[RFC PATCH v4 11/15] perf stat: Handle taken alone in hardware-grouping

From: weilin . wang
Date: Thu Feb 08 2024 - 22:18:08 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 | 20 +++++++++++++++-----
3 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/pmu-events/jevents.py b/tools/perf/pmu-events/jevents.py
index bc91b7efa49a..4fbb367a3228 100755
--- a/tools/perf/pmu-events/jevents.py
+++ b/tools/perf/pmu-events/jevents.py
@@ -56,7 +56,9 @@ _json_event_attributes = [
# The list of counter(s) this event could use
'counters',
# 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.
@@ -355,6 +357,9 @@ class JsonEvent:
self.num_counters = jd.get('NumCounters')
# Number of fixed counter
self.num_fixed_counters = jd.get('NumFixedCounters')
+ # If the event is taken alone event, which cannot be grouped with any other
+ # taken alone event.
+ self.taken_alone = jd.get('TakenAlone')
filter = jd.get('Filter')
self.unit = jd.get('ScaleUnit')
self.perpkg = jd.get('PerPkg')
diff --git a/tools/perf/pmu-events/pmu-events.h b/tools/perf/pmu-events/pmu-events.h
index e245e4738970..837edfeb676a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/pmu-events/pmu-events.h
+++ b/tools/perf/pmu-events/pmu-events.h
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ 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 fe115f0880f9..95d3868819e3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.c
@@ -189,6 +189,7 @@ struct metricgroup__event_info {
/** The event uses special counters that we consider that as free counter
* during the event grouping*/
bool free_counter;
+ bool taken_alone;
/** The counters the event allowed to be collected on. */
DECLARE_BITMAP(counters, NR_COUNTERS);
};
@@ -235,6 +236,7 @@ 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 {
@@ -1717,6 +1719,7 @@ 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;
@@ -1731,6 +1734,7 @@ 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 = pmu_name;
if (free_counter) {
@@ -1769,7 +1773,8 @@ static int metricgroup__add_metric_event_callback(const struct pmu_event *pe,
if (!strcasecmp(pe->name, d->event_name)) {
if (!pe->counters)
return -EINVAL;
- event = event_info__new(d->event_id, pe->pmu, pe->counters, /*free_counter=*/false);
+ event = event_info__new(d->event_id, pe->pmu, pe->counters,
+ pe->taken_alone, /*free_counter=*/false);
if (!event)
return -ENOMEM;
list_add(&event->nd, d->list);
@@ -1892,6 +1897,8 @@ 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) {
@@ -1926,11 +1933,13 @@ 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,
@@ -1940,6 +1949,7 @@ static int insert_new_group(struct list_head *head,
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&new_group->event_head);
fill_counter_bitmap(new_group->gp_counters, 0, num_counters);
fill_counter_bitmap(new_group->fixed_counters, 0, num_fixed_counters);
+ new_group->taken_alone = false;
list_add_tail(&new_group->nd, head);
return 0;
}
@@ -2143,8 +2153,8 @@ 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;
@@ -2191,7 +2201,7 @@ static int hw_aware_build_grouping(struct expr_parse_ctx *ctx __maybe_unused,
if (is_special_event(id)) {
struct metricgroup__event_info *event;

- event = event_info__new(id, "default_core", "0",
+ event = event_info__new(id, "default_core", "0", false,
/*free_counter=*/true);
if (!event)
goto err_out;
--
2.42.0