[PATCH v1 38/51] perf metric: Add --metric-no-threshold option

From: Ian Rogers
Date: Sun Feb 19 2023 - 04:47:43 EST


Thresholds may need additional events, this can impact things like
sharing groups of events to avoid multiplexing. Add a flag to make the
threshold calculations optional. The threshold will still be computed
if no additional events are necessary.

Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/builtin-stat.c | 4 +++
tools/perf/tests/expand-cgroup.c | 3 +-
tools/perf/tests/parse-metric.c | 1 -
tools/perf/tests/pmu-events.c | 4 +--
tools/perf/util/metricgroup.c | 62 ++++++++++++++++++++------------
tools/perf/util/metricgroup.h | 3 +-
tools/perf/util/stat-shadow.c | 3 +-
tools/perf/util/stat.h | 1 +
8 files changed, 49 insertions(+), 32 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
index 5d18a5a6f662..5e13171a7bba 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
@@ -1256,6 +1256,8 @@ static struct option stat_options[] = {
"don't group metric events, impacts multiplexing"),
OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "metric-no-merge", &stat_config.metric_no_merge,
"don't try to share events between metrics in a group"),
+ OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "metric-no-threshold", &stat_config.metric_no_threshold,
+ "don't try to share events between metrics in a group "),
OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "topdown", &topdown_run,
"measure top-down statistics"),
OPT_UINTEGER(0, "td-level", &stat_config.topdown_level,
@@ -1852,6 +1854,7 @@ static int add_default_attributes(void)
return metricgroup__parse_groups(evsel_list, "transaction",
stat_config.metric_no_group,
stat_config.metric_no_merge,
+ stat_config.metric_no_threshold,
stat_config.user_requested_cpu_list,
stat_config.system_wide,
&stat_config.metric_events);
@@ -2519,6 +2522,7 @@ int cmd_stat(int argc, const char **argv)
metricgroup__parse_groups(evsel_list, metrics,
stat_config.metric_no_group,
stat_config.metric_no_merge,
+ stat_config.metric_no_threshold,
stat_config.user_requested_cpu_list,
stat_config.system_wide,
&stat_config.metric_events);
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/expand-cgroup.c b/tools/perf/tests/expand-cgroup.c
index 672a27f37060..ec340880a848 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/expand-cgroup.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/expand-cgroup.c
@@ -187,8 +187,7 @@ static int expand_metric_events(void)

rblist__init(&metric_events);
pme_test = find_core_metrics_table("testarch", "testcpu");
- ret = metricgroup__parse_groups_test(evlist, pme_test, metric_str,
- false, false, &metric_events);
+ ret = metricgroup__parse_groups_test(evlist, pme_test, metric_str, &metric_events);
if (ret < 0) {
pr_debug("failed to parse '%s' metric\n", metric_str);
goto out;
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/parse-metric.c b/tools/perf/tests/parse-metric.c
index 9fec6040950c..132c9b945a42 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/parse-metric.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/parse-metric.c
@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@ static int __compute_metric(const char *name, struct value *vals,
/* Parse the metric into metric_events list. */
pme_test = find_core_metrics_table("testarch", "testcpu");
err = metricgroup__parse_groups_test(evlist, pme_test, name,
- false, false,
&metric_events);
if (err)
goto out;
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/pmu-events.c b/tools/perf/tests/pmu-events.c
index db2fed0c6993..50b99a0f8f59 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/pmu-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/pmu-events.c
@@ -846,9 +846,7 @@ static int test__parsing_callback(const struct pmu_metric *pm,
perf_evlist__set_maps(&evlist->core, cpus, NULL);
runtime_stat__init(&st);

