Re: [PATCH v2] perf vendor events amd: Fix large metrics

From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
Date: Tue Jul 11 2023 - 10:51:35 EST


Em Thu, Jul 06, 2023 at 06:49:29AM -0700, Ian Rogers escreveu:
> On Wed, Jul 5, 2023 at 11:34 PM Sandipan Das <sandipan.das@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > There are cases where a metric requires more events than the number of
> > available counters. E.g. AMD Zen, Zen 2 and Zen 3 processors have four
> > data fabric counters but the "nps1_die_to_dram" metric has eight events.
> > By default, the constituent events are placed in a group and since the
> > events cannot be scheduled at the same time, the metric is not computed.
> > The "all metrics" test also fails because of this.
> >
> > Use the NO_GROUP_EVENTS constraint for such metrics which anyway expect
> > the user to run perf with "--metric-no-group".
> >
> > E.g.
> >
> > $ sudo perf test -v 101
> >
> > Before:
> >
> > 101: perf all metrics test :
> > --- start ---
> > test child forked, pid 37131
> > Testing branch_misprediction_ratio
> > Testing all_remote_links_outbound
> > Testing nps1_die_to_dram
> > Metric 'nps1_die_to_dram' not printed in:
> > Error:
> > Invalid event (dram_channel_data_controller_4) in per-thread mode, enable system wide with '-a'.
> > Testing macro_ops_dispatched
> > Testing all_l2_cache_accesses
> > Testing all_l2_cache_hits
> > Testing all_l2_cache_misses
> > Testing ic_fetch_miss_ratio
> > Testing l2_cache_accesses_from_l2_hwpf
> > Testing l2_cache_misses_from_l2_hwpf
> > Testing op_cache_fetch_miss_ratio
> > Testing l3_read_miss_latency
> > Testing l1_itlb_misses
> > test child finished with -1
> > ---- end ----
> > perf all metrics test: FAILED!
> >
> > After:
> >
> > 101: perf all metrics test :
> > --- start ---
> > test child forked, pid 43766
> > Testing branch_misprediction_ratio
> > Testing all_remote_links_outbound
> > Testing nps1_die_to_dram
> > Testing macro_ops_dispatched
> > Testing all_l2_cache_accesses
> > Testing all_l2_cache_hits
> > Testing all_l2_cache_misses
> > Testing ic_fetch_miss_ratio
> > Testing l2_cache_accesses_from_l2_hwpf
> > Testing l2_cache_misses_from_l2_hwpf
> > Testing op_cache_fetch_miss_ratio
> > Testing l3_read_miss_latency
> > Testing l1_itlb_misses
> > test child finished with 0
> > ---- end ----
> > perf all metrics test: Ok
> >
> > Reported-by: Ayush Jain <ayush.jain3@xxxxxxx>
> > Suggested-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Sandipan Das <sandipan.das@xxxxxxx>
>
> Acked-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks, applied.

- Arnaldo


> Will there be a PMU driver fix so that the perf_event_open fails for
> the group? That way the weak group would work.
>
> Thanks,
> Ian
>
> > ---
> >
> > Previous versions can be found at:
> > v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230614090710.680330-1-sandipan.das@xxxxxxx/
> >
> > Changes in v2:
> > - As suggested by Ian, use the NO_GROUP_EVENTS constraint instead of
> > retrying the test scenario with --metric-no-group.
> > - Change the commit message accordingly.
> >
> > tools/perf/pmu-events/arch/x86/amdzen1/recommended.json | 3 ++-
> > tools/perf/pmu-events/arch/x86/amdzen2/recommended.json | 3 ++-
> > tools/perf/pmu-events/arch/x86/amdzen3/recommended.json | 3 ++-
> > 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/tools/perf/pmu-events/arch/x86/amdzen1/recommended.json b/tools/perf/pmu-events/arch/x86/amdzen1/recommended.json
> > index bf5083c1c260..4d28177325a0 100644
> > --- a/tools/perf/pmu-events/arch/x86/amdzen1/recommended.json
> > +++ b/tools/perf/pmu-events/arch/x86/amdzen1/recommended.json
> > @@ -169,8 +169,9 @@
> > },
> > {
> > "MetricName": "nps1_die_to_dram",
> > - "BriefDescription": "Approximate: Combined DRAM B/bytes of all channels on a NPS1 node (die) (may need --metric-no-group)",
> > + "BriefDescription": "Approximate: Combined DRAM B/bytes of all channels on a NPS1 node (die)",
> > "MetricExpr": "dram_channel_data_controller_0 + dram_channel_data_controller_1 + dram_channel_data_controller_2 + dram_channel_data_controller_3 + dram_channel_data_controller_4 + dram_channel_data_controller_5 + dram_channel_data_controller_6 + dram_channel_data_controller_7",
> > + "MetricConstraint": "NO_GROUP_EVENTS",
> > "MetricGroup": "data_fabric",
> > "PerPkg": "1",
> > "ScaleUnit": "6.1e-5MiB"
> > diff --git a/tools/perf/pmu-events/arch/x86/amdzen2/recommended.json b/tools/perf/pmu-events/arch/x86/amdzen2/recommended.json
> > index a71694a043ba..60e19456d4c8 100644
> > --- a/tools/perf/pmu-events/arch/x86/amdzen2/recommended.json
> > +++ b/tools/perf/pmu-events/arch/x86/amdzen2/recommended.json
> > @@ -169,8 +169,9 @@
> > },
> > {
> > "MetricName": "nps1_die_to_dram",
> > - "BriefDescription": "Approximate: Combined DRAM B/bytes of all channels on a NPS1 node (die) (may need --metric-no-group)",
> > + "BriefDescription": "Approximate: Combined DRAM B/bytes of all channels on a NPS1 node (die)",
> > "MetricExpr": "dram_channel_data_controller_0 + dram_channel_data_controller_1 + dram_channel_data_controller_2 + dram_channel_data_controller_3 + dram_channel_data_controller_4 + dram_channel_data_controller_5 + dram_channel_data_controller_6 + dram_channel_data_controller_7",
> > + "MetricConstraint": "NO_GROUP_EVENTS",
> > "MetricGroup": "data_fabric",
> > "PerPkg": "1",
> > "ScaleUnit": "6.1e-5MiB"
> > diff --git a/tools/perf/pmu-events/arch/x86/amdzen3/recommended.json b/tools/perf/pmu-events/arch/x86/amdzen3/recommended.json
> > index 988cf68ae825..3e9e1781812e 100644
> > --- a/tools/perf/pmu-events/arch/x86/amdzen3/recommended.json
> > +++ b/tools/perf/pmu-events/arch/x86/amdzen3/recommended.json
> > @@ -205,10 +205,11 @@
> > },
> > {
> > "MetricName": "nps1_die_to_dram",
> > - "BriefDescription": "Approximate: Combined DRAM B/bytes of all channels on a NPS1 node (die) (may need --metric-no-group)",
> > + "BriefDescription": "Approximate: Combined DRAM B/bytes of all channels on a NPS1 node (die)",
> > "MetricExpr": "dram_channel_data_controller_0 + dram_channel_data_controller_1 + dram_channel_data_controller_2 + dram_channel_data_controller_3 + dram_channel_data_controller_4 + dram_channel_data_controller_5 + dram_channel_data_controller_6 + dram_channel_data_controller_7",
> > "MetricGroup": "data_fabric",
> > "PerPkg": "1",
> > + "MetricConstraint": "NO_GROUP_EVENTS",
> > "ScaleUnit": "6.1e-5MiB"
> > }
> > ]
> > --
> > 2.34.1
> >

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- Arnaldo