From: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
To: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>,
Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>,
Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>,
Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>,
Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>, Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>,
Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>,
Kan Liang <kan.liang@linux.intel.com>,
James Clark <james.clark@linaro.org>,
Xu Yang <xu.yang_2@nxp.com>,
Thomas Falcon <thomas.falcon@intel.com>,
Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-perf-users@vger.kernel.org,
Atish Patra <atishp@rivosinc.com>,
Beeman Strong <beeman@rivosinc.com>, Leo Yan <leo.yan@arm.com>,
Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@maine.edu>
Subject: [PATCH v6 04/28] perf stat: Avoid wildcarding PMUs for default events
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2025 15:32:48 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250923223312.238185-5-irogers@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250923223312.238185-1-irogers@google.com>
Without a PMU perf matches an event against any PMU with the
event. Unfortunately some PMU drivers advertise a "cycles" event which
is typically just a core event. To make perf's behavior consistent,
just look up default events with their designated PMU types.
Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
---
tools/perf/builtin-stat.c | 133 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
1 file changed, 94 insertions(+), 39 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
index 303628189004..4615aa3f2b7f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
@@ -1824,6 +1824,38 @@ static int perf_stat_init_aggr_mode_file(struct perf_stat *st)
return 0;
}
+/* Add given software event to evlist without wildcarding. */
+static int parse_software_event(struct evlist *evlist, const char *event,
+ struct parse_events_error *err)
+{
+ char buf[256];
+
+ snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "software/%s,name=%s/", event, event);
+ return parse_events(evlist, buf, err);
+}
+
+/* Add legacy hardware/hardware-cache event to evlist for all core PMUs without wildcarding. */
+static int parse_hardware_event(struct evlist *evlist, const char *event,
+ struct parse_events_error *err)
+{
+ char buf[256];
+ struct perf_pmu *pmu = NULL;
+
+ while ((pmu = perf_pmus__scan_core(pmu)) != NULL) {
+ int ret;
+
+ if (perf_pmus__num_core_pmus() == 1)
+ snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%s/%s,name=%s/", pmu->name, event, event);
+ else
+ snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%s/%s/", pmu->name, event);
+
+ ret = parse_events(evlist, buf, err);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+ }
+ return 0;
+}
+
/*
* Add default events, if there were no attributes specified or
* if -d/--detailed, -d -d or -d -d -d is used:
@@ -1947,26 +1979,31 @@ static int add_default_events(void)
if (!evlist->core.nr_entries && !evsel_list->core.nr_entries) {
/* No events so add defaults. */
- if (target__has_cpu(&target))
- ret = parse_events(evlist, "cpu-clock", &err);
- else
- ret = parse_events(evlist, "task-clock", &err);
- if (ret)
- goto out;
-
- ret = parse_events(evlist,
- "context-switches,"
- "cpu-migrations,"
- "page-faults,"
- "instructions,"
- "cycles,"
- "stalled-cycles-frontend,"
- "stalled-cycles-backend,"
- "branches,"
- "branch-misses",
- &err);
- if (ret)
- goto out;
+ const char *sw_events[] = {
+ target__has_cpu(&target) ? "cpu-clock" : "task-clock",
+ "context-switches",
+ "cpu-migrations",
+ "page-faults",
+ };
+ const char *hw_events[] = {
+ "instructions",
+ "cycles",
+ "stalled-cycles-frontend",
+ "stalled-cycles-backend",
+ "branches",
+ "branch-misses",
+ };
+
+ for (size_t i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(sw_events); i++) {
+ ret = parse_software_event(evlist, sw_events[i], &err);
+ if (ret)
+ goto out;
+ }
+ for (size_t i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(hw_events); i++) {
+ ret = parse_hardware_event(evlist, hw_events[i], &err);
+ if (ret)
+ goto out;
+ }
/*
* Add TopdownL1 metrics if they exist. To minimize
@@ -2008,35 +2045,53 @@ static int add_default_events(void)
* Detailed stats (-d), covering the L1 and last level data
* caches:
*/
- ret = parse_events(evlist,
- "L1-dcache-loads,"
- "L1-dcache-load-misses,"
- "LLC-loads,"
- "LLC-load-misses",
- &err);
+ const char *hw_events[] = {
+ "L1-dcache-loads",
+ "L1-dcache-load-misses",
+ "LLC-loads",
+ "LLC-load-misses",
+ };
+
+ for (size_t i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(hw_events); i++) {
+ ret = parse_hardware_event(evlist, hw_events[i], &err);
+ if (ret)
+ goto out;
+ }
}
if (!ret && detailed_run >= 2) {
/*
* Very detailed stats (-d -d), covering the instruction cache
* and the TLB caches:
*/
- ret = parse_events(evlist,
- "L1-icache-loads,"
- "L1-icache-load-misses,"
- "dTLB-loads,"
- "dTLB-load-misses,"
- "iTLB-loads,"
- "iTLB-load-misses",
- &err);
+ const char *hw_events[] = {
+ "L1-icache-loads",
+ "L1-icache-load-misses",
+ "dTLB-loads",
+ "dTLB-load-misses",
+ "iTLB-loads",
+ "iTLB-load-misses",
+ };
+
+ for (size_t i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(hw_events); i++) {
+ ret = parse_hardware_event(evlist, hw_events[i], &err);
+ if (ret)
+ goto out;
+ }
}
if (!ret && detailed_run >= 3) {
/*
* Very, very detailed stats (-d -d -d), adding prefetch events:
*/
- ret = parse_events(evlist,
- "L1-dcache-prefetches,"
- "L1-dcache-prefetch-misses",
- &err);
+ const char *hw_events[] = {
+ "L1-dcache-prefetches",
+ "L1-dcache-prefetch-misses",
+ };
+
+ for (size_t i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(hw_events); i++) {
+ ret = parse_hardware_event(evlist, hw_events[i], &err);
+ if (ret)
+ goto out;
+ }
}
out:
if (!ret) {
@@ -2045,7 +2100,7 @@ static int add_default_events(void)
* Make at least one event non-skippable so fatal errors are visible.
