[PATCH V2 1/4] perf evsel: Fixes topdown events in a weak group for the hybrid platform

kan.liang
2022-05-16T15:24:52Z

The patch ("perf evlist: Keep topdown counters in weak group") fixes the
perf metrics topdown event issue when the topdown events are in a weak
group on a non-hybrid platform. However, it doesn't work for the hybrid
platform.

$./perf stat -e '{cpu_core/slots/,cpu_core/topdown-bad-spec/,
cpu_core/topdown-be-bound/,cpu_core/topdown-fe-bound/,
cpu_core/topdown-retiring/,cpu_core/branch-instructions/,
cpu_core/branch-misses/,cpu_core/bus-cycles/,cpu_core/cache-misses/,
cpu_core/cache-references/,cpu_core/cpu-cycles/,cpu_core/instructions/,
cpu_core/mem-loads/,cpu_core/mem-stores/,cpu_core/ref-cycles/,
cpu_core/cache-misses/,cpu_core/cache-references/}:W' -a sleep 1

Performance counter stats for 'system wide':

751,765,068 cpu_core/slots/ (84.07%)
<not supported> cpu_core/topdown-bad-spec/
<not supported> cpu_core/topdown-be-bound/
<not supported> cpu_core/topdown-fe-bound/
<not supported> cpu_core/topdown-retiring/
12,398,197 cpu_core/branch-instructions/ (84.07%)
1,054,218 cpu_core/branch-misses/ (84.24%)
539,764,637 cpu_core/bus-cycles/ (84.64%)
14,683 cpu_core/cache-misses/ (84.87%)
7,277,809 cpu_core/cache-references/ (77.30%)
222,299,439 cpu_core/cpu-cycles/ (77.28%)
63,661,714 cpu_core/instructions/ (84.85%)
0 cpu_core/mem-loads/ (77.29%)
12,271,725 cpu_core/mem-stores/ (77.30%)
542,241,102 cpu_core/ref-cycles/ (84.85%)
8,854 cpu_core/cache-misses/ (76.71%)
7,179,013 cpu_core/cache-references/ (76.31%)

1.003245250 seconds time elapsed

A hybrid platform has a different PMU name for the core PMUs, while
the current perf hard code the PMU name "cpu".

The evsel->pmu_name can be used to replace the "cpu" to fix the issue.
For a hybrid platform, the pmu_name must be non-NULL. Because there are
at least two core PMUs. The PMU has to be specified.
For a non-hybrid platform, the pmu_name may be NULL. Because there is
only one core PMU, "cpu". For a NULL pmu_name, we can safely assume that
it is a "cpu" PMU.

In case other PMUs also define the "slots" event, checking the PMU type
as well.

With the patch,

$perf stat -e '{cpu_core/slots/,cpu_core/topdown-bad-spec/,
cpu_core/topdown-be-bound/,cpu_core/topdown-fe-bound/,
cpu_core/topdown-retiring/,cpu_core/branch-instructions/,
cpu_core/branch-misses/,cpu_core/bus-cycles/,cpu_core/cache-misses/,
cpu_core/cache-references/,cpu_core/cpu-cycles/,cpu_core/instructions/,
cpu_core/mem-loads/,cpu_core/mem-stores/,cpu_core/ref-cycles/,
cpu_core/cache-misses/,cpu_core/cache-references/}:W' -a sleep 1

Performance counter stats for 'system wide':

766,620,266 cpu_core/slots/ (84.06%)
73,172,129 cpu_core/topdown-bad-spec/ # 9.5% bad speculation (84.06%)
193,443,341 cpu_core/topdown-be-bound/ # 25.0% backend bound (84.06%)
403,940,929 cpu_core/topdown-fe-bound/ # 52.3% frontend bound (84.06%)
102,070,237 cpu_core/topdown-retiring/ # 13.2% retiring (84.06%)
12,364,429 cpu_core/branch-instructions/ (84.03%)
1,080,124 cpu_core/branch-misses/ (84.24%)
564,120,383 cpu_core/bus-cycles/ (84.65%)
36,979 cpu_core/cache-misses/ (84.86%)
7,298,094 cpu_core/cache-references/ (77.30%)
227,174,372 cpu_core/cpu-cycles/ (77.31%)
63,886,523 cpu_core/instructions/ (84.87%)
0 cpu_core/mem-loads/ (77.31%)
12,208,782 cpu_core/mem-stores/ (77.31%)
566,409,738 cpu_core/ref-cycles/ (84.87%)
23,118 cpu_core/cache-misses/ (76.71%)
7,212,602 cpu_core/cache-references/ (76.29%)

1.003228667 seconds time elapsed

Signed-off-by: Kan Liang <kan.liang@linux.intel.com>
---
tools/perf/arch/x86/util/evsel.c | 21 +++++++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/evsel.c
index 00cb4466b4ca..6eda5a491eda 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/evsel.c
@@ -31,10 +31,27 @@ void arch_evsel__fixup_new_cycles(struct perf_event_attr *attr)
free(env.cpuid);
}

+static bool evsel__sys_has_perf_metrics(const struct evsel *evsel)
+{
+ const char *pmu_name = evsel->pmu_name ? evsel->pmu_name : "cpu";
+
+ /*
+ * The PERF_TYPE_RAW type is the core PMU type.
+ * The slots event is only available for the core PMU, which
+ * supports the perf metrics feature.
+ * Checking both the PERF_TYPE_RAW type and the slots event
+ * should be good enough to detect the perf metrics feature.
+ */
+ if ((evsel->core.attr.type == PERF_TYPE_RAW) &&
+ pmu_have_event(pmu_name, "slots"))
+ return true;
+
+ return false;
+}
+
bool arch_evsel__must_be_in_group(const struct evsel *evsel)
{
- if ((evsel->pmu_name && strcmp(evsel->pmu_name, "cpu")) ||
- !pmu_have_event("cpu", "slots"))
+ if (!evsel__sys_has_perf_metrics(evsel))
return false;

return evsel->name &&
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