Re: [PATCH v3 12/27] perf parse-events: Support no alias assigned event inside hybrid PMU

From: Jin, Yao
Date: Sun Apr 11 2021 - 23:03:34 EST


Hi Jiri,

On 4/9/2021 9:47 PM, Jiri Olsa wrote:
On Mon, Mar 29, 2021 at 03:00:31PM +0800, Jin Yao wrote:

SNIP

+ struct parse_events_state *parse_state)
{
struct perf_event_attr attr;
LIST_HEAD(config_terms);
@@ -521,7 +526,7 @@ int parse_events_add_cache(struct list_head *list, int *idx,
i = parse_events__add_cache_hybrid(list, idx, &attr,
config_name ? : name, &config_terms,
- &hybrid);
+ &hybrid, parse_state);
if (hybrid)
return i;
@@ -1481,7 +1486,7 @@ int parse_events_add_pmu(struct parse_events_state *parse_state,
struct perf_pmu *pmu;
struct evsel *evsel;
struct parse_events_error *err = parse_state->error;
- bool use_uncore_alias;
+ bool use_uncore_alias, found = false;
LIST_HEAD(config_terms);
if (verbose > 1) {
@@ -1530,8 +1535,28 @@ int parse_events_add_pmu(struct parse_events_state *parse_state,
}
}
- if (!parse_state->fake_pmu && perf_pmu__check_alias(pmu, head_config, &info))
+ if (!parse_state->fake_pmu &&
+ perf_pmu__check_alias(pmu, head_config, &info, &found)) {
return -EINVAL;
+ }
+

ok, let's not polute surronding functions and make strict check
on what we want in here.. we are after following events:

cpu_xxx/L1-dcache/
cpu_xxx/l1-d|/
...
right?


Yes, we only focus on the cache events now.

so we are after events with single term in head_config that has name in:

L1-dcache|l1-d|l1d|L1-data |
L1-icache|l1-i|l1i|L1-instruction |
LLC|L2 |
dTLB|d-tlb|Data-TLB |
iTLB|i-tlb|Instruction-TLB |
branch|branches|bpu|btb|bpc |
node

I think that with such direct check the code will be more straight
forward, also let's move it to parse-events-hybrid


Do you suggest we just use string comparison for doing the direct check?

e.g.

if (strstr(term->config, "L1-dcache"))
...

Of course, we can define a string array first and use a loop for string comparison.

+ if (!parse_state->fake_pmu && head_config && !found &&
+ perf_pmu__is_hybrid(name)) {
+ struct parse_events_term *term;
+ int ret;
+
+ list_for_each_entry(term, head_config, list) {
+ if (!term->config)
+ continue;
+
+ ret = parse_events__with_hybrid_pmu(parse_state,
+ term->config,
+ name, &found,
+ list);

do we need to call the parsing again? could we just call
parse_events__add_cache_hybrid?

jirka



If we do the direct check for cache events, I think we don't need the parsing again.

As I mentioned above, we need to define a string array and compare with term->config one by one.

I'm OK for this solution. :)

Thanks
Jin Yao

+ if (found)
+ return ret;
+ }
+ }
if (verbose > 1) {
fprintf(stderr, "After aliases, add event pmu '%s' with '",
@@ -1605,6 +1630,15 @@ int parse_events_multi_pmu_add(struct parse_events_state *parse_state,
struct perf_pmu *pmu = NULL;
int ok = 0;

SNIP