Re: [PATCH 2/9] perf tools: Support the auxiliary event

Liang, Kan
2021-02-05T23:47:01Z

On 2/5/2021 10:26 AM, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> Em Fri, Feb 05, 2021 at 09:13:34AM -0500, Liang, Kan escreveu:
>>
>>
>> On 2/5/2021 5:52 AM, Namhyung Kim wrote:
>>> On Wed, Feb 3, 2021 at 5:14 AM <kan.liang@linux.intel.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> From: Kan Liang <kan.liang@linux.intel.com>
>>>>
>>>> On the Intel Sapphire Rapids server, an auxiliary event has to be
>>>> enabled simultaneously with the load latency event to retrieve complete
>>>> Memory Info.
>>>>
>>>> Add X86 specific perf_mem_events__name() to handle the auxiliary event.
>>>> - Users are only interested in the samples of the mem-loads event.
>>>> Sample read the auxiliary event.
>>>> - The auxiliary event must be in front of the load latency event in a
>>>> group. Assume the second event to sample if the auxiliary event is the
>>>> leader.
>>>> - Add a weak is_mem_loads_aux_event() to check the auxiliary event for
>>>> X86. For other ARCHs, it always return false.
>>>>
>>>> Parse the unique event name, mem-loads-aux, for the auxiliary event.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Kan Liang <kan.liang@linux.intel.com>
>>>> ---
>>>> tools/perf/arch/x86/util/Build | 1 +
>>>> tools/perf/arch/x86/util/mem-events.c | 44 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>> tools/perf/util/evsel.c | 3 +++
>>>> tools/perf/util/mem-events.c | 5 ++++
>>>> tools/perf/util/mem-events.h | 2 ++
>>>> tools/perf/util/parse-events.l | 1 +
>>>> tools/perf/util/record.c | 5 +++-
>>>> 7 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>> create mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/x86/util/mem-events.c
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/Build b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/Build
>>>> index 347c39b..d73f548 100644
>>>> --- a/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/Build
>>>> +++ b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/Build
>>>> @@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ perf-y += perf_regs.o
>>>> perf-y += topdown.o
>>>> perf-y += machine.o
>>>> perf-y += event.o
>>>> +perf-y += mem-events.o
>>>>
>>>> perf-$(CONFIG_DWARF) += dwarf-regs.o
>>>> perf-$(CONFIG_BPF_PROLOGUE) += dwarf-regs.o
>>>> diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/mem-events.c b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/mem-events.c
>>>> new file mode 100644
>>>> index 0000000..11b8469
>>>> --- /dev/null
>>>> +++ b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/mem-events.c
>>>> @@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
>>>> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
>>>> +#include "util/pmu.h"
>>>> +#include "map_symbol.h"
>>>> +#include "mem-events.h"
>>>> +
>>>> +static char mem_loads_name[100];
>>>> +static bool mem_loads_name__init;
>>>> +
>>>> +#define MEM_LOADS_AUX 0x8203
>>>> +#define MEM_LOADS_AUX_NAME "{cpu/mem-loads-aux/,cpu/mem-loads,ldlat=%u/pp}:S"
>>>> +
>>>> +bool is_mem_loads_aux_event(struct evsel *leader)
>>>> +{
>>>> + if (!pmu_have_event("cpu", "mem-loads-aux"))
>>>> + return false;
>>>> +
>>>> + return leader->core.attr.config == MEM_LOADS_AUX;
>>>> +}
>>>> +
>>>> +char *perf_mem_events__name(int i)
>>>> +{
>>>> + struct perf_mem_event *e = perf_mem_events__ptr(i);
>>>> +
>>>> + if (!e)
>>>> + return NULL;
>>>> +
>>>> + if (i == PERF_MEM_EVENTS__LOAD) {
>>>> + if (mem_loads_name__init)
>>>> + return mem_loads_name;
>>>> +
>>>> + mem_loads_name__init = true;
>>>> +
>>>> + if (pmu_have_event("cpu", "mem-loads-aux")) {
>>>> + scnprintf(mem_loads_name, sizeof(MEM_LOADS_AUX_NAME),
>>>> + MEM_LOADS_AUX_NAME, perf_mem_events__loads_ldlat);
>>>
>>> It changes "%u" to an actual latency value, right?
>>> What if the value takes 3 or more digits?
>>> I'm not sure scnprintf() will handle it properly.
>>>
>>
>> Yes, you are right. We should use the sizeof(mem_loads_name) as below.
>> I will submit a patch to fix it.
>>
>> diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/mem-events.c
>> b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/mem-events.c
>> index 11b8469..588110f 100644
>> --- a/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/mem-events.c
>> +++ b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/mem-events.c
>> @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ char *perf_mem_events__name(int i)
>> mem_loads_name__init = true;
>>
>> if (pmu_have_event("cpu", "mem-loads-aux")) {
>> - scnprintf(mem_loads_name, sizeof(MEM_LOADS_AUX_NAME),
>> + scnprintf(mem_loads_name, sizeof(mem_loads_name),
>> MEM_LOADS_AUX_NAME, perf_mem_events__loads_ldlat);
>> } else {
>> scnprintf(mem_loads_name, sizeof(mem_loads_name),
>
> I'll fold this in the relevant cset.
>

Thanks!

Kan