Re: [PATCH V3 3/7] perf mem: Clean up perf_mem_events__name()

From: kajoljain
Date: Tue Jan 16 2024 - 08:59:42 EST


Hi Kan,
With this patch perf mem is failing in powerpc with below error:

[command]# ./perf mem record ls
event syntax error: '../mem-loads,ldlat=30/P'
\___ Bad event or PMU

Unable to find PMU or event on a PMU of 'cpu'

Initial error:
event syntax error: '../mem-loads,ldlat=30/P'
\___ unknown term 'ldlat' for pmu 'cpu'

This issue is happening as powerpc doesn't support ldlat parameter. And
this patch missing build of pmu.c file.

I am able to fix build and ldlat issue with below changes:

diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/Build
b/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/Build
index 9889245c555c..1d323f3a3322 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/Build
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/Build
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ perf-y += header.o
perf-$(CONFIG_LIBTRACEEVENT) += kvm-stat.o
perf-y += perf_regs.o
perf-y += mem-events.o
+perf-y += pmu.o
perf-y += sym-handling.o
perf-y += evsel.o
perf-y += event.o
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/mem-events.c
b/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/mem-events.c
index b7883e38950f..9140cdb1bbfb 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/mem-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/mem-events.c
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
-#include "map_symbol.h"
+#include "util/map_symbol.h"
+#include "util/mem-events.h"
#include "mem-events.h"

#define E(t, n, s, l, a) { .tag = t, .name = n, .sysfs_name = s, .ldlat
= l, .aux_event = a }
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/pmu.c
b/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/pmu.c
index 168173f88ddb..554675deef7b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/pmu.c
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/pmu.c
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
#include <string.h>

#include "../../../util/pmu.h"
+#include "mem-events.h"

