Re: [PATCH v1 0/3] Parse event sort/regroup fixes

From: Andi Kleen
Date: Thu Jul 27 2023 - 16:06:11 EST


On Wed, Jul 19, 2023 at 11:49:47AM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> Em Tue, Jul 18, 2023 at 05:18:33PM -0700, Ian Rogers escreveu:
> > Patch 1, fix:
> > perf stat -e cycles,slots,topdown-fe-bound
> > so that cycles isn't made a group leader (failure caused by PMUs
> > matching). Previously this event list would fail so not necessarily a
> > regression over previous perf release.
> >
> > Patch 2, when regrouping events the leader needs to be updated due to
> > sorting. This fix causes larger event groups that then regress at
> > least the tigerlake metric test as the kernel PMU driver fails to
> > break the weak groups. This is a fix for a bug but the consequence of
> > fixing the bug is to make a passing test fail due to the kernel PMU
> > driver.
> >
> > Patch 3, don't alter the list position of events without a group if
> > they don't need forcing into a group. Analysis showed this was the
> > cause of the issue reported by Andi Kleen:
> > https://lore.kernel.org/linux-perf-users/ZLBgbHkbrfGygM%2Fu@tassilo/
>
> Andi,
>
> Can you please check these patches and provide a Tested-by?

Tested-by: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

-Andi