Re: [PATCH] perf/x86/intel: Hide Topdown metrics events if slots is not enumerated

[Dongli Zhang <dongli.zhang@oracle.com>]

I can still reproduce this issue with the most recent mainline linux kernel (at
least when the KVM is not the most recent).

Any chance to have this patch in the linux kernel?

(We may need to rename 'cpu_type' due to commit b0560bfd4b70 ("perf/x86/intel:
Clean up the hybrid CPU type handling code"))

Thank you very much!

Dongli Zhang

On 10/27/22 09:17, Dongli Zhang wrote:
> Ping? Any plan for this patch? Currently "perf stat" will fail on Icelake VMs
> (without the topdown metric). The user will need to manually specify the events
> to trace.
> 
> Thank you very much!
> 
> Dongli Zhang
> 
> On 10/9/22 10:03 PM, Dongli Zhang wrote:
>> Ping?
>>
>> Currently the default "perf stat" may fail on all Icelake KVM VMs.
>>
>> Thank you very much!
>>
>> Dongli Zhang
>>
>> On 9/22/22 13:15, kan.liang@linux.intel.com wrote:
>>> From: Kan Liang <kan.liang@linux.intel.com>
>>>
>>> The below error is observed on Ice Lake VM.
>>>
>>> $ perf stat
>>> Error:
>>> The sys_perf_event_open() syscall returned with 22 (Invalid argument)
>>> for event (slots).
>>> /bin/dmesg | grep -i perf may provide additional information.
>>>
>>> In a virtualization env, the Topdown metrics and the slots event haven't
>>> been supported yet. The guest CPUID doesn't enumerate them. However, the
>>> current kernel unconditionally exposes the slots event and the Topdown
>>> metrics events to sysfs, which misleads the perf tool and triggers the
>>> error.
>>>
>>> Hide the perf metrics topdown events and the slots event if the slots
>>> event is not enumerated.
>>>
>>> The big core of a hybrid platform can also supports the perf-metrics
>>> feature. Fix the hybrid platform as well.
>>>
>>> Reported-by: Dongli Zhang <dongli.zhang@oracle.com>
>>> Tested-by: Dongli Zhang <dongli.zhang@oracle.com>
>>> Signed-off-by: Kan Liang <kan.liang@linux.intel.com>
>>> ---
>>>  arch/x86/events/intel/core.c | 33 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>>>  1 file changed, 32 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/arch/x86/events/intel/core.c b/arch/x86/events/intel/core.c
>>> index b16c91ac9219..a0a62b67c440 100644
>>> --- a/arch/x86/events/intel/core.c
>>> +++ b/arch/x86/events/intel/core.c
>>> @@ -5335,6 +5335,19 @@ static struct attribute *intel_pmu_attrs[] = {
>>>  	NULL,
>>>  };
>>>  
>>> +static umode_t
>>> +td_is_visible(struct kobject *kobj, struct attribute *attr, int i)
>>> +{
>>> +	/*
>>> +	 * Hide the perf metrics topdown events
>>> +	 * if the slots is not enumerated.
>>> +	 */
>>> +	if (x86_pmu.num_topdown_events)
>>> +		return (x86_pmu.intel_ctrl & INTEL_PMC_MSK_FIXED_SLOTS) ? attr->mode : 0;
>>> +
>>> +	return attr->mode;
>>> +}
>>> +
>>>  static umode_t
>>>  tsx_is_visible(struct kobject *kobj, struct attribute *attr, int i)
>>>  {
>>> @@ -5370,6 +5383,7 @@ default_is_visible(struct kobject *kobj, struct attribute *attr, int i)
>>>  
>>>  static struct attribute_group group_events_td  = {
>>>  	.name = "events",
>>> +	.is_visible = td_is_visible,
>>>  };
>>>  
>>>  static struct attribute_group group_events_mem = {
>>> @@ -5522,6 +5536,23 @@ static inline int hybrid_find_supported_cpu(struct x86_hybrid_pmu *pmu)
>>>  	return (cpu >= nr_cpu_ids) ? -1 : cpu;
>>>  }
>>>  
>>> +static umode_t hybrid_td_is_visible(struct kobject *kobj,
>>> +					struct attribute *attr, int i)
>>> +{
>>> +	struct device *dev = kobj_to_dev(kobj);
>>> +	struct x86_hybrid_pmu *pmu =
>>> +		 container_of(dev_get_drvdata(dev), struct x86_hybrid_pmu, pmu);
>>> +
>>> +	if (!is_attr_for_this_pmu(kobj, attr))
>>> +		return 0;
>>> +
>>> +	/* Only check the big core which supports perf metrics */
>>> +	if (pmu->cpu_type == hybrid_big)
>>> +		return (pmu->intel_ctrl & INTEL_PMC_MSK_FIXED_SLOTS) ? attr->mode : 0;
>>> +
>>> +	return attr->mode;
>>> +}
>>> +
>>>  static umode_t hybrid_tsx_is_visible(struct kobject *kobj,
>>>  				     struct attribute *attr, int i)
>>>  {
>>> @@ -5548,7 +5579,7 @@ static umode_t hybrid_format_is_visible(struct kobject *kobj,
>>>  
>>>  static struct attribute_group hybrid_group_events_td  = {
>>>  	.name		= "events",
>>> -	.is_visible	= hybrid_events_is_visible,
>>> +	.is_visible	= hybrid_td_is_visible,
>>>  };
>>>  
>>>  static struct attribute_group hybrid_group_events_mem = {