Re: [PATCH] perf pmu: Fix perf stat output with correct scale and unit

From: Ian Rogers
Date: Wed Sep 20 2023 - 12:02:40 EST


On Wed, Sep 20, 2023 at 5:24 AM Wyes Karny <wyes.karny@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> The perf_pmu__parse_* functions for the sysfs files of pmu event’s
> scale, unit, per-pkg and snapshot were updated in commit 7b723dbb96e8
> ("perf pmu: Be lazy about loading event info files from sysfs").
> However, the paths for these sysfs files were incorrect. This resulted
> in perf stat reporting values with wrong scaling and missing units. This
> is fixed by correcting the paths for these sysfs files.
>
> Before this fix:
>
> $sudo perf stat -e power/energy-pkg/ -- sleep 2
>
> Performance counter stats for 'system wide':
>
> 351,217,188,864 power/energy-pkg/
>
> 2.004127961 seconds time elapsed
>
> After this fix:
>
> $sudo perf stat -e power/energy-pkg/ -- sleep 2
>
> Performance counter stats for 'system wide':
>
> 80.58 Joules power/energy-pkg/
>
> 2.004009749 seconds time elapsed
>
> Fixes: 7b723dbb96e8 ("perf pmu: Be lazy about loading event info files from sysfs")
> Signed-off-by: Wyes Karny <wyes.karny@xxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks!
Ian

> ---
> tools/perf/util/pmu.c | 8 ++++----
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
> index 0d81c059c91c..93feee29d054 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
> @@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ static int perf_pmu__parse_scale(struct perf_pmu *pmu, struct perf_pmu_alias *al
> len = perf_pmu__event_source_devices_scnprintf(path, sizeof(path));
> if (!len)
> return 0;
> - scnprintf(path + len, sizeof(path) - len, "%s/%s.scale", pmu->name, alias->name);
> + scnprintf(path + len, sizeof(path) - len, "%s/events/%s.scale", pmu->name, alias->name);
>
> fd = open(path, O_RDONLY);
> if (fd == -1)
> @@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ static int perf_pmu__parse_unit(struct perf_pmu *pmu, struct perf_pmu_alias *ali
> len = perf_pmu__event_source_devices_scnprintf(path, sizeof(path));
> if (!len)
> return 0;
> - scnprintf(path + len, sizeof(path) - len, "%s/%s.unit", pmu->name, alias->name);
> + scnprintf(path + len, sizeof(path) - len, "%s/events/%s.unit", pmu->name, alias->name);
>
> fd = open(path, O_RDONLY);
> if (fd == -1)
> @@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ perf_pmu__parse_per_pkg(struct perf_pmu *pmu, struct perf_pmu_alias *alias)
> len = perf_pmu__event_source_devices_scnprintf(path, sizeof(path));
> if (!len)
> return 0;
> - scnprintf(path + len, sizeof(path) - len, "%s/%s.per-pkg", pmu->name, alias->name);
> + scnprintf(path + len, sizeof(path) - len, "%s/events/%s.per-pkg", pmu->name, alias->name);
>
> fd = open(path, O_RDONLY);
> if (fd == -1)
> @@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ static int perf_pmu__parse_snapshot(struct perf_pmu *pmu, struct perf_pmu_alias
> len = perf_pmu__event_source_devices_scnprintf(path, sizeof(path));
> if (!len)
> return 0;
> - scnprintf(path + len, sizeof(path) - len, "%s/%s.snapshot", pmu->name, alias->name);
> + scnprintf(path + len, sizeof(path) - len, "%s/events/%s.snapshot", pmu->name, alias->name);
>
> fd = open(path, O_RDONLY);
> if (fd == -1)
> --
> 2.34.1
>