[PATCH v3 07/10] libperf: Add support for user space counter access

Rob Herring
2020-09-11T21:52:48Z

x86 and arm64 can both support direct access of event counters in
userspace. The access sequence is less than trivial and currently exists
in perf test code (tools/perf/arch/x86/tests/rdpmc.c) with copies in
projects such as PAPI and libpfm4.

In order to support usersapce access, an event must be mmapped first
with perf_evsel__mmap(). Then subsequent calls to perf_evsel__read()
will use the fast path (assuming the arch supports it).

Signed-off-by: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>
---
v3:
- Split out perf_evsel__mmap() to separate patch
---
tools/lib/perf/evsel.c | 3 +
tools/lib/perf/include/internal/mmap.h | 3 +
tools/lib/perf/mmap.c | 90 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
tools/lib/perf/tests/test-evsel.c | 63 ++++++++++++++++++
4 files changed, 159 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/lib/perf/evsel.c b/tools/lib/perf/evsel.c
index 99fa53dc0887..4164e6524453 100644
--- a/tools/lib/perf/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/lib/perf/evsel.c
@@ -222,6 +222,9 @@ int perf_evsel__read(struct perf_evsel *evsel, int cpu, int thread,
if (FD(evsel, cpu, thread) < 0)
return -EINVAL;

+ if (evsel->mmap && !perf_mmap__read_self(evsel->mmap, count))
+ return 0;
+
if (readn(FD(evsel, cpu, thread), count->values, size) <= 0)
return -errno;

diff --git a/tools/lib/perf/include/internal/mmap.h b/tools/lib/perf/include/internal/mmap.h
index be7556e0a2b2..5e3422f40ed5 100644
--- a/tools/lib/perf/include/internal/mmap.h
+++ b/tools/lib/perf/include/internal/mmap.h
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
#define PERF_SAMPLE_MAX_SIZE (1 << 16)

struct perf_mmap;
+struct perf_counts_values;

typedef void (*libperf_unmap_cb_t)(struct perf_mmap *map);

@@ -52,4 +53,6 @@ void perf_mmap__put(struct perf_mmap *map);

u64 perf_mmap__read_head(struct perf_mmap *map);

+int perf_mmap__read_self(struct perf_mmap *map, struct perf_counts_values *count);
+
#endif /* __LIBPERF_INTERNAL_MMAP_H */
diff --git a/tools/lib/perf/mmap.c b/tools/lib/perf/mmap.c
index 79d5ed6c38cc..cb07969cfdbf 100644
--- a/tools/lib/perf/mmap.c
+++ b/tools/lib/perf/mmap.c
@@ -8,9 +8,11 @@
#include <linux/perf_event.h>
#include <perf/mmap.h>
#include <perf/event.h>
+#include <perf/evsel.h>
#include <internal/mmap.h>
#include <internal/lib.h>
#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/math64.h>
#include "internal.h"

void perf_mmap__init(struct perf_mmap *map, struct perf_mmap *prev,
@@ -273,3 +275,91 @@ union perf_event *perf_mmap__read_event(struct perf_mmap *map)

