Re: [PATCH V2] libperf evlist: Fix per-thread mmaps for multi-threaded targets

From: Adrian Hunter
Date: Tue Sep 06 2022 - 10:49:23 EST


On 6/09/22 15:59, Jiri Olsa wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 05, 2022 at 02:42:09PM +0300, Adrian Hunter wrote:
>
> SNIP
>
>> diff --git a/tools/lib/perf/evlist.c b/tools/lib/perf/evlist.c
>> index e6c98a6e3908..6b1bafe267a4 100644
>> --- a/tools/lib/perf/evlist.c
>> +++ b/tools/lib/perf/evlist.c
>> @@ -486,6 +486,7 @@ mmap_per_evsel(struct perf_evlist *evlist, struct perf_evlist_mmap_ops *ops,
>> if (ops->idx)
>> ops->idx(evlist, evsel, mp, idx);
>>
>> + pr_debug("idx %d: mmapping fd %d\n", idx, *output);
>> if (ops->mmap(map, mp, *output, evlist_cpu) < 0)
>> return -1;
>>
>> @@ -494,6 +495,7 @@ mmap_per_evsel(struct perf_evlist *evlist, struct perf_evlist_mmap_ops *ops,
>> if (!idx)
>> perf_evlist__set_mmap_first(evlist, map, overwrite);
>> } else {
>> + pr_debug("idx %d: set output fd %d -> %d\n", idx, fd, *output);
>> if (ioctl(fd, PERF_EVENT_IOC_SET_OUTPUT, *output) != 0)
>> return -1;
>>
>> @@ -519,6 +521,48 @@ mmap_per_evsel(struct perf_evlist *evlist, struct perf_evlist_mmap_ops *ops,
>> return 0;
>> }
>>
>> +static int
>> +mmap_per_thread(struct perf_evlist *evlist, struct perf_evlist_mmap_ops *ops,
>> + struct perf_mmap_param *mp)
>> +{
>> + int nr_threads = perf_thread_map__nr(evlist->threads);
>> + int nr_cpus = perf_cpu_map__nr(evlist->all_cpus);
>> + int cpu, thread, idx = 0;
>> + int nr_mmaps = 0;
>> +
>> + pr_debug("%s: nr cpu values (may include -1) %d nr threads %d\n",
>> + __func__, nr_cpus, nr_threads);
>
> -1 as cpu value is only for 'empty' perf_cpu_map, right?

The cpu map is a map of valid 3rd arguments to perf_event_open, so -1
means all CPUs which is per-thread by necessity.

>
>> +
>> + /* per-thread mmaps */
>> + for (thread = 0; thread < nr_threads; thread++, idx++) {
>> + int output = -1;
>> + int output_overwrite = -1;
>> +
>> + if (mmap_per_evsel(evlist, ops, idx, mp, 0, thread, &output,
>> + &output_overwrite, &nr_mmaps))
>> + goto out_unmap;
>> + }
>> +
>> + /* system-wide mmaps i.e. per-cpu */
>> + for (cpu = 1; cpu < nr_cpus; cpu++, idx++) {
>> + int output = -1;
>> + int output_overwrite = -1;
>> +
>> + if (mmap_per_evsel(evlist, ops, idx, mp, cpu, 0, &output,
>> + &output_overwrite, &nr_mmaps))
>> + goto out_unmap;
>> + }
>
> will this loop be executed? we are in here because all_cpus is empty, right?

Yes it is executed. I put back the code that was there before ae4f8ae16a07
("libperf evlist: Allow mixing per-thread and per-cpu mmaps"), which uses
perf_cpu_map__empty() which only checks the first entry is -1:

bool perf_cpu_map__empty(const struct perf_cpu_map *map)
{
return map ? map->map[0].cpu == -1 : true;
}

But there can be more CPUs in the map, so perf_cpu_map__empty()
returns true for the per-thread case, as desired, even if there
are also system-wide CPUs.

I guess perf_cpu_map__empty() needs renaming.

>
> thanks,
> jirka
>
>> +
>> + if (nr_mmaps != evlist->nr_mmaps)
>> + pr_err("Miscounted nr_mmaps %d vs %d\n", nr_mmaps, evlist->nr_mmaps);
>> +
>> + return 0;
>> +
>> +out_unmap:
>> + perf_evlist__munmap(evlist);
>> + return -1;
>> +}
>
> SNIP