Re: [PATCHv2 5/5] perf tools: Add perf data cache feature

From: Namhyung Kim
Date: Tue Feb 16 2016 - 09:23:37 EST


Hi Jiri,

On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 01:11:30PM +0100, Jiri Olsa wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 14, 2016 at 05:03:46PM +0100, Jiri Olsa wrote:
> > Storing CPU cache details under perf data. It's stored
> > as new HEADER_CACHE feature and it's displayed under
> > header info with -I option:
> >
> > $ perf report --header-only -I
> > ...
> > # cache info:
> > # L1 Data 32K [0-1]
> > # L1 Instruction 32K [0-1]
> > # L1 Data 32K [2-3]
> > # L1 Instruction 32K [2-3]
> > # L2 Unified 256K [0-1]
> > # L2 Unified 256K [2-3]
> > # L3 Unified 4096K [0-3]
> > ...
> >
>
> changing the output based on Ingo's comment
> v2 attached, the rest of the patchset stays
>
> my perf/cache branch is updated
>
> thanks,
> jirka
>
>
> ---
> Storing CPU cache details under perf data. It's stored
> as new HEADER_CACHE feature and it's displayed under
> header info with -I option:
>
> $ perf report --header-only -I
> ...
> # CPU cache info:
> # L1 Data 32K [0-1]
> # L1 Instruction 32K [0-1]
> # L1 Data 32K [2-3]
> # L1 Instruction 32K [2-3]
> # L2 Unified 256K [0-1]
> # L2 Unified 256K [2-3]
> # L3 Unified 4096K [0-3]
> ...
>
> All distinct caches are stored/displayed.
>
> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-byxl1gwto8z9d5hyozprtaty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---

[SNIP]
> +static int build_caches(struct cache_level caches[], u32 size, u32 *cntp)
> +{
> + u32 i, cnt = 0;
> + long ncpus;
> + u32 nr, cpu;
> + u16 level;
> +
> + ncpus = sysconf(_SC_NPROCESSORS_CONF);
> + if (ncpus < 0)
> + return -1;
> +
> + nr = (u32)(ncpus & UINT_MAX);
> +
> + for (cpu = 0; cpu < nr; cpu++) {
> + for (level = 0; level < 10; level++) {
> + struct cache_level c;
> + int err;
> +
> + err = cache_level__read(&c, cpu, level);
> + if (err < 0)
> + return err;
> +
> + if (err == 1)
> + break;
> +
> + for (i = 0; i < cnt; i++) {
> + if (cache_level__cmp(&c, &caches[i]))
> + break;
> + }
> +
> + if (i == cnt)
> + caches[cnt++] = c;

else
cache_level__free(&c);
???

Thanks,
Namhyung


> +
> + if (WARN_ONCE(cnt == size, "way too many cpu caches.."))
> + goto out;
> + }
> + }
> + out:
> + *cntp = cnt;
> + return 0;
> +}