* 'cycles' always used to be default and non-skippable, so use that.
*/
- if (strcmp("cycles", evsel__name(evsel)))
+ if (!evsel__match(evsel, HARDWARE, HW_CPU_CYCLES))
evsel->skippable = true;
}
}
--
2.51.0.534.gc79095c0ca-goog
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-09-23 22:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 38+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-09-23 22:32 [PATCH v6 00/28] Legacy hardware/cache events as json Ian Rogers
2025-09-23 22:32 ` [PATCH v6 01/28] perf stat: Allow retry for default events Ian Rogers
2025-09-23 22:32 ` [PATCH v6 02/28] perf parse-events: Fix legacy cache events if event is duplicated in a PMU Ian Rogers
2025-09-23 22:32 ` [PATCH v6 03/28] perf perf_api_probe: Avoid scanning all PMUs, try software PMU first Ian Rogers
2025-09-23 22:32 ` Ian Rogers [this message]
2025-09-23 22:32 ` [PATCH v6 05/28] perf record: Skip don't fail for events that don't open Ian Rogers
2025-09-23 22:32 ` [PATCH v6 06/28] perf jevents: Support copying the source json files to OUTPUT Ian Rogers
2025-09-23 22:32 ` [PATCH v6 07/28] perf pmu: Don't eagerly parse event terms Ian Rogers
2025-09-23 22:32 ` [PATCH v6 08/28] perf parse-events: Remove unused FILE input argument to scanner Ian Rogers
2025-09-23 22:32 ` [PATCH v6 09/28] perf pmu: Use fd rather than FILE from new_alias Ian Rogers
2025-09-23 22:32 ` [PATCH v6 10/28] perf pmu: Factor term parsing into a perf_event_attr into a helper Ian Rogers
2025-09-23 22:32 ` [PATCH v6 11/28] perf parse-events: Add terms for legacy hardware and cache config values Ian Rogers
2025-09-23 22:32 ` [PATCH v6 12/28] perf jevents: Add legacy json terms and default_core event table helper Ian Rogers
2025-09-23 22:32 ` [PATCH v6 13/28] perf pmu: Add and use legacy_terms in alias information Ian Rogers
2025-09-23 22:32 ` [PATCH v6 14/28] perf jevents: Add legacy-hardware and legacy-cache json Ian Rogers
2025-09-23 22:32 ` [PATCH v6 15/28] perf print-events: Remove print_hwcache_events Ian Rogers
2025-09-23 22:33 ` [PATCH v6 16/28] perf print-events: Remove print_symbol_events Ian Rogers
2025-09-23 22:33 ` [PATCH v6 17/28] perf parse-events: Remove hard coded legacy hardware and cache parsing Ian Rogers
2025-09-23 22:33 ` [PATCH v6 18/28] perf record: Use evlist__new_default when no events specified Ian Rogers
2025-09-23 22:33 ` [PATCH v6 19/28] perf top: " Ian Rogers
2025-09-23 22:33 ` [PATCH v6 20/28] perf evlist: Avoid scanning all PMUs for evlist__new_default Ian Rogers
2025-09-23 22:33 ` [PATCH v6 21/28] perf evsel: Improvements to __evsel__match Ian Rogers
2025-09-23 22:33 ` [PATCH v6 22/28] perf test parse-events: Use evsel__match for legacy events Ian Rogers
2025-09-23 22:33 ` [PATCH v6 23/28] perf test parse-events: Without a PMU use cpu-cycles rather than cycles Ian Rogers
2025-09-23 22:33 ` [PATCH v6 24/28] perf test parse-events: Remove cpu PMU requirement Ian Rogers
2025-09-23 22:33 ` [PATCH v6 25/28] perf test: Switch cycles event to cpu-cycles Ian Rogers
2025-09-23 22:33 ` [PATCH v6 26/28] perf test: Clean up test_..config helpers Ian Rogers
2025-09-23 22:33 ` [PATCH v6 27/28] perf test parse-events: Add evlist test helper Ian Rogers
2025-09-23 22:33 ` [PATCH v6 28/28] perf test parse-events: Add evsel " Ian Rogers
2025-10-01 13:37 ` [PATCH v6 00/28] Legacy hardware/cache events as json James Clark
2025-10-01 15:12 ` Ian Rogers
2025-10-01 20:55 ` Ian Rogers
2025-10-02 14:05 ` James Clark
2025-10-02 15:46 ` Ian Rogers
2025-10-02 17:58 ` Ian Rogers
2025-10-02 20:10 ` Ian Rogers
2025-10-03 9:20 ` James Clark
2025-10-03 11:26 ` James Clark
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