Re: [PATCH 19/19] perf stat: Remove unused perf_counts.aggr field

From: Athira Rajeev
Date: Tue Oct 18 2022 - 00:51:33 EST




> On 18-Oct-2022, at 5:01 AM, Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> On Sun, Oct 16, 2022 at 6:33 AM Athira Rajeev
> <atrajeev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> On 14-Oct-2022, at 11:45 AM, Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> The aggr field in the struct perf_counts is to keep the aggregated value
>>> in the AGGR_GLOBAL for the old code. But it's not used anymore.
>>>
>>> Acked-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>> ---
>>> tools/perf/util/counts.c | 1 -
>>> tools/perf/util/counts.h | 1 -
>>> tools/perf/util/stat.c | 35 ++---------------------------------
>>> 3 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/counts.c b/tools/perf/util/counts.c
>>> index 7a447d918458..11cd85b278a6 100644
>>> --- a/tools/perf/util/counts.c
>>> +++ b/tools/perf/util/counts.c
>>> @@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ void perf_counts__reset(struct perf_counts *counts)
>>> {
>>> xyarray__reset(counts->loaded);
>>> xyarray__reset(counts->values);
>>> - memset(&counts->aggr, 0, sizeof(struct perf_counts_values));
>>> }
>>>
>>> void evsel__reset_counts(struct evsel *evsel)
>>> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/counts.h b/tools/perf/util/counts.h
>>> index 5de275194f2b..42760242e0df 100644
>>> --- a/tools/perf/util/counts.h
>>> +++ b/tools/perf/util/counts.h
>>> @@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ struct evsel;
>>>
>>> struct perf_counts {
>>> s8 scaled;
>>> - struct perf_counts_values aggr;
>>> struct xyarray *values;
>>> struct xyarray *loaded;
>>> };
>>> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/stat.c b/tools/perf/util/stat.c
>>> index 14c45f4cfdd3..6ab9c58beca7 100644
>>> --- a/tools/perf/util/stat.c
>>> +++ b/tools/perf/util/stat.c
>>> @@ -308,8 +308,6 @@ static void evsel__copy_prev_raw_counts(struct evsel *evsel)
>>> *perf_counts(evsel->prev_raw_counts, idx, thread);
>>> }
>>> }
>>> -
>>> - evsel->counts->aggr = evsel->prev_raw_counts->aggr;
>>> }
>>>
>>> void evlist__copy_prev_raw_counts(struct evlist *evlist)
>>> @@ -320,26 +318,6 @@ void evlist__copy_prev_raw_counts(struct evlist *evlist)
>>> evsel__copy_prev_raw_counts(evsel);
>>> }
>>>
>>> -void evlist__save_aggr_prev_raw_counts(struct evlist *evlist)
>>> -{
>>> - struct evsel *evsel;
>>> -
>>> - /*
>>> - * To collect the overall statistics for interval mode,
>>> - * we copy the counts from evsel->prev_raw_counts to
>>> - * evsel->counts. The perf_stat_process_counter creates
>>> - * aggr values from per cpu values, but the per cpu values
>>> - * are 0 for AGGR_GLOBAL. So we use a trick that saves the
>>> - * previous aggr value to the first member of perf_counts,
>>> - * then aggr calculation in process_counter_values can work
>>> - * correctly.
>>> - */
>>> - evlist__for_each_entry(evlist, evsel) {
>>> - *perf_counts(evsel->prev_raw_counts, 0, 0) =
>>> - evsel->prev_raw_counts->aggr;
>>> - }
>>> -}
>>> -
>>> static size_t pkg_id_hash(const void *__key, void *ctx __maybe_unused)
>>> {
>>> uint64_t *key = (uint64_t *) __key;
>>> @@ -423,7 +401,6 @@ process_counter_values(struct perf_stat_config *config, struct evsel *evsel,
>>> int cpu_map_idx, int thread,
>>> struct perf_counts_values *count)
>>> {
>>> - struct perf_counts_values *aggr = &evsel->counts->aggr;
>>> struct perf_stat_evsel *ps = evsel->stats;
>>> static struct perf_counts_values zero;
>>> bool skip = false;
>>> @@ -493,12 +470,6 @@ process_counter_values(struct perf_stat_config *config, struct evsel *evsel,
>>> }
>>> }
>>>
>>> - if (config->aggr_mode == AGGR_GLOBAL) {
>>> - aggr->val += count->val;
>>> - aggr->ena += count->ena;
>>> - aggr->run += count->run;
>>> - }
>>> -
>>> return 0;
>>> }
>>>
>>> @@ -523,13 +494,10 @@ static int process_counter_maps(struct perf_stat_config *config,
>>> int perf_stat_process_counter(struct perf_stat_config *config,
>>> struct evsel *counter)
>>> {
>>> - struct perf_counts_values *aggr = &counter->counts->aggr;
>>> struct perf_stat_evsel *ps = counter->stats;
>>> - u64 *count = counter->counts->aggr.values;
>>> + u64 *count;
>>> int ret;
>>>
>>> - aggr->val = aggr->ena = aggr->run = 0;
>>> -
>>> if (counter->per_pkg)
>>> evsel__zero_per_pkg(counter);
>>>
>>> @@ -540,6 +508,7 @@ int perf_stat_process_counter(struct perf_stat_config *config,
>>> if (config->aggr_mode != AGGR_GLOBAL)
>>> return 0;
>>>
>>> + count = ps->aggr[0].counts.values;
>>
>> Hi Namhyung,
>>
>> We are using ps->aggr[0] here always. Can you please clarify on why first index is used here always.
>
> Sure, the AGGR_GLOBAL should have a single entry map because
> theaggr_cpu_id__global() always returns the same value. So we
> can use the index 0 safely. I'll add a comment.

Hi Namhyung,
Sure, Thanks for the clarification.

Athira
>
> Thanks,
> Namhyung