return event;
}
+
+#if defined(__i386__) || defined(__x86_64__)
+static u64 read_perf_counter(unsigned int counter)
+{
+ unsigned int low, high;
+
+ asm volatile("rdpmc" : "=a" (low), "=d" (high) : "c" (counter));
+
+ return low | ((u64)high) << 32;
+}
+
+static u64 read_timestamp(void)
+{
+ unsigned int low, high;
+
+ asm volatile("rdtsc" : "=a" (low), "=d" (high));
+
+ return low | ((u64)high) << 32;
+}
+#else
+static u64 read_perf_counter(unsigned int counter) { return 0; }
+static u64 read_timestamp(void) { return 0; }
+#endif
+
+int perf_mmap__read_self(struct perf_mmap *map, struct perf_counts_values *count)
+{
+ struct perf_event_mmap_page *pc = map->base;
+ u32 seq, idx, time_mult = 0, time_shift = 0;
+ u64 cnt, cyc = 0, time_offset = 0, time_cycles = 0, time_mask = ~0ULL;
+
+ BUG_ON(!pc);
+
+ if (!pc->cap_user_rdpmc)
+ return -1;
+
+ do {
+ seq = READ_ONCE(pc->lock);
+ barrier();
+
+ count->ena = READ_ONCE(pc->time_enabled);
+ count->run = READ_ONCE(pc->time_running);
+
+ if (pc->cap_user_time && count->ena != count->run) {
+ cyc = read_timestamp();
+ time_mult = READ_ONCE(pc->time_mult);
+ time_shift = READ_ONCE(pc->time_shift);
+ time_offset = READ_ONCE(pc->time_offset);
+
+ if (pc->cap_user_time_short) {
+ time_cycles = READ_ONCE(pc->time_cycles);
+ time_mask = READ_ONCE(pc->time_mask);
+ }
+ }
+
+ idx = READ_ONCE(pc->index);
+ cnt = READ_ONCE(pc->offset);
+ if (pc->cap_user_rdpmc && idx) {
+ u64 evcnt = read_perf_counter(idx - 1);
+ u16 width = READ_ONCE(pc->pmc_width);
+
+ evcnt <<= 64 - width;
+ evcnt >>= 64 - width;
+ cnt += evcnt;
+ } else
+ return -1;
+
+ barrier();
+ } while (READ_ONCE(pc->lock) != seq);
+
+ if (count->ena != count->run) {
+ u64 delta;
+
+ /* Adjust for cap_usr_time_short, a nop if not */
+ cyc = time_cycles + ((cyc - time_cycles) & time_mask);
+
+ delta = time_offset + mul_u64_u32_shr(cyc, time_mult, time_shift);
+
+ count->ena += delta;
+ if (idx)
+ count->run += delta;
+
+ cnt = mul_u64_u64_div64(cnt, count->ena, count->run);
+ }
+
+ count->val = cnt;
+
+ return 0;
+}
diff --git a/tools/lib/perf/tests/test-evsel.c b/tools/lib/perf/tests/test-evsel.c
index 135722ac965b..a88c12a95e92 100644
--- a/tools/lib/perf/tests/test-evsel.c
+++ b/tools/lib/perf/tests/test-evsel.c
@@ -120,6 +120,67 @@ static int test_stat_thread_enable(void)
return 0;
}

+static int test_stat_user_read(int event)
+{
+ struct perf_counts_values counts = { .val = 0 };
+ struct perf_thread_map *threads;
+ struct perf_evsel *evsel;
+ struct perf_event_mmap_page *pc;
+ struct perf_event_attr attr = {
+ .type = PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE,
+ .config = event,
+ };
+ int err, i;
+
+ threads = perf_thread_map__new_dummy();
+ __T("failed to create threads", threads);
+
+ perf_thread_map__set_pid(threads, 0, 0);
+
+ evsel = perf_evsel__new(&attr);
+ __T("failed to create evsel", evsel);
+
+ err = perf_evsel__open(evsel, NULL, threads);
+ __T("failed to open evsel", err == 0);
+
+ pc = perf_evsel__mmap(evsel, 0x1000);
+ __T("failed to mmap evsel", pc);
+
+#if defined(__i386__) || defined(__x86_64__) || defined(__aarch64__)
+ __T("userspace counter access not supported", pc->cap_user_rdpmc);
+ __T("userspace counter access not enabled", pc->index);
+ __T("userspace counter width not set", pc->pmc_width >= 32);
+#endif
+
+ perf_evsel__read(evsel, 0, 0, &counts);
+ __T("failed to read value for evsel", counts.val != 0);
+
+ for (i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
+ volatile int count = 0x10000 << i;
+ __u64 start, end, last = 0;
+
+ __T_VERBOSE("\tloop = %u, ", count);
+
+ perf_evsel__read(evsel, 0, 0, &counts);
+ start = counts.val;
+
+ while (count--) ;
+
+ perf_evsel__read(evsel, 0, 0, &counts);
+ end = counts.val;
+
+ __T("invalid counter data", (end - start) > last);
+ last = end - start;
+ __T_VERBOSE("count = %llu\n", end - start);
+ }
+
+ perf_evsel__close(evsel);
+ perf_evsel__delete(evsel);
+
+ perf_thread_map__put(threads);
+ return 0;
+}
+
int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
__T_START;
@@ -129,6 +190,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
test_stat_cpu();
test_stat_thread();
test_stat_thread_enable();
+ test_stat_user_read(PERF_COUNT_HW_INSTRUCTIONS);
+ test_stat_user_read(PERF_COUNT_HW_CPU_CYCLES);

__T_END;
return 0;
--
2.25.1