- err = metricgroup__parse_groups_test(evlist, table, pm->metric_name,
- false, false,
- &metric_events);
+ err = metricgroup__parse_groups_test(evlist, table, pm->metric_name, &metric_events);
if (err) {
if (!strcmp(pm->metric_name, "M1") || !strcmp(pm->metric_name, "M2") ||
!strcmp(pm->metric_name, "M3")) {
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.c b/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.c
index d83885697125..afb6f2fdc24e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.c
@@ -771,6 +771,7 @@ struct metricgroup_add_iter_data {
int *ret;
bool *has_match;
bool metric_no_group;
+ bool metric_no_threshold;
const char *user_requested_cpu_list;
bool system_wide;
struct metric *root_metric;
@@ -786,6 +787,7 @@ static int add_metric(struct list_head *metric_list,
const struct pmu_metric *pm,
const char *modifier,
bool metric_no_group,
+ bool metric_no_threshold,
const char *user_requested_cpu_list,
bool system_wide,
struct metric *root_metric,
@@ -813,6 +815,7 @@ static int add_metric(struct list_head *metric_list,
static int resolve_metric(struct list_head *metric_list,
const char *modifier,
bool metric_no_group,
+ bool metric_no_threshold,
const char *user_requested_cpu_list,
bool system_wide,
struct metric *root_metric,
@@ -861,8 +864,8 @@ static int resolve_metric(struct list_head *metric_list,
*/
for (i = 0; i < pending_cnt; i++) {
ret = add_metric(metric_list, &pending[i].pm, modifier, metric_no_group,
- user_requested_cpu_list, system_wide, root_metric, visited,
- table);
+ metric_no_threshold, user_requested_cpu_list, system_wide,
+ root_metric, visited, table);
if (ret)
break;
}
@@ -879,6 +882,7 @@ static int resolve_metric(struct list_head *metric_list,
* @metric_no_group: Should events written to events be grouped "{}" or
* global. Grouping is the default but due to multiplexing the
* user may override.
+ * @metric_no_threshold: Should threshold expressions be ignored?
* @runtime: A special argument for the parser only known at runtime.
* @user_requested_cpu_list: Command line specified CPUs to record on.
* @system_wide: Are events for all processes recorded.
@@ -894,6 +898,7 @@ static int __add_metric(struct list_head *metric_list,
const struct pmu_metric *pm,
const char *modifier,
bool metric_no_group,
+ bool metric_no_threshold,
int runtime,
const char *user_requested_cpu_list,
bool system_wide,
@@ -974,10 +979,12 @@ static int __add_metric(struct list_head *metric_list,
* Threshold expressions are built off the actual metric. Switch
* to use that in case of additional necessary events. Change
* the visited node name to avoid this being flagged as
- * recursion.
+ * recursion. If the threshold events are disabled, just use the
+ * metric's name as a reference. This allows metric threshold
+ * computation if there are sufficient events.
*/
assert(strstr(pm->metric_threshold, pm->metric_name));
- expr = pm->metric_threshold;
+ expr = metric_no_threshold ? pm->metric_name : pm->metric_threshold;
visited_node.name = "__threshold__";
}
if (expr__find_ids(expr, NULL, root_metric->pctx) < 0) {
@@ -987,8 +994,8 @@ static int __add_metric(struct list_head *metric_list,
if (!ret) {
/* Resolve referenced metrics. */
ret = resolve_metric(metric_list, modifier, metric_no_group,
- user_requested_cpu_list, system_wide,
- root_metric, &visited_node, table);
+ metric_no_threshold, user_requested_cpu_list,
+ system_wide, root_metric, &visited_node, table);
}
if (ret) {
if (is_root)
@@ -1035,6 +1042,7 @@ static int add_metric(struct list_head *metric_list,
const struct pmu_metric *pm,
const char *modifier,
bool metric_no_group,
+ bool metric_no_threshold,
const char *user_requested_cpu_list,
bool system_wide,
struct metric *root_metric,
@@ -1046,9 +1054,9 @@ static int add_metric(struct list_head *metric_list,
pr_debug("metric expr %s for %s\n", pm->metric_expr, pm->metric_name);

if (!strstr(pm->metric_expr, "?")) {
- ret = __add_metric(metric_list, pm, modifier, metric_no_group, 0,
- user_requested_cpu_list, system_wide, root_metric,
- visited, table);
+ ret = __add_metric(metric_list, pm, modifier, metric_no_group,
+ metric_no_threshold, 0, user_requested_cpu_list,
+ system_wide, root_metric, visited, table);
} else {
int j, count;

