Re: [PATCH] perf top: Use evsel's cpus to replace user_requested_cpus

Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2023-12-15T17:49:17Z

Em Fri, Dec 15, 2023 at 04:51:49PM +0000, Mark Rutland escreveu:
> On Fri, Dec 15, 2023 at 12:36:10PM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> > Em Tue, Dec 12, 2023 at 06:31:05PM +0000, Mark Rutland escreveu:
> > > On ARM it'll be essentially the same as on x86: if you open an event with
> > > type==PERF_EVENT_TYPE_HARDWARE (without the extended HW type pointing to a
> > > specific PMU), and with cpu==-1, it'll go to an arbitrary CPU PMU, whichever
> > > happens to be found by perf_init_event() when iterating over the 'pmus' list.

> > > If you open an event with type==PERF_EVENT_TYPE_HARDWARE and cpu!=-1, the event
> > > will opened on the appropriate CPU PMU, by virtue of being rejected by others
> > > when perf_init_event() iterates over the 'pmus' list.

> > The way that it is working non on my intel hybrid system, with Kan's
> > patch, is equivalent to using this on the RK3399pc board I have:

> > root@roc-rk3399-pc:~# perf top -e armv8_cortex_a72/cycles/P,armv8_cortex_a53/cycles/P

> > Wouldn't be better to make 'perf top' on ARM work the way is being done
> > in x86 now, i.e. default to opening the two events, one per PMU and
> > allow the user to switch back and forth using the TUI/stdio?

> TBH, for perf top I don't know *which* behaviour is preferable, but I agree
> that it'd be good for x86 and arm to work in the same way.

Right, reducing the difference in the user experience accross arches.

> For design-cleanliness and consistency with other commands I can see that
> opening those separately is probably for the best, but for typical usage of
> perf top it's really nice to have those presented together without having to
> tab back-and-forth between the distinct PMUs, and so the existing behaviour of

Humm, so you would want two histogram viewers, one for each PMU, side by
side?

> using CPU-bound PERF_EVENT_TYPE_HARDWARE events is arguably nicer for the user.

So, on ARM64, start the following 'perf trace' session, then run the
stock 'perf top':

