[PATCH v1] perf stat: Combine the -A/--no-aggr and --no-merge options
From: Ian Rogers
Date: Thu Dec 14 2023 - 01:04:58 EST
The -A or --no-aggr option disables aggregation of core events:
```
$ perf stat -A -e cycles,data_total -a true
Performance counter stats for 'system wide':
CPU0 1,287,665 cycles
CPU1 1,831,681 cycles
CPU2 27,345,998 cycles
CPU3 1,964,799 cycles
CPU4 236,174 cycles
CPU5 3,302,825 cycles
CPU6 9,201,446 cycles
CPU7 1,403,043 cycles
CPU0 110.90 MiB data_total
0.008961761 seconds time elapsed
```
The --no-merge option disables the aggregation of uncore events:
```
$ perf stat --no-merge -e cycles,data_total -a true
Performance counter stats for 'system wide':
38,482,778 cycles
15.04 MiB data_total [uncore_imc_free_running_1]
15.00 MiB data_total [uncore_imc_free_running_0]
0.005915155 seconds time elapsed
```
Having two options confuses users who generally don't appreciate the
difference in PMUs. Keep all the options but make it so they all
disable aggregation both of core and uncore events:
```
$ perf stat -A -e cycles,data_total -a true
Performance counter stats for 'system wide':
CPU0 85,878 cycles
CPU1 88,179 cycles
CPU2 60,872 cycles
CPU3 3,265,567 cycles
CPU4 82,357 cycles
CPU5 83,383 cycles
CPU6 84,156 cycles
CPU7 220,803 cycles
CPU0 2.38 MiB data_total [uncore_imc_free_running_0]
CPU0 2.38 MiB data_total [uncore_imc_free_running_1]
0.001397205 seconds time elapsed
```
Update the relevant perf-stat man page information.
Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt | 52 ++++++++++++++------------
tools/perf/builtin-stat.c | 5 ++-
tools/perf/util/stat-display.c | 2 +-
tools/perf/util/stat.c | 2 +-
tools/perf/util/stat.h | 1 -
5 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt
index 8f789fa1242e..5af2e432b54f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt
@@ -422,7 +422,34 @@ See perf list output for the possible metrics and metricgroups.
-A::
--no-aggr::
-Do not aggregate counts across all monitored CPUs.
+--no-merge::
+Do not aggregate/merge counts across monitored CPUs or PMUs.
+
+When multiple events are created from a single event specification,
+stat will, by default, aggregate the event counts and show the result
+in a single row. This option disables that behavior and shows the
+individual events and counts.
+
+Multiple events are created from a single event specification when:
+
+1. PID monitoring isn't requested and the system has more than one
+ CPU. For example, a system with 8 SMT threads will have one event
+ opened on each thread and aggregation is performed across them.
+
+2. Prefix or glob wildcard matching is used for the PMU name. For
+ example, multiple memory controller PMUs may exist typically with a
+ suffix of _0, _1, etc. By default the event counts will all be
+ combined if the PMU is specified without the suffix such as
+ uncore_imc rather than uncore_imc_0.
+
+3. Aliases, which are listed immediately after the Kernel PMU events
+ by perf list, are used.
+
+--hybrid-merge::
+Merge core event counts from all core PMUs. In hybrid or big.LITTLE
+systems by default each core PMU will report its count
+separately. This option forces core PMU counts to be combined to give
+a behavior closer to having a single CPU type in the system.
--topdown::
Print top-down metrics supported by the CPU. This allows to determine
@@ -475,29 +502,6 @@ highlight 'tma_frontend_bound'. This metric may be drilled into with
Error out if the input is higher than the supported max level.
---no-merge::
-Do not merge results from same PMUs.
-
-When multiple events are created from a single event specification,
-stat will, by default, aggregate the event counts and show the result
-in a single row. This option disables that behavior and shows
-the individual events and counts.
-
-Multiple events are created from a single event specification when:
-1. Prefix or glob matching is used for the PMU name.
-2. Aliases, which are listed immediately after the Kernel PMU events
- by perf list, are used.
-
---hybrid-merge::
-Merge the hybrid event counts from all PMUs.
-
-For hybrid events, by default, the stat aggregates and reports the event
-counts per PMU. But sometimes, it's also useful to aggregate event counts
-from all PMUs. This option enables that behavior and reports the counts
-without PMUs.
-
-For non-hybrid events, it should be no effect.
-
--smi-cost::
Measure SMI cost if msr/aperf/ and msr/smi/ events are supported.
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
index bda020c0b9d5..5fe9abc6a524 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
@@ -1204,8 +1204,9 @@ static struct option stat_options[] = {
OPT_STRING('C', "cpu", &target.cpu_list, "cpu",
"list of cpus to monitor in system-wide"),
OPT_SET_UINT('A', "no-aggr", &stat_config.aggr_mode,
- "disable CPU count aggregation", AGGR_NONE),
- OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "no-merge", &stat_config.no_merge, "Do not merge identical named events"),
+ "disable aggregation across CPUs or PMUs", AGGR_NONE),
+ OPT_SET_UINT(0, "no-merge", &stat_config.aggr_mode,
+ "disable aggregation the same as -A or -no-aggr", AGGR_NONE),
OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "hybrid-merge", &stat_config.hybrid_merge,
"Merge identical named hybrid events"),
OPT_STRING('x', "field-separator", &stat_config.csv_sep, "separator",
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/stat-display.c b/tools/perf/util/stat-display.c
index afe6db8e7bf4..8c61f8627ebc 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/stat-display.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/stat-display.c
@@ -898,7 +898,7 @@ static bool hybrid_uniquify(struct evsel *evsel, struct perf_stat_config *config
static void uniquify_counter(struct perf_stat_config *config, struct evsel *counter)
{
- if (config->no_merge || hybrid_uniquify(counter, config))
+ if (config->aggr_mode == AGGR_NONE || hybrid_uniquify(counter, config))
uniquify_event_name(counter);
}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/stat.c b/tools/perf/util/stat.c
index 012c4946b9c4..b0bcf92f0f9c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/stat.c
@@ -592,7 +592,7 @@ void perf_stat_merge_counters(struct perf_stat_config *config, struct evlist *ev
{
struct evsel *evsel;
- if (config->no_merge)
+ if (config->aggr_mode == AGGR_NONE)
return;
evlist__for_each_entry(evlist, evsel)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/stat.h b/tools/perf/util/stat.h
index 325d0fad1842..4357ba114822 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/stat.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/stat.h
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ struct perf_stat_config {
bool null_run;
bool ru_display;
bool big_num;
- bool no_merge;
bool hybrid_merge;
bool walltime_run_table;
bool all_kernel;
--
2.43.0.472.g3155946c3a-goog