@@ -1060,9 +1068,9 @@ static int add_metric(struct list_head *metric_list,
*/

for (j = 0; j < count && !ret; j++)
- ret = __add_metric(metric_list, pm, modifier, metric_no_group, j,
- user_requested_cpu_list, system_wide,
- root_metric, visited, table);
+ ret = __add_metric(metric_list, pm, modifier, metric_no_group,
+ metric_no_threshold, j, user_requested_cpu_list,
+ system_wide, root_metric, visited, table);
}

return ret;
@@ -1079,8 +1087,8 @@ static int metricgroup__add_metric_sys_event_iter(const struct pmu_metric *pm,
return 0;

ret = add_metric(d->metric_list, pm, d->modifier, d->metric_no_group,
- d->user_requested_cpu_list, d->system_wide,
- d->root_metric, d->visited, d->table);
+ d->metric_no_threshold, d->user_requested_cpu_list,
+ d->system_wide, d->root_metric, d->visited, d->table);
if (ret)
goto out;

@@ -1124,6 +1132,7 @@ struct metricgroup__add_metric_data {
const char *modifier;
const char *user_requested_cpu_list;
bool metric_no_group;
+ bool metric_no_threshold;
bool system_wide;
bool has_match;
};
@@ -1141,8 +1150,9 @@ static int metricgroup__add_metric_callback(const struct pmu_metric *pm,

data->has_match = true;
ret = add_metric(data->list, pm, data->modifier, data->metric_no_group,
- data->user_requested_cpu_list, data->system_wide,
- /*root_metric=*/NULL, /*visited_metrics=*/NULL, table);
+ data->metric_no_threshold, data->user_requested_cpu_list,
+ data->system_wide, /*root_metric=*/NULL,
+ /*visited_metrics=*/NULL, table);
}
return ret;
}
@@ -1163,7 +1173,7 @@ static int metricgroup__add_metric_callback(const struct pmu_metric *pm,
* architecture perf is running upon.
*/
static int metricgroup__add_metric(const char *metric_name, const char *modifier,
- bool metric_no_group,
+ bool metric_no_group, bool metric_no_threshold,
const char *user_requested_cpu_list,
bool system_wide,
struct list_head *metric_list,
@@ -1179,6 +1189,7 @@ static int metricgroup__add_metric(const char *metric_name, const char *modifier
.metric_name = metric_name,
.modifier = modifier,
.metric_no_group = metric_no_group,
+ .metric_no_threshold = metric_no_threshold,
.user_requested_cpu_list = user_requested_cpu_list,
.system_wide = system_wide,
.has_match = false,
@@ -1241,6 +1252,7 @@ static int metricgroup__add_metric(const char *metric_name, const char *modifier
* architecture perf is running upon.
*/
static int metricgroup__add_metric_list(const char *list, bool metric_no_group,
+ bool metric_no_threshold,
const char *user_requested_cpu_list,
bool system_wide, struct list_head *metric_list,
const struct pmu_metrics_table *table)
@@ -1259,7 +1271,8 @@ static int metricgroup__add_metric_list(const char *list, bool metric_no_group,
*modifier++ = '\0';

