Re: [PATCH -tip] perf_counter tools: check for valid cacheoperations

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Thu Jun 25 2009 - 08:11:00 EST



* Jaswinder Singh Rajput <jaswinder@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Made new table for cache operartion stat 'hw_cache_stat' as :
> L1I : Read and prefetch only
> ITLB and BPU : Read-only
>
> introduce is_cache_op_valid() for cache operation validity
>
> And checks for valid cache operations.
>
> Reported-by : Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Jaswinder Singh Rajput <jaswinderrajput@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> tools/perf/util/parse-events.c | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 1 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
> index 06af2fa..7939a21 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
> @@ -90,6 +90,34 @@ static char *hw_cache_result[][MAX_ALIASES] = {
> { "Miss" },
> };
>
> +#define C(x) PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_##x
> +#define CACHE_READ (1 << C(OP_READ))
> +#define CACHE_WRITE (1 << C(OP_WRITE))
> +#define CACHE_PREFETCH (1 << C(OP_PREFETCH))
> +#define COP(x) (1 << x)
> +
> +/*
> + * cache operartion stat
> + * L1I : Read and prefetch only
> + * ITLB and BPU : Read-only
> + */
> +static unsigned long hw_cache_stat[C(MAX)] = {
> + [C(L1D)] = (CACHE_READ | CACHE_WRITE | CACHE_PREFETCH),
> + [C(L1I)] = (CACHE_READ | CACHE_PREFETCH),
> + [C(LL)] = (CACHE_READ | CACHE_WRITE | CACHE_PREFETCH),
> + [C(DTLB)] = (CACHE_READ | CACHE_WRITE | CACHE_PREFETCH),
> + [C(ITLB)] = (CACHE_READ),
> + [C(BPU)] = (CACHE_READ),
> +};
> +
> +static int is_cache_op_valid(u8 cache_type, u8 cache_op)
> +{
> + if (hw_cache_stat[cache_type] & COP(cache_op))
> + return 1; /* valid */
> + else
> + return 0; /* invalid */
> +}
> +
> char *event_name(int counter)
> {
> u64 config = attrs[counter].config;
> @@ -123,6 +151,8 @@ char *event_name(int counter)
> if (cache_result > PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_RESULT_MAX)
> return "unknown-ext-hardware-cache-result";
>
> + if (!is_cache_op_valid(cache_type, cache_op))
> + return "invalid-cache";
> sprintf(name, "%s-Cache-%s-%ses",
> hw_cache[cache_type][0],
> hw_cache_op[cache_op][0],
> @@ -179,6 +209,9 @@ parse_generic_hw_symbols(const char *str, struct perf_counter_attr *attr)
> if (cache_op == -1)
> cache_op = PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_OP_READ;
>
> + if (!is_cache_op_valid(cache_type, cache_op))
> + return -EINVAL;
> +
> cache_result = parse_aliases(str, hw_cache_result,
> PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_RESULT_MAX);

Yes, this looks better - applied. The names-shortening patch now
doesnt apply but i guess that's expected.

Ingo
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