From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.3 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A28D1C43331 for ; Mon, 11 Nov 2019 12:23:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7EEAE214DB for ; Mon, 11 Nov 2019 12:23:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726982AbfKKMXS (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Nov 2019 07:23:18 -0500 Received: from mga11.intel.com ([192.55.52.93]:3220 "EHLO mga11.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726832AbfKKMXR (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Nov 2019 07:23:17 -0500 X-Amp-Result: SKIPPED(no attachment in message) X-Amp-File-Uploaded: False Received: from orsmga005.jf.intel.com ([10.7.209.41]) by fmsmga102.fm.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 11 Nov 2019 04:23:17 -0800 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.68,293,1569308400"; d="scan'208";a="378477903" Received: from linux.intel.com ([10.54.29.200]) by orsmga005.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 11 Nov 2019 04:23:16 -0800 Received: from [10.251.27.105] (kliang2-mobl.ccr.corp.intel.com [10.251.27.105]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by linux.intel.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 05BAE58043C; Mon, 11 Nov 2019 04:23:15 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: [PATCH V5 00/14] TopDown metrics support for Icelake To: peterz@infradead.org, acme@kernel.org, mingo@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: tglx@linutronix.de, jolsa@kernel.org, eranian@google.com, alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com, ak@linux.intel.com References: <20191103232920.20309-1-kan.liang@linux.intel.com> From: "Liang, Kan" Message-ID: Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2019 07:23:15 -0500 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/60.9.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20191103232920.20309-1-kan.liang@linux.intel.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi Peter, Could you please take a look at the patch set? Thanks, Kan On 11/3/2019 6:29 PM, kan.liang@linux.intel.com wrote: > From: Kan Liang > > Icelake has support for measuring the level 1 TopDown metrics > directly in hardware. This is implemented by an additional METRICS > register, and a new Fixed Counter 3 that measures pipeline SLOTS. > > New in Icelake > - Do not require generic counters. This allows to collect TopDown always > in addition to other events. > - Measuring TopDown per thread/process instead of only per core > > For the Ice Lake implementation of performance metrics, the values in > PERF_METRICS MSR are derived from fixed counter 3. Software should start > both registers, PERF_METRICS and fixed counter 3, from zero. > Additionally, software is recommended to periodically clear both > registers in order to maintain accurate measurements. The latter is > required for certain scenarios that involve sampling metrics at high > rates. Software should always write fixed counter 3 before write to > PERF_METRICS. > > IA32_PERF_GLOBAL_STATUS. OVF_PERF_METRICS[48]: If this bit is set, > it indicates that some PERF_METRICS-related counter has overflowed and > a PMI is triggered. Software has to synchronize, e.g. re-start, > PERF_METRICS as well as fixed counter 3. Otherwise, PERF_METRICS may > return invalid values. > > Limitation > - To get accurate result and avoid reading the METRICS register multiple > times, the TopDown metrics events and SLOTS event have to be in the > same group. > - METRICS and SLOTS registers have to be cleared after each read by SW. > That is to prevent the lose of precision. > - Cannot do sampling read SLOTS and TopDown metric events > > Please refer SDM Vol3, 18.3.9.3 Performance Metrics for the details of > TopDown metrics. > > > Changes since V4: > - Add description regarding to event-code naming for fixed counters > - Fix add_nr_metric_event(). > For leader event, we have to take the accepted metrics events into > account. > For sibling event, it doesn't need to count accepted metrics events > again. > - Remove is_first_topdown_event_in_group(). > Force slots in topdown group. Only update topdown events with slots > event. > - Re-use last_period and period_left for saved_metric and saved_slots. > > Changes since V3: > - Separate fixed counter3 definition patch > - Separate BTS index patch > - Apply Peter's cleanup patch > - Fix the name of perf capabilities for perf METRICS > - Apply patch for mul_u64_u32_div() x86_64 implementation > - Fix unconditionally allows collecting 4 extra events > - Add patch to clean up NMI handler by naming global status bit > - Add patch to reuse event_base_rdpmc for RDPMC userspace support > > Changes since V2: > - Rebase on top of v5.3-rc1 > > Key changes since V1: > - Remove variables for reg_idx and enabled_events[] array. > The reg_idx can be calculated by idx in runtime. > Using existing active_mask to replace enabled_events. > - Choose value 47 for the fixed index of BTS. > - Support OVF_PERF_METRICS overflow bit in PMI handler > - Drops the caching mechanism and related variables > New mechanism is to update all active slots/metrics events for the > first slots/metrics events in a group. For each group reading, it > still only read the slots/perf_metrics MSR once > - Disable PMU for read of topdown events to avoid the NMI issue > - Move RDPMC support to a separate patch > - Using event=0x00,umask=0x1X for topdown metrics events > - Drop the patch which add REMOVE transaction > We can indicate x86_pmu_stop() by checking > (event && !test_bit(event->hw.idx, cpuc->active_mask)), > which is a good place to save the slots/metrics MSR value > > Andi Kleen (2): > perf, tools, stat: Support new per thread TopDown metrics > perf, tools: Add documentation for topdown metrics > > Kan Liang (12): > perf/x86/intel: Introduce the fourth fixed counter > perf/x86/intel: Set correct mask for TOPDOWN.SLOTS > perf/x86/intel: Move BTS index to 47 > perf/x86/intel: Basic support for metrics counters > perf/x86/intel: Fix the name of perf capabilities for perf METRICS > perf/x86/intel: Support hardware TopDown metrics > perf/x86/intel: Support per thread RDPMC TopDown metrics > perf/x86/intel: Export TopDown events for Icelake > perf/x86/intel: Disable sampling read slots and topdown > perf/x86/intel: Name global status bit in NMI handler > perf/x86: Use event_base_rdpmc for RDPMC userspace support > perf, tools, stat: Check Topdown Metric group > > arch/x86/events/core.c | 86 +++++- > arch/x86/events/intel/core.c | 399 ++++++++++++++++++++++--- > arch/x86/events/perf_event.h | 57 +++- > arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h | 3 + > arch/x86/include/asm/perf_event.h | 60 +++- > include/linux/perf_event.h | 29 +- > tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt | 9 +- > tools/perf/Documentation/topdown.txt | 235 +++++++++++++++ > tools/perf/builtin-stat.c | 97 ++++++ > tools/perf/util/stat-shadow.c | 89 ++++++ > tools/perf/util/stat.c | 4 + > tools/perf/util/stat.h | 8 + > 12 files changed, 1007 insertions(+), 69 deletions(-) > create mode 100644 tools/perf/Documentation/topdown.txt >