Re: [PATCH v5 0/3] libperf: Unify scaling of counters obtained from perf_evsel__read()

[Jiri Olsa]

On Tue, Dec 07, 2021 at 05:22:42PM +0900, Shunsuke wrote:
> This patch series unifies the counters that can be obtained from
> perf_evsel__read() to "no scaling".
> The counter scaling will be done using a function moved from
> tools/perf/util.
> 
> The first patch move perf_counts_values__scale from tools/perf/util
> to tools/lib/perf so that it can be used with libperf.
> 
> The second patch removes the scaling process from
> perf_mmap__read_self().
> 
> The third patch adds a verification test to make sure that it scales
> correctly when multiplexed.
> 
> ---
> Previous version at:
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-perf-users/20211129090627.592149-1-nakamura.shun@xxxxxxxxxxx/
> 
> Changes in v5:
>  - Update tools/lib/perf/Documentation/libperf.txt

Acked-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>

thanks,
jirka

> 
> Changes in v4:
>  - Modify type s8 to type __s8
> 
> Changes in v3:
>  - Move scaling process from tools/perf/util to tools/lib/perf
>  - Remove scaling process from perf_mmap__read_self()
>  - Remove test to verify that no division by zero occurs
> 
> Changes in v2:
>  - Fix not to divide by zero when counter scaling
>  - Add test to verify that no division by zero occurs
> 
> 
> [1] https://github.com/deater/perf_event_tests/blob/master/tests/rdpmc/rdpmc_multiplexing.c
> 
> 
> Shunsuke Nakamura (3):
>   libperf: Move perf_counts_values__scale to tools/lib/perf
>   libperf: Remove scaling process from perf_mmap__read_self()
>   libperf tests: Add test_stat_multiplexing test
> 
>  tools/lib/perf/Documentation/libperf.txt |   2 +
>  tools/lib/perf/evsel.c                   |  19 +++
>  tools/lib/perf/include/perf/evsel.h      |   4 +
>  tools/lib/perf/libperf.map               |   1 +
>  tools/lib/perf/mmap.c                    |   2 -
>  tools/lib/perf/tests/test-evlist.c       | 157 +++++++++++++++++++++++
>  tools/perf/util/evsel.c                  |  19 ---
>  tools/perf/util/evsel.h                  |   3 -
>  8 files changed, 183 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)
> 
> -- 
> 2.25.1
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