ret = metricgroup__add_metric(metric_name, modifier,
- metric_no_group, user_requested_cpu_list,
+ metric_no_group, metric_no_threshold,
+ user_requested_cpu_list,
system_wide, metric_list, table);
if (ret == -EINVAL)
pr_err("Cannot find metric or group `%s'\n", metric_name);
@@ -1449,6 +1462,7 @@ static int parse_ids(bool metric_no_merge, struct perf_pmu *fake_pmu,
static int parse_groups(struct evlist *perf_evlist, const char *str,
bool metric_no_group,
bool metric_no_merge,
+ bool metric_no_threshold,
const char *user_requested_cpu_list,
bool system_wide,
struct perf_pmu *fake_pmu,
@@ -1463,7 +1477,7 @@ static int parse_groups(struct evlist *perf_evlist, const char *str,

if (metric_events_list->nr_entries == 0)
metricgroup__rblist_init(metric_events_list);
- ret = metricgroup__add_metric_list(str, metric_no_group,
+ ret = metricgroup__add_metric_list(str, metric_no_group, metric_no_threshold,
user_requested_cpu_list,
system_wide, &metric_list, table);
if (ret)
@@ -1598,6 +1612,7 @@ int metricgroup__parse_groups(struct evlist *perf_evlist,
const char *str,
bool metric_no_group,
bool metric_no_merge,
+ bool metric_no_threshold,
const char *user_requested_cpu_list,
bool system_wide,
struct rblist *metric_events)
@@ -1608,18 +1623,19 @@ int metricgroup__parse_groups(struct evlist *perf_evlist,
return -EINVAL;

return parse_groups(perf_evlist, str, metric_no_group, metric_no_merge,
- user_requested_cpu_list, system_wide,
+ metric_no_threshold, user_requested_cpu_list, system_wide,
/*fake_pmu=*/NULL, metric_events, table);
}

int metricgroup__parse_groups_test(struct evlist *evlist,
const struct pmu_metrics_table *table,
const char *str,
- bool metric_no_group,
- bool metric_no_merge,
struct rblist *metric_events)
{
- return parse_groups(evlist, str, metric_no_group, metric_no_merge,
+ return parse_groups(evlist, str,
+ /*metric_no_group=*/false,
+ /*metric_no_merge=*/false,
+ /*metric_no_threshold=*/false,
/*user_requested_cpu_list=*/NULL,
/*system_wide=*/false,
&perf_pmu__fake, metric_events, table);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.h b/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.h
index 32eb3a5381fb..8d50052c5b4c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.h
@@ -70,14 +70,13 @@ int metricgroup__parse_groups(struct evlist *perf_evlist,
const char *str,
bool metric_no_group,
bool metric_no_merge,
+ bool metric_no_threshold,
const char *user_requested_cpu_list,
bool system_wide,
struct rblist *metric_events);
int metricgroup__parse_groups_test(struct evlist *evlist,
const struct pmu_metrics_table *table,
const char *str,
- bool metric_no_group,
- bool metric_no_merge,
struct rblist *metric_events);

void metricgroup__print(const struct print_callbacks *print_cb, void *print_state);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/stat-shadow.c b/tools/perf/util/stat-shadow.c
index a41f186c6ec8..77483eeda0d8 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/stat-shadow.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/stat-shadow.c
@@ -814,7 +814,8 @@ static void generic_metric(struct perf_stat_config *config,
char metric_bf[64];

if (metric_threshold &&
- expr__parse(&threshold, pctx, metric_threshold) == 0) {
+ expr__parse(&threshold, pctx, metric_threshold) == 0 &&
+ !isnan(threshold)) {
color = fpclassify(threshold) == FP_ZERO
? PERF_COLOR_GREEN : PERF_COLOR_RED;
}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/stat.h b/tools/perf/util/stat.h
index b1c29156c560..cf2d8aa445f3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/stat.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/stat.h
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ struct perf_stat_config {
bool no_csv_summary;
bool metric_no_group;
bool metric_no_merge;
+ bool metric_no_threshold;
bool stop_read_counter;
bool iostat_run;
char *user_requested_cpu_list;
--
2.39.2.637.g21b0678d19-goog