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

[Namhyung Kim]

Hi Ian,

On Tue, Sep 26, 2023 at 9:07 PM Ian Rogers <irogers@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Sep 26, 2023 at 3:51 PM Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, Sep 20, 2023 at 9:02 AM Ian Rogers <irogers@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > 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>
> >
> > Applied to perf-tools-next, thanks!
>
> Thanks Namhyung, I think this should be a candidate for perf-tools so
> that 6.6 doesn't regress for sysfs events.

I see, I overlooked that it's for the current cycle.
I'll move it to perf-tools.

Thanks,
Namhyung