void perf_pmu__arch_init(struct perf_pmu *pmu)
{

Thanks,
Kajol Jain


On 12/14/23 01:21, kan.liang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> From: Kan Liang <kan.liang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Introduce a generic perf_mem_events__name(). Remove the ARCH-specific
> one.
>
> The mem_load events may have a different format. Add ldlat and aux_event
> in the struct perf_mem_event to indicate the format and the extra aux
> event.
>
> Add perf_mem_events_intel_aux[] to support the extra mem_load_aux event.
>
> Rename perf_mem_events__name to perf_pmu__mem_events_name.
>
> Reviewed-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Tested-by: Ravi Bangoria <ravi.bangoria@xxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Kan Liang <kan.liang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/mem-events.c | 26 ++-------
> tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/mem-events.c | 13 ++---
> tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/mem-events.h | 7 +++
> tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/pmu.c | 11 ++++
> tools/perf/arch/x86/util/mem-events.c | 70 +++++------------------
> tools/perf/arch/x86/util/mem-events.h | 1 +
> tools/perf/arch/x86/util/pmu.c | 8 ++-
> tools/perf/util/mem-events.c | 60 +++++++++++++------
> tools/perf/util/mem-events.h | 3 +-
> 9 files changed, 93 insertions(+), 106 deletions(-)
> create mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/mem-events.h
> create mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/pmu.c
>
> diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/mem-events.c b/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/mem-events.c
> index d3e69a520c2b..96460c46640a 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/mem-events.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/mem-events.c
> @@ -3,28 +3,10 @@
> #include "util/mem-events.h"
> #include "mem-events.h"
>
> -#define E(t, n, s) { .tag = t, .name = n, .sysfs_name = s }
> +#define E(t, n, s, l, a) { .tag = t, .name = n, .sysfs_name = s, .ldlat = l, .aux_event = a }
>
> struct perf_mem_event perf_mem_events_arm[PERF_MEM_EVENTS__MAX] = {
> - E("spe-load", "arm_spe_0/ts_enable=1,pa_enable=1,load_filter=1,store_filter=0,min_latency=%u/", "arm_spe_0"),
> - E("spe-store", "arm_spe_0/ts_enable=1,pa_enable=1,load_filter=0,store_filter=1/", "arm_spe_0"),
> - E("spe-ldst", "arm_spe_0/ts_enable=1,pa_enable=1,load_filter=1,store_filter=1,min_latency=%u/", "arm_spe_0"),
> + E("spe-load", "%s/ts_enable=1,pa_enable=1,load_filter=1,store_filter=0,min_latency=%u/", "arm_spe_0", true, 0),
> + E("spe-store", "%s/ts_enable=1,pa_enable=1,load_filter=0,store_filter=1/", "arm_spe_0", false, 0),
> + E("spe-ldst", "%s/ts_enable=1,pa_enable=1,load_filter=1,store_filter=1,min_latency=%u/", "arm_spe_0", true, 0),
> };
> -
> -static char mem_ev_name[100];
> -
> -const char *perf_mem_events__name(int i, const char *pmu_name __maybe_unused)
> -{
> - struct perf_mem_event *e = &perf_mem_events_arm[i];
> -
> - if (i >= PERF_MEM_EVENTS__MAX)
> - return NULL;
> -
> - if (i == PERF_MEM_EVENTS__LOAD || i == PERF_MEM_EVENTS__LOAD_STORE)
> - scnprintf(mem_ev_name, sizeof(mem_ev_name),
> - e->name, perf_mem_events__loads_ldlat);
> - else /* PERF_MEM_EVENTS__STORE */
> - scnprintf(mem_ev_name, sizeof(mem_ev_name), e->name);
> -
> - return mem_ev_name;
> -}
> diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/mem-events.c b/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/mem-events.c
> index 78b986e5268d..b7883e38950f 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/mem-events.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/mem-events.c
> @@ -2,11 +2,10 @@
> #include "map_symbol.h"
> #include "mem-events.h"
>
> -/* PowerPC does not support 'ldlat' parameter. */
> -const char *perf_mem_events__name(int i, const char *pmu_name __maybe_unused)
> -{
> - if (i == PERF_MEM_EVENTS__LOAD)
> - return "cpu/mem-loads/";
> +#define E(t, n, s, l, a) { .tag = t, .name = n, .sysfs_name = s, .ldlat = l, .aux_event = a }
>
> - return "cpu/mem-stores/";
> -}
> +struct perf_mem_event perf_mem_events_power[PERF_MEM_EVENTS__MAX] = {
> + E("ldlat-loads", "%s/mem-loads/", "cpu/events/mem-loads", false, 0),
> + E("ldlat-stores", "%s/mem-stores/", "cpu/events/mem-stores", false, 0),
> + E(NULL, NULL, NULL, false, 0),
> +};
> diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/mem-events.h b/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/mem-events.h
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..6acc3d1b6873
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/mem-events.h
> @@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
> +#ifndef _POWER_MEM_EVENTS_H
> +#define _POWER_MEM_EVENTS_H
> +
> +extern struct perf_mem_event perf_mem_events_power[PERF_MEM_EVENTS__MAX];
