[RFC PATCH 17/25] perf stat: Handle taken alone in hardware-grouping

From: weilin . wang
Date: Mon Sep 25 2023 - 02:21:06 EST


From: Weilin Wang <weilin.wang@xxxxxxxxx>

Add taken alone into consideration when grouping. Only one taken
alone event is supported per group.

Signed-off-by: Weilin Wang <weilin.wang@xxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/pmu-events/jevents.py | 7 +++++--
tools/perf/pmu-events/pmu-events.h | 1 +
tools/perf/util/metricgroup.c | 18 +++++++++++++-----
tools/perf/util/metricgroup.h | 2 ++
4 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/pmu-events/jevents.py b/tools/perf/pmu-events/jevents.py
index d8c2fd258..56c09d10e 100755
--- a/tools/perf/pmu-events/jevents.py
+++ b/tools/perf/pmu-events/jevents.py
@@ -55,7 +55,9 @@ _json_event_attributes = [
# Counter this event could use
'counter',
# Longer things (the last won't be iterated over during decompress).
- 'long_desc'
+ 'long_desc',
+ # Taken alone event could not be collected in the same group with other taken alone event
+ 'taken_alone'
]

# Attributes that are in pmu_unit_layout.
@@ -71,7 +73,7 @@ _json_metric_attributes = [
]
# Attributes that are bools or enum int values, encoded as '0', '1',...
_json_enum_attributes = ['aggr_mode', 'deprecated', 'event_grouping', 'perpkg',
- 'size', 'fixed_size'
+ 'size', 'fixed_size', 'taken_alone'
]

def removesuffix(s: str, suffix: str) -> str:
@@ -330,6 +332,7 @@ class JsonEvent:
extra_desc += ' Spec update: ' + jd['Errata']
self.pmu = unit_to_pmu(jd.get('Unit'))
self.counter = jd.get('Counter')
+ self.taken_alone = jd.get('TakenAlone')
self.size = jd.get('Size')
self.fixed_size = jd.get('FixedSize')
filter = jd.get('Filter')
diff --git a/tools/perf/pmu-events/pmu-events.h b/tools/perf/pmu-events/pmu-events.h
index 65e0c5dd8..ce10356e9 100644
--- a/tools/perf/pmu-events/pmu-events.h
+++ b/tools/perf/pmu-events/pmu-events.h
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ struct pmu_event {
const char *unit;
bool perpkg;
bool deprecated;
+ bool taken_alone;
};

struct pmu_metric {
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.c b/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.c
index 7884cb036..020db8e61 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.c
@@ -1624,6 +1624,7 @@ static void metricgroup__free_pmu_info(struct list_head *pmu_info_list)
static struct metricgroup__event_info *event_info__new(const char *name,
const char *pmu_name,
const char *counter,
+ bool taken_alone,
bool free_counter)
{
int ret = 0;
@@ -1637,6 +1638,7 @@ static struct metricgroup__event_info *event_info__new(const char *name,
pmu_name = "core";
}
e->name = name;
+ e->taken_alone = taken_alone;
e->free_counter = free_counter;
//e->pmu_name = strdup(pmu_name);
e->pmu_name = pmu_name;
@@ -1674,7 +1676,8 @@ static int metricgroup__add_metric_event_callback(const struct pmu_event *pe,
struct metricgroup__add_metric_event_data *d = data;

if (!strcasecmp(pe->name, d->event_name)) {
- event = event_info__new(d->event_id, pe->pmu, pe->counter, /*free_counter=*/false);
+ event = event_info__new(d->event_id, pe->pmu, pe->counter,
+ pe->taken_alone, /*free_counter=*/false);
if (!event)
return -ENOMEM;
list_add(&event->nd, d->list);
@@ -1797,6 +1800,8 @@ static int find_and_set_counters(struct metricgroup__event_info *e,
int ret;
unsigned long find_bit = 0;

+ if (e->taken_alone && current_group->taken_alone)
+ return -ENOSPC;
if (e->free_counter)
return 0;
if (e->fixed_counter) {
@@ -1831,11 +1836,13 @@ static int _insert_event(struct metricgroup__event_info *e,
list_add(&event->nd, &group->event_head);
else
list_add_tail(&event->nd, &group->event_head);
+ if (e->taken_alone)
+ group->taken_alone = true;
return 0;
}

/**
- * Insert the new_group node at the end of the group list.
+ * Initialize the new group and insert it to the end of the group list.
*/
static int insert_new_group(struct list_head *head,
struct metricgroup__group *new_group,
@@ -1845,6 +1852,7 @@ static int insert_new_group(struct list_head *head,
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&new_group->event_head);
fill_counter_bitmap(new_group->gp_counters, 0, size);
fill_counter_bitmap(new_group->fixed_counters, 0, fixed_size);
+ new_group->taken_alone = false;
list_add_tail(&new_group->nd, head);
return 0;
}
@@ -2045,8 +2053,8 @@ static int create_grouping(struct list_head *pmu_info_list,
//TODO: for each new core group, we should consider to add events that uses fixed counters
list_for_each_entry(e, event_info_list, nd) {
bitmap_scnprintf(e->counters, NR_COUNTERS, bit_buf, NR_COUNTERS);
- pr_debug("Event name %s, [pmu]=%s, [counters]=%s\n", e->name,
- e->pmu_name, bit_buf);
+ pr_debug("Event name %s, [pmu]=%s, [counters]=%s, [taken_alone]=%d\n",
+ e->name, e->pmu_name, bit_buf, e->taken_alone);
ret = assign_event_grouping(e, pmu_info_list, &groups);
if (ret)
goto out;
@@ -2085,7 +2093,7 @@ static int hw_aware_build_grouping(struct expr_parse_ctx *ctx __maybe_unused,
pr_debug("found event %s\n", id);
if (!strncmp(id, special_pattern, strlen(special_pattern))) {
struct metricgroup__event_info *event;
- event = event_info__new(id, "default_core", "0", true);
+ event = event_info__new(id, "default_core", "0", false, true);
if (!event) {
ret = -ENOMEM;
goto err_out;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.h b/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.h
index f9f8b7498..0ca9eeacc 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.h
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ struct metricgroup__event_info {
const char *pmu_name;
bool fixed_counter;
bool free_counter;
+ bool taken_alone;
/** The counters the event allowed to be collected on. */
DECLARE_BITMAP(counters, NR_COUNTERS);
};
@@ -130,6 +131,7 @@ struct metricgroup__group {
DECLARE_BITMAP(fixed_counters, NR_COUNTERS);
/** Head to the list of event names in this group*/
struct list_head event_head;
+ bool taken_alone;
};

struct metricgroup__group_events {
--
2.39.3