[PATCH 1/6] x86,perf/cqm: Fix cqm handling of grouping events into a cache_group

From: Vikas Shivappa
Date: Tue Mar 01 2016 - 18:48:13 EST


Currently cqm(cache quality of service monitoring) is grouping all
events belonging to same PID to use one RMID. However its not counting
all of these different events. Hence we end up with a count of zero for
all events other than the group leader. The patch tries to address the
issue by keeping a flag in the perf_event.hw which has other cqm related
fields. The field is updated at event creation and during grouping.

Reviewed-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Vikas Shivappa <vikas.shivappa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_cqm.c | 13 ++++++++++---
include/linux/perf_event.h | 1 +
2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_cqm.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_cqm.c
index a316ca9..e6be335 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_cqm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_cqm.c
@@ -281,9 +281,13 @@ static bool __match_event(struct perf_event *a, struct perf_event *b)

/*
* Events that target same task are placed into the same cache group.
+ * Mark it as a multi event group, so that we update ->count
+ * for every event rather than just the group leader later.
*/
- if (a->hw.target == b->hw.target)
+ if (a->hw.target == b->hw.target) {
+ b->hw.is_group_event = true;
return true;
+ }

/*
* Are we an inherited event?
@@ -849,6 +853,7 @@ static void intel_cqm_setup_event(struct perf_event *event,
bool conflict = false;
u32 rmid;

+ event->hw.is_group_event = false;
list_for_each_entry(iter, &cache_groups, hw.cqm_groups_entry) {
rmid = iter->hw.cqm_rmid;

@@ -940,7 +945,9 @@ static u64 intel_cqm_event_count(struct perf_event *event)
return __perf_event_count(event);

/*
- * Only the group leader gets to report values. This stops us
+ * Only the group leader gets to report values except in case of
+ * multiple events in the same group, we still need to read the
+ * other events.This stops us
* reporting duplicate values to userspace, and gives us a clear
* rule for which task gets to report the values.
*
@@ -948,7 +955,7 @@ static u64 intel_cqm_event_count(struct perf_event *event)
* specific packages - we forfeit that ability when we create
* task events.
*/
- if (!cqm_group_leader(event))
+ if (!cqm_group_leader(event) && !event->hw.is_group_event)
return 0;

/*
diff --git a/include/linux/perf_event.h b/include/linux/perf_event.h
index f5c5a3f..a3ba886 100644
--- a/include/linux/perf_event.h
+++ b/include/linux/perf_event.h
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ struct hw_perf_event {
struct { /* intel_cqm */
int cqm_state;
u32 cqm_rmid;
+ bool is_group_event;
struct list_head cqm_events_entry;
struct list_head cqm_groups_entry;
struct list_head cqm_group_entry;
--
1.9.1