> +
> +#endif /* _POWER_MEM_EVENTS_H */
> diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/pmu.c b/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/pmu.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..168173f88ddb
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/pmu.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +
> +#include <string.h>
> +
> +#include "../../../util/pmu.h"
> +
> +void perf_pmu__arch_init(struct perf_pmu *pmu)
> +{
> + if (pmu->is_core)
> + pmu->mem_events = perf_mem_events_power;
> +}
> diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/mem-events.c b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/mem-events.c
> index 5fb41d50118d..f0e66a0151a0 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/mem-events.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/mem-events.c
> @@ -7,25 +7,26 @@
> #include "linux/string.h"
> #include "env.h"
>
> -static char mem_loads_name[100];
> -static bool mem_loads_name__init;
> -static char mem_stores_name[100];
> -
> #define MEM_LOADS_AUX 0x8203
> -#define MEM_LOADS_AUX_NAME "{%s/mem-loads-aux/,%s/mem-loads,ldlat=%u/}:P"
>
> -#define E(t, n, s) { .tag = t, .name = n, .sysfs_name = s }
> +#define E(t, n, s, l, a) { .tag = t, .name = n, .sysfs_name = s, .ldlat = l, .aux_event = a }
>
> struct perf_mem_event perf_mem_events_intel[PERF_MEM_EVENTS__MAX] = {
> - E("ldlat-loads", "%s/mem-loads,ldlat=%u/P", "%s/events/mem-loads"),
> - E("ldlat-stores", "%s/mem-stores/P", "%s/events/mem-stores"),
> - E(NULL, NULL, NULL),
> + E("ldlat-loads", "%s/mem-loads,ldlat=%u/P", "%s/events/mem-loads", true, 0),
> + E("ldlat-stores", "%s/mem-stores/P", "%s/events/mem-stores", false, 0),
> + E(NULL, NULL, NULL, false, 0),
> +};
> +
> +struct perf_mem_event perf_mem_events_intel_aux[PERF_MEM_EVENTS__MAX] = {
> + E("ldlat-loads", "{%s/mem-loads-aux/,%s/mem-loads,ldlat=%u/}:P", "%s/events/mem-loads", true, MEM_LOADS_AUX),
> + E("ldlat-stores", "%s/mem-stores/P", "%s/events/mem-stores", false, 0),
> + E(NULL, NULL, NULL, false, 0),
> };
>
> struct perf_mem_event perf_mem_events_amd[PERF_MEM_EVENTS__MAX] = {
> - E(NULL, NULL, NULL),
> - E(NULL, NULL, NULL),
> - E("mem-ldst", "ibs_op//", "ibs_op"),
> + E(NULL, NULL, NULL, false, 0),
> + E(NULL, NULL, NULL, false, 0),
> + E("mem-ldst", "%s//", "ibs_op", false, 0),
> };
>
> bool is_mem_loads_aux_event(struct evsel *leader)
> @@ -40,48 +41,3 @@ bool is_mem_loads_aux_event(struct evsel *leader)
>
> return leader->core.attr.config == MEM_LOADS_AUX;
> }
> -
> -const char *perf_mem_events__name(int i, const char *pmu_name)
> -{
> - struct perf_mem_event *e;
> -
> - if (x86__is_amd_cpu())
> - e = &perf_mem_events_amd[i];
> - else
> - e = &perf_mem_events_intel[i];
> -
> - if (!e)
> - return NULL;
> -
> - if (i == PERF_MEM_EVENTS__LOAD) {
> - if (mem_loads_name__init && !pmu_name)
> - return mem_loads_name;
> -
> - if (!pmu_name) {
> - mem_loads_name__init = true;
> - pmu_name = "cpu";
> - }
> -
> - if (perf_pmus__have_event(pmu_name, "mem-loads-aux")) {
> - scnprintf(mem_loads_name, sizeof(mem_loads_name),
> - MEM_LOADS_AUX_NAME, pmu_name, pmu_name,
> - perf_mem_events__loads_ldlat);
> - } else {
> - scnprintf(mem_loads_name, sizeof(mem_loads_name),
> - e->name, pmu_name,
> - perf_mem_events__loads_ldlat);
> - }
> - return mem_loads_name;
> - }
> -
> - if (i == PERF_MEM_EVENTS__STORE) {
> - if (!pmu_name)
> - pmu_name = "cpu";
> -
> - scnprintf(mem_stores_name, sizeof(mem_stores_name),
> - e->name, pmu_name);
> - return mem_stores_name;
> - }
> -
> - return e->name;
> -}
> diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/mem-events.h b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/mem-events.h
> index 3959e427f482..f55c8d3b7d59 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/mem-events.h
> +++ b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/mem-events.h
> @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
> #define _X86_MEM_EVENTS_H
>
> extern struct perf_mem_event perf_mem_events_intel[PERF_MEM_EVENTS__MAX];
> +extern struct perf_mem_event perf_mem_events_intel_aux[PERF_MEM_EVENTS__MAX];
>
> extern struct perf_mem_event perf_mem_events_amd[PERF_MEM_EVENTS__MAX];
>
> diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/pmu.c b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/pmu.c
> index cd22e80e5657..0f49ff13cfe2 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/pmu.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/pmu.c
> @@ -35,8 +35,12 @@ void perf_pmu__arch_init(struct perf_pmu *pmu __maybe_unused)
> if (x86__is_amd_cpu()) {
> if (!strcmp(pmu->name, "ibs_op"))
> pmu->mem_events = perf_mem_events_amd;
> - } else if (pmu->is_core)
> - pmu->mem_events = perf_mem_events_intel;
> + } else if (pmu->is_core) {
> + if (perf_pmu__have_event(pmu, "mem-loads-aux"))
