Re: [PATCH v1 1/2] perf header: Support HYBRID_TOPOLOGY feature

From: Jin, Yao
Date: Wed May 05 2021 - 22:22:51 EST


Hi Jiri,

On 5/6/2021 4:28 AM, Jiri Olsa wrote:
On Wed, May 05, 2021 at 10:49:23AM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
Em Tue, May 04, 2021 at 09:37:34PM +0200, Jiri Olsa escreveu:
On Tue, May 04, 2021 at 04:28:33PM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
Em Tue, May 04, 2021 at 04:56:44PM +0200, Jiri Olsa escreveu:
On Fri, Apr 30, 2021 at 03:46:01PM +0800, Jin Yao wrote:
It would be useful to let user know the hybrid topology.
Adding HYBRID_TOPOLOGY feature in header to indicate the
core cpus and the atom cpus.

With this patch,

For the perf.data generated on hybrid platform,
reports the hybrid cpu list.

root@otcpl-adl-s-2:~# perf report --header-only -I
...
# cpu_core cpu list : 0-15
# cpu_atom cpu list : 16-23

hum, should we print 'hybrid:' or something to make
sure its not confused with something else? like
# hybrid cpu_core cpu list : 0-15
# hybrid cpu_atom cpu list : 16-23

But this _core/_atom already got to be enough? I disagreed with that
naming, but neverthless having one or the other present in an output is
a clear mark of this hybrid topology.

I.e having that extra hybrid string that wouldn't add information to the
output.

sure when you know that cpu_core/cpu_atom are hybrid pmus ;-)
and I guess other arch will come with other names

Yeah, its too Intel centric, I thought they would come up with
cpu_big/cpu_little and map it to core/atom on Intel and whatever other
BIG/little arches come up with.

Perhaps:

root@otcpl-adl-s-2:~# perf report --header-only -I
...
# hybrid cpu system:
# cpu_core cpu list : 0-15
# cpu_atom cpu list : 16-23

?

'hybrid pmus' would sounds better to me,
but as long as there's hybrid in there I'm good ;-)

thanks,
jirka


:)

Thanks
Jin Yao


- Arnaldo