Re: [PATCH v6 06/10] perf metricgroup: Fix metrics using aliases covering multiple PMUs

From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
Date: Mon Dec 07 2020 - 12:20:02 EST


Em Fri, Dec 04, 2020 at 07:10:12PM +0800, John Garry escreveu:
> Support for metric expressions using aliases which cover multiple PMUs is
> broken. Consider the following test metric expression:
>
> "MetricExpr": "UNC_CBO_XSNP_RESPONSE.MISS_XCORE * UNC_CBO_XSNP_RESPONSE.MISS_EVICTION"
>
> When used on my broadwell, "perf stat" gives:
>
> unc_cbo_xsnp_response.miss_eviction -> uncore_cbox_1/umask=0x81,event=0x22/
> unc_cbo_xsnp_response.miss_eviction -> uncore_cbox_0/umask=0x81,event=0x22/
> unc_cbo_xsnp_response.miss_xcore -> uncore_cbox_1/umask=0x41,event=0x22/
> unc_cbo_xsnp_response.miss_xcore -> uncore_cbox_0/umask=0x41,event=0x22/
> Control descriptor is not initialized
> unc_cbo_xsnp_response.miss_eviction: 3645925 1000850523 1000850523
> unc_cbo_xsnp_response.miss_xcore: 106850 1000850523 1000850523
>
> Performance counter stats for 'system wide':
>
> 3,645,925 unc_cbo_xsnp_response.miss_eviction # 389567086250.00 test_metric_inc
> 106,850 unc_cbo_xsnp_response.miss_xcore
>
> 1.000883096 seconds time elapsed
>
>
> Notice that only the results from one PMU are included. Fix the logic of
> find_evsel_group() to enable events which apply to multiple PMUs, by
> checking if the event pmu_name matches that of the metric event.
>
> With that, "perf stat" now gives:
>
> unc_cbo_xsnp_response.miss_eviction -> uncore_cbox_1/umask=0x81,event=0x22/
> unc_cbo_xsnp_response.miss_eviction -> uncore_cbox_0/umask=0x81,event=0x22/
> unc_cbo_xsnp_response.miss_xcore -> uncore_cbox_1/umask=0x41,event=0x22/
> unc_cbo_xsnp_response.miss_xcore -> uncore_cbox_0/umask=0x41,event=0x22/
> Control descriptor is not initialized
> unc_cbo_xsnp_response.miss_eviction: 4237983 1000904100 1000904100
> unc_cbo_xsnp_response.miss_xcore: 218643 1000904100 1000904100
> unc_cbo_xsnp_response.miss_eviction: 4254148 1000902629 1000902629
> unc_cbo_xsnp_response.miss_xcore: 213352 1000902629 1000902629
>
> Performance counter stats for 'system wide':
>
> 4,237,983 unc_cbo_xsnp_response.miss_eviction # 3668558131345.00 test_metric_inc
> 218,643 unc_cbo_xsnp_response.miss_xcore
> 4,254,148 unc_cbo_xsnp_response.miss_eviction
> 213,352 unc_cbo_xsnp_response.miss_xcore
>
> 1.000938151 seconds time elapsed
>

Next time please try to provides a Fixes: tag to help with
backporting/stable@xxxxxxxxxx work.

- Arnaldo

> Signed-off-by: John Garry <john.garry@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Kajol Jain <kjain@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> tools/perf/util/metricgroup.c | 4 +++-
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.c b/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.c
> index 81d201c8b833..b89160718c04 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.c
> @@ -279,7 +279,9 @@ static struct evsel *find_evsel_group(struct evlist *perf_evlist,
> * when then group is left.
> */
> if (!has_constraint &&
> - ev->leader != metric_events[i]->leader)
> + ev->leader != metric_events[i]->leader &&
> + !strcmp(ev->leader->pmu_name,
> + metric_events[i]->leader->pmu_name))
> break;
> if (!strcmp(metric_events[i]->name, ev->name)) {
> set_bit(ev->idx, evlist_used);
> --
> 2.26.2
>

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- Arnaldo