> + pmu->mem_events = perf_mem_events_intel_aux;
> + else
> + pmu->mem_events = perf_mem_events_intel;
> + }
> }
>
> int perf_pmus__num_mem_pmus(void)
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/mem-events.c b/tools/perf/util/mem-events.c
> index 27a33dc44964..51e53e33df03 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/mem-events.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/mem-events.c
> @@ -17,17 +17,17 @@
>
> unsigned int perf_mem_events__loads_ldlat = 30;
>
> -#define E(t, n, s) { .tag = t, .name = n, .sysfs_name = s }
> +#define E(t, n, s, l, a) { .tag = t, .name = n, .sysfs_name = s, .ldlat = l, .aux_event = a }
>
> struct perf_mem_event perf_mem_events[PERF_MEM_EVENTS__MAX] = {
> - E("ldlat-loads", "cpu/mem-loads,ldlat=%u/P", "cpu/events/mem-loads"),
> - E("ldlat-stores", "cpu/mem-stores/P", "cpu/events/mem-stores"),
> - E(NULL, NULL, NULL),
> + E("ldlat-loads", "%s/mem-loads,ldlat=%u/P", "cpu/events/mem-loads", true, 0),
> + E("ldlat-stores", "%s/mem-stores/P", "cpu/events/mem-stores", false, 0),
> + E(NULL, NULL, NULL, false, 0),
> };
> #undef E
>
> static char mem_loads_name[100];
> -static bool mem_loads_name__init;
> +static char mem_stores_name[100];
>
> struct perf_mem_event *perf_pmu__mem_events_ptr(struct perf_pmu *pmu, int i)
> {
> @@ -62,23 +62,49 @@ struct perf_pmu *perf_mem_events_find_pmu(void)
> return perf_pmus__scan_mem(NULL);
> }
>
> -const char * __weak perf_mem_events__name(int i, const char *pmu_name __maybe_unused)
> +static const char *perf_pmu__mem_events_name(int i, struct perf_pmu *pmu)
> {
> - struct perf_mem_event *e = &perf_mem_events[i];
> + struct perf_mem_event *e;
>
> + if (i >= PERF_MEM_EVENTS__MAX || !pmu)
> + return NULL;
> +
> + e = &pmu->mem_events[i];
> if (!e)
> return NULL;
>
> - if (i == PERF_MEM_EVENTS__LOAD) {
> - if (!mem_loads_name__init) {
> - mem_loads_name__init = true;
> - scnprintf(mem_loads_name, sizeof(mem_loads_name),
> - e->name, perf_mem_events__loads_ldlat);
> + if (i == PERF_MEM_EVENTS__LOAD || i == PERF_MEM_EVENTS__LOAD_STORE) {
> + if (e->ldlat) {
> + if (!e->aux_event) {
> + /* ARM and Most of Intel */
> + scnprintf(mem_loads_name, sizeof(mem_loads_name),
> + e->name, pmu->name,
> + perf_mem_events__loads_ldlat);
> + } else {
> + /* Intel with mem-loads-aux event */
> + scnprintf(mem_loads_name, sizeof(mem_loads_name),
> + e->name, pmu->name, pmu->name,
> + perf_mem_events__loads_ldlat);
> + }
> + } else {
> + if (!e->aux_event) {
> + /* AMD and POWER */
> + scnprintf(mem_loads_name, sizeof(mem_loads_name),
> + e->name, pmu->name);
> + } else
> + return NULL;
> }
> +
> return mem_loads_name;
> }
>
> - return e->name;
> + if (i == PERF_MEM_EVENTS__STORE) {
> + scnprintf(mem_stores_name, sizeof(mem_stores_name),
> + e->name, pmu->name);
> + return mem_stores_name;
> + }
> +
> + return NULL;
> }
>
> __weak bool is_mem_loads_aux_event(struct evsel *leader __maybe_unused)
> @@ -175,7 +201,7 @@ void perf_pmu__mem_events_list(struct perf_pmu *pmu)
> e->tag ? 13 : 0,
> e->tag ? : "",
> e->tag && verbose > 0 ? 25 : 0,
> - e->tag && verbose > 0 ? perf_mem_events__name(j, NULL) : "",
> + e->tag && verbose > 0 ? perf_pmu__mem_events_name(j, pmu) : "",
> e->supported ? ": available\n" : "");
> }
> }
> @@ -198,15 +224,15 @@ int perf_mem_events__record_args(const char **rec_argv, int *argv_nr,
>
> if (!e->supported) {
> pr_err("failed: event '%s' not supported\n",
> - perf_mem_events__name(j, pmu->name));
> + perf_pmu__mem_events_name(j, pmu));
> return -1;
> }
>
> if (perf_pmus__num_mem_pmus() == 1) {
> rec_argv[i++] = "-e";
> - rec_argv[i++] = perf_mem_events__name(j, NULL);
> + rec_argv[i++] = perf_pmu__mem_events_name(j, pmu);
> } else {
> - const char *s = perf_mem_events__name(j, pmu->name);
> + const char *s = perf_pmu__mem_events_name(j, pmu);
>
> if (!perf_mem_event__supported(mnt, pmu, e))
> continue;
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/mem-events.h b/tools/perf/util/mem-events.h
> index 0ad301a2e424..79d342768d12 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/mem-events.h
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/mem-events.h
> @@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
> struct perf_mem_event {
> bool record;
> bool supported;
> + bool ldlat;
> + u32 aux_event;
> const char *tag;
> const char *name;
> const char *sysfs_name;
> @@ -39,7 +41,6 @@ extern struct perf_mem_event perf_mem_events[PERF_MEM_EVENTS__MAX];
> int perf_pmu__mem_events_parse(struct perf_pmu *pmu, const char *str);
> int perf_pmu__mem_events_init(struct perf_pmu *pmu);
>
> -const char *perf_mem_events__name(int i, const char *pmu_name);
> struct perf_mem_event *perf_pmu__mem_events_ptr(struct perf_pmu *pmu, int i);
> struct perf_pmu *perf_mem_events_find_pmu(void);
> bool is_mem_loads_aux_event(struct evsel *leader);