlist__parse_mmap_pages(const struct option *opt, const char *str,
*/
int perf_evlist__mmap_ex(struct perf_evlist *evlist, unsigned int pages,
unsigned int auxtrace_pages,
- bool auxtrace_overwrite, int nr_cblocks, int affinity)
+ bool auxtrace_overwrite, int nr_cblocks, int affinity, int flush)
{
struct perf_evsel *evsel;
const struct cpu_map *cpus = evlist->cpus;
@@ -1032,7 +1032,7 @@ int perf_evlist__mmap_ex(struct perf_evlist *evlist, unsigned int pages,
* Its value is decided by evsel's write_backward.
* So &mp should not be passed through const pointer.
*/
- struct mmap_params mp = { .nr_cblocks = nr_cblocks, .affinity = affinity };
+ struct mmap_params mp = { .nr_cblocks = nr_cblocks, .affinity = affinity, .flush = flush };

if (!evlist->mmap)
evlist->mmap = perf_evlist__alloc_mmap(evlist, false);
@@ -1064,7 +1064,7 @@ int perf_evlist__mmap_ex(struct perf_evlist *evlist, unsigned int pages,

int perf_evlist__mmap(struct perf_evlist *evlist, unsigned int pages)
{
- return perf_evlist__mmap_ex(evlist, pages, 0, false, 0, PERF_AFFINITY_SYS);
+ return perf_evlist__mmap_ex(evlist, pages, 0, false, 0, PERF_AFFINITY_SYS, 1);
}

int perf_evlist__create_maps(struct perf_evlist *evlist, struct target *target)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.h b/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
index 744906dd4887..edf18811e39f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
@@ -165,7 +165,8 @@ unsigned long perf_event_mlock_kb_in_pages(void);

int perf_evlist__mmap_ex(struct perf_evlist *evlist, unsigned int pages,
unsigned int auxtrace_pages,
- bool auxtrace_overwrite, int nr_cblocks, int affinity);
+ bool auxtrace_overwrite, int nr_cblocks,
+ int affinity, int flush);
int perf_evlist__mmap(struct perf_evlist *evlist, unsigned int pages);
void perf_evlist__munmap(struct perf_evlist *evlist);

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/mmap.c b/tools/perf/util/mmap.c
index cdc7740fc181..ef3d79b2c90b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/mmap.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/mmap.c
@@ -440,6 +440,8 @@ int perf_mmap__mmap(struct perf_mmap *map, struct mmap_params *mp, int fd, int c

perf_mmap__setup_affinity_mask(map, mp);

+ map->flush = mp->flush;
+
if (auxtrace_mmap__mmap(&map->auxtrace_mmap,
&mp->auxtrace_mp, map->base, fd))
return -1;
@@ -492,7 +494,7 @@ static int __perf_mmap__read_init(struct perf_mmap *md)
md->start = md->overwrite ? head : old;
md->end = md->overwrite ? old : head;

- if (md->start == md->end)
+ if ((md->end - md->start) < md->flush)
return -EAGAIN;

size = md->end - md->start;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/mmap.h b/tools/perf/util/mmap.h
index e566c19b242b..b82f8c2d55c4 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/mmap.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/mmap.h
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ struct perf_mmap {
} aio;
#endif
cpu_set_t affinity_mask;
+ u64 flush;
};

/*
@@ -70,7 +71,7 @@ enum bkw_mmap_state {
};

struct mmap_params {
- int prot, mask, nr_cblocks, affinity;
+ int prot, mask, nr_cblocks, affinity, flush;
struct auxtrace_mmap_params auxtrace_mp;
};