Re: [V2 PATCH] perf parse-events: Specially handle uncore event alias in small groups

["Liang, Kan" <kan.liang@linux.intel.com>]

On 4/25/2018 10:23 AM, Jiri Olsa wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 25, 2018 at 06:50:18AM -0700, kan.liang@linux.intel.com wrote:
>> From: Kan Liang <kan.liang@linux.intel.com>
>>
>> Perf stat doesn't count the uncore event aliases from the same uncore
>> block in a group, for example:
>>
>>    perf stat -e '{unc_m_cas_count.all,unc_m_clockticks}' -a -I 1000
>>    #           time             counts unit events
>>         1.000447342      <not counted>      unc_m_cas_count.all
>>         1.000447342      <not counted>      unc_m_clockticks
>>         2.000740654      <not counted>      unc_m_cas_count.all
>>         2.000740654      <not counted>      unc_m_clockticks
>>
>> The output is very misleading. It gives a wrong impression that the
>> uncore event doesn't work.
>>
>> An uncore block could be composed by several PMUs. An uncore event alias
>> is a joint name which means the same event runs on all PMUs of a block.
>> Perf doesn't support mixed events from different PMUs in the same group.
>> It is wrong to put uncore event aliases in a big group.
>>
>> The right way is to split the big group into multiple small groups which
>> only include the events from the same PMU.
>> Only uncore event aliases from the same uncore block should be specially
>> handled here. It doesn't make sense to mix the uncore events with other
>> uncore events from different blocks or even core events in a group.
>>
>> With the patch:
>>    #           time             counts unit events
>>       1.001557653            140,833      unc_m_cas_count.all
>>       1.001557653      1,330,231,332      unc_m_clockticks
>>       2.002709483             85,007      unc_m_cas_count.all
>>       2.002709483      1,429,494,563      unc_m_clockticks
> 
> hum, I still can see the original behaviour even with the patch:
>

That's because the data_reads and clockticks are from different uncore 
blocks. The data_reads is a IMC event. The clockticks is a CBOX event.

The patch only supports the events from the same uncore blocks in group.

Thanks,
Kan


> [jolsa@krava perf]$ sudo ./perf stat -e '{data_reads,clockticks}' -a -I 1000
> #           time             counts unit events
>       1.000184929      <not counted> MiB  data_reads
>       1.000184929    <not supported>      clockticks
>       2.000552765      <not counted> MiB  data_reads
>       2.000552765    <not supported>      clockticks
>       3.000846298      <not counted> MiB  data_reads
>       3.000846298    <not supported>      clockticks
>       4.001044852      <not counted> MiB  data_reads
>       4.001044852    <not supported>      clockticks
>       5.001247131      <not counted> MiB  data_reads
>       5.001247131    <not supported>      clockticks
> ^C     5.546917060      <not counted> MiB  data_reads
>       5.546917060    <not supported>      clockticks
> 
> 
> jirka
>