root@roc-rk3399-pc:~# perf trace -e perf_event_open
<SNIP calls doing capability queries and setting up sideband stuff>
535.764 ( 0.015 ms): perf/15627 perf_event_open(attr_uptr: { type: 0 (PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE), size: 136, config: 0 (PERF_COUNT_HW_CPU_CYCLES), { sample_period, sample_freq }: 4000, sample_type: IP|TID|TIME|CPU|PERIOD, read_format: ID|LOST, disabled: 1, inherit: 1, mmap: 1, comm: 1, freq: 1, task: 1, precise_ip: 3, sample_id_all: 1, mmap2: 1, comm_exec: 1, ksymbol: 1, bpf_event: 1 }, pid: -1, group_fd: -1, flags: FD_CLOEXEC) = 19
535.783 ( 0.067 ms): perf/15627 perf_event_open(attr_uptr: { type: 0 (PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE), size: 136, config: 0 (PERF_COUNT_HW_CPU_CYCLES), { sample_period, sample_freq }: 4000, sample_type: IP|TID|TIME|CPU|PERIOD, read_format: ID|LOST, disabled: 1, inherit: 1, mmap: 1, comm: 1, freq: 1, task: 1, precise_ip: 3, sample_id_all: 1, mmap2: 1, comm_exec: 1, ksymbol: 1, bpf_event: 1 }, pid: -1, cpu: 1, group_fd: -1, flags: FD_CLOEXEC) = 28
535.854 ( 0.063 ms): perf/15627 perf_event_open(attr_uptr: { type: 0 (PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE), size: 136, config: 0 (PERF_COUNT_HW_CPU_CYCLES), { sample_period, sample_freq }: 4000, sample_type: IP|TID|TIME|CPU|PERIOD, read_format: ID|LOST, disabled: 1, inherit: 1, mmap: 1, comm: 1, freq: 1, task: 1, precise_ip: 3, sample_id_all: 1, mmap2: 1, comm_exec: 1, ksymbol: 1, bpf_event: 1 }, pid: -1, cpu: 2, group_fd: -1, flags: FD_CLOEXEC) = 29
535.920 ( 0.015 ms): perf/15627 perf_event_open(attr_uptr: { type: 0 (PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE), size: 136, config: 0 (PERF_COUNT_HW_CPU_CYCLES), { sample_period, sample_freq }: 4000, sample_type: IP|TID|TIME|CPU|PERIOD, read_format: ID|LOST, disabled: 1, inherit: 1, mmap: 1, comm: 1, freq: 1, task: 1, precise_ip: 3, sample_id_all: 1, mmap2: 1, comm_exec: 1, ksymbol: 1, bpf_event: 1 }, pid: -1, cpu: 3, group_fd: -1, flags: FD_CLOEXEC) = 30
535.939 ( 0.016 ms): perf/15627 perf_event_open(attr_uptr: { type: 0 (PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE), size: 136, config: 0 (PERF_COUNT_HW_CPU_CYCLES), { sample_period, sample_freq }: 4000, sample_type: IP|TID|TIME|CPU|PERIOD, read_format: ID|LOST, disabled: 1, inherit: 1, mmap: 1, comm: 1, freq: 1, task: 1, precise_ip: 3, sample_id_all: 1, mmap2: 1, comm_exec: 1, ksymbol: 1, bpf_event: 1 }, pid: -1, cpu: 4, group_fd: -1, flags: FD_CLOEXEC) = 31
535.959 ( 0.011 ms): perf/15627 perf_event_open(attr_uptr: { type: 0 (PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE), size: 136, config: 0 (PERF_COUNT_HW_CPU_CYCLES), { sample_period, sample_freq }: 4000, sample_type: IP|TID|TIME|CPU|PERIOD, read_format: ID|LOST, disabled: 1, inherit: 1, mmap: 1, comm: 1, freq: 1, task: 1, precise_ip: 3, sample_id_all: 1, mmap2: 1, comm_exec: 1, ksymbol: 1, bpf_event: 1 }, pid: -1, cpu: 5, group_fd: -1, flags: FD_CLOEXEC) = 32

root@roc-rk3399-pc:~# grep "CPU part" /proc/cpuinfo | uniq -c
4 CPU part : 0xd03
2 CPU part : 0xd08
root@roc-rk3399-pc:~#

It is already doing what you suggest, right? PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE, one
counter per CPU, maps to armv8_cortex_a72/cycles/P and
armv8_cortex_a53/cycles/P.

One thing I'm thinking is that we should split this per PMU at the
hist_entry, so that we could show how many samples/events came from each
of them...

- Arnaldo

> I don't have a strong feeling either way; I'm personally happy so long as
> explicit pmu_name/event/ events don't get silently converted into
> PERF_EVENT_TYPE_HARDWARE events, and as long as we correctly set the extended
> HW type when we decide to use that.
>
> Thanks,
> Mark.
>
> > Kan, I also noticed that the name of the event is:
> >
> > 1K cpu_atom/cycles:P/ ◆
> > 11K cpu_core/cycles:P/
> >
> > If I try to use that on the command line:
> >
> > root@number:~# perf top -e cpu_atom/cycles:P/
> > event syntax error: 'cpu_atom/cycles:P/'
> > \___ Bad event or PMU
> >
> > Unable to find PMU or event on a PMU of 'cpu_atom'
> >
> > Initial error:
> > event syntax error: 'cpu_atom/cycles:P/'
> > \___ unknown term 'cycles:P' for pmu 'cpu_atom'
> >
> > valid terms: event,pc,edge,offcore_rsp,ldlat,inv,umask,cmask,config,config1,config2,config3,name,period,freq,branch_type,time,call-graph,stack-size,no-inherit,inherit,max-stack,nr,no-overwrite,overwrite,driver-config,percore,aux-output,aux-sample-size,metric-id,raw,legacy-cache,hardware
> > Run 'perf list' for a list of valid events
> >
> > Usage: perf top [<options>]
> >
> > -e, --event <event> event selector. use 'perf list' to list available events
> > root@number:~#
> >
> > It should be:
> >
> > "cpu_atom/cycles/P"