Re: [PATCH 1/2] perf record: Support per-event freq term

From: Jiri Olsa
Date: Sun Aug 09 2015 - 05:34:20 EST


On Sun, Aug 09, 2015 at 03:45:23PM +0900, Namhyung Kim wrote:
> Now perf can set per-event value of time and (sampling) period. But I
> guess most users like me just want to set frequency rather than period.
> So add the 'freq' term in the event parser.
>
> Cc: Kan Liang <kan.liang@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>

thanks,
jirka

> ---
> tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt | 1 +
> tools/perf/util/evsel.c | 4 ++++
> tools/perf/util/evsel.h | 2 ++
> tools/perf/util/parse-events.c | 6 ++++++
> tools/perf/util/parse-events.h | 1 +
> tools/perf/util/parse-events.l | 1 +
> tools/perf/util/pmu.c | 2 +-
> 7 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
> index 0d852d1bc90f..afbe45ef7e3e 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
> +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
> @@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ OPTIONS
> These params can be used to overload default config values per event.
> Here is a list of the params.
> - 'period': Set event sampling period
> + - 'freq': Set event sampling frequency
> - 'time': Disable/enable time stamping. Acceptable values are 1 for
> enabling time stamping. 0 for disabling time stamping.
> The default is 1.
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
> index a59710f88d8a..f664a22b5fea 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
> @@ -600,6 +600,10 @@ static void apply_config_terms(struct perf_evsel *evsel)
> attr->sample_period = term->val.period;
> attr->freq = 0;
> break;
> + case PERF_EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_FREQ:
> + attr->sample_freq = term->val.freq;
> + attr->freq = 1;
> + break;
> case PERF_EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_TIME:
> if (term->val.time)
> perf_evsel__set_sample_bit(evsel, TIME);
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
> index b948f69d2558..fdf2674ab339 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
> @@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ struct cgroup_sel;
> */
> enum {
> PERF_EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_PERIOD,
> + PERF_EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_FREQ,
> PERF_EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_TIME,
> PERF_EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_MAX,
> };
> @@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ struct perf_evsel_config_term {
> int type;
> union {
> u64 period;
> + u64 freq;
> bool time;
> } val;
> };
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
> index 828936dc3f1e..dbf315df4220 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
> @@ -597,6 +597,9 @@ do { \
> case PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_SAMPLE_PERIOD:
> CHECK_TYPE_VAL(NUM);
> break;
> + case PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_SAMPLE_FREQ:
> + CHECK_TYPE_VAL(NUM);
> + break;
> case PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_BRANCH_SAMPLE_TYPE:
> /*
> * TODO uncomment when the field is available
> @@ -659,6 +662,9 @@ do { \
> case PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_SAMPLE_PERIOD:
> ADD_CONFIG_TERM(PERIOD, period, term->val.num);
> break;
> + case PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_SAMPLE_FREQ:
> + ADD_CONFIG_TERM(FREQ, freq, term->val.num);
> + break;
> case PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_TIME:
> ADD_CONFIG_TERM(TIME, time, term->val.num);
> break;
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h
> index e6f9aacc1cce..ce2d13a16226 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h
> @@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ enum {
> PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_CONFIG2,
> PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_NAME,
> PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_SAMPLE_PERIOD,
> + PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_SAMPLE_FREQ,
> PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_BRANCH_SAMPLE_TYPE,
> PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_TIME,
> };
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.l b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.l
> index f5427505ae77..4306f5ad75c7 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.l
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.l
> @@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ config1 { return term(yyscanner, PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_CONFIG1); }
> config2 { return term(yyscanner, PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_CONFIG2); }
> name { return term(yyscanner, PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_NAME); }
> period { return term(yyscanner, PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_SAMPLE_PERIOD); }
> +freq { return term(yyscanner, PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_SAMPLE_FREQ); }
> branch_type { return term(yyscanner, PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_BRANCH_SAMPLE_TYPE); }
> time { return term(yyscanner, PARSE_EVENTS__TERM_TYPE_TIME); }
> , { return ','; }
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
> index d4b0e6454bc6..d85f11b8cacf 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
> @@ -634,7 +634,7 @@ static char *formats_error_string(struct list_head *formats)
> {
> struct perf_pmu_format *format;
> char *err, *str;
> - static const char *static_terms = "config,config1,config2,name,period,branch_type,time\n";
> + static const char *static_terms = "config,config1,config2,name,period,freq,branch_type,time\n";
> unsigned i = 0;
>
> if (!asprintf(&str, "valid terms:"))
> --
> 2.5.0
>
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