Re: [PATCH v2] perf report: Set PERF_SAMPLE_DATA_SRC bit for Arm SPE event

From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
Date: Wed Apr 13 2022 - 21:27:35 EST


Em Wed, Apr 13, 2022 at 05:23:17PM +0800, Leo Yan escreveu:
> Since commit bb30acae4c4d ("perf report: Bail out --mem-mode if mem info
> is not available") "perf mem report" and "perf report --mem-mode"
> don't report result if the PERF_SAMPLE_DATA_SRC bit is missed in sample
> type.
>
> The commit ffab48705205 ("perf: arm-spe: Fix perf report --mem-mode")
> partially fixes the issue. It adds PERF_SAMPLE_DATA_SRC bit for Arm SPE
> event, this allows the perf data file generated by kernel v5.18-rc1 or
> later version can be reported properly.
>
> On the other hand, perf tool still fails to be backward compatibility
> for a data file recorded by an older version's perf which contains Arm
> SPE trace data. This patch is a workaround in reporting phase, when
> detects ARM SPE PMU event and without PERF_SAMPLE_DATA_SRC bit, it will
> force to set the bit in the sample type and give a warning info.
>
> Fixes: bb30acae4c4d ("perf report: Bail out --mem-mode if mem info is not available")
> Signed-off-by: Leo Yan <leo.yan@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Tested-by: German Gomez <german.gomez@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> v2: Change event name from "arm_spe_" to "arm_spe";
> Add German's test tag.

Tentatively applied, would be great to have James' and Ravi's
Acked-by/Reviewed-by, which I'll add before pushing this out if provided
in time.

- Arnaldo

> tools/perf/builtin-report.c | 16 ++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
> index 1ad75c7ba074..acb07a4a9b67 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
> @@ -353,6 +353,7 @@ static int report__setup_sample_type(struct report *rep)
> struct perf_session *session = rep->session;
> u64 sample_type = evlist__combined_sample_type(session->evlist);
> bool is_pipe = perf_data__is_pipe(session->data);
> + struct evsel *evsel;
>
> if (session->itrace_synth_opts->callchain ||
> session->itrace_synth_opts->add_callchain ||
> @@ -407,6 +408,21 @@ static int report__setup_sample_type(struct report *rep)
> }
>
> if (sort__mode == SORT_MODE__MEMORY) {
> + /*
> + * FIXUP: prior to kernel 5.18, Arm SPE missed to set
> + * PERF_SAMPLE_DATA_SRC bit in sample type. For backward
> + * compatibility, set the bit if it's an old perf data file.
> + */
> + evlist__for_each_entry(session->evlist, evsel) {
> + if (strstr(evsel->name, "arm_spe") &&
> + !(sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_DATA_SRC)) {
> + ui__warning("PERF_SAMPLE_DATA_SRC bit is not set "
> + "for Arm SPE event.\n");
> + evsel->core.attr.sample_type |= PERF_SAMPLE_DATA_SRC;
> + sample_type |= PERF_SAMPLE_DATA_SRC;
> + }
> + }
> +
> if (!is_pipe && !(sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_DATA_SRC)) {
> ui__error("Selected --mem-mode but no mem data. "
> "Did you call perf record without -d?\n");
> --
> 2.25.1